BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 556 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS DAY INTO
SATURDAY...
.THE SECOND WAVE OF THE STORM WAS MOVING INTO THE REGION THIS
MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY... WITH HEAVY SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN TODAY AS SNOW REDEVELOPS AND INTENSIFIES...
AND WINDS INCREASE. SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOCAL AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO
16 INCHES FROM AREAS AROUND JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...10 TO 14 INCHES
FROM ELGIN AND FORT YATES TO BISMARCK AND NORTH TO HARVEY AND
RUGBY...8 TO 12 INCHES FROM HETTINGER TO GARRISON TO BOTTINEAU...
5 INCHES FROM BEACH TO STANLEY TO KENMARE...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES
FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND SATURDAY.
PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ALL LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
MOTORISTS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO DELAY TRAVEL AND
STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AND FORECASTS AT
WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.
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WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
556 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY.
* SNOW WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
  TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY INTO SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED
  TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES.
* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 AND 50
  MPH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS
  DURING THIS TIME.
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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 540 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

/434 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND
TONIGHT FROM 1 INCH IN THE FAR NORTHWEST TO 10 INCHES IN THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
CONTINUED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3
INCHES ACCUMULATION. CONDITIONS IMPROVING SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
STORM SPOTTERS AND COOP OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WITH THEIR SNOWFALL REPORTS AND STORM TOTALS.
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