HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 440 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

/434 AM MST FRI DEC 25 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 IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND
TONIGHT FROM 1 INCH IN THE FAR NORTHWEST TO 10 INCHES IN THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
CONTINUED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3
INCHES ACCUMULATION. CONDITIONS IMPROVING SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
STORM SPOTTERS AND COOP OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WITH THEIR SNOWFALL REPORTS AND STORM TOTALS.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 314 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS DAY INTO
SATURDAY...
.THE SECOND WAVE OF THE ANTICIPATED STORM WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AND INTO SATURDAY WITH HEAVY
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
YESTERDAY AND TODAY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN AGAIN AS SNOW
REDEVELOPS AND WINDS INCREASE. THIS HARSH WINTER WEATHER WILL THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AND SATURDAY...AS BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOW DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 15 INCHES
FROM AREAS FROM JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...12 INCHES FROM FORT YATES TO
BISMARCK TO HARVEY...10 INCHES FROM HETTINGER TO GARRISON TO
BOTTINEAU...5 INCHES FROM BEACH TO STANLEY TO KENMARE...AND 2 TO 4
INCHES FROM WILLISTON TO BOWBELLS.
MOTORISTS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED WITH
THE LATEST INFORMATION AND FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
NDZ010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-250615-
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MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...
BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
414 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /314 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY.
* LATE TONIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH
AT TIMES WILL CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS
TO 35 MPH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY. EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 INCHES NEAR BOWBELLS TO
10 INCHES NEAR HETTINGER WILL OCCUR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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: 215 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST 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.
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DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
315 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 /215 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
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 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY.
* 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.
$$
KS/HW