WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY
NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL
INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING FRIDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN
AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS COULD BRING
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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