WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 328 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
.THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 20 TO 30 MPH
WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA
BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM
RAPID CITY TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
260545-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY
DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
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