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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 28, 200532 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm watch at Dec 28, 2005, 4:14 AM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2005, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2005, 4:14 AM MST (11:14 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2005, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 30, 2005, 11:00 AM MST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 32 counties

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

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 28, 2:23 AM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:23 AM MST, 1 hour 51 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	Freezing Rain Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more	4 hr
Dec 28, 2:35 PM MST	Snow Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more	37 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2005 Every winter storm watch in 2005

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.