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Hi Everyone.
NAMA WINTER AID RELIEF ALERT
PINE RIDGE BEING HIT WITH ANOTHER SEVERE BLIZZARD
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT
FOR NEXT 24 HOURS!!!!
POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED
8 to 16 INCHES PREDICTED FOR PINE RIDGE
EMERGENCY HEAT & UTILITIES WILL BE NEEDED
Issued by The National Weather Service
Rapid City, SD
3:12 pm MDT, Mon., Mar.
23, 2009
... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY...
SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW BY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
... POWERFUL SPRING BLIZZARD CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY...
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE.... WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW FARTHER TO THE WEST.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS VARIED GREATLY. ONE COMMONALITY IS THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE.
16 TO 24 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... 30 TO 40 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS... 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... 8 TO 16 INCHES FROM PINE RIDGE TO PHILIP AND FAITH... AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA... LASTING INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO 30 TO 60 MPH WINDS.
TRAVEL WILL BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
DO NOT TRAVEL.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS WITH POWER OUTAGES.
HELP PROVIDE EMERGENCY HEAT IN THE FORM OF WOOD, ELECTRIC OR PROPANE FOR THE PEOPLE OF PINE RIDGE BY DONATING NOW!
- Latest NAMA Task Force Report Prior to Blizzard: "this has been a phenomenally cold winter - those who did not have the money to buy propane up front, borrowed space heaters and now there are thousands in need of assistance, some just to keep their electricity on"
DONATE NOW TO NAMA'S WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND!
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