Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Mar 22, 2009, 4:04 PM MDT for 22 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 23, 2009, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr. 23 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
- Mar 22, 2009, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2009, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 22 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry 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, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:45 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 3 E Hazen, ND | 3 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED ON THE GROUND. VERY LOW VISIBILITIES BETWEEN NEW SALEM AND HAZEN REPORTED. |
| Mar 24, 12:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Dickinson, ND | ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. |
| Mar 24, 1:53 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | Hettinger, ND | THREE HOURS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 45 MPH BASED UPON THE 1037 PM MDT OBSERVATION ON MARCH 23 THROUGH THE 153 AM MDT OBSERVATION ON MARCH 24. PEAK WIND GUST OF 55 MPH AT 107 AM MDT. ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY |
| Mar 24, 1:56 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | Dickinson, ND | THREE HOURS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER FROM 1017 PM MDT ON MARCH 23 TO 156 AM MDT ON MARCH 24, BASED UPON THE ASOS OBSERVATIONS. ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES RISING OCCASIONALLY TO ONE HALF MILE WERE REPORTED PRIOR |
| Mar 24, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.4 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL, TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS IS 2.12 INCHES. |
| Mar 24, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 5 Nw Bismarck, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | Bowman, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 6:06 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CDT. |
| Mar 24, 6:18 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Dunn Center, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 6:50 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Bottineau, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 6:50 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Bottineau, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. ADDITIONAL SNOW FELL AFTER THE OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 24, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | Bowman, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 9 Ne Drake, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL, 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL IS 1.64 INCHES. |
| Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Richardton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 2 Nw Beulah, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 2 Nw Beulah, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. SNOW CONTINUED AFTER OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 24, 11:19 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 22.5 | Marmarth, ND | |
| Mar 24, 12:35 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Dickinson, ND | 18 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. |
| Mar 24, 1:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Dunn Center, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 24, 4:41 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Kief, ND | LATEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT. REPORT RELAYED FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Mar 24, 4:41 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Newburg, ND | LATEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT. PUBLIC ESTIMATED 8-10 INCHES. REPORT RELAYED FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Mar 24, 4:44 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Sherwood, ND | LATEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT. REPORT RELAYED FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Golden Valley, ND | STILL SNOWING. |
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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KBIS 222212 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AND TUESDAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO IS FORECAST TO SWEEP INTO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY MONDAY IN THE WEST AND BY TUESDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION...RESULTING IN QUICKLY FALLING VISIBILITIES WHEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND MOTT NORTHEASTWARD TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM BEACH AND WATFORD CITY INTO MINOT AND KENMARE...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO FORECAST FROM SHIELDS AND LINTON THROUGH MANDAN. THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH WILL BE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AMOUNTS IN THE BISMARCK AREA ARE MORE UNCERTAIN...SINCE BISMARCK WILL BE NEAR THE RAIN/SNOW LINE AND MAY NOT CHANGE TO ALL SNOW UNTIL LATER ON TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOWER AMOUNTS...SO THIS AREA WILL REMAIN IN A BLIZZARD WATCH UNTIL THE CHANGEOVER TIMING CAN BE ADJUSTED. FURTHER EAST...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS...SINCE THEY MAY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL LATER ON TUESDAY. BE PREPARED FOR A RETURN OF SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. NDZ010-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-230615- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0004.090323T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090323T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ MOUNTRAIL-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER- BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /404 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-045-230615- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /404 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-230615- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0004.090323T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.090323T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LIGHT SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-050-230615- /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.A.0005.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NDZ004-012-022-035-046-230615- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.A.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...MCCLUSKY... BISMARCK...LINTON 504 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SCHECK
