HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 342 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 345 AM MST WED DEC 16 2009

/341 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING DUE TO WIND CHILLS
30 TO 40 BELOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES RISE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 304 PM MST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2009

...ONE MORE NIGHT OF BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR...
.AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES
THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SKIES WILL
CLEAR AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...AND
TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DROP AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES
OVER THE REGION.
EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5
TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE
LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO FROM
WILLISTON AND MINOT...SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH BISMARCK AND
JAMESTOWN. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...WIND CHILLS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS
COLD...BUT STILL VERY DANGEROUS AT 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.
PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD USE CAUTION
IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...IN WARM LOOSE
FITTING LAYERS AND BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT. MOTORISTS...IF YOU
BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
NDZ017>020-031>034-040>048-050-051-150615-
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MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
404 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009 /304 PM MST MON DEC 14 2009/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 5
TO 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.
* EXPOSED SKIN WILL FREEZE IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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TWH