Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Dec 30, 2006, 4:46 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 30, 2006, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2006, 4:46 AM CST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2006, 9:21 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 22 counties
Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.63 | Baudette, MN | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Roseau, MN | 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND BETWEEN 0.20 TO 0.40 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURRED. |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Petersburg, ND | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Cooperstown, ND | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Binford, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 301046 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 446 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WHERE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ001>003-029-NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053-010600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0007.061231T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 446 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVE INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0007.061231T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 446 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. DURING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...COLDER AIR WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.A.0007.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ 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-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 446 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WARM AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS AS TO WHAT TYPE...AND HOW MUCH...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THIS AREA. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...AND ANY SHIFT IN ITS TRACK WILL DETERMINE OVERALL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ BRAMER
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFGF 301526 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 926 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST DAKOTA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WHERE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.HS.W.0004.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 926 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...THEN QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE HALLOCK AREAS BY THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY SUNDAY NIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ001>003-029-NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 926 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVE INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY... COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0007.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 926 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WARM AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS AS TO WHAT TYPE...AND HOW MUCH...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THIS AREA. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...AND ANY SHIFT IN ITS TRACK WILL DETERMINE OVERALL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 301543 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 943 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN AREAS FROM VALLEY CITY NORTHEAST TO GRAND FORKS AND THE DEVILS LAKE REGION AND INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.HS.W.0004.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 943 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...THEN QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE HALLOCK AREAS BY THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY... WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY SUNDAY NIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ001>003-029-NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 943 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVE INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY... COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0007.061230T1800Z-070101T0600Z/ 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-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 943 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WARM AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SATURDAY. UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS AS TO WHAT TYPE...AND HOW MUCH...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THIS AREA. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN...AND ANY SHIFT IN ITS TRACK WILL DETERMINE OVERALL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 302132 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN AREAS FROM VALLEY CITY NORTHEAST TO GRAND FORKS AND THE DEVILS LAKE REGION AND INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-010600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0007.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE RIGHT NEAR THE FREEZING MARK SO PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL VARY ACROSS THE AREA. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TURNING TO SNOW ON SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ026>029-038-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL VARY GREATLY AND WILL EVEN VARY ACROSS A COUNTY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY EVENING OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE REGION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ001>003-029-NDZ030-039-049-052-053-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL FALL TONIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING. THE MIX WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL VARY GREATLY AND WILL EVEN VARY ACROSS A COUNTY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY EVENING OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF FARGO. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0007.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0019.061230T2132Z-070101T0600Z/ HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 332 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL VARY FROM THE FREEZING MARK TO NEAR 35 TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE VERY CRITICAL WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SUNDAY AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY BY THE TIME THE STORMS ENDS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE ICY TONIGHT SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DK/DR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 310353 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 953 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO IOWA BY SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN AREAS FROM VALLEY CITY NORTH TO DEVILS LAKE AND EAST TO GRAND FORKS...THEN INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE SWITCHING TO SNOW DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 953 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN ON MOST OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH MID EVENING...AND THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL HAS BEEN THE RULE ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS SITUATION WILL LIKELY NOT IMPROVE THROUGH SUNDAY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ026>029-038-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY 953 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. AS OF MID EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN GRAND FORKS ON UP TO 8 INCHES NEAR VALLEY CITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL VARY GREATLY AND WILL EVEN VARY ACROSS A COUNTY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY EVENING OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY EVENING...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE REGION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ001>003-005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-029-NDZ030-039-049-052- 053-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-WILKIN-TRAILL-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...BRECKENRIDGE...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 953 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RIGHT NEAR THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND A BIT ABOVE FREEZING OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...EXCEPT A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. BY SUNDAY MORNING...IT WILL BE ALL SNOW FOR ALL LOCATIONS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 953 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL VARY FROM THE FREEZING MARK TO NEAR 35 TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE VERY CRITICAL WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FALLING MAINLY AS RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SUNDAY AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE ICY TONIGHT SO USE EXTREME CAUTION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WJB