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KBIS 231021 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TUESDAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO SWEEP INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING IN THE WEST...AND LATE TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION...RESULTING IN QUICKLY FALLING VISIBILITIES WHEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND MOTT...NORTHEASTWARD TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM BEACH AND WATFORD CITY INTO MINOT AND BOTTINEAU...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO FORECAST FROM SHIELDS AND LINTON THROUGH MANDAN AND BISMARCK. THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FURTHER EAST...FROM ROLETTE AND RUGBY TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS...SINCE THEY MAY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY. BE PREPARED FOR A RETURN OF SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. NDZ004-012-022-035-046-232200- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...MCCLUSKY... BISMARCK...LINTON 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ010-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-232200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090323T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ MOUNTRAIL-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER- BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /421 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-045-232200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /421 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HEAVY SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-232200- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.090323T1800Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LIGHT SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-050-232200- /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.A.0005.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 521 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JV
968 WWUS43 KBIS 231541 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TUESDAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO SWEEP INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING IN THE WEST...AND LATE TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION...RESULTING IN QUICKLY FALLING VISIBILITIES WHEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND MOTT...NORTHEASTWARD TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHICH WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM BEACH AND WATFORD CITY INTO MINOT AND BOTTINEAU...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE ALSO FORECAST FROM SHIELDS AND LINTON THROUGH MANDAN AND BISMARCK. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS...WHILE NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FURTHER EAST...FROM ROLETTE AND RUGBY TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS...SINCE THEY MAY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY. BE PREPARED FOR A RETURN OF SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. NDZ010-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-232345- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ MOUNTRAIL-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER- BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /937 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-045-232345- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /937 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HEAVY SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-012-022-035-046-232345- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...MCCLUSKY... BISMARCK...LINTON 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-232345- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.090323T1800Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LIGHT SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-050-232345- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0005.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 1037 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 232133 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO SWEEP INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. A MIX OF SHOWERS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY MONDAY EVENING CENTRAL. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. BECAUSE THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SOONER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL NOW BEGIN AT 7 PM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND MOTT...NORTHEASTWARD TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKEY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHICH WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM BEACH INTO MINOT AND BOTTINEAU...WITH SIX TO 12 INCHES ALSO FORECAST FROM SHIELDS AND LINTON THROUGH MANDAN AND BISMARCK. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES. FURTHER EAST...FROM JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS...SINCE THEY MAY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BE PREPARED FOR A RETURN OF SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. NDZ025-037-047-050-240530- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0005.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0006.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BEGINNING WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THE SNOW THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NDZ005-013-023-036-240530- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0005.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-KIDDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...STEELE 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY PRECEDE THE SNOW MONDAY EVENING MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ NDZ004-012-022-035-046-240530- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...MCCLUSKY... BISMARCK...LINTON 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY AS WELL. THEN EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ010-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-240530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ MOUNTRAIL-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER- BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /326 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-045-240530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /326 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH HEAVY SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-240530- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 426 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LIGHT SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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 240213 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 913 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING IS FORECAST TO SWEEP INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY EVENING CENTRAL. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND MOTT...NORTHEASTWARD TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKEY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WHICH WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM BEACH INTO MINOT AND BOTTINEAU...WITH SIX TO 12 INCHES ALSO FORECAST FROM SHIELDS AND LINTON THROUGH MANDAN AND BISMARCK. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES. FURTHER EAST...FROM JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS...SINCE THEY MAY NOT CHANGE OVER TO SNOW UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BE PREPARED FOR A RETURN OF SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-031>036-040>046-241015- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...NEW TOWN... MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 913 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /813 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ NDZ025-037-047-050-241015- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 913 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...THEN EXPECT AN EVENTUAL CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO MODERATE SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE- QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-241015- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 913 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LIGHT SNOW... