HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 345 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

/234 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
50MPH WILL DROP VISIBILITY TO ZERO AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINDS DIMINISH
SATURDAY...WITH SNOWFALL WINDING DOWN LATE SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE...MAINLY DUE TO
THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. TOTALS COULD RANGE
ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 349 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO WRAP HEAVY SNOW INTO SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY.
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ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
348 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /248 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WITH CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW
  WILL BEGIN TO DROP IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE DURING THE
  EVENING SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES
  ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND 11 TO 15
  INCHES IN THE JAMES VALLEY AND SISSETON HILLS. WIDESPREAD
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL ALSO OCCUR.
* THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO
  -30 DEGREES.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR TODAY...WHEN
  COMBINED WITH SUCH INTENSE WINDS...WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
  WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. I-29 IS CLOSED FROM THE IOWA BORDER TO THE
  NORTH DAKOTA BORDER.
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.
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