HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 536 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO GUST OVER 25 MPH AT TIMES AND PRODUCE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...POWERFUL SNOWSTORM TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
.A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MID SECTION OF THE
NATION THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI BY THIS EVENING AND THEN
INTO IOWA ON FRIDAY...WHERE IT WILL STALL BEFORE HEADING EAST BY
LATE SATURDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY...CAUSING PERIODS
OF LIGHT SNOW. THERE MAY BE TIMES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WHEN
SNOW STOPS...BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE LULL IN
ACTIVITY DOES NOT MEAN THE STORM SYSTEM IS OVER. A SECOND...AND MUCH
STRONGER WAVE OF MOISTURE...WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AS THE LOW MOVES INTO IOWA. THE SNOW ON
CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND INCREASING WINDS WILL
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND
WEST...TO INCLUDE WESTERN OTTER TAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES...WHERE
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET STILL LOOK LIKELY...WITH THE
LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER
FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED
AREAS OF AROUND TWO FEET ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LARGER
DRIFTS POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED.
TRAVEL TODAY...CHRISTMAS EVE...WILL BE HAZARDOUS BUT NOT
IMPOSSIBLE. BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLEASE STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS IN CASE CONDITIONS
CHANGE.
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/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-
WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...
RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...
BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...
DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY....WITH HEAVIER SNOW
ARRIVING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS
WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...WHILE THE LOWER SNOW TOTALS WILL
OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER.
* THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY...BUT BECOME
NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY
CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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