WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY....WITH HEAVIER SNOW
ARRIVING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS
WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...WHILE THE LOWER SNOW TOTALS WILL
OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER.
* THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY...BUT BECOME
NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY
CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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. 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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SPEICHER
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