Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Mar 29, 2009, 4:29 AM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 47 hr. 45 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 29, 2009, 4:29 AM MDT (10:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2009, 11:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 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 29, 6:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | 20 S Elgin, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 29, 7:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Richardton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 29, 8:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1.6 | Bismarck, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AT THE BISMARCK AIRPORT. |
| Mar 29, 8:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 7 Ne Ashley, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL FROM ARB OBSERVER. |
| Mar 29, 9:00 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 3 Sse Trotters, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 29, 10:23 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Carson, ND | GRANT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH HIGH WINDS, LOW VISIBILITIES AND MANY ROADWAYS BEING BLOCKED, ADVISING NO TRAVEL. |
| Mar 30, 1:01 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.9 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR. 4 FOOT DRIFTS AT THE BISMARCK AIRPORT. |
| Mar 30, 2:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Menoken, ND | |
| Mar 30, 5:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Jamestown, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Nw Linton, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.8 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.4 | 5 Nw Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | Montpelier, ND | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 30, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Hettinger, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.1 | Carson, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 14.5 | S Bismarck, ND | |
| Mar 30, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.3 | Ashley, ND | |
| Mar 30, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Beach, ND | |
| Mar 30, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | Dickinson, ND | |
| Mar 30, 10:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Medora, ND | |
| Mar 30, 10:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Bowman, ND | |
| Mar 30, 11:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Richardton, ND | SNOW DRIFTS TO 7 FEET HIGH NEAR THE ABBEY. |
| Mar 30, 11:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Elgin, ND | RELAYED BY MEDIA |
| Mar 30, 12:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | |
| Mar 30, 1:01 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 30, 2:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 N Kintyre, ND | |
| Mar 30, 3:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.8 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 30, 4:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 11 N Edgeley, ND | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 30, 5:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 20 | Strasburg, ND | RELAYED BY MEDIA |
| Mar 30, 5:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17.2 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 6:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Regent, ND | |
| Mar 30, 6:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17 | Hague, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 22 | Elgin, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Mar 30, 9:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16.6 | Bismarck, ND | |
| Mar 31, 5:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Jamestown, ND | STORM TOTAL AS OF 6 AM CDT IS 8 INCHES. |
| Mar 31, 5:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Linton, ND | 20 STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 6:57 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Carson, ND | 15.1 INCH STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.2 | 5 Nw Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL 16.6. |
| Mar 31, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Montpelier, ND | STORM TOTAL IS 11.0. |
| Mar 31, 7:45 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | STORM TOTAL 17.4. |
| Mar 31, 7:45 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Ellendale, ND | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.9 | Bowman, ND | STORM TOTAL 15.9. |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 5 Wnw Streeter, ND | STORM TOTAL 15.0. |
| Mar 31, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | Ashley, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR 13.7. |
| Mar 31, 10:34 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 2 E Napoleon, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOW FALL FROM JUST EAST OF NAPOLEON. PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 291029 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND HETTINGER...EAST THROUGH FORT YATES...LINTON...AND EDGELEY AND ELLENDALE...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 8 TO 14 INCHES. SIX TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON...BISMARCK...AND STEELE. A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE JAMESTOWN AREA...WHERE SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN REGARDS TO WINDS AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ALL LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-291830- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0005.090329T1800Z-090331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090329T1800Z-090331T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 429 AM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ034-035-042-045-046-291830- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0005.090330T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /429 AM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ036-047-050-291830- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0005.090330T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ KIDDER-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ048-051-291830- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDGELEY...OAKES 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ017-018-291830- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090329T2100Z-090331T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019>021-291830- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /429 AM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ022-023-025-291830- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ037-291830- /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.A.0006.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 529 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ HEINERT
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KBIS 292101 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING. SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WILL SPREAD EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...ARE FORECAST TONIGHT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND HETTINGER...EAST THROUGH FORT YATES... LINTON...AND EDGELEY AND ELLENDALE...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 8 TO 14 INCHES. SIX TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON... BISMARCK...AND STEELE. A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ALL LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ037-300515- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300515- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 301 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ034-035-042-045-046-300515- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /301 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ036-047-048-050-051-300515- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ KIDDER-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ017-018-300515- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019>021-300515- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /301 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ022-023-025-300515- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 401 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 300030 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING. SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING WILL SPREAD EAST LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH. IN ADDITION... VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...ARE FORECAST TONIGHT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW WILL STRETCH FROM BOWMAN AND HETTINGER...EAST THROUGH FORT YATES... LINTON...AND EDGELEY AND ELLENDALE...