Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Jan 11, 2009, 3:00 PM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 12, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 20 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2009, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2009, 2:50 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:15 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Devils Lake, ND | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 315 AM. |
| Jan 12, 4:05 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Fargo, ND | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 405 AM. |
| Jan 12, 5:55 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Sabin, MN | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 555 AM. |
| Jan 12, 6:12 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Lisbon, ND | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 612 AM. |
| Jan 12, 6:16 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Moorhead, MN | MEASURED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 616 AM. |
| Jan 12, 6:47 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Lidgerwood, ND | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 647 AM. |
| Jan 12, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Havana, ND | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 715 AM. |
| Jan 12, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Rothsay, MN | ESTIMATED TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AS OF 730 AM. |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Churchs Ferry, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Hansboro, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Starkweather, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 S Devils Lake, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Forman, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Fargo, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Lidgerwood, ND | |
| Jan 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Breckenridge, MN | |
| Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Moorhead, MN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Havana, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Wsw Valley City, ND | |
| Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Lisbon, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOW |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 KFGF 112100 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. AREAS FURTHER NORTH WILL RECEIVE LESS SNOW...AND WINDS WON/T BE QUITE AS STRONG...BUT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING AND WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW PRESSURE WILL ONCE AGAIN TRACK OUT OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING. MNZ029-NDZ014-024-028-038-049-052-053-122100- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.090112T0600Z-090112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ WILKIN-BENSON-EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...MADDOCK...LEEDS... NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM DEVILS LAKE TO FARGO TO WAHPETON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AND GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THE ONSET OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BARNES COUNTY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY SEEING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP FROM 6 TO 8 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHERE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK THOUGH...SO BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD AND CARRY A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. 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. $$ MNZ003-NDZ006-015-026-029-039-122100- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0003.090112T0600Z-090112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ CLAY-TOWNER-RAMSEY-NELSON-STEELE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...CANDO...DEVILS LAKE... LAKOTA...FINLEY...FARGO 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM DEVILS LAKE TO FARGO TO WAHPETON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THE ONSET OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN DEVILS LAKE ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE FARGO AREA AND THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY SEEING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP FROM 6 TO 8 AM. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHERE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK THOUGH...SO BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD AND CARRY A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ030-040-122100- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.090112T0600Z-090112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...AND GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK THOUGH...SO BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD AND CARRY A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. 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. $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ007-008-016-027-030-054-122100- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0003.090112T0600Z-090112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A BAND OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...AND GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 40 BELOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK THOUGH...SO BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD AND CARRY A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MNZ005-008-013>015-022-027-028-031-032-122100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 300 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...AND GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK THOUGH...SO BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD AND CARRY A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. 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. $$ DK
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFGF 120403 AAA WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1003 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES BY MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH NOT AS STRONG OF WINDS...BUT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY BY MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY MORNING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THEN INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ003-029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053- 122100- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 1003 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM DEVILS LAKE TO FARGO TO WAHPETON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MONDAY MORNING AND GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE ONSET OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO BARNES COUNTY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY SEEING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP FROM 6 TO 8 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND START SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. $$ MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ007- 008-016-027-030-054-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.090112T0600Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1003 PM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY... WITH A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...AND GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST. 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. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE OF TRAVEL. $$ NG
000 WWUS43 KFGF 121022 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 422 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MOVE FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH NOT AS STRONG OF WINDS...BUT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY THIS MORNING. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS BORDER INTO NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ003-029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053- 122100- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 422 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM DEVILS LAKE TO FARGO TO WAHPETON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL SPREAD INTO BARNES COUNTY BY SUNRISE... WITH THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY SEEING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FROM 8 TO 10 AM THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND START SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. $$ MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ007- 008-016-027-030-054-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 422 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND EVENTUAL DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS MORNING... WITH A BAND OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ANTICIPATED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST. 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. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE OF TRAVEL. $$ VOELKER