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 241002 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 502 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY OVER SOUTHWESTERN...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SPREAD EAST WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM HETTINGER TO FORT YATES...TO DICKINSON AND BISMARCK...TO GARRISON AND MCCLUSKY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY SHOULD BE 8 TO 14 INCHES. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES. FURTHER EAST...FROM JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD RECONSIDER THEIR PLANS AND POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL TONIGHT...WHEN CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE. IN ADDITION TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...DRIVERS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER ICY CONDITIONS FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-031>036-040>046-241815- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...NEW TOWN... MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 502 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /402 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ025-037-047-050-241815- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 502 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO LL SNOW. NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-241815- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 502 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ JV
000 WWUS43 KBIS 241618 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...ONGOING STORM CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY OVER SOUTHWESTERN...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SPREAD EAST WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM HETTINGER TO FORT YATES...TO DICKINSON AND BISMARCK...TO NEW TOWN...GARRISON AND MCCLUSKY...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY SHOULD BE 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES. FURTHER EAST...FROM JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD RECONSIDER THEIR PLANS AND POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL TONIGHT...WHEN CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE. IN ADDITION TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...DRIVERS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER ICY CONDITIONS FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. NDZ031-032-241715- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA 1012 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE STORM HAS MOVED JUST EAST OF THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS ARE REPORTED AS IMPROVING. $$ NDZ001-002-009-017-241715- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS ARE REPORTED AS IMPROVING. $$ NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-033>036-040>046-250000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...NEW TOWN... MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /1012 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ025-037-047-050-250000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AFTER CHANGEOVER OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 242136 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 434 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...ONGOING STORM CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIDE AREA OF MODERATE SNOW EXTENDS FROM STANLEY AND BOTTINEAU...TO TWIN BUTTES AND STEELE...AND SOUTHWARD TO MOTT AND WISHEK. MOISTURE FROM RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS WORKING BACK INTO THE AREA OF SNOW...CAUSING NARROW HEAVY SNOW BANDS TO REJUVENATE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. MEANWHILE...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE COMBINING WITH SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY. WITH VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 22.5 INCHES IN MARMARTH...TO 18 INCHES IN DICKINSON...TO 8 INCHES THUS FAR IN MINOT. EXPECT THAT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FURTHER EAST...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THOSE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD EXPECT CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD RECONSIDER THEIR PLANS AND POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...WHEN CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE. IN ADDITION TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...DRIVERS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER ICY CONDITIONS FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-033>036-040>046-250000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...NEW TOWN... MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 434 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /334 PM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. $$ NDZ025-037-047-050-250000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 434 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AFTER CHANGEOVER OCCURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 250003 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 703 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...AREAS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... .AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MORNING. A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AND THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED FAR WEST. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT. DELAY TRAVEL ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IF POSSIBLE. NDZ003>005-010>013-018>023-033>036-040>046-250815- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0040.090325T0003Z-090325T0900Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...NEW TOWN... MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON 703 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /603 PM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ NDZ025-037-047-050-250815- /O.EXP.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0040.090325T0003Z-090325T0900Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... ASHLEY 703 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET....WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. $$ WAA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 22, 3:11 PM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:11 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 411 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 .SHORT TERM... THE 12 UTC ECMWF HAS FINALLY BEGUN TRENDING TOWARD COOLER SO THAT THE US 83 CORRIDOR CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME VARIATION ON AMOUNTS...SO USING NCEP/HPC SNOW AMOUNTS ENCOMPASSES A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO SNOW AMOUNTS AFTER SUNDAY AND MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS DELIVER A SHOT OF RAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO ALREADY-FLOODING AREAS OF NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS AMPLE INSTABILITY PRESENT WITH THE MASSIVE WARM CONVEYOR BELT ADVECTING VERY MOIST AIR ALL THE WAY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN CANADA. THEN...THE TROWAL DEVELOPS AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM NORTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND OCCLUDES. FOLLOWED THE NCEP/HPC WINTER