BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 457 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* BANDS OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY
EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TODAY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 22
INCHES.
* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH THE WIND.
* INTERSTATE 29 REMAINS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED
THROUGHOUT ALL OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS
AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY
DIALING 511.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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