WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO OR BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW SHOULD BECOME
WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TOWARD
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A QUARTER
TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM SPENCER TO SIOUX CITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS WINDS
BECOME NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH LATER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO
AT TIMES.
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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