WEATHER DESK FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW STRETCHING FROM BOWMAN AND HETTINGER INTO THE GARRISON AREA. CANNOT RULE OUT THUNDER SNOW AS ELEVATED INSTABILITY WRAPS INTO THE COLD SECTOR. THAT WOULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLY GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE HEAVIEST AXIS...BUT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FORECAST. SO...WILL RELY ON THE CONSENSUS AMOUNTS THAT ARE RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE. WINDS GET GOING PRETTY SOON INTO THE EVENT...SO WIND DRIVEN RAIN WILL CHANGE INTO BLOWING SNOW AND CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DIVE TO NEAR ZERO IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS. CONCERNING HAZARDS...LEFT BISMARCK AND NORTH IN A WATCH DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. WITH THE EVENT NOT FORECAST TO OCCUR UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING...CAN AFFORD TO PUSH THAT BACK ANOTHER PERIOD. UPGRADED MOST OF THE REMAINING WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS MODEL CONSENSUS IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN GET IN TERMS OF WIND...COLD TEMPERATURES...MOISTURE AVAILABILITY...AND AGGRESSIVE DYNAMICS. ADDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHERE CHANGEOVER IS EXPECTED TO BE LATER...RESULTING IN LESS SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LESS DROP IN VISIBILITY...BUT MORE FLOODING POTENTIAL. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... OUR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN IF NOT ALL BUT OVER BY WEDNESDAY. MAY HAVE SOME LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAYTIME IN ADDITION TO GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CREATING LIKELY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT INTO FRIDAY WILL ALSO WARRANT MAINTAINING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SNOW THURS/THURS NIGHT/FRIDAY. HAVE MAINTAINED LOWERED DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME TEMPS DAY 4 THROUGH DAY 7 TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXPECTED FRESH SNOW COVER AS WELL AS THE COLDER TEMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/CLOSED LOW DEPICTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA/NORTHERN PLAINS. WE MAY SEE A SLIGHT WARM UP TOWARDS THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN DEPICTED THIS MAY NEED TO BE SCALED BACK. && .AVIATION... PERIODS OF MVFR-IFR AND LOWER CIGS AND VIS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO RA AND FG...THEN IFR AND LOWER CIGS AND VIS FOR ALL TAF SITES THROUGHOUT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A MAJOR SPRING STORM WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN MOVE THROUGH THE LOCAL REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN/SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP SOUTH MONDAY DAYTIME AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY...THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... STEADY RAINS OVER OUR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON HAS PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL REMAIN UNDER AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WITH SEVERAL RIVER POINT FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUING ALONG SPECIFIC RIVERS. PLEASE SEE BISFLSBIS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND POINT RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS. PLEASE SEE BISRVSBIS FOR INFORMATION ON HIGH WATER STATEMENTS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING OVER LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES PLEASE SEE BISFFWBIS. INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE 24/7 AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS A LARGE STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...SEE THE SHORT TERM DISCUSSION ABOVE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR DURING AND AFTER THE STORM. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NDZ002>005-010>013-018>023-025-033>037-042-045>048-050-051. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ003-011-019>021-034-042-045. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ010-018-031>033-040-041-043-044. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ001-002-009-017. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-050. BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NDZ004-012-022-035-046. && SCHECK/NH/KS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 4:35 AM MDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 NDZ001-002-009-010-017-032-231045- DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-BILLINGS- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ003-004-011-012-021-022-231045- RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ005-013-231045- ROLETTE-PIERCE- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ031-040-043-231045- GOLDEN VALLEY-SLOPE-BOWMAN- 435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ018-033-041-044-231045- DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ019-020-034-042-045-231045- MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /435 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ035-046-231045- BURLEIGH-EMMONS- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-231045- WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 535 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:46 AM MDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1146 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM TSTM WND GST LONG LAKE 45.86N 99.21W
03/22/2009 M67 MPH MCPHERSON SD MESONET
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NHEINERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 6:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Adams | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Adams, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 18 days |
| Mar 22, 2:30 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Kidder, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 86 days |
| Mar 22, 4:05 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:54 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette, Ward | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 9:22 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 5 days |
| Mar 22, 9:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 9:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette, Ward | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 10:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 10:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 64 min |
| Mar 22, 10:50 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Foster | 71 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:50 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 35 days |
| Mar 22, 10:50 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman | 19 min |
| Mar 22, 11:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, LaMoure, Stutsman | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 66 min |
| Mar 22, 4:04 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Pierce, Rolette and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:04 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 42 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:16 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn | 29 min |
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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.