WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 248 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS AREAS FROM ALBERT LEA TO
OWATONNA TO RED WING AND POINTS EAST WHERE A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
EXPAND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY
MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ARE HIGHLY
LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... AND LIKELY TO BE
WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN
RURAL 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. 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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MDB/BAP
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