Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2009, 3:15 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 8, 2009, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 54 hr. 30 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
- Feb 8, 2009, 3:15 PM MST (22:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2009, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 2:08 AM MST
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 12:58 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Jamestown, ND | AT LEAST ONE DOZEN CAR ACCIDENTS IN THE JAMESTOWN WARNING POINT AREA...INCLUDING A SEMI TRUCK ON THE EAST SIDE OF JAMESTOWN. |
| Feb 9, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | New England, ND | 4 INCHES NEW SNOW FROM LATE AFTERNOON UP TO 8 PM CST. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH ON GROUND IS 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.4 | Lansford, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL REPORT. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Dickinson, ND | ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES. |
| Feb 10, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Williston, ND | 2.9 INCHES FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM. 8.3 INCHES STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 6 AM. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 3 Nnw Stanley, ND | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL 0.58 PRECIPITATION 7.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND 26 INCHES TOTAL SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 8 E Fortuna, ND | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON HIGHWAY AT JCT OF HWYS 85 AND 5 EAST OF FORTUNA IN DIVIDE COUNTY, REPORT RELAYED THROUGH STATE RADIO. |
| Feb 10, 6:54 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | Watford City, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 10, 8:18 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Dunn Center, ND | |
| Feb 10, 8:44 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Taylor, ND | 5 INCHES SNOW. 0.65 TOTAL 24 HOUR PRECIP WITH RAIN INITIALLY THEN CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. STILL SNOWING THIS TUESDAY MORNING. |
| Feb 10, 10:10 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Crosby, ND | |
| Feb 10, 10:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | Williston, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 10, 11:03 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Richardton, ND | |
| Feb 10, 11:57 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | Grassy Butte, ND | STILL SNOWING VERY LIGHTLY |
| Feb 10, 1:21 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | New Town, ND | ESTIMATED SNOWFALL |
| Feb 10, 2:18 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Dickinson, ND | |
| Feb 10, 2:18 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Alamo, ND | |
| Feb 10, 2:31 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Sherwood, ND | |
| Feb 10, 2:31 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Beulah, ND | 4.4 INCHES MEASURED AT 9AM CST. ESTIMATED 2-3 ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AS OF 330 PM CST. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 10, 2:31 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Crosby, ND | |
| Feb 10, 3:50 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Sherwood, ND | |
| Feb 10, 3:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Crosby, ND | |
| Feb 10, 5:16 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Cartwright, ND | |
| Feb 10, 5:16 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 S Halliday, ND | |
| Feb 10, 5:16 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 27 Ne Williston, ND | |
| Feb 10, 5:21 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | Halliday, ND | |
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Crosby, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL, TOTAL DEPTH ON GROUND IS 23 INCHES. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 20 S Elgin, ND | PRETTY ROCK OBSERVER REPORTS 6 INCHES 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 10, 6:42 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | Williston, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.4 | Bismarck, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1332 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 082215 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 415 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS FOR NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN TWO WAVES TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF THE STORM WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. A SIGNIFICANT AND DAMAGING ICE STORM IS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN DEVILS LAKE BASIN BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. BY THAT TIME...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS...POWER LINES...TREES AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS OF POWER AND SERVICES AS WELL AS EXTREME TRAVEL HAZARDS. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. TO THE WEST...IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL SUNDAY EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY AT TIMES MIX WITH RAIN ON MONDAY THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW MONDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER HEAVY SNOW...WITH AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES... ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTY AND INTERRUPTIONS OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND POWER ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE SPARED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THIS STORM. THERE WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SNOW ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC USERS OF THIS INFORMATION SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-090615- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0003.090209T0300Z-090211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090210T0600Z-090211T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.IS.W.0001.090209T0300Z-090210T0600Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 415 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WESTERN DEVILS LAKE BASIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY AT TIMES MIX WITH RAIN ON MONDAY THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW MONDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ON ROADS...POWERE LINES...VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE SEVERE DANAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES. AFTER MIDNIGHT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL AND THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIX TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTY AND INTERUPTIONS OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND POWER ARE LIKELY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-090615- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0003.090209T0300Z-090211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090209T0300Z-090211T1200Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON 415 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /315 PM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING...THEN SPREAD NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON MONDAY...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL AT TIMES MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL TO 10 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NDZ002-010-090615- /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090209T0300Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN 415 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOLLOWED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MONDAY...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL AT TIMES MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. TEH SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE 8 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-090615- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.090209T0300Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 415 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /315 PM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON MONDAY...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADAULLY TURN TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY. SNOW WILL FALL MONDAY NIGTH AND TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL INCREAS TO 20 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKLEY BY TUESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON RODAS AND BRIDGES WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. $$ ABELING