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 8 TO 14 INCHES. SIX TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON... BISMARCK...AND STEELE. A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ALL LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 630 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ034-035-042-045-046-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /630 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ036-037-047-048-050-051-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ017-018-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019>021-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 /630 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ022-023-025-300830- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 730 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 300601 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT... .SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EARLY MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TODAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. OLIVER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CENTER...HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ020-301100- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0007.090330T0601Z-090331T1200Z/ OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ036-037-047-048-050-051-301100- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-301100- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1201 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ034-035-042-045-046-301100- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /1201 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ022-023-025-301100- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ017-018-301100- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019-021-301100- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON 101 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /1201 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NH
000 WWUS43 KBIS 300948 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 448 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ020-301800- /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090331T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER 448 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL THEN BE IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-301800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 348 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-301800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ 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 448 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /348 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ017-018-301800- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 448 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ019-021>023-025-301800- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 448 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /348 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ HEINERT
000 WWUS43 KBIS 301348 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 848 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-302200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 748 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-302200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ 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 848 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /748 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ020-302200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090331T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER 848 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ017-018-302200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 848 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019-021>023-025-302200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 848 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /748 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 301549 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1049 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-310000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 949 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ034>037-042-045>048-050-051-310000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 1049 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /949 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ020-310000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090331T0600Z-090331T1200Z/ OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER 1049 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NDZ017-018-310000- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 1049 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ019-021>023-025-310000- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 1049 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /949 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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 302040 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...FROM DICKINSON TO BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN...THE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE WEST...TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN ARE STILL LIKELY THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TO 15 TO 20 INCHES. AN ISOLATED REPORT UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL BY TUESDAY MORNING. TO THE NORTH...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AFTER DARK. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ033-310445- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0008.090330T2040Z-090331T0600Z/ STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DICKINSON 240 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACED WITH WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AS LOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ034>037-310445- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0008.090330T2040Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACED WITH WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE BLIZZARD WARNING WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ031-032-310445- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA 240 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ020-310445- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.090330T2040Z-090331T1200Z/ OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CENTER 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ017-302145- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATFORD CITY 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MCKENZIE COUNTY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED ACROSS MCKENZIE COUNTY AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NDZ042-045>048-050-051-310445- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /240 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-310445- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 240 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ018-310445- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KILLDEER 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ NDZ019-021>023-025-310445- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 340 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /240 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 310123 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 823 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE ALONG INTERSTATE 94...FROM DICKINSON TO BISMARCK AND EAST TO JAMESTOWN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT FROM JAMESTOWN SOUTH TO EDGELEY...AND FROM ASHLEY TO ELLENDALE. UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM BISMARCK WEST AND NORTH. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 TO GARRISON...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM BISMARCK TO DICKINSON. NORTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM OVERNIGHT. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN BISMARCK AND DICKINSON WILL ALSO RECEIVE UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AFTER DARK. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING. NDZ040-043-310230- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED TO AROUND 10 MPH...THUS NOT EXPECTING ANY FURTHER REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES. $$ NDZ031-032-310230- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA 723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AS WELL AS THE GUSTY WINDS. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED TO AROUND 10 MPH. $$ NDZ042-045>048-050-051-310930- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 823 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 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. $$ NDZ041-044-310600- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER 723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ033-310600- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DICKINSON 723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AS LOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ034>037-310930- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 823 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ019>023-025-310930- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 823 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /723 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ018-310600- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KILLDEER 823 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KS
