Blizzard Warning 1, 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 111740
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1140 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FROM SUNDAY EVENING UNTIL NOON MONDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN ALBERTA WILL THEN MOVE
RAPIDLY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. THE ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY THEN SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING. 4 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW COULD FALL ALONG A LINE
FROM MINOT TO JAMESTOWN DIMINISHING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AT BOWMAN. AS
THE ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVES ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT...STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ROADS
COULD BECOME BLOCKED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. BITTER COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING...SO
IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR CAR.

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-120145-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.090112T0300Z-090112T1800Z/
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
1140 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /1040 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120145-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.090112T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
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
1140 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /1040 AM MST SUN JAN 11 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$


VJ

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 112107
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
307 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON MONDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SASKATCHEWAN WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE
STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE ON MONDAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BY THIS EVENING THEN
SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
RANGING FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES COULD FALL ALONG A LINE FROM MINOT TO
JAMESTOWN DOWN TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE BISMARCK...
MANDAN AREA COULD SEE AROUND 3 INCHES AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS
THE STATE TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ROADS
COULD BECOME BLOCKED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. BITTER COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING...SO
IF YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR CAR.

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-120515-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.090112T0300Z-090112T1800Z/
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
307 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /207 PM MST SUN JAN 11 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120515-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.090112T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
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
307 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /207 PM MST SUN JAN 11 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

VJ

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 120319
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
919 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...

.THIS SUNDAY NIGHT...THE CENTER OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER...WAS LOCATED
NEAR WILLISTON. BY NOON ON MONDAY THIS FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL BE
CENTERED OVER SIOUX CITY IOWA. IN ADVANCE OF THE CLIPPER 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND
MIDNIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL ENTER EXTREME
NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING
SNOW AND SNOW SQUALLS. THE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES. THIS BAND OF STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD TO THE
REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY 6 AM CST MONDAY
MORNING. IMPROVEMENT WILL FOLLOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. ROADS COULD BECOME
BLOCKED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND
INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25
BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING...SO IF YOU  
BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR CAR.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121030-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
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
919 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 /819 PM MST SUN JAN 11 2009/

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

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

SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$




RSL

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 120712
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
112 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...

.AT MIDNIGHT CST...THE CENTER OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER...WAS LOCATED
NEAR GARRISON. BY NOON ON MONDAY THIS FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL BE
CENTERED OVER SIOUX CITY IOWA. IN ADVANCE OF THE CLIPPER
SYSTEM...A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND OF SNOW...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND INCH PER HOUR. A STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING MINOT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE BEHIND THE
CLIPPER SYSTEM AND BECOME SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WITH FRESH SNOW TONIGHT AND A DEEP SNOW PACK...THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO FALL
TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE MID DAY ON MONDAY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...ADVISE OTHERS OF
YOUR PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING AN INTO THE
AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY
ON MONDAY.

FURTHERMORE...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST WINDS OF
SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY.
MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES WITH POTENTIAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AS THE RESULT OF
VERY HIGH WIND SPEEDS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121515-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
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
112 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /1212 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW FROM NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WITH BRING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH 2 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BECOME SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WINDS IN THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE EVEN STRONGER...SUSTAINED AT 35 TO
45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL
TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MAKING TRAVEL
DANGEROUS... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20
TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY
MORNING AN INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$
PJA

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 121004
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
404 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.AT 4 AM CST...THE CENTER OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER...WAS LOCATED
NEAR BISMARCK. BY NOON ON MONDAY THIS FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL BE
CENTERED OVER SIOUX CITY IOWA. NEW SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM
WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM MINOT TO JAMESTOWN...
WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM WILLISTON TO BISMARCK...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES
SOUTHWEST. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS
DURING THE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SOME ROADS
MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...DO
NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL
TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
LATE MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

FURTHERMORE...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST
WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. MINOR
STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES WITH POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AS THE RESULT OF VERY HIGH WIND
SPEEDS.

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-121800-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
404 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /304 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

A BAND OF VERY HIGH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WILL CREATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL. NEW SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND
AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM
EXISTING SNOW COVER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-121800-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-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...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...
CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
404 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /304 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

NEW SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
THE STATE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTO
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MONDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20
TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY
ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

ABELING/WALKER

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 121345
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
745 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WEATHER CONDITIONS QUICKLY IMPROVING NORTH...STILL A BLIZZARD
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.AT 730 AM CST...THE CENTER OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER...WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. BY NOON ON MONDAY THIS FAST MOVING
SYSTEM WILL BE CENTERED OVER SIOUX CITY IOWA. WEATHER CONDITIONS
HAVE IMPROVED DRAMITICALLY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE. TO THE
SOUTHWEST ANAD SOUTH CENTRAL...WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU BECOME
STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS CHILLS
WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

NDZ001>004-009>012-017-121445-
/O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-
MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...WATFORD CITY
745 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-121800-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
745 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /645 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

A BAND OF HIGH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS
WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

NDZ005-013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-121800-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-
BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...
CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
745 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /645 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAKING
TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$

ABELING

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 121442
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
842 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...WEATHER CONDITIONS QUICKLY IMPROVING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
LINGERING AN HOUR OR TWO FAR SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL...

