MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND WINDS INCREASE...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:21:15 +0000