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WWUS43 KABR 132015
WSWABR
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
315 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-140900-
/O.NEW.KABR.WS.A.0002.250315T0600Z-250316T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ORTONVILLE, ABERDEEN, SISSETON, REDFIELD,
BRITTON, CLARK, WEBSTER, MILBANK, WATERTOWN, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE,
AND WHEATON
315 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES, WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH AND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA.
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. PLAN ON SLIPPERY
ROAD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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