WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 333 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST
MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY.
A QUICK MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISED AREA...WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 20.
A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 20...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR A LINE FROM SPENCER IOWA TO YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 333 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST
MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY.
A QUICK MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISED AREA...WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 20.
A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 20...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR A LINE FROM SPENCER IOWA TO YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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