.AT 830 AM CST...THE CENTER OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER...WAS LOCATED
OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. BY NOON ON MONDAY THIS FAST MOVING
SYSTEM WILL BE CENTERED OVER IOWA. WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE
IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE. TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL...WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO FALL TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS
AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...DO NOT
LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WINDS CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE
MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

NDZ005-013-018>023-031>036-121545-
/O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE
842 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /742 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE VISIBILITES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW
HAVE IMPROVED. THE BLIZZARFD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

NDZ025-037-040>048-050-051-121800-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
FOSTER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
842 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /742 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES
WILL FALL TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SOME ROADS MAY
BECOME IMPASSABLE. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW
ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MID DAY ON MONDAY.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU AND
ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.

$$
ABELING

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 121813
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1213 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009

...CONDITIONS IMPROVING...

.THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT NOON CST AS WINDS ARE ON THE DECREASE AND VISIBILITIES
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. EXPECT CONTINUED GROUND DRIFTING IN OPEN
AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AS MANY
ROADS HAVE LONG STRETCHES OF COMPACTED ICE AND SNOW.

NDZ025-037-040>048-050-051-121915-
/O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T1800Z/
FOSTER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1213 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 /1113 AM MST MON JAN 12 2009/

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON CST AS
WINDS ARE ON THE DECREASE AND VISIBILITIES ARE IMPROVING. EXPECT
CONTINUED GROUND DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL AS MANY ROADS HAVE LONG STRETCHES OF
COMPACTED ICE AND SNOW.

$$

RSL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
345 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT IN MOVING TWO ALBERTA CLIPPERS ACROSS
THE AREA...THE FIRST TONIGHT...THE SECOND ON TUESDAY NIGHT. BOTH
WILL BE PRECEDED BY A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP...FOLLOWED BY JUST AS
SIGNIFICANT A COOL DOWN. WILL ISSUE A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA STARTING AT 6 PM CST AND FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
STARTING AT 9 PM CST AND ENDING AT NOON ON MONDAY. COULD SEE 4 TO
5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM MINOT TO
JAMESTOWN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LINE. AS THE
FIRST CLIPPER MOVES ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT...STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WEST THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE. WITH THE
THE ABUNDANT SNOW PACK ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL THE STRONG
WINDS SHOULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
LIKELY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE SOUTHWEST HAS
LESS SNOW AND HAS HAD SOME FREEZING RAIN. IF THE CRUST OVER THE
SNOW PACK BREAKS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY...BUT IF
NOT...THE BLIZZARD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE CHANGED TO A HIGH WIND
WARNING. AS THIS IS A FAST MOVING SYSTEM THE WINDS SHOULD DROP
OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY
MONDAY AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 30 BELOW
THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES ON
TUESDAY...STRONG WARM ADVECTION SHOULD PUSH TEMPS UP SIMILAR TO
TODAY. LIKELY TO SEE MORE SNOW WITH ROUGHLY THE SAME TOTALS AND
IN ABOUT THE SAME PLACES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. WILL
HIGHLIGHT IN THE HWO...BUT WILL NOT ISSUE ANY WATCHES OR
ADVISORIES YET.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF CLIPPERS WILL FINALLY PULL THE BULK OF THE
ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A 1050 SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM NUDGES INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY THEN MOVES
OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST MORNING
WITH LOWS 25 TO 30 BELOW. ON WEDNESDAY THE TEMPERATURES MAY BE
NEARLY STEADY OR FALL DURING THE DAY WITH THE ARCTIC AIR MOVING IN.
I KEPT A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...BUT
FLURRIES/ICE CRYSTALS WILL LIKELY BE FOUND MOST AREAS WITH THE COLD
AIR. MODERATING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS BOTH
GFS AND EUROPEAN BUILD A RIDGE INTO WESTERN NORTH AMERICA SHIFTING
THE COLDEST AIR TO THE EAST.

&&

.AVIATION...A COLD/STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM SASKATCHEWAN
THROUGH WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AT 4 AM CST.
ON THE COLD AIR SIDE OF THE FRONT STRATUS CLOUDS WITH CEILINGS FROM
1 TO 2 THOUSAND FEET HAVE FORMED ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AS A WARM FRONT BY NOON OR 18Z
ALLOWING VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO ISN AND DIK. CIGS OF 1 TO 2
THOUSAND CAN BE EXPECTED AT BIS...MOT AND JMS THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO AVIATION
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. VERY LOW IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN BLOWING
SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 KTS AFTER 00Z OR 6 PM AT ISN.
CONDITIONS SPREADING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-
034>037-042-045>048-050-051.

BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-
040-041-043-044.

&&

TSW/WAA

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
345 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121030-
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-
345 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 /245 PM MST SAT JAN 10 2009/

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...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM CANADA ACROSS THE STATE SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING BRINGING A CHANCE OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM BEFORE THE WINDS MOVE IN. TRAVELERS
SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
AGAIN...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS. AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
AND POTENTIALLY BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PERSONS TRAVELING SHOULD
ALSO LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

VJ