WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 251 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES COULD OCCUR WITH THIS
SYSTEM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* WINDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL NOT BE A
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR...BUT THEN TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO
20 TO 30 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED
VISIBILITY.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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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