Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2008, 3:46 AM CST for 14 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 5:18 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 4 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
- Dec 19, 2008, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2008, 5:18 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2008, 11:43 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 5:23 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Lansford, ND | NEW SNOWFALL SINCE 5 AM CST. |
| Dec 20, 5:42 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lansford, ND | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Jamestown, ND | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Montpelier, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KBIS 190946 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 346 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WILL FIRST PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT FROM WILLISTON SOUTH TO BOWMAN. THE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EARLY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...THROUGH JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AS THE BULK OF THE SNOW ENDS ON SATURDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 25 BELOW TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-191800- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0011.081219T2200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0005.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 346 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM BOTTINEAU COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO MCINTOSH AND DICKEY COUNTIES. AS THE BULK OF THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 AND 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-191800- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0011.081219T2200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081219T2100Z-081221T1200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 346 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /246 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW LINGERING AT TIMES SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-191800- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0011.081219T2200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON 346 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /246 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KS
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KBIS 191719 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1119 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL SHIFT TO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. BY SATURDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTHWEST. THREE TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON TO BISMARCK...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BOTTINEAU SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN. COLDER AIR AND STRONGER WINDS WILL THEN PLUNGE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 50 BELOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL...FROM BOTTINEAU TO JAMESTOWN...WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE VENTURING OUT DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND... MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-200130- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1119 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FIVE TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM BOTTINEAU COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO MCINTOSH AND DICKEY COUNTIES. AS THE BULK OF THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 AND 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-200130- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081219T2100Z-081221T1200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 1119 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /1019 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW LINGERING AT TIMES SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-200130- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON 1119 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /1019 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 192138 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 338 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO THIS WEEKEND. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL SHIFT TO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. BY SATURDAY MORNING ...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WEST. THREE TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BOTTINEAU SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN. COLD AIR AND STRONGER WINDS WILL THEN PLUNGE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 50 BELOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL...FROM BOTTINEAU TO JAMESTOWN...WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE VENTURING OUT DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND... MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-200545- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 338 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM BOTTINEAU COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO MCINTOSH AND DICKEY COUNTIES. AS THE BULK OF THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY MORNING... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 AND 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-200545- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 338 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /238 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW LINGERING AT TIMES SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-200545- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON 338 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /238 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 192318 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO THIS WEEKEND. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL SHIFT TO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. BY SATURDAY MORNING ...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WEST. THREE TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BISMARCK TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM MINOT AND BOTTINEAU SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN. COLD AIR AND STRONGER WINDS WILL THEN PLUNGE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 50 BELOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNO FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ003-011-021-200730- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WS.W.0005.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...GARRISON 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-200730- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM BOTTINEAU COUNTY SOUTHEAST INTO MCINTOSH AND DICKEY COUNTIES. AS THE BULK OF THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY MORNING... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 AND 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ002-010-200730- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081219T2318Z-081221T1200Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-200730- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /418 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW LINGERING AT TIMES SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ018>020-033>035-041-042-044>046-200730- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.081220T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 518 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /418 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 200301 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 901 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO THIS WEEKEND. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES WEST WHILE THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL SHIFT TO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. BY SATURDAY MORNING ...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WEST. THREE TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BISMARCK TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM MINOT AND BOTTINEAU SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN. COLD AIR AND STRONGER WINDS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 40 TO 50 BELOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL... FROM BOTTINEAU TO JAMESTOWN...WHERE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE VENTURING OUT DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND... MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-201115- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 901 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-031-032-040-043-201115- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 901 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /801 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW LINGERING AT TIMES SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ018>020-033>035-041-042-044>046-201115- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS- SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 901 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /801 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 200922 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 322 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL PLOW THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES... WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO TODAY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME EVEN COLDER TONIGHT WITH VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 35 BELOW AND 50 BELOW. ACCOMPANYING THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FLUFFY SNOW WE RECEIVED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL EASILY BE LIFTED UP AND BLOWN AROUND TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO LOWER BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITIES OVER EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM BOTTINEAU SOUTH TO JAMESTOWN AND INTO ASHLEY. THE SNOW ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MAKING VENTURING OUT VERY DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ003-011-021-201800- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0011.081220T0922Z-081221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...GARRISON 322 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY TODAY. TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME EVEN COLDER WITH VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 40 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>020-031>035-040>046-201800- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0011.081220T0922Z-081221T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 322 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /222 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO 40 BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY TODAY. TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME EVEN COLDER WITH VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 35 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-201800- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 322 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ KS
