WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1150 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH FROM
THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
FARTHER NORTH.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH AREA UP TO OVER A FOOT ALONG AND
WEST OF A CARROLL TO MASON CITY LINE.
* WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ON FRIDAY.
* VISIBILITY...SNOW AREAS WILL SEE VISIBILITIES GENERALLY LESS
THAN ONE MILE FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM WITH FREQUENT
VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN THE
HEAVIER SNOWS. WITH INCREASING WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WATCH AREA.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE
WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT INTO
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SNOW ACCUMULATES AND WINDS INCREASE. IN
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREAS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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DONAVON
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