000 WWUS43 KFGF 121506 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 906 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ....CONDITIONS IMPROVING QUICKLY IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THE NEXT FEW HOURS... .NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING FOR LOCATIONS FROM COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND WAHPETON AND TO AREAS JUST WEST OF THE FARGO- MOORHEAD METRO AREA. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER WAS NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVING QUICKLY SOUTHEAST. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. REMEMBER...CONDITIONS FROM THE CITY TO COUNTRY WILL VARY GREATLY AND WHILE IN TOWN IT MAY BE FINE OUTSIDE OF TOWN CONDITIONS WILL BE BAD. NDZ006-014-015-024-026-121615- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA 906 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AND VISIBLITIES IMPROVE THE REST OF THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL RUN AROUND 25 BELOW. RURAL AREAS WILL MAINTAIN VISIBLITIES OF AROUND 1 TO 2 MILES THROUGH NOON BEFORE IMPROVING. $$ MNZ003-029-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 906 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN START TO DIMINISH. VISIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF TOWNS WILL BE VERY POOR AND TRAVEL IN MANY AREAS IS DISCOURAGED OUTSIDE OF CITIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. $$ MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ007- 008-016-027-030-054-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 906 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE IMPROVING. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO DROP TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE OF TRAVEL. $$ DTR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 121559 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 959 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ....CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE VISIBLITIY WISE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON... .NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING FOR LOCATIONS FROM COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND WAHPETON AND TO AREAS JUST WEST OF THE FARGO- MOORHEAD METRO AREA. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER WAS NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVING QUICKLY SOUTHEAST. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. REMEMBER...CONDITIONS FROM THE CITY TO COUNTRY WILL VARY GREATLY AND WHILE IN TOWN IT MAY BE FINE OUTSIDE OF TOWN CONDITIONS WILL BE BAD. MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ007-008-016-027-054-130300- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.090112T1559Z-090113T0300Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 959 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER INTO THE 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ003-029-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 959 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN START TO DIMINISH. VISIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF TOWNS WILL BE VERY POOR AND TRAVEL IN MANY AREAS IS DISCOURAGED OUTSIDE OF CITIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. $$ NDZ006-014-015-024-026-130300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.090112T1559Z-090113T0300Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA 959 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 40 BELOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ001-002-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ030-122100- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...MAYVILLE 959 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE IMPROVING. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO DROP TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR ROUTE OF TRAVEL. $$ DTR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 122050 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ....LOW WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING. .HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP INTO NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE EVENING...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. MNZ003-029-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-130600- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BUT THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ001-002-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ030-130600- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...MAYVILLE 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. LOOK FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBLITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY AS BLOWING SNOW DIMINISHES. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-130600- /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-130600- /O.EXT.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ DTR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 122125 CCA WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ....LOW WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP INTO NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE EVENING...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. MNZ003-029-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-130600- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BUT THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ001-002-013>015-022-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ030-130600- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-090112T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...MAYVILLE 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. LOOK FOR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBLITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY AS BLOWING SNOW DIMINISHES. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-130600- /O.EXB.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-130600- /O.EXT.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090113T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 250 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO LOWER TO 25 TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ DTR
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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 11, 10:26 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 10:26 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1026 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009
.DISCUSSION...
PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THE MORNING UPDATE CONCERNS
TEMPERATURES. EXPECT TO SEE SOME LOW-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION
TODAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING CLIPPER SYSTEM. MAIN QUESTION IS HOW
MUCH WILL THIS HELP TO WARM THINGS UP BEFORE THE BIG PLUNGE
OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. 12 UTC RUC GUIDANCE INITIALIZED
BEST THIS MORNING AND KEEPS TEMPERATURES THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY
ON THE COOLER SIDE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST FORECAST AREA. AS
SUCH...DROPPED TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES TODAY. MAXIMUM VALUES
SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WITH 10 TO 15
DEGREES EAST OF THE RED RIVER AND 15 TO 20 TO THE WEST.
DID ADD SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS FAR WEST FORECAST AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 21 UTC...TO ACCOUNT FOR SLIGHTLY QUICKER
GFS QPF SOLUTION. ELSEWHERE...CLEAR AREAS THIS MORNING WILL FILL IN
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ONLY FLURRIES EXPECTED PRIOR TO 00 UTC
TONIGHT. REMAINDER OF THE GRIDS LOOK GOOD WITH NO MAJOR UPDATES
NECESSARY.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO POTENTIAL BLIZZARD/WINTER STORM EVENT
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STILL SOME MINOR MODEL DIFFERENCES
THAT NEED TO BE SORTED OUT BEFORE ADDRESSING CURRENT HEADLINES. FOR
NOW...WILL KEEP BLIZZARD/WINTER STORM WATCHES AS IS. STAY TUNED...
&&
.AVIATION...
