WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 353 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...AND EXPAND NORTHWARD TO AROUND INTERSTATE 94 BY
AFTERNOON. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES BY MID-AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE
SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS
TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING
TIME.
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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