BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY
INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH
WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL
SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES
ARE OCCURRING. THIS IS PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY
WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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