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KBIS 090443 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1031 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS FOR NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM IS NOW IMPACTING CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN TWO WAVES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF THE STORM IS ONGOING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT AND DAMAGING ICE STORM IS ONGOING ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN DEVILS LAKE BASIN. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. BY THAT TIME...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS...POWER LINES...TREES AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS OF POWER AND SERVICES AS WELL AS EXTREME TRAVEL HAZARDS. WITH THE SECOND WAVE OF THE STORM...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. TO THE WEST...IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND IS MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER. FREEZING RAIN MAY AT TIMES MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN ON MONDAY THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW MONDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOW...WITH AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES... ARE FORECAST TO FALL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SECOND WAVE OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTY. INTERRUPTIONS OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND POWER ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE SPARED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THIS STORM. THERE SHOULD BE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-091245- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090210T0600Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1031 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...RAIN...AND SNOW IN THE JAMES RIVER AND WESTERN DEVILS LAKE BASIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ON ROADS...POWER LINES...VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES. ON TUESDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. THE WINDS AND SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIX TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME TRAVEL DIFFICULTY AND INTERRUPTIONS OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND POWER ARE LIKELY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-091245- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 1031 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /931 PM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SHOULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH BY MONDAY EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL TO 10 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-091245- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1031 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /931 PM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY MONDAY EVENING...EXPECT WINTRY MIX TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 090952 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 352 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...SECOND WAVE OF THE WINTER STORM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .WHILE AIR TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING...ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD ICY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WHERE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT. DURING THE DAY LIGHT HOURS ENOUGH HEATING MAY ALLOW ROAD TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW FOR ICE TO MELT...HOWEVER...THIS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN ACTIVITY EXPECTED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO COOL LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON TO ALLOW SNOWFALL TO BEGIN NEAR SUNSET ALONG THE HIGHWAY 85 CORRIDOR...WITH SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT AND 3 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FINALLY REACH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRIOR TO THE SNOW BEGINNING AT ALL LOCATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE MAKING ROADWAYS ICY. SIX TO 1O INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN AREA OUTLINED FROM ASHLEY TO BOTTINEAU TO BOWBELLS TO HETTINGER...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...GARRISON...MINOT AND DICKINSON. ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING....WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MONDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL CONCERNS. NDZ018-033-041-044-091800- /O.EXB.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090210T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090210T0000Z/ DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 352 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /252 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-091800- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090210T0600Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 352 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON MONDAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN MONDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WITH NEAR FREEZING ROAD TEMPERATURES...WIDE SPREAD ICY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MONDAY. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. FOUR TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-091800- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 352 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /252 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH ICY PATCHES POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS WITH NEAR FREEZING ROAD TEMPERATURES. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND 3 AM CST TUESDAY. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-091800- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 352 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /252 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY...CREATING ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS AS ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ PJA/TWH
000 WWUS43 KBIS 091714 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1114 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...SECOND WAVE OF THE WINTER STORM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE LOW TO MID 30S. WHILE AREAS OF ICY ROADS REMAIN A CONCERN...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH THE MID 30S ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR WINTER WEATHER WILL TURN TO THE HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED IN ITS PLACE. AREAS OF RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WHILE AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND A MIX OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE COVER THE WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO COOL TO ALLOW SNOWFALL TO BEGIN NEAR SUNSET ALONG THE HIGHWAY 85 CORRIDOR...WITH SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT AND 3 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FINALLY REACH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRIOR TO THE SNOW BEGINNING AT ALL LOCATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE MAKING ROADWAYS ICY. SIX TO 1O INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN AREA OUTLINED FROM ASHLEY TO BOTTINEAU TO BOWBELLS TO HETTINGER...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BISMARCK...MANDAN ...GARRISON...MINOT AND DICKINSON. ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING....WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MONDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL CONCERNS. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-100115- /O.CAN.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090209T1714Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1114 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. WITH NEAR FREEZING ROAD TEMPERATURES...SCATTERED AREAS OF ICY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. FOUR TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ018-033-041-044-100115- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090210T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090210T0000Z/ DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 1114 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /1014 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-100115- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 1114 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /1014 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED ICY PATCHES POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS WITH NEAR FREEZING ROAD TEMPERATURES. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND 3 AM CST TUESDAY. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-100115- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 1114 AM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /1014 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE DAY...CREATING ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS AS ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 092103 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 303 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...SECOND WAVE OF THE WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL AND ALLOW SNOWFALL TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 85 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR BEFORE MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL FINALLY REACH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRIOR TO THE SNOW BEGINNING AT ALL LOCATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE MAKING ROADWAYS ICY. SIX TO 1O INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN AREA OUTLINED FROM ASHLEY TO BOTTINEAU TO BOWBELLS TO HETTINGER...