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Snow Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 29, 20067 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this snow advisory at Dec 29, 2006, 9:13 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2006, 9:13 AM CST (15:13 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2006, 1:52 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 29, 2:45 AM CST, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 2:45 AM CST, 6 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 6:39 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
639 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-301245-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-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-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
639 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. AREAS SOUTH OF LINE FROM
DEVILS LAKE TO GRAND FORKS AND BEMIDJI COULD SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF
AN INCH OR TWO. WITH LIGHT WINDS SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS
MAKING FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL END ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION TONIGHT WITH SNOW CHANCES CONTINUING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
PARTS OF THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY EVOLVE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS WEEKEND. THERE REMAINS MUCH DISAGREEMENT IN HOW MUCH MOISTURE
WILL BE SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WHERE TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PERSONS
WHO WILL TRAVEL THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED FOR
LATER FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

VOELKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	24 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Minnesota, 2006 Snow Advisories in North Dakota, 2006 Every snow advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.