***Winter Storm Watch SW and South Central ND*** URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 358 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...FROM BOWMAN AND HETTINGER...THROUGH BISMARCK- MANDAN...TO SELFRIDGE AND LINTON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY...WET NATURE OF THE SNOW COULD STRESS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A STRONG NORTH WIND GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH COULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE EVENTUAL STORM PATH...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...AND IMPACTS. GET THE LATEST UPDATES AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ034-035-041>046-031700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.A.0006.131004T1200Z-131005T1700Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 358 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013 /258 AM MDT THU OCT 3 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...HEAVY...WET SNOW AND A NORTH WIND GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND DELAYED TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.+
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