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...GARRISON...MINOT AND DICKINSON. WITHIN THIS AREA...THERE COULD BE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CLOSE TO A FOOT BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU. ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL CONCERNS. NDZ018-033-041-044-100515- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090210T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0003.090209T2103Z-090211T0000Z/ DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 303 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /203 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-100515- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA... NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 303 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /203 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT CST. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-100515- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 303 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /203 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...CREATING ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS AS ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER SUNSET. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 092331 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 531 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPANDED TO COVER ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL AND ALLOW SNOWFALL TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 85 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG THE HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR BEFORE MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL FINALLY REACH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRIOR TO THE SNOW BEGINNING AT ALL LOCATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE MAKING ROADWAYS ICY. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN AREA OUTLINED FROM ASHLEY TO BOTTINEAU TO BOWBELLS TO HETTINGER...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...GARRISON...MINOT AND DICKINSON. WITHIN THIS AREA...THERE COULD BE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CLOSE TO A FOOT BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU. ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING...THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL CONCERNS. NDZ001-009-017-031-032-040-043-100515- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 531 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /431 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...CREATING ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS AS ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ018-033-041-044-100515- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 531 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /431 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-100515- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA... NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 531 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /431 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT CST. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KS
000 WWUS43 KBIS 100350 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 950 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM AND ASSOCIATED SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT OVER MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL FINALLY REACH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PRIOR TO THE SNOW BEGINNING AT ALL LOCATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE MAKING ROADWAYS ICY. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AN AREA OUTLINED FROM ASHLEY TO BOTTINEAU TO BOWBELLS TO HETTINGER...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BISMARCK...MANDAN...GARRISON...MINOT AND DICKINSON. WITHIN THIS AREA...THERE COULD BE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CLOSE TO A FOOT BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU. ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING...THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...HEAVY SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL CONCERNS. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-101200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 950 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /850 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-101200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA... NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 950 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009 /850 PM MST MON FEB 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG WITH PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY AROUND MIDNIGHT CST. SIX TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN GARRISON AND MINOT TO BOTTINEAU BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KS
000 WWUS43 KBIS 101012 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 356 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN. THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH MINNESOTA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS FALLEN FROM WILLISTON TO DICKINSON. WILLISTON REPORTED 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT 3 AM CST. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES. SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS FROM BISMARCK TO MINOT...RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES FROM JAMESTOWN TO ROLLA IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW IS WET...SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-035-036-046-101800- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.090210T0956Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BISMARCK...STEELE...LINTON 356 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACED BY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-101800- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.090210T1800Z-090211T1200Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 356 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACED BY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND FOG THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. 1 TO 4 OF NEW SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-101800- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 356 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /256 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL TAPPER OFF AND END BY EVENING. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THIS WINTER STORM RANGING FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN SOME AREAS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-042-045-101800- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 356 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /256 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL TAPPER OFF AND END TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN SOME AREAS REDUCING VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KBIS 101749 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1149 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN. THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH MINNESOTA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES. SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS FROM BISMARCK TO MINOT...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM JAMESTOWN TO ROLLA IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-110000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1149 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1049 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WEST CENTRAL. NEW SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM UP TO 2 INCHES FROM DICKINSON TO WILLISTON...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST NEAR BOWMAN. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES SOUTHWEST TO NEAR 12 TO 14 INCHES NORTHWEST. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-042-045-110200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 1149 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1049 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-035-036-046-110200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BISMARCK...STEELE...LINTON 1149 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-110200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.090210T1800Z-090211T1200Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1149 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY BY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 OF NEW SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 102123 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 323 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST EARLY TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH MINNESOTA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS FROM BISMARCK TO BOTTINEAU...RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM JAMESTOWN TO ROLLA IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALSO ICE UNDER THE THE SNOW WILL CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NDZ031-032-040-043-102230- /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090210T2200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 223 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL NOW EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL NOW EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST. SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY AND SOME WILL HAVE DRIFTS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-033-041-044-110000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 323 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /223 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WINDS SUBSIDE AND THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-042-045-110530- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 323 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /223 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-110530- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 323 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ ABELING
