Warning Description: Winter Storm Watch

Warning Date: 3:03 am MDT on March 8, 2009/

WarningSum:...Winter Storm Watch In Effect From Late Tonight Through Late
Tuesday Night...

Warning Message:The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a Winter
Storm Watch...which is in effect from late tonight through late
Tuesday night. 
Two rounds of snowfall will affect western and central North
Dakota Sunday night through Tuesday. Two to four inches of
snowfall is possible across western and central North Dakota Sunday
evening through Monday afternoon with the first wave of the
storm. Additional moderate to heavy snowfall is possible Monday
night through Tuesday with the second wave of the system. Eight to
twelve inches of storm total accumulation from both rounds of
snowfall is possible by Tuesday night across southern North
Dakota...with three to six inches possible across the northern
half of the state...with lesser amounts northwest. As winds are
expected to increase on Tuesday...areas of significant blowing and
drifting snow and wind chill values of 20 to 30 below zero are
possible.
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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