WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...STORM RE-INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT...
.A SECOND WAVE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL REFORM BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL
MOVE INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE IT WILL SIT UNTIL SATURDAY
NIGHT...THEN IT WILL START HEADING EAST. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW THIS EVENING...IT
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS JUST A LULL...THE STORM
IS NOT OVER. THE SNOW WILL REFORM BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS WELL BY
MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM OF ONE TO TWO
FEET IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
EXPECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
LARGE DRIFTS...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED.
BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLAN NOW TO
STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800-
/O.CON.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
1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST SATURDAY.
* HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO FEET CAN BE
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE
ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF BEMIDJI.
* THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON
CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME DANGEROUS FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY.
PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS 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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