WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 301 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING....WITH HEAVIER
SNOW ARRIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID DAY
SATURDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS
WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...WHILE THE LESSER AMOUNTS WILL
OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER.
* THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TONIGHT...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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