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Winter Storm Warning issued March 23 at 3:29PM CDT until March 24 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS
Effective: 3:29 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Expires: 7 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM
CDT/ SUNDAY...
* TIMING/DURATION...WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND COME TO AN
END BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
70 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25 WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 25.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS EARLY TONIGHT WILL SLOWLY DECREASE INTO THE 15
TO 20 MPH RANGE BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. VISIBILITIES OF A FEW MILES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
DAY BUT WILL DROP AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER BANDS OF
SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF HIGHWAY 27.
* OTHER IMPACTS...IN ADDITION TO IMPACTING TRAVEL...THIS WINTER
STORM WILL POSE A THREAT TO YOUNG LIVESTOCK. RANCHERS SHOULD
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR LIVESTOCK. ROAD CLOSURES ARE
POSSIBLE...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70.

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