Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Jan 23, 2006, 3:37 PM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2006, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2006, 7:49 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 31 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson 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, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFGF 232137 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 337 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND WILL ARRIVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND CAUSE BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE FORESTED REGION OF MINNESOTA WILL EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY BETTER VISIBILITY...ALTHOUGH STILL REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS WINDS BECOME EXTREMELY STRONG BY MORNING. LIGHT SNOWFALL DURING THE EVENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DECREASED VISIBILITY. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-250000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.060123T2137Z-060125T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 337 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE SNOW COVER HAS DEVELOPED A TEMPORARY CRUST WHICH MAY DELAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...WHEN THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP...THIS CRUST WILL QUICKLY BREAK DOWN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANYBODY WHO VENTURES OUTDOORS TO BECOME STRANDED DUE TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029- 030-038-039-049-052-053-250000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.060124T0000Z-060124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.060123T2137Z-060125T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 337 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE SNOW COVER HAS DEVELOPED A TEMPORARY CRUST WHICH MAY DELAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...WHEN THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP THIS CRUST WILL QUICKLY BREAK DOWN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANYBODY WHO VENTURES OUTDOORS TO BECOME STRANDED DUE TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ016-023-028-250000- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.060123T2137Z-060125T0000Z/ NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH CLEARWATER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAGLEY...LAKE ITASCA...WOLF LAKE 337 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND CREATE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE SNOW COVER HAS DEVELOPED A TEMPORARY CRUST WHICH MAY DELAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...WHEN THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP THIS CRUST WILL QUICKLY BREAK DOWN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANYBODY WHO VENTURES OUTDOORS TO BECOME STRANDED DUE TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ006-009-017-024-032-250000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.060123T2137Z-060125T0000Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH BELTRAMI-HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BEMIDJI... PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 337 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL ALSO OCCUR AND CAUSE FURTHER DETERIORATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KFGF 240149 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 749 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND WILL ARRIVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOWFALL DURING THE EVENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DECREASE VISIBILITIES. MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027-028-NDZ007-008-016- 027-030-054-250000- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060125T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060125T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...LANGDON... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 749 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TEMPORARILY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SLICK ROADS AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. WIND WHIPPED SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ003-029>031-040-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052- 053-250000- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060125T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060125T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-BENSON- RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 749 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TEMPORARILY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SLICK ROADS AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ006-009-017-024-032-250000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060125T0000Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH BELTRAMI-HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BEMIDJI... PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 749 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TEMPORARILY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THE DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SLICK ROADS AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. WIND WHIPPED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FGFOPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 4:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2006Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every blizzard warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.