HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 442 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
441 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING DUE TO WIND CHILLS
35 TO 45 BELOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE LATE
THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
.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 WARNING
Issue Date: 404 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST 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.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN
404 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW...COMBINED WITH WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO
50 BELOW ZERO.
* EXPOSED SKIN WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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