Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Jan 13, 2009, 6:04 PM MST for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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
- Jan 13, 2009, 6:04 PM MST (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2009, 10:38 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Billings County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:14 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Dickinson, ND | |
| Jan 13, 6:16 PM MST | BLIZZARD 0 | Grassy Butte, ND | ZERO VISIBLITIES REPORTED. |
| Jan 13, 6:16 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Killdeer, ND | REPORTES OF ZERO VISIBLITIES. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 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 140104 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM MST... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 9PM CDT...THEN A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...THEN A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY... .AN ALBERTA CLIPPER OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS MISSOURI TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE ENDING OVER NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS EVENT WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPERIENCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN ZERO OR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. FALLING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL HAZARDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE ALBERTA CLIPPER. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING DURING THE DAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...AND 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... WITH 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO READINGS IN THE FAR WEST...WITH LIGHT WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME FOR TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT... AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. NDZ031>033-140915- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.090114T0104Z-090114T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0600Z-090114T2100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON 604 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 85 FROM THE INTERSTATE NORTH INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ONLY VERY STRONG WINDS. BUT DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE SNOW-PACK...ZERO OR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL 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. $$ NDZ017-018-140915- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.090114T0104Z-090114T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0600Z-090114T2100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 85 FROM THE INTERSTATE NORTH INTO MCKENZIE COUNTY. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ONLY VERY STRONG WINDS. BUT DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK...ZERO OR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-140915- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0003.090114T1200Z-090114T2100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /604 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING DURING THE EVENING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DROPPING THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. 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. $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-140915- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0300Z-090114T2100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND DROPPING THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO 30 TO 40 BELOW. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-140915- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T1200Z-090114T2100Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 604 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED SNOW WITH SLEET POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DROPPING THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO AROUND 30 TO 40 BELOW ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ NDZ003-011-019>023-025-140915- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0300Z-090114T2100Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /604 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING DURING THE EVENING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND DROPPING THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO 30 TO 40 BELOW. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-140915- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0300Z-090114T2100Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY 704 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY LATER THIS EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 BELOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND FALLING DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL DROP THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO 35 TO 45 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KBIS 140354 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 954 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE WEST CENTRAL... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...LIGHT SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVER THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A QUICK MOVING ALBERTA CLIPPER THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY IS NOW LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. IN ITS WAKE...ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE. THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST...IF NOT SOONER. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...A NARROW BAND OF SNOW LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH DAKOTA BY MIDNIGHT. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THIS SNOW BAND. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING TO 40 BELOW. IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...ONLY FLURRIES OR A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST OVER THIS AREA TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. BE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME FOR TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT... AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. NDZ017-018-031>033-141200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090114T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0600Z-090114T2100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON 954 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /854 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL 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. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-141200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0003.090114T1200Z-090114T2100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 954 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /854 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-141200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T1200Z-090114T2100Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 854 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... EXPECT PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-141200- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090114T2100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 954 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /854 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 140538 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...ARCTIC BLAST WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING OVER THE REGION BEHIND AN EXITING CLIPPER SYSTEM. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. IN THE SOUTHWEST...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...BUT THE RELATIVELY WARMER TEMPERATURES HERE WILL PLUMMET RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE RECENT SNOWFALL...MOST ROADS THROUGHOUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARE SNOW COVERED...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROST BITE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NDZ017-018-031>033-141345- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090114T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0538Z-090114T2100Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /1038 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED. YOU CAN STILL EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH AROUND 1 AM MST...WITH VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A MILE. ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. 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. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-141345- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0003.090114T0510Z-090114T2100Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /1038 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. FRIGID ARCTIC AIR...COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. 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. $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-141345- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090114T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.090114T0538Z-090114T2100Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1038 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 0F 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...AS THE WINDS DIMINISH...FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL QUICKLY DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH AROUND 1 AM MST...DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A MILE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-141345- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090114T2100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 /1038 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 10:23 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 7 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.