Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 130350
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
950 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTH DAKOTA THIS WEEKEND...

.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL
GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SUNDAY
MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE SINGLES DIGITS AND
WILL THEN FALL TO 5 BELOW BY NIGHTFALL. CONSEQUENTLY WIND CHILLS
WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 45 BELOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DURING
THE STORM VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO ZERO IN THE OPEN COUNTRYSIDE...
AND SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. THE COMBINATION OF
WIND CHILLS...AND HEAVY AND DRIFTING SNOW WHIPPED UP WITH STRONG
WINDS WILL MAKE THIS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING STORM.

TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED THIS WEEKEND. IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO
TRAVEL...ENSURE THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC USERS OF THIS INFORMATION ARE URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL
MEDIA AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-131200-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T2200Z-081215T0600Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
950 PM CST FRI DEC 12 2008 /850 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. 

EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND WINDS OVER 35 MPH FROM LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO
NEAR 40 BELOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

WAA

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 130955
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
355 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN NORTHEAST WYOMING SATURDAY 
MORNING...WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. SNOW INTENSITY 
WILL INCREASE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA 
AS MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BY MID DAY ON 
SATURDAY. THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPERIENCE 
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL 
INTENSITIES WILL LIKELY BE SEEN FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND 
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO 
FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST NORTH OF HIGHWAY
2...WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. 6
TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 2 AND INTERSTATE
94...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 94.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING 
AND DRIFTING SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS WESTERN 
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW 
WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS...LIKELY MAKING 
TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ROADS POTENTIALLY BECOMING BLOCKED 
BY SNOW DRIFTS. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO 
EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND 
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO 
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...WIND 
CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...REACHING TO 30 TO 45 
BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS 
THROUGH MONDAY. EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO SUCH COLD TEMPERATURES IS 
LIFE THREATENING.

TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE 
RECONSIDERED THIS WEEKEND. IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO 
TRAVEL...ENSURE THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A WINTER SURVIVAL 
KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY 
OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC USERS OF 
THIS INFORMATION ARE URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA AND YOUR NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS 
DEVELOPING BLIZZARD.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-132200-
/O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY
355 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA 
BY MID DAY SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING.
WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH VISIBILITIES OF
ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY
SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL
THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...REACHING TO 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
PJA

NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-132200-
/O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T2200Z-081215T0000Z/
DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
355 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /255 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY. 

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH...SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS.
FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...REACHING TO 35 TO 45
BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN AT THESE
LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

PJA
NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-132200-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T2200Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
355 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /255 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. 

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WHEN COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH...SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE
OR LESS. FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN
BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG
WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...REACHING
TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN
AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
PJA/TSW

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 131714
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1114 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WYOMING WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...AND DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING
THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ROADS
POTENTIALLY BECOMING BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS.

FURTHERMORE...ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH AND BY EARLY EVENING SOUTH. THESE
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL PRODUCE LIFE
THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO...TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...AND EVEN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 2...WHERE 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
EVENING. 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 2 AND
INTERSTATE 94...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
EVENING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED THIS WEEKEND. IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO
TRAVEL...ENSURE THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC USERS OF THIS INFORMATION ARE URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA
AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING BLIZZARD.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-140115-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY
1114 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE WITH NEAR BLIZZARD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
EVENING. LOOK FOR STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY
EVENING....AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL
THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...REACHING TO 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140115-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T2200Z-081215T0000Z/
DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1114 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /1014 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. WHEN COMBINED
WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH...SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR
LESS. FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN
BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG
WINDS...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY...
REACHING TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL
REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-140115-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.081213T2200Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1114 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /1014 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WHEN COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH...SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS.
FURTHERMORE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY EVENING....AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY... REACHING TO 35 TO 45
BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN AT THESE
LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 132216
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
416 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WYOMING WILL MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...AS DANGEROUSLY COLD ARCTIC AIR SURGES
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS FROM THE NORTH. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO MOVE FROM MONTANA INTO WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA BY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS OVER WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
AND WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE THROUGH THE EVENING AND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WITH ROADS POTENTIALLY BECOMING BLOCKED
BY SNOW DRIFTS.

FURTHERMORE...THE ARCTIC AIR...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD...EXPOSED SKIN WILL FREEZE IN A
MANNER OF MINUTES. 

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST ALONG
A LINE FROM WILLISTON...EAST THROUGH MINOT AND GARRISON...THEN
SOUTHEAST TO JAMESTOWN. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM
AROUND DICKINSON TO BISMARCK...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED THIS WEEKEND. IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO
TRAVEL...ENSURE THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC USERS OF THIS INFORMATION ARE URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA
AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING BLIZZARD.

NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-140630-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
416 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /316 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
SUNDAY...

EXPECT SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-140630-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY
416 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

EXPECT SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-140630-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
416 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /316 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

EXPECT SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY
SUNDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 140229
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
829 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD AFFECTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...AS DANGEROUSLY COLD ARCTIC AIR
SURGES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS FROM THE NORTH. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE TWO FEATURES WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SNOW AND VERY
STRONG WINDS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
AND WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WITH ROADS POTENTIALLY BECOMING BLOCKED
BY SNOW DRIFTS.

