Blizzard warning issued for Thursday now includes Brookings County... PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU 250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH HIGH WINDS AND NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM NEAR DAYBREAK THURSDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SHOULD PREVAIL. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP. THE WORST VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR WITH THE FALLING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DECREASING WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY EVENING AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:17:59 +0000
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