HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 239 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY
MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...THEN LOOK FOR INCREASING
NORTH WINDS AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING LATER THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO CHRISTMAS DAY THAT MAY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW MAY CREATE SNOW DRIFTS THAT
MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND
THEN MOVE INTO IOWA BY LATE THURSDAY BEFORE STALLING OUT OVER IOWA
ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE NEEDED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PLEASE CALL THEM IN.
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