WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 357 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM
WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* WINDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT
FACTOR...BUT THEN TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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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