HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 154 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY. NORTH
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY...AND EVEN DIFFICULT TRAVEL IN TOWN. AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST
OF TODAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH MOST OF IT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A BIT LESSER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN
BORDER.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW AND WIND WILL WIND DOWN ON SATURDAY...THEN SUNDAY WILL BE
MUCH BETTER WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND ONLY FLURRIES. THE REST OF
NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WE NEED SNOWFALL REPORTS. PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GRAND FORKS.
$$

BLIZZARD 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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MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...
GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...
FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS
1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY....WITH HEAVIER SNOW
ARRIVING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR.
* THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY...BUT TURN
NORTHEASTLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH WIDESPREAD
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* 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.
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.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE REGION INTO THE CHRISTMAS
WEEKEND...
.A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. 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 WESTERN GULF
AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY CAUSING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW.
THERE MAY BE TIMES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WHEN SNOW STOPS...BUT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE STORM SYSTEM
IS OVER. A SECOND AND MUCH STRONGER WAVE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE
INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE LOW MOVES INTO IOWA. THE SNOW ON
CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME A PROBLEM
ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE RED RIVER WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY
OCCUR. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE
SLOWLY TAPERING OFF ON SATURDAY.
TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF
10 TO 20 INCHES STILL LOOK LIKELY...WITH THE LOWER TOTALS ALONG
THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA INTO MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY.
TRAVEL TODAY...CHRISTMAS EVE...WILL BE HAZARDOUS BUT NOT
IMPOSSIBLE. ON CHRISTMAS DAY TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE DUE
HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS IN CASE CONDITIONS CHANGE.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...
VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON
411 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 FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW HEAVY AT
TIMES ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS
DAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF
12 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER
TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT
AND CHRISTMAS DAY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW MAY
CREATE SNOW DRIFTS THAT MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR LATER 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.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 357 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 200 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...LARGE SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST TO EASTERN KANSAS ON THURSDAY AND
THEN SLOWLY MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN
TRACK TOWARD SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY LATE FRIDAY AND INTO NORTHERN
WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY.  A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL GET DRAWN
NORTHWARD INTO THIS SYSTEM AND SPREAD OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
OVER NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AND THEN SPREAD INTO
NORTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THEN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY
BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW
WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO MOST AREAS WITH 6 TO 12
INCHES POSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD. THE HIGHER
SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER INTO CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MINESOTA WITH THE LEAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE
CANADIAN BORDER. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY TO 15 TO
30 MPH AND THIS MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY.
TRAVEL FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL LIKELY BE
HAZARDOUS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR
FORECAST UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE STORM AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
CAN CHANGE.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON
357 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* WINDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT
FACTOR...BUT THEN TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$