000 WWUS43 KBIS 201245 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 645 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL PLOW THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES... WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ACCOMPANYING THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FLUFFY SNOW WE RECEIVED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL EASILY BE LIFTED UP AND BLOWN AROUND TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO LOWER BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITIES OVER EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM BOTTINEAU SOUTH TO JAMESTOWN AND INTO ASHLEY. THE SNOW ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MAKING VENTURING OUT VERY DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-202045- /O.UPG.KBIS.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.W.0005.081220T1300Z-081221T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 645 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /545 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 45 BELOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-202045- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 645 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ RSL
000 WWUS43 KBIS 201743 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1143 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL PLOW THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES... WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ACCOMPANYING THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE FLUFFY SNOW WE RECEIVED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL EASILY BE LIFTED UP AND BLOWN AROUND TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES TO LOWER BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... WITH MUCH LOWER VISIBILITIES OVER EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WHERE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF FRESH SNOW FELL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MAKING VENTURING OUT VERY DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-210145- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0019.081220T1743Z-081221T1800Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1143 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH EXTREME WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA...LEAVING FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND STEADY OR PLUNGING WIND CHILLS IN ITS WAKE. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WHILE WIND CHILLS REMAIN BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO. AFTER DARK...A SECONDARY PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP DOWN FROM CANADA...CAUSING LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AS WELL AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-210145- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 1143 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /1043 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH FALLING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW THREE MILES AT TIMES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ SCHECK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 19, 3:10 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:10 AM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 310 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... GUIDANCE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PREVIOUS FORECAST HAD A GOOD READ ON INCOMING WEATHER AND ADJUSTMENTS WERE GEARED MAINLY TOWARD UPGRADING AND/OR REPLACING THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WATCH WITH APPROPRIATE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. FORECAST AREA WILL SEE A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND MAINLY IN THAT ORDER. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS OUR NEXT UPSTREAM UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER CENTRAL ALBERTA WITH MSAS DEPICTING A SURFACE LOW AND THE BEGINNINGS OF AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING. THE SFC LOW SHIFTS EAST TODAY STRETCHING INTO NORTH DAKOTA AND ENHANCING THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. WEAK ASCENT RESIDES OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY THUS ONGOING FLURRIES AND/OR OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST. HOWEVER THE BEST JET DYNAMICS/LIFT ARRIVES TONIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE FAR WEST THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE EAST THIS EVENING OVERSPREADING THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY TONIGHT. SNOW/LIQUID RATIOS ON THE ORDER OF 20/1 TO 30/1 TONIGHT. ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR SPILLS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BRINGING A RETURN TO SUBZERO HIGHS/LOWS. THE DETAILS OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNING... OUR FAR WESTERN ZONES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 21Z FRIDAY THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY FROM DIVIDE COUNTY STRAIGHT SOUTH INTO BOWMAN COUNTY. SNOW LOOKS TO BEGIN IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY WITH AROUND 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 06Z-12Z SATURDAY WITH GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING DURING THIS TIME WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN -25F TO -35F. FULLY EXPECT A WIND CHILL HEADLINE TO DOMINATE THE WEST SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH BORDERLINE WARNING CRITERIA OF AROUND -40F. OUR CENTRAL ZONES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 00Z SATURDAY THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY ENCOMPASSING BURKE AND RENVILLE COUNTIES SOUTH TO ADAMS AND EAST TO EMMONS COUNTIES. THIS WOULD INCLUDE BISMARCK/MANDAN. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND/OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AS SOME WEAK ASCENT H85/H3 OMEGA CONTINUES OVER THE AREA BUT ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE MINOR...UNDER ONE INCH. HOWEVER STRONGER LIFT ARRIVES BETWEEN 00Z SATURDAY AND 12Z SATURDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW NOW OVER ALBERTA AND ASSOCIATED INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH MOVE THROUGH. EXPECTING ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS OUR CENTRAL ZONES TONIGHT. THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SATURDAY WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES AND/OR OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 AND 35 MPH. SOME BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF -25F TO -35F WILL COMMENCE BY MID MORNING SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THUS ONCE THE BULK OF THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH THE WINDS WILL KICK IN FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. BISMARCK LOOKS TO REMAIN IN SOLID WIND CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT MINOT WILL BE CLOSE TO WIND CHILL WARNING VALUES BY SATURDAY EVENING. OUR EASTERN ZONES...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 00Z SATURDAY THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. STRONGEST LIFT AND BEST ACCUMULATING SNOWS LOOK TO OCCUR FROM BOTTINEAU COUNTY EAST TO ROLETTE AND SOUTH TO MCINTOSH AND DICKEY COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN AREA. EXPECTING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 AND 40 MPH. FELT THE BULK OF THE SNOW WOULD FALL WHEN THE WINDS WERE AT THEIR LIGHTEST AND REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE WOULD BE HARD PRESSED. LIKE IN OUR WESTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES...THE WINDS CRANK UP AS THE MAIN SNOW BAND SHIFTS EAST. MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOW VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z SATURDAY...BUT NOT ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO WARRANT A BLIZZARD WARNING...THUS DECIDED TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE SNOW POTENTIAL WANING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY LEVELS BY MID MORNING SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING IN OUR FAR EASTERN ZONES WILL END FOLLOWED BY FRIGID TEMPERATURES/SUBZERO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AN UPPER WAVE IN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES WILL BRING ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF LIGHT SNOW EVENTS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT. BROAD RIDGING ALLOWS US TO ENJOY A RESPITE FROM THE COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. H8 TEMPERATURES WILL PULL ABOVE 0C IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF OUR FORECAST REGION. && .AVIATION... PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND MVFR CEILINGS WILL ENLARGE DURING THE DAY AND BY NIGHTFALL I EXPECT IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AS A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE NORTHERN PLAINS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR NDZ002-003-010-011-018>021- 033>035-041-042-044>046. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051. && KS/RSL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:14 AM CST, 23 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 414 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191015- 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- 414 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 /314 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM NOW ON THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE TO WYOMING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE STORM WILL BEGIN BY SPREADING SNOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY...THEN STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...FALLING OFF ON SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM JAMESTOWN TO ELLENDALE...WHICH COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SOME AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IN ADDITION BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS SO CITIZENS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. BE PREPARED BY CARRYING A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 13 more | 24 hr |
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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.