000 WWUS43 KFGF 311021 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION... .THE SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. THUS...A SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TODAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY...EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AREAS FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD WILL SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW AND AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FOR THESE LOCATIONS. MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BS.Y.0001.061231T1021Z-070101T0000Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IN ADDITION...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTS TO FORM ON ROADS WITH AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTATION. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ001>003-029-NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BS.Y.0001.061231T1021Z-070101T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IN ADDITION...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTS TO FORM ON ROADS WITH AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTATION. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA TODAY WITH VERY SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TOWARD MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-010600- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE FORMING ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BRAMER
000 WWUS43 KFGF 311521 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 921 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...ALL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE CANCELLED... .THE STORM WHICH DUMPED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM BISMARCK TO VALLEY CITY...DEVILS LAKE...GRAND FORKS...HALLOCK AND ROSEAU HAS MOVED QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST AND THE SNOW HAS ENDED. WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST BUT DUE TO THE WET AND HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW NO BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS ENDED AS WELL. MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-311630- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 921 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SNOW HAS ENDED. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM ROSEAU AND HALLOCK INTO WARREN AND THIEF RIVER FALLS. FURTHER EAST...THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WITH ONLY MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-311630- /O.CAN.KFGF.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 921 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY...THIS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WHICH FELL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME DRIFTING WILL OCCUR THOUGH IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST SNOW....WHICH WAS AREAS NORTH OF A VALLEY CITY TO MAYVILLE TO CROOKSTON LINE WHERE WIDESPREAD 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THE HIGHEST AMOUNT REPORTED WAS 10.5 INCHES IN BINFORD IN GRIGGS COUNTY WITH 10 INCHES AT STARKWEATHER IN RAMSEY COUNTY. $$ MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-311630- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-070101T0600Z/ HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 921 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON SO WATCH OUT FOR ICE ON UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS. $$ RIDDLE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Dec 30, 4:10 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 4:10 AM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
410 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006
.SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS THE PRECIPITATION
TYPE AND AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVERTED TROUGH WHICH WILL
LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE GFS AND NAM
CONTINUE TO GIVE CONFLICTING SOLUTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS
FEATURE.
THE CURRENT KABR WSR-88D REFLECTIVITY LOOP IS SHOWING AREAS OF
LIGHT SNOW MOVING TOWARD THE ND/SD BORDER. THE PARENT CENTRAL
PLAINS LOW HAS TAPPED A GOOD MOISTURE FEED FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO. THUS...IT APPEARS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF
0.75 INCHES WILL EXTEND NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER
VALLEY DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. IMPRESSIVE QPF AMOUNTS
WERE PRESENT ACROSS THE VALLEY ON THE 00Z RUNS OF BOTH THE GFS AND
CANADIAN GEM. THUS...WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING GENERALLY FROM
HIGHWAY 2 IN THE VALLEY SOUTHWARD TO THE SD BORDER. THE DEVILS
LAKE BASIN AND THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEY WILL REMAIN MORE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF DRIER AIR DRAWN IN FROM THE CANADIAN ANTICYCLONE.
THUS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA.
DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR ACROSS
THE CWA EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...HAVE KEEP THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IN PLACE FOR THIS AREA. THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TIME TO
EXAMINE THE 12Z RUNS AND MAKE A DECISION ON THIS AREA.
NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DEEP AND WARM LAYER OF AIR WILL
EXIST DURING THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTHERN VALLEY. THE TOP DOWN PRECIPITATION TYPE METHOD INDICATES
THAT A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURES IN THE WARM LAYER REACH 5C IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY
WITH THE WARM ADVECTION SURGE. THIS WILL TRANSITION OVER TO ALL
SNOW AS THE COLD ADVECTION TAKES HOLD ON SUNDAY.
THE DURATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE TROUGH IS STILL IN QUESTION.
HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING AS THE FORCING SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES.
.LONG TERM...DRY AND SEASONALLY MILD PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR MID
WEEK AS THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE JET BECOMES ZONAL AND SOUTHERN
BRANCH REMAINS ACTIVE. A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL BRING IN COOLER AIR
FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR MNZ001>003-029.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR MNZ004-007.
&&
BRAMERHazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 6:39 AM CST, 22 hours 7 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 30, 4:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:26 AM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 19 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 18 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.