WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1258 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL
LIGHTEN SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
ON THURSDAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING
WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS... WITH SCATTERED
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS.
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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