000 WWUS43 KBIS 110008 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 608 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST EARLY TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH MINNESOTA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS FROM BISMARCK TO BOTTINEAU...RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM JAMESTOWN TO ROLLA IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ICE UNDER THE THE SNOW WILL CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NDZ001-009-017-018-033-041-044-110115- /O.EXP.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER 608 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /508 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN BAND OF MODERATE SNOW FALL CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SLIDE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES...AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO SEVERAL MILES IN MOST AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS AS DRIFTS FORM ON ALREADY ICE COVERED ROADS...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-042-045-110815- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 608 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /508 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-110815- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 608 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 110424 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... .A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST AS IT WEAKENS SLOWLY. THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH THROUGH MINNESOTA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS RANGED FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS FROM BISMARCK TO BOTTINEAU...RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES... WITH SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM JAMESTOWN TO ROLLA EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS THE BAND LIFTS OUT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ICE UNDER THE THE SNOW WILL CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. NDZ019-020-034-042-045-111200- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MANDAN... ELGIN...FORT YATES 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 /921 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS SPREAD EAST OF THE AREA AND THE MAIN THREAT HAS SHIFTED TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THANKS TO 20 TO 35 MPH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND A LAYER OF FRESH SNOW. EXPECT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-021-111200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... GARRISON 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. EXPECT NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-111200- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1021 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ONE TO 5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND LET OTHERS KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS43 KBIS 110915 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 308 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA YESTERDAY HAS SHIFTED EAST AND WEAKENED. EXCEPT FOR LIGHT SNOW FROM ROLLA TO JAMESTOWN EARLY THIS MORNING...ONLY ISOLATED FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...BUT SHOULD NOT REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY...EXCEPT IN ISOLATED AREAS. THE WINDS COULD CAUSE SNOW DRIFTS ACROSS HIGHWAYS IN SOME AREAS...AFFECTING TRAVEL. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. NDZ002-003-010-011-021-111015- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... GARRISON 308 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW HAS MOVED EAST. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT SHOULD NOT REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY... EXCEPT IN ISOLATED AREAS. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019-020-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050- 051-111015- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090211T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 308 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 /208 AM MST WED FEB 11 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS LESSENED AND SNOWFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT. $$ TSW
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 8, 6:04 AM MST, 9 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 6:04 AM MST, 9 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 704 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 .UPDATE... A QUICK FORECAST UPDATE TO MENTION PATCHY MORNING FOG WEST. ALSO...WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT TO BETTER REFLECT 00Z MODEL CONSENSUS AND HPC QPF PLACEMENTS AND AMOUNTS. NO OTHER UPDATES NEEDED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THE MODELS CONTINUE TRENDING AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WILL TREND WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF...WITH THE NAM BEING THE OUTLIER. GOOD MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL WRAP MOISTURE AROUND THE SYSTEM BRINGING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF PRECIP TO THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIP IS LIKELY TO START AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY TRANSITION TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE AS SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY. APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ALONG A LINE THROUGH BISMARCK AND MINOT...MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING THE DAY MOST AREAS...COOLING INTO THE 20S DURING THE NIGHT. THE WESTERN COUNTIES ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER LIKELY TO SEE THE BIGGEST DIURNAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES. HAVE EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW EVENT. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... VERY LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED OVER THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MODELS REMAIN IN AGREEMENT WITH A MAINLY DRY QUASI-ZONAL FLOW REGIME AFTER OUR SIGNIFICANT EARLY WEEK STORM. WILL SEE A FAMILIAR PATTERN SETTING UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE SPREAD OVER THE LOCAL AREA KEEPING MOST AREAS DRY WITH THE FAR SOUTHWEST MAYBE AN EXCEPTION. COOLER TO THE NORTHEAST UNDER THE SFC HIGH AND WARMER TO THE SOUTHWEST CLOSER TO RETURN FLOW. OVERALL TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. AVIATION... VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z MONDAY. AFTERWARDS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY SOUTH TO NORTH AS LEADING SHORT WAVE ENERGY AHEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM PUSHES NORTH THROUGH WEST/CENTRAL ND SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIP CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH IFR AND LOWER FLIGHT CONDITIONS. EXTREME AVIATION WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO LAST OVER MOST AREAS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. THE FAR WEST MAY ESCAPE THE WORSE CONDITIONS. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051. && 99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 3:15 AM MST, 12 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 415 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-091015- DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 415 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /315 AM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ON MONDAY...AND LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-091015- RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 415 AM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 /315 AM MST SUN FEB 8 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THEN CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WHICH MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND DISRUPT POWER AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT REPORTS CONCERNING SNOW OR ICE CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 3:15 PM MST | Ice Storm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:15 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 25 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.