HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 521 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

/415 AM MST SAT DEC 26 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM ABOVE 1 MILE TO 1/4 MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
FORECAST. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS AND COOP OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WITH THEIR SNOWFALL REPORTS AND STORM TOTALS.
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 317 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...PROLONGED MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS
DAY INTO SATURDAY...
.A PROLONGED WINTER STORM WILL WORSEN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY...AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOW DEVELOP. A TEMPORARY
LULL IN THE SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...BUT MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK AND INTO JAMESTOWN. STRONG
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. VISIBILITY
WILL FALL TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OBSERVED
AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE SATURDAY WITH VISIBILITIES
IMPROVING DURING THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES OR POSSIBLY MORE FAR EAST CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...INCLUDING HARVEY...TO JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. TEN TO 15 INCHES
WILL FALL FROM NEAR MINOT TO BISMARCK AND SOUTH TO SELFRIDGE. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL TAPER FURTHER WEST WITH 6 TO 10 INCH ACCUMULATION
FROM DICKINSON TO GARRISON AND 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM WILLISTON TO BOWMAN.
MOTORISTS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED WITH THE
LATEST INFORMATION AND FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.
NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-241800-
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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
317 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 AND 50 MPH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR
LESS DURING THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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.
$$

BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 315 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
.A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TWO
SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL GRADUALLY MERGE
AND DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST DURING THE
UPCOMING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. THE FIRST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
MOVE FROM CENTRAL ALBERTA INTO EASTERN MONTANA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THIS WILL BRING OUR FIRST ROUND OF SNOW...SPREADING WEST TO EAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH
AND EVENTUALLY MERGES WITH ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A
SECOND ROUND OF SNOW AND WIND WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS DAY INTO
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AND GUSTS
BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. EAST CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA WILL RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH
A FOOT OR MORE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HARVEY...TO
STEELE...AND LINTON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY DECREASE
TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. AREAS FROM MINOT THROUGH BISMARCK AND
MANDAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCH AMOUNTS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
AREAS FROM WILLISTON THROUGH DICKINSON WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS
AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST
INFORMATION AND FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.
NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-231800-
/O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0009.091224T0000Z-091226T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0009.091224T0000Z-091225T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.A.0006.091225T1200Z-091227T0000Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
315 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE
LIKELY TO DEVELOP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY POSSIBLY BRINGING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
$$