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Wind Chill Advisory 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 21, 200825 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 11:11 AM MST for 25 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2008, 11:11 AM MST (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2008, 7:53 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 25 counties

Adams County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger 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, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Dec 21, 2:39 AM MST, 8 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 2:39 AM MST, 8 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 3:33 AM MST, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
433 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-221045-
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-
433 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 /333 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL NOON CST OR 11 AM MST TODAY.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND
40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH RECENT
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN ONE
AND THREE MILES...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN COUNTRY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MORE SNOW LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANOTHER STRONG NORTHEAST
PACIFIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST LATER TODAY AND MOVE OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOW IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE
SPREADING INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY LESSEN
DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.

GIVEN THAT THIS STORM IS STILL A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY...SOME
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO ITS EXACT EVOLUTION. HOWEVER...CURRENT
INDICATIONS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THEREFORE...THIS
STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS HOLIDAY WEEK. PERSONS
PLANING TRAVEL DURING THIS PERIOD ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECASTS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS EVENT.

THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEK APPEARS TO BE QUIET...AT LEAST
THROUGH CHRISTMAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW AVERAGE.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE SLIGHTLY ON
CHRISTMAS DAY WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 10 AND 25 ABOVE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION REPORTS.

KS/KJB/KS

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in North Dakota, 2008Every wind chill advisory 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.