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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
149 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080600-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
149 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /1249 PM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...

TWO ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PERIODS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN
LIGHT...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES FORECAST ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
85...AND LESS THAN ONE INCH ELSEWHERE.

THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...EXISTING SNOWFALL ON THE GROUND...AND
ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL FORECAST INTO TUESDAY...WILL RESULT IN AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPACT
TRAVEL.

IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...PLEASE CHECK BACK
FOR FURTHER UPDATES. YOU CAN ALWAYS ACCESS THE LATEST FORECAST AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS

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KS/JNS