Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Watches in 2009
Blizzard Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard watch at Mar 9, 2009, 4:26 AM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:25 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch 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 watch went out at Mar 9, 3:37 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:37 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:25 AM CDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 425 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 NDZ018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-100930- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 425 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /325 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH AN ONGOING WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY GRADUALLY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT THAT ANOTHER BAND WILL FORM AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY LATE MORNING...RESULTING IN ONE TO FOUR INCHES AND JUSTIFYING ISSUANCE OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MANY SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES. THE SECOND WAVE OF SAID STORM IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OF MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOULD EXPAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM MEDORA TO WASHBURN AND INTO HARVEY BY LATE TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THERE. MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT OBSERVED SNOW AMOUNTS TO LOCAL MEDIA OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-100930- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE- 425 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO IN EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT SHOULD REBOUND AND REMAIN ABOVE WIND CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA UNTIL SUNSET MONDAY EVENING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE...THOUGH AMOUNTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE...AND COLD TEMPERATURES AND 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST TO DROP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FORECAST WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THEN REMAIN LESS THAN 20 BELOW ZERO UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SCHECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 4:26 AM CDT | Wind Chill Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:26 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | BIS | Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, Stutsman | 33 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Wind Chill Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry, Mercer, Oliver and 6 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Watches in North Dakota, 2009Every blizzard watch in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.