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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

February 27, 200718 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2007, 3:36 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2007, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 59 hr. 45 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
Feb 27, 2007, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2007, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2007, 2:46 PM CST
In force
59 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson 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, 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTSNOW 3Bagley, MN
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTSNOW 4.7Fargo, NDSNOWFALL FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM THURSDAY
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.5Grand Forks, NDSNOWFALL FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6AM THURSDAY
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Fergus Falls, MN
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Wahpeton, ND
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Valley City, ND
Mar 1, 7:02 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 11Lisbon, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 1Roseau, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2Blackduck, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2Gatzke, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 3Emmaville, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.53 S Wadena, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Mahnomen, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 5Ada, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 5Clearbrook, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 5Park Rapids, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 62 N Thief River Falls, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Forest River, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Lakota, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Graceton, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Nash, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 82 N Hansboro, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Cando, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Devils Lake, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Finley, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Leonard, MN
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8N Leonard, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Devils Lake, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10New Rockford, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 122 Se Leal, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 132 S Buffalo, ND
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 13Maddock, ND
Mar 1, 12:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Valley City, ND
Mar 1, 3:00 PM CSTSNOW 7.1Fargo, NDKVLY TELEVISION REPORTS 7.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENT THUS FAR. 5.8 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT.
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 102 Sw Litchville, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 12Grafton, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 12New Rockford, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 12.6Cando, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 15Wimbledon, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 16Cooperstown, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 16Mcville, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 17Maddock, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 18.71 Sw Enderlin, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 19Finley, ND
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 20Buffalo, 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KFGF 272136
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
336 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM APPROACHING THE REGION...

.A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW
WILL THEN SPREAD INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY SNOW COULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...BRINGING
STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. THE WIND COULD PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. 

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-022145-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
336 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 6 AM
AND NOON CST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE
GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...WITH HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL
SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY
NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY...AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD
EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ024-027-028-031-032-022145-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
336 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 12 PM
AND 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 4 TO
7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE REDUCED
FROM THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10
AND 18 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO
DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITY IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL 
TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.
LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR
ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ002-022-023-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028>030-022145-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...
CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE
336 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH 6 INCHES OR
MORE OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS MAY
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED DUE TO THE
HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A SECOND ROUND
OF HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8
AND 12 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
DEVELOP BY FRIDAY...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND WIND. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. STAY TUNED TO
FUTURE STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.

$$

MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ007-008-016-027-054-022145-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-
EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS
336 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME
HEAVY BY EVENING. SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY MORNING MAY BE IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITIES
COULD BE REDUCED DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8
AND 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AREAS HAVING THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING
UP TO 18 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY
AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND WIND. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. STAY TUNED TO
FUTURE STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.

$$

SCHULTZ/NG
11 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 281000
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM APPROACHING THE REGION...

.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED 
TO OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW
AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1500Z-070303T0000Z/
TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 6 INCHES
OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE
HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF
12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD
EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.


$$

MNZ022-023-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY WITH THE VISIBILITY
REDUCED DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF
HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF
12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL 
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.

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.

$$

MNZ004-007-008-013>017-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY WITH THE VISIBILITY
REDUCED DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF
HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF
12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL 
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.


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.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL 
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY
MORNING OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW
COVERED AND ICY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY FALLING
SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WITH
THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...A STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNT OF 10 TO
14 INCHES IS LIKELY. NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 20 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

$$

MNZ002-NDZ029-030-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
NORMAN-STEELE-TRAILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...FINLEY...MAYVILLE
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 6 INCHES
OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE
HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM
12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD
EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.


$$

MNZ001-NDZ007-008-016-027-054-021000-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1800Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 6 INCHES
OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE
HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM
12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD
EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.


$$

MNZ024-027-028-031-032-021000-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T2100Z-070303T0000Z/
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH 6 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY WITH THE VISIBILITY
REDUCED DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF
HEAVY SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF
14 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL 
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.

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.


$$

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-021000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070228T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
400 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 6 INCHES OR
MORE OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND ICY AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE
HEAVY FALLING SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM
14 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.


A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME. CONSIDER ALTERING OR CANCELLING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD
EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

KENNEDY
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 282117
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
316 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL
FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10
AND 18 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN
IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

MNZ004-007-008-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-030000-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070301T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-
WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...
MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
316 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THIS
EVENING WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 14 TO 18 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME.

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.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070301T0300Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
316 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THIS
EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME.

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>003-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...
WAHPETON...ADAMS
316 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OVERSPREAD THE REST OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND GUST OVER 25
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN
IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$
DK
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 010234
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
834 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL
FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN
10 AND 18 INCHES. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

MNZ001>003-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...
WAHPETON...ADAMS
834 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. FOR
THE REST OF THE AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND GUST
OVER 25 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ004-007-008-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-
WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...
MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
834 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING
WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 14 TO 18 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME.

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.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070301T0300Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
834 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING
WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME.

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.

$$

HOPKINS
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 010959
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE
DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME.

MNZ001>003-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...
WAHPETON...ADAMS
359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA 
THROUGH THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE
AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO
18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND GUST
OVER 25 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS... AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ004-007-008-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-
WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...
MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY
THURSDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA
TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN
EXTENDED TIME.

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.

$$

KENNEDY
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 012106
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
306 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH TRAVEL BECOMING 
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...

.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RETURN TO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST 
CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 
12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING STORM 
TOTALS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH 
WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND 
COMBINED WITH HEAVY FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING 
AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES. CONDITIONS 
WILL BE WORST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING
INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO. TRAVEL WILL BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON 
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE VERY 
QUICKLY THIS EVENING.

