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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

November 26, 200517 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Nov 26, 2005, 3:42 PM CST for 17 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2005, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 12:29 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Nov 26, 3:27 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 3:27 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 6:47 AM CST, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
647 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

MNZ002-003-005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-
049-052-053-271300-
NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-
MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-
647 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO PARTS OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
ALTHOUGH THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME IT
LOOKS LIKE THE FAVORED AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FARGO TO ROSEAU. THE PRECIPITATION
MAY START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. PERSONS PLANNING
TRAVEL SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING
STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-271300-
WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-
TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
647 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MIDWEEK. AT THIS POINT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

VOELKER

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.