BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 1054 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY THIS EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT EAST...ALLOWING FOR
CONDITIONS TO SLOWLY IMPROVE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. EAST OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...WIND SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...HIGHER WIND SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 45 MPH
WILL CREATE MORE WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW
UNTIL THIS EVENING.
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1154 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /1054 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...
THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW
  WILL SLOWLY DROP IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.
* NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 45 MPH COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT SNOW
  WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES DOWN TO
  AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPROVE THIS EVENING.
* MOST OF INTERSTATES 29 AND 90 REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA
  UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAVEL IS STILL NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF
  THE AREA DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 301 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 300 AM MST SUN DEC 27 2009

/257 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE AS LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST AND
WEAKENS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WINDS
UP TO 30MPH...ALONG WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY TO ABOUT 1 MILE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION
OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY
IMPROVE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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