HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 708 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 715 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY
AND MOVE SLOWLY INTO IOWA BY FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL SPREAD
NORTHWARD WITH SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AND IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE UP TO
A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NORTH
ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW REPORTS.
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