URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
842 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010
...ONE TWO PUNCH WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...
.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THE FIRST WAVE OF A POTENT WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE
AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ARE FALLING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS FORECAST
TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO
SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. LOOK FOR A
BREAK IN SNOW ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH...BUT AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE DURING THE LULL IN SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY HINDER SNOW
REMOVAL...POWER OUTAGE REPAIR EFFORTS AND TRAVEL.
THE SECOND PUNCH WILL OCCUR SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AS
SNOW ENCOMPASSES THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. VERY GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL
DOWNED POWER LINES ON SUNDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS ENTIRE EVENT SHOULD RANGE FROM
10 TO 15 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM TROTTERS TO
WASHBURN AND CARRINGTON. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST
SOUTH OF THIS LINE.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER
OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER
LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS AND CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.
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