BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...STORM RE-INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT...
.A SECOND WAVE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL REFORM BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL
MOVE INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE IT WILL SIT UNTIL SATURDAY
NIGHT...THEN IT WILL START HEADING EAST. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW THIS EVENING...IT
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS JUST A LULL...THE STORM
IS NOT OVER. THE SNOW WILL REFORM BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS WELL BY
MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM OF ONE TO TWO
FEET IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
EXPECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
LARGE DRIFTS...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED.
BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLAN NOW TO
STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-
049-052>054-261800-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...
MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...
GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...
FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS
1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY.
* HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO FEET CAN BE EXPECTED
BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LOOK FOR THE WIND TO TURN NORTHERLY BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY
AND DO NOT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...STORM RE-INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT...
.A SECOND WAVE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL REFORM BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL
MOVE INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE IT WILL SIT UNTIL SATURDAY
NIGHT...THEN IT WILL START HEADING EAST. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW THIS EVENING...IT
IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS JUST A LULL...THE STORM
IS NOT OVER. THE SNOW WILL REFORM BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS WELL BY
MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM OF ONE TO TWO
FEET IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
EXPECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
LARGE DRIFTS...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED.
BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLAN NOW TO
STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.
MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-
049-052>054-261800-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...
MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...
GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...
FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS
1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY.
* HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO FEET CAN BE EXPECTED
BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LOOK FOR THE WIND TO TURN NORTHERLY BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY
AND DO NOT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
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