BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY INTO
SATURDAY...EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE
TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. SOME DRIFTS IN
RURAL AREAS MAY WELL EXCEED 6 FEET.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25
TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS.
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES
ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.
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