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Heavy Snow Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 4, 200714 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 4, 2007, 7:38 AM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 12 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: Dec 4, 2007, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2007, 7:19 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 23 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard 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, Wadena County, MN, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 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 heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Dec 4, 4:30 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 4:30 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 6:57 AM CST, 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
657 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007

MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-
024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-051300-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-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-
657 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007

...MORE SNOW FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY MAINLY THIS MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY. EXPECT A BAND OF
4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ROUGHLY FROM NEAR LANGDON ND TO GRAND FORKS
TO PARKERS PRAIRIE MINNESOTA FOR TODAY. MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL
FALL THIS MORNING. THE REST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW.

LITTLE IF ANY DRIFTING OF SNOW IS FORECAST AS NORTHEAST WINDS
SHOULD BE UNDER 15 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL SHIFT
SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAJORITY OF
THE SNOW SHOULD MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING
AND OUT OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA
INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING
INTO NORTHEAST MONTANA. SNOW WILL FALL MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE
WARM FRONT TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MNZ006-009-017-051300-
LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH BELTRAMI-
657 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. WITH THE LOW SNOW
AMOUNTS...NO ADVISORY IS ANTICIPATED FOR THIS AREA TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOPPES

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Minnesota, 2007 Heavy Snow Warnings in North Dakota, 2007 Every heavy snow warning in 2007

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.