BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 328 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
.THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 20 TO 30 MPH
WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA
BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM
RAPID CITY TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-260545-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
326 PM 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 SATURDAY... EVEN AS
SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25
TO 35 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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