000 WWUS43 KBIS 310423 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1123 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OVER COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE ALONG INTERSTATE 94...FROM HEBRON TO BISMARCK AND EAST TO JAMESTOWN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT FROM JAMESTOWN SOUTH TO EDGELEY...AND FROM ASHLEY TO ELLENDALE. UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM BISMARCK WEST AND NORTH. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 TO GARRISON...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM BISMARCK TO HEBRON. NORTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM OVERNIGHT. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN BISMARCK AND HEBRON WILL ALSO RECEIVE UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THE REST OF TONIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING. NDZ041-044-310530- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER 1023 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES HAVE TAPERED OFF...THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ033-310530- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DICKINSON 1023 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES HAVE TAPERED OFF...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ018-310530- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T0600Z/ DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KILLDEER 1123 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ042-045>048-050-051-311200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1123 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /1023 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ034>037-311200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 1123 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ019>023-025-311200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 1123 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 /1023 PM MDT MON MAR 30 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KS
000 WWUS43 KBIS 310939 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER THE COUNTIES OF LOGAN...MCINTOSH...LAMOURE AND DICKEY. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR STUTSMAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...FROM CARRINGTON SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN AND EDGELEY...AND FROM ASHLEY TO ELLENDALE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER TO THE WEST. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM TODAY. NDZ042-045-046-311045- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 /339 AM MDT TUE MAR 31 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH DECREASED WIND SPEEDS. $$ NDZ034>036-311045- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ NDZ019>023-311045- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 /339 AM MDT TUE MAR 31 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ NDZ047-048-050-051-311700- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1700Z/ LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ037-311700- /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090331T1700Z/ STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ025-311700- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090331T1700Z/ FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARRINGTON 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NH
000 WWUS43 KBIS 311639 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1139 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...FROM CARRINGTON SOUTH THROUGH JAMESTOWN AND EDGELEY...AND FROM ASHLEY TO ELLENDALE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER TO THE WEST. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. NDZ047-048-050-051-010045- /O.EXB.KBIS.WS.W.0008.090331T1700Z-090401T0900Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090331T1700Z/ LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1139 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW REPLACED BY WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. $$ NDZ037-010045- /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090401T0900Z/ STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 1139 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ025-010045- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-090401T0900Z/ FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARRINGTON 1139 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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
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 29, 3:20 AM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:20 AM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 420 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... FORECAST CONCERNS/HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL CENTER ON A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM SYSTEM SET TO IMPACT THE LOCAL REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. SPECIFIC CHALLENGES ARE QPF/SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF PRECIP CHANCES...AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. BOTH THE LATEST 12Z AND 00Z ECMWF MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED NORTH...STILL NOT AS FAR NORTH AS THE 00Z GFS SOLUTION THOUGH. HPC WWD SNOW GRAPHICS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THIS TREND AS WELL. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS. CURRENTLY...A SHORT WAVE MID LEVEL RIDGE IS BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS REGION...AHEAD OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND MOVING INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. CYCLOGENESIS IS OCCURRING AS A RESULT UNDERNEATH MASS UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES OF MT/WY AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...WITH A LARGE ARE OF PRECIP COVERING THE NORTHWESTERN SECTOR OF THE CONUS. RESULTANT WEATHER OVER WEST/CENTRAL ND IS INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WITH TEMPERATURES STEADY ANYWHERE FROM THE TEENS NORTH CENTRAL TO 30 SOUTHWEST. LOW DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS AND YESTERDAYS SNOW MELT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AREAS OF FG DEVELOPING ALONG WITH SOME LOW/MID CIGS SCT ABOUT. LEE SIDE SFC CYCLOGENESIS RAMPS UP EARLY TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF WY AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER WESTERN ND WILL INCREASE 12-18Z THIS MORNING...SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A LARGE AREA OF DIVERGENCE/LARGE SCALE ASCENT SPREADS NORTH AND EAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS COINCIDES WITH STRONG 850-650MB FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPING/INCREASING OVER SOUTHWEST ND 15Z-21Z TODAY AS THE SFC CYCLONE DEVELOPS AND MOVES INTO WESTERN SD/NB...THEN OVER MY SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES 21Z-06Z LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER MY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS FOR DIK AND BIS DEPICT STRONG OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH REGION (00Z MON - 15Z MON FOR DIK...AND AROUND 03Z MON - 15Z FOR BIS). NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR ANOTHER MAJOR STORM. THE CHALLENGE COMES WITH THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF PRECIP CHANCES...AND OF COURSE WHERE I EXPECT