WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 619 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND THE
MIDWEST CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY...AND REMAIN OVER THE
MIDWEST INTO SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS TO THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING
SNOW AND FRIGID WIND CHILL READINGS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS
OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP BY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE AVAILABLE BY
CALLING 511...OR 1-866-697-3511. IN WYOMING...CALL 511...OR 1-888-
996-7623.
SDZ014-032-043-044-046-047-049-242130-
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ZIEBACH-HAAKON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUPREE...PHILIP...KADOKA...MARTIN...
WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER
618 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009 /718 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON
CST/ SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON
CST/ SATURDAY.
* SNOW MAY DIMINISH FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TODAY...THOUGH WILL RE-
  DEVELOP LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES
  LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCING TO ONE
  QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BRINGING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO
  PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT
  AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. CHECK ROAD REPORTS AND DO NOT GO AROUND BARRIERS IF
ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 537 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009

Expires:200912251400;;
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HWOUNR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
530 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-251400-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
530 AM MST (630 AM CST) THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS
   THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF WESTERN
   SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE PLAINS OF FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
   FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE PLAINS OF FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
   THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN
   BLACK HILLS AND FALL RIVER COUNTY...
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A PAIR OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MERGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE MIDWEST BY LATE THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK
IN SNOWFALL EARLY TODAY...BUT SNOW WILL AGAIN INTENSIFY LATER TODAY
INTO TONIGHT OVER WESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...ALONG
WITH OVER THE WYOMING BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES. ALSO...THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES
TO BRING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY...BRINGING
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES PRODUCING
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID-DAY SATURDAY AS
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...THOUGH SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY REMAIN INTO THE EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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