HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 345 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

/234 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
50MPH WILL DROP VISIBILITY TO ZERO AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINDS DIMINISH
SATURDAY...WITH SNOWFALL WINDING DOWN LATE SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE...MAINLY DUE TO
THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. TOTALS COULD RANGE
ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 1045 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL BE
MAKING ITS WAY NORTH AND INTENSIFYING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THIS INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE IN IOWA
WRAPPING HEAVY SNOW INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL
AS WEST CENTARL MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH THE
SNOW WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-250445-
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TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
1045 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /945 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009/
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INTENSIFY TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND 11 TO 16
INCHES IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY TONIGHT... WITH
HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE WINDCHILLS OF -20 TO -34
DEGREES.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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.
$$
WISE

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 451 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING
WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY NORTH AND INTENSIFYING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THIS INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL BE IN IOWA WRAPPING ABUNDANT SNOW INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALONG WITH THE
SNOW WILL BE VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-241900-
/O.EXT.KABR.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
451 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /351 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INTENSIFY TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING
THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 11 TO 13 INCHES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...14 TO 17 INCHES
IN THE JAMES VALLEY...AND 17 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY TONIGHT...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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.
$$
MOHR/KRAMLICH