THE HEAVY SNOW TO FALL. ALL INDICATIONS RIGHT NOW PUT WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR FROM THE MT/ND BORDER THROUGH JMS AND POINTS SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AS YOU PROGRESS NORTH OF THIS LINE...AND INCREASE AS YOU GO SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTH DAKOTA. EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6-10 INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE (DIK-BIS-JMS)...10-12 INCHES ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER...AND 1-2 INCHES MAYBE FROM SIDNEY MT EAST THROUGH GARRISON AND CARRINGTON. AGAIN...THIS IS FROM LATEST GUIDANCE AND MAY STILL SHIFT. FURTHER NORTH FROM ISN-MOT-RUGBY WILL SEE LITTLE IF ANYTHING WITH THIS STORM. MAY ALSO SEE 12+ INCHES BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE AND THE SD BORDER WITH LIKELY HEAVY SNOW BANDS DEVELOPING (CONVECTIVE??) GIVEN THE VERTICAL MOTION WITH THIS MONSTER AND WITH THE STRONG OMEGA PRESENT IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH REGION. OVERALL USED A BLEND OF THE LATEST EC/GFS/HPC QPF GUIDANCE. MIGHT AS WELL THROW SOME STRONG WINDS IN. THE SFC CYCLONE IS ALREADY WELL WRAPPED BY 18Z TODAY AS IT MOVES INTO EASTERN WY...WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ONLY INCREASING THIS EVENING AND INTO MONDAY MORNING OVER MY SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS THE LOW SLIDES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SD. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MY SOUTHWEST...WHERE WE COULD SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35-45 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LESSER WINDS BUT STILL INTENSE FURTHER NORTH AND EAST WHERE I EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 AND GUSTS 40-50. AS YOU MOVE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE...WINDS DECREASE RAPIDLY BUT STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE REDUCED VIS IN ANY FALLING/BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE THUS LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND SOUTH...AND WILL UPGRADE THE ENTIRE WATCH TO A WARNING. WILL THROW A WINTER WEATHER ADV NORTH OF THIS WARNING TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1-5 AND AREAS OF BLSN. I AM STILL UNCERTAIN WHAT TO DO WITH STUTSMAN COUNTY. DESPITE THE NORTHWARD TREND...AM WEARY THAT MODELS WILL PUSH SOUTH AGAIN OVER THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS. ALSO AM NOT EXPECTING BLIZZARD CRITERIA WINDS FOR THIS AREA. GIVEN THAT GRAND FORKS WILL BE GOING WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...WILL DO THE SAME FOR THIS ONE COUNTY FOR NOW...AND LET THE DAY CREW REEVALUATE TODAYS 12Z GUIDANCE TO DETERMINE A PROPER COURSE OF ACTION. UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AROUND AND AFTER 00Z TUESDAY AS TO HOW FAST THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT...AS MODELS ARE HINTING THE EASTERN CONUS RIDGE SLOWING IT DOWN. GIVEN THE CONSENSUS WITH MODELS...WILL TREND IN THIS DIRECTION. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AFTER OUR SPRING STORM IN THE SHORT TERM...THE DAY 4-5 PERIOD WILL BE MUCH MORE TRANQUIL. WE WILL STILL BE UNDER THE LONG WAVE ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH WILL PRODUCE SOME LIGHT QPF MAINLY OVER EASTERN MONTANA...WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FAR WEST AND THIS STILL LOOKS GOOD. IN THE EAST...RIDGING AHEAD OF OUR EXITING STORM SYSTEM IS ACTING TO SLOW ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION. WE MAY SEE A LINGERING OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FAR EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY..BUT THIS WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. WE WILL STILL BE COOL...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS WITH FRESH SNOW COVER. LOWERED TEMPERATURES JUST A BIT SOUTH AND EAST. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WE TRANSITION INTO A MORE ZONAL FLOW. STILL SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRAVERSING THE AREA THOUGH AND SEE NO REASON TO REMOVE OUR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DEFINITELY NOT ANY STRONG UPPER SUPPORT BUT ENOUGH SUPPORT WITH CONTINUED COLD UPPER TEMPERATURES TO JUSTIFY SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY. LATE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...ANOTHER LOW TRAVERSING THE MEAN LONGWAVE TROUGH COULD BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TAKING A FARTHER SOUTH TRACK THAN OUR CURRENT STORM SYSTEM...BUT BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF DO BRING SOME QPF INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. AGAIN...IT STILL LOOKS TO BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW. BEYOND THIS...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF DEVELOP AN OMEGA BLOCKING PATTERN AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE SOME TEMPERATURES REPRESENTATIVE OF SPRING TIME AS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BE UNDER THE HIGH. && .AVIATION... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF MVFR CLOUDINESS OVER THE EAST HAS CLEARED THE JMS AREA. MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION CLOUDINESS IS ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE WEST AHEAD OF OUR BIG SYSTEM THAT MOVE INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS OF CLOUDINESS WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. THIS HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG AROUND MOT AND BIS. MINOT AFB WAS DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE FOR A WHILE...SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME IFR VSBYS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. EASTERLY FLOW WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY AND BY TONIGHT WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD MVFR-IFR CIGS AND VSBYS SPREAD WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TAF SITES. WILL PROBABLY KEEP SOME MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ISN AND MOT WILL SEE VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION. && .HYDROLOGY... WE CONTINUE TO SEE FLOODING ACROSS THE LOWER JAMES RIVER BASIN AT LAMOURE AND LUDDEN...AND AT PINGREE IN THE UPPER JAMES BASIN. BEAVER CREEK AT LINTON ALSO REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. WE WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RUNOFF OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. QPF ESTIMATES OF AN INCH OR MORE ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS COULD LEAD TO RUNOFF PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ019>021. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY FOR NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR NDZ017-018. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR NDZ037. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ036- 047-048-050-051. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR NDZ034-035-042-045-046. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ022-023-025. && NH/TWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 4:58 AM MDT, 23 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 558 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 NDZ019-020-025-037-291100- MERCER-OLIVER-FOSTER-STUTSMAN- 558 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 /458 AM MDT SAT MAR 28 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNS TO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LOCATED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES. NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-018-021>023-291100- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- 558 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CHANCES FOR SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-291100- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 458 AM MDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM WILL IMPACT COMMERCE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ034>036-042-045>048-050-051-291100- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- 558 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 /458 AM MDT SAT MAR 28 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM WILL IMPACT COMMERCE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:29 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BIS | Stutsman | 11 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:29 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Foster, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Mercer and 3 more | 59 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.