SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 246 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EVENT POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK SLOWLY
NORTHEAST...CROSSING MISSOURI AND IOWA ON ITS WAY TO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE TRACK WOULD RESULT
IN A WIDE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT THIS POINT
THE DEVILS LAKE REGION AND THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY APPEAR TO
BE ON THE FRINGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW...WHILE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER SNOW
AMOUNTS. ANOTHER ISSUE TO DEAL WITH IS INCREASING WIND SPEEDS DURING
THE STORM. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE SOUTHEAST...NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN GUSTY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD MAKE
TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER SOME AREAS OF THE MIDWEST.
SINCE THIS STORM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...ANY SHIFTS IN THE
TRACK OF THE LOW COULD BRING CHANGES TO WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW
FALLS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE SOUTH OR EAST BY MID TO LATE
WEEK NEED TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM
EVENT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 619 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE FAR SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND SLOWLY LIFT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY
CHRISTMAS MORNING. WHILE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH RESPECT TO
SPECIFIC LOCATIONAL IMPACTS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...POTENTIAL
EXISTS IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TRAVEL RESTRICTING WEATHER ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT
100 PERCENT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE
STORM...WHICH WILL IMPACT HOW MUCH SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. PLEASE TUNE TO LOCAL
MEDIA OR WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
POTENTIAL STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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