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/
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
306 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING UP TO ONE FOOT OF
SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 
TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE ZERO
VISIBILITY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE BY MORNING RUSH HOUR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO IN
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY
DETERIORATE LATE THIS EVENING. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT CONDITIONS IN
OPEN COUNTRY ARE WORSE THAN IN TOWN.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-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...NEWFOLDEN...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
306 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BRING STORM TOTALS
TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
306 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE
TONIGHT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS
TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. 

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

CS/DK
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 012351
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
551 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY FRIDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET BY FRIDAY
EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HEAVY FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO
AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST ALONG AND WEST
OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S.
HIGHWAY TWO. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE
QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING. 

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
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
551 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING UP TO ONE FOOT OF
SNOW BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
WITH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
HEAVY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE BY
MORNING RUSH HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO
IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY
DETERIORATE LATE THIS EVENING. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT CONDITIONS IN
OPEN COUNTRY ARE WORSE THAN IN TOWN.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-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...NEWFOLDEN...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
551 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BRING STORM TOTALS
TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
551 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY
LATE TONIGHT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY
THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING STORM
TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN
IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

CS/DK
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 020240
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
840 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY FRIDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET BY FRIDAY
EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HEAVY FALLING SNOW WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST
ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING INTERSTATES
29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
RURAL AREAS.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE
QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING.

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
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
840 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 9
INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING UP TO ONE FOOT OF SNOW BY FRIDAY
EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN ONE
AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
WITH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
HEAVY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE BY
MORNING RUSH HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S.
HIGHWAY TWO IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL FRIDAY
EVENING.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS EVENING
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY
DETERIORATE LATER TONIGHT. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT CONDITIONS IN
OPEN COUNTRY ARE WORSE THAN IN TOWN.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-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...NEWFOLDEN...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
840 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BRING STORM TOTALS
TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
840 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY
LATE TONIGHT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY
THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING STORM
TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN
IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

HOPKINS
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 020358
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY FRIDAY EVENING...
BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET BY FRIDAY
EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HEAVY FALLING SNOW WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST
ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING INTERSTATES
29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
RURAL AREAS.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE
QUICKLY LATE THIS EVENING.

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070302T0400Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
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
958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH
OF FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 9
INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS SEEING UP TO ONE FOOT OF SNOW BY FRIDAY
EVENING. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN ONE
AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
WITH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
HEAVY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE BY
MORNING RUSH HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S.
HIGHWAY TWO IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL FRIDAY
EVENING.

DO NOT LET THE RELATIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS THIS EVENING
ALLOW YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. THE WEATHER WILL QUICKLY
DETERIORATE LATER TONIGHT. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT CONDITIONS IN
OPEN COUNTRY ARE WORSE THAN IN TOWN.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-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...NEWFOLDEN...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
958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BRING STORM TOTALS
TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

MNZ005-006-009-030000-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0002.070302T0400Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
958 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE
TONIGHT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING STORM
TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR EVEN
IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

HOPKINS
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 020956
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
356 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TODAY WITH TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO IMPOSSIBLE IN
MANY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...

.PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING STORM
TOTALS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH
WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN
OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED
RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY
TWO. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.

CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING. 

MNZ005-006-009-021100-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
356 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH AN
INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 
25 MPH WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

$$

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
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
356 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES.  THIS WILL BRING
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR TODAY
...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT
INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 AND U.S. HIGHWAY TWO IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-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...NEWFOLDEN...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
356 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20
INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

KENNEDY
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 021529
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
929 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD TODAY WITH TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS A PORTION OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...

.PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND COMBINED WITH
FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THE VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY.
CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST ACROSS CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY
DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY
IN RURAL AREAS.

CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING.

MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-015-016-026-027-029-030-054-030000-
/O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.070302T1529Z-070303T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...
DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...ADAMS
929 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE BLIZZARD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR
TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING
SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MID DAY CAUSING FURTHER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EVENING.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022-023-030000-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.070302T1529Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...
LAKE ITASCA
929 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR
TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING
SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MID DAY CAUSING FURTHER VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. 
THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EVENING.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

MNZ003-029-NDZ014-024-028-038-039-049-052-053-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
CLAY-WILKIN-BENSON-EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...
LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON
929 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS A PORTION OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. THIS WILL BRING
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR TODAY.
THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH CURRENT AND FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94
IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
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
929 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN 10 AND
20 INCHES.

NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER ALTERING OR
CANCELING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR
PLANS...AND WHEN THEY SHOULD EXPECT YOUR ARRIVAL.

$$

TG
000 
WWUS43 KFGF 022046
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40
MPH. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SOME FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 

CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING.

NDZ014-030300-
/O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BS.Y.0001.070302T2046Z-070303T0300Z/
BENSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADDOCK...LEEDS
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ONE HALF MILE VISIBILITIES OR
LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE LATER TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
SATURDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

MNZ024-027-028-030>032-040-030300-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0300Z/
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
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG
WINDS TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY IN
OPEN COUNTRY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER ONE INCH.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-015-016-026-027-029-030-054-030300-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BS.Y.0001.070302T2046Z-070303T0300Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...
DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...ADAMS
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE LATER THIS
EVENING...ALTHOUGH DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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.

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022200-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/
EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. 

THE THREAT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. SOME DRIFTING SNOW
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM.

$$

MNZ003-029-NDZ024-028-038-039-049-052-053-030300-
/O.EXT.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0300Z/
CLAY-WILKIN-EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...
NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS
AND SOME FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPACT INTERSTATES 29 AND 94 TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
FARGO. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY AFTER 9 PM...ALTHOUGH
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

MNZ022-023-030300-
/O.EXT.KFGF.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0300Z/
MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA
246 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG
WINDS TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY IN
OPEN COUNTRY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER ONE INCH.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 4:11 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in North Dakota, 2007Every winter storm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.