FURTHERMORE...THE ARCTIC AIR...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD...EXPOSED SKIN WILL
FREEZE IN A MANNER OF MINUTES.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST ALONG A
LINE FROM WILLISTON...EAST THROUGH MINOT AND GARRISON...WHERE UP
TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW
IS POSSIBLE FROM AROUND DICKINSON TO BISMARCK...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED THIS WEEKEND. IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO
TRAVEL...ENSURE THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC USERS OF THIS INFORMATION ARE URGED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA
AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING BLIZZARD.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-141030-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
829 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /729 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
SUNDAY. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-141030-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
829 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 /729 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
ABELING

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 141036
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
436 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

.BLIZZARD AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
40 TO 45 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON
AND IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS DIMINISH.
TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES
FROM WILLISTON TO BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE LINE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO
50 BELOW TODAY...AND 45 TO 55 BELOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-141845-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0000Z-081215T1300Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
436 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /336 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/ MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW
CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-141845-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
436 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /336 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. IF NECESSARY RECONSIDER TRAVEL
PLANS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED. WIND
CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 141712
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1112 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TODAY...DUE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE IN THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING...AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DIMINISH. TOTAL SNOWFALL
FROM THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES FROM WILLISTON
TO BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NORTH AND SOUTH OF
THIS LINE. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 50
BELOW TODAY...AND 45 TO 55 BELOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-150115-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0000Z-081215T1300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1112 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /1012 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/ MONDAY...

NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON AS SNOW ENDS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. IT WILL REMAIN
DANGEROUSLY COLD THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM
35 TO 55 BELOW ZERO. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN
INCH. 

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE
SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW
CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-150115-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1112 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /1012 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
EVENING AS SNOW ENDS AND WINDS SUBSIDE. DANGEROUSLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WIND
CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM BISMARCK NORTH TO MINOT AND
BOTTINEAU...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM CARRINGTON AND
JAMESTOWN...SOUTH THROUGH EDGELEY...ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS
OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF
YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 142212
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
412 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN...AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER MONTANA ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE ARCTIC AIR IS PRODUCING LIGHT
SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS ARE BLOWING THE FALLING SNOW AND THE SNOW
ALREADY ON THE GROUND...AND CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES ACROSS
THE REGION.

THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR WEST...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. IN THE FAR
WEST...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST.
BECAUSE OF THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES...THE BLIZZARD WARNING
WILL BE REPLACED BY A WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55
BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WINDS SUBSIDE...THE
BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT AT THIS
TIME...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WHEN
THE BLIZZARD WARNING EXPIRES OR IS CANCELLED...A WIND CHILL WARNING
WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO EFFECT. WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 50 BELOW
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-150615-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0000Z-081215T1300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
412 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /312 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/
MONDAY...

EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT OR 6 PM MDT. A WIND
CHILL WARNING BE IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS...THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE ARCTIC AIR...COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW ZERO.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-150615-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...
HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
412 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /312 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

EXPECT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEN SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES
OF LESS THAN A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE CONTINUING THIS
LATE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. AS WINDS SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING...VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE. DUE TO THE EXTREMELY COLD AIR
OVER THE AREA...A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WIND CHILLS OF
40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$
TWH

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 150017
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
617 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN...AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER MONTANA ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. ARCTIC AIR COMBINING WITH
THE WINDS IS PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS AND REDUCING
VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE REGION.

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE
WEST HALF OF THE STATE AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES...THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND
CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING OUTSIDE
HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN
A MATTER OF MINUTES AND RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS GREATLY INCREASED.

OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WINDS SUBSIDE...THE
BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED BY MIDNIGHT...BUT AT THIS
TIME...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY. WHEN THE BLIZZARD WARNING EXPIRES OR IS CANCELLED...A WIND
CHILL WARNING WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO EFFECT. WIND CHILLS OF 40
TO 50 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

NDZ003-004-011-012-019>022-034-035-042-045-046-150830-
/O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0017Z-081215T1800Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER...
BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON
617 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /517 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/
MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

THE MAIN HAZARD NOW ARE THE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SOME
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND THOSE WHO TRAVEL SHOULD EXPECT
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING OUTSIDE
HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN
A MATTER OF MINUTES AND THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS GREATLY
INCREASED.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-150830-
/O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081215T1300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
617 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /517 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/
MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING
OUT DOORS HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE CAN
OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS GREATLY
INCREASED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT...CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE
THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-150830-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
617 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$
ABELING

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 150557
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1157 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN...AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER MONTANA ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. ARCTIC AIR COMBINING WITH
THE WINDS IS PRODUCING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION.

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED OVER
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING....AND TRAVEL WILL
BE DIFFICULT UNTIL ROADS ARE CLEARED. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE REST OF THE
MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE
VENTURING OUTSIDE HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED.
FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA
IS GREATLY INCREASED.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-151400-
/O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1157 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND
CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING...BUT THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY THROUGH
SUNRISE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...AND
TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT UNTIL ROADS ARE CLEARED. 

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING
OUT DOORS HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE
CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS
GREATLY INCREASED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-151300-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081215T1300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1157 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /1057 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/
MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST /6 AM MST/
MONDAY. 

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING
OUT DOORS HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE
CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS
GREATLY INCREASED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

NDZ003-004-011-012-019>022-034-035-042-045-046-151400-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER...
BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON
1157 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 /1057 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM
MST/ MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM
MST/ MONDAY. 

THE MAIN HAZARD IS THE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SOME BLOWING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE AND THOSE WHO TRAVEL SHOULD EXPECT AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS
OF 40 TO 55 BELOW WILL MAKE VENTURING OUTSIDE HAZARDOUS UNLESS THE
SKIN IS WELL COVERED. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
AND THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IS GREATLY INCREASED.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NEVER LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$