WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND AND MUCH OF THE
REGION CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE AND
CHRISTMAS DAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHLAND BEGINNING CHRISTMAS EVE DAY AND LASTING THROUGH CHRISTMAS
DAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE
NORTHLAND. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. SOME SLEET OR PERHAPS
FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN...WHICH MAY CUT DOWN ON ACCUMULATIONS SOMEWHAT IN THIS
AREA.
MNZ018>020-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-230045-
/O.CON.KDLH.WS.A.0007.091224T1200Z-091226T0600Z/
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-
NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-
DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIGFORK...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...HILL CITY...
AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...WASHBURN...
ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1035 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... FROM THE BRAINERD
LAKES REGION EASTWARD TO SPOONER... WITH SNOW RAPIDLY SPREADING
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BY CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND PERSISTING
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
MOST OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVIER AMOUNTS... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS FROM BRAINERD...
HINCKLEY AND SPOONER... NORTHWARD TO GRAND RAPIDS... DULUTH AND
THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE
SOMEWHAT LESSER OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE SOME SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE PRECIPITATION AND CUT DOWN ON
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH AND LOCALLY HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR... WHICH WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
* ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY... AND
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BECOME HAZARDOUS BY CHRISTMAS EVE
AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND
COMMERCE. THE CHANCE FOR SLEET OR ICE WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY
CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
DEVELOPING WINTER STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...THE
INTERNET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY
LARGE PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES... INCLUDING MINNESOTA...
MUCH OF THE DAKOTAS... IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY
TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
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MILLER
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