WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 837 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA BY LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
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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