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Snow Advisory 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 28, 200526 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this snow advisory at Dec 28, 2005, 2:35 PM MST for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2005, 3:50 AM MST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2005, 2:35 PM MST (21:35 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2005, 3:50 AM MST
Expired: Dec 30, 2005, 3:06 AM MST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 26 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 28, 2:00 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:00 PM MST, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 8:07 AM MST, 6 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 4:14 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	55 hr
Dec 28, 4:14 AM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more	4 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.