WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 313 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT...
.A MASSIVE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHLAND
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN IOWA.
STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR FROM THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA TO
THE TWIN PORTS ON UP THE NORTH SHORE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXED RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN IN SPOTS...WILL BECOME ALL
SNOW THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY COOL. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS...WITH 3 TO
6 INCHES POSSIBLE UP THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
WET AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY TONIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING IN ALL AREAS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE AROUND TWO FEET IN THE DULUTH AND
PROCTOR AREAS.
MNZ020-037-WIZ001-260500-
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/O.EXA.KDLH.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...
SUPERIOR
312 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL
  RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
* ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
  INTERSTATE 35 AND HIGHWAY 53 WERE FAIR TO POOR. TEMPERATURES
  WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...CAUSING WET AND SLUSH COVERED
  ROADS TO BECOME VERY SLIPPERY.
* SNOWFALL ACROSS THE HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR HAS BEEN 1 TO 2
  FEET...AND TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
* THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...
  RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED
ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT
IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED
ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...INCLUDING MINNESOTA...MUCH OF
THE DAKOTAS...IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
&&
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 313 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT...
.A MASSIVE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHLAND
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN IOWA.
STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR FROM THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA TO
THE TWIN PORTS ON UP THE NORTH SHORE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXED RAIN...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN IN SPOTS...WILL BECOME ALL
SNOW THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY COOL. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS...WITH 3 TO
6 INCHES POSSIBLE UP THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
WET AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY TONIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING IN ALL AREAS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE AROUND TWO FEET IN THE DULUTH AND
PROCTOR AREAS.
MNZ011-260500-
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/O.NEW.KDLH.WW.Y.0019.091225T2112Z-091226T1200Z/
NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ELY
312 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL
  BE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. MIXED SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN
  WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...INCLUDING MINNESOTA...MUCH OF
THE DAKOTAS...IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 239 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912261130;;
FLUS43 KDLH 252038
HWODLH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
238 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-261130-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
238 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MIXED RAIN...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME ALL SNOW
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR
MOST AREAS...BUT THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SEE HIGHER
AMOUNTS...FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AROUND
LAKE SUPERIOR.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR ALL AREAS
TONIGHT...AND WET AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL FREEZE...CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1
TO 2 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 1045 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE
REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...
.A MASSIVE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE
NORTHLAND THROUGH TONIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN IN THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THE COMBINATION OF POWERFUL EAST WINDS AND SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE IN
THE AREAS IN AND AROUND DULUTH AND SUPERIOR...AND ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO TWO HARBORS AND SILVER
BAY. THIS BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT HIGHWAYS 61...53...2 AND
INTERSTATE 35 IN THE CLOQUET...DULUTH AND SUPERIOR AREAS.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM WILL VARY FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ACROSS THE PHILLIPS...HAYWARD...AND HURLEY AREAS...TO
3 TO 6 INCHES FURTHER WEST ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...WITH
AMOUNTS AROUND 2 FEET IN PARTS OF THE TWIN PORTS...TO 8 TO
16 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES TOWARD PHILLIPS AND PARKS FALLS.
RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA...BUT WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED INTERSTATE 35 FROM RUSH CITY TO DULUTH
WAS VERY HAZARDOUS. HIGHWAY 53 FROM DULUTH TO INTERNATIONAL FALLS
WAS ALSO IN POOR SHAPE...BUT WAS FAIR AROUND THE VIRGINIA AREA.
MNZ020-037-WIZ001-260045-
/O.CON.KDLH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...
SUPERIOR
1045 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL
BE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 2 FEET
INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR IN DULUTH...AND PROCTOR...TO 12 TO 16
INCHES FURTHER INLAND TOWARD MOOSE LAKE...BARNUM...GORDON... AND
SOLON SPRINGS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BE PERIODS OF
FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOST LIKELY
CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD DIMINISH FROM
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
* ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED INTERSTATE 35
WAS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...AS WAS HIGHWAY 53. THE COMBINATION OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP
EXPOSED SECTIONS OF ROADWAY CLEAR FOR MORE THAN BRIEF PERIODS OF
TIME.
* THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. IT CANNOT BE
STRESSED ENOUGH THAT TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND
PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE.
* THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...
RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE AND LIFE-THREATENING WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL...YOU MAY BE RISKING YOUR
LIFE. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD
TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN
YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET
SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE
A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU BECOME
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND USE IT AS A SHELTER. MANY
DEATHS OCCUR IN BLIZZARDS WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES TRYING
TO SEEK HELP.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...INCLUDING MINNESOTA...MUCH OF
THE DAKOTAS...IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 246 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND AND MUCH OF THE
REGION CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE AND
CHRISTMAS DAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHLAND BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING CHRISTMAS
EVE DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO
MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. SOME SLEET OR
PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH MAY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOMEWHAT
IN THIS AREA.
MNZ018>020-025-026-035-037-230500-
/O.EXT.KDLH.WS.A.0007.091224T1200Z-091226T1200Z/
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIGFORK...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
246 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING DULUTH... GRAND RAPIDS... THE IRON RANGE
AND CLOQUET DURING THE DAY ON CHRISTMAS EVE... WITH SNOW
BECOMING HEAVY CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO CHRISTMAS
NIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE... WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS LIKELY.
* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...
WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE IN AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE
SUPERIOR. THE WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
* ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY...
AND TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BECOME HAZARDOUS BY CHRISTMAS
EVE EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. YOU ARE
ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...
RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES... INCLUDING MINNESOTA... MUCH
OF THE DAKOTAS... IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
$$