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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

February 7, 200823 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard watch at Feb 7, 2008, 4:31 AM CST for 23 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 7, 2008, 3:19 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2008, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2008, 3:19 PM CST
Expired: Feb 8, 2008, 3:55 PM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 23 counties

Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Feb 7, 3:25 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:25 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 3:19 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more	25 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in North Dakota, 2008 Every blizzard watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.