SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 728 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 930 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...EARLY REPORTS FROM THE CHRISTMAS 2009 WINTER STORM...
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SO FAR HAVE
BEEN OVER THE WEST AND NORTH. BEACH /4 INCHES/...BOWMAN /2 TO 3
INCHES/...SHERWOOD /3 INCHES/...AND WATFORD CITY /2.5 INCHES/...
WERE THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECEIVED AS OF 6 PM CST. BISMARCK HAD JUST
UNDER AN INCH...MINOT AROUND 2 INCHES AND HARVEY HAD AN INCH OF
SNOW.
FOR TONIGHT...LIGHT...AND SOMETIMES MODERATE...SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL...WITH AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED IN THE WEST. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH HAVE MOVED INTO THE
WEST...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF FALLING SNOW...AND
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO 4
FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WIBAUX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MONTANA.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC TONIGHT AS
ALL OF OUR SNOW STARTS BLOWING AND DRIFTING. DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS...NEAR 25 BELOW...WILL ALSO BECOME A HAZARD LATE TONIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT...CONSIDER CANCELING THEM...AS ROAD
CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ALSO...INFORM OTHERS OF
YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
TWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 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
A PROLONGED MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY
MORNING THEN ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE AFOREMENTIONED WINTER STORM CONTINUES THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.
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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH
THEIR SNOW TOTALS DURING THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM.
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