MAINLY MVFR/LOCALIZED IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH A
CLEAR SLOT ALONG CANADIAN BORDER SPREADING SOUTHWARD BRINGING VFR
CONDITIONS FROM N-S. ANOTHER BAND OF CIGS TO FOLLOW THIS AFTERNOON
WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AFT 06Z IN VSBY AS SNOW MOVES IN.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009/
DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS ONGOING HEADLINES AND TEMPERATURES.
MODELS COMING TOGETHER WITH TIMING AND TRACK OF NEXT CLIPPER TO
AFFECT FA LATE TONIGHT INTO MID DAY MONDAY. WILL USE BLEND FOR
FORECAST.
WEAK SURFACE LOW TO CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING INTO FA. SNOWFALL SO FAR TONIGHT HAS BEEN NIL WITH LOCAL
AND UPSTREAM RADARS CLEAR. WITH PATCHY CLOUD COVER IN AND OUT TODAY
WILL KEEP FLURRY MENTION GOING. MIXING LOOKS TO BE WEAK AND THERMAL
ADVECTION NEUTRAL SO NOT A GREAT DEAL OF TEMPERATURE RECOVERY
EXPECTED ALTHOUGH WE WILL BE STARTING OUT WARMER.
NEXT CLIPPER MOVES INTO NW CORNER OF ND DURING EARLY EVENING AND
QUICKLY INTO NE SD BY 12Z. WHAT ISENTROPIC LIFT THERE IS ENTERS
NORTHERN FA BETWEEN 00-06Z AND TRANSITIONS TO ALL DOWNGLIDE BY 12Z.
MIXING RATIOS AROUND 2 GM AND QUICK MOVING SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP SNOW
AMOUNTS ACROSS FAR W AND SW FA TO UNDER 6 INCHES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
FARTHER EAST. OF MORE CONCERN IS WIND POTENTIAL. TRACK OF SURFACE
LOW AND VORTICITY MAXIMA SHOWING STRONGEST WINDS TO OUR WEST WITH
WESTERN FA ON BORDER. STRONGEST WIND POTENTIAL LOOKS MONDAY AM AS
REGION GETS ON BACKSIDE OF LOW. AT THIS TIME BEST POTENTIAL FOR
POSSIBLE GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF A
DVL-FAR-FFM LINE. WESTERN AREAS WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR RECEIVED 4-7
INCHES A FEW DAYS AGO AND SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM BLOWING AROUND.
FARTHER EAST NOT VERY CONFIDENT WITH DEGREE OF BLOWING POTENTIAL.
WITH EVENT NOT GETTING GOING TIL CLOSE TO 12Z WILL LET DAY SHIFT GET
ONE LAST LOOK AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL HAVE BIG IMPACT ON MORNING
COMMUTE AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS. LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION ALONG CANADIAN
BORDER AT 06Z PUSHES QUICKLY TO ND/SD BORDER BY MORNING WITH
CONTINUED COLD ADVECTION DURING DAY. QUESTION IS WHERE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE PRIOR TO ONSET OF COLD ADVECTION. WILL NOT MAKE ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE SNOW AND WIND-WISE DURING AFTERNOON
HOWEVER WIND CHILLS WILL BE AND ISSUE AS TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO FALL
DURING DAY.
FA UNDER SURFACE RIDGE AXIS BY 12Z TUESDAY SO WILL BE VERY COLD
NIGHT
INCREASING RETURN FLOW/WARM ADVECTION AND INCREASING CLOUDS SPREAD
ACROSS WEST HALF OF FA DURING DAY TUESDAY AHEAD OF NEXT CLIPPER.
TEMPERATURES NOT LIKELY TO WARM ENOUGH TO MINIMIZE W CHILLS AND WILL
LIKELY NEED TO HAVE SOME HEADLINES.
SIMILAR SCENARIO WITH NEXT CLIPPER TUESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER WIND DOES
NOT LOOK TO BE SUCH AN ISSUE. STRONGEST COLD ADVECTION OVER SECOND
HALF OF NIGHT AND AGAIN QUESTION WILL BE TEMPERATURE RECOVERY PRIOR
TO CFP.
TEMPERATURES NOT LIKELY TO RECOVER MUCH IF AT ALL WEDNESDAY AS COLD
ADVECTION CONTINUES SETTING UP FOR WHAT COULD BE THE COLDEST NIGHT
SO FAR THIS WINTER WED NIGHT.
FORTUNATELY COLD SHOT LOOKS TO BE SHORT LIVED AS NEXT CLIPPER SHOULD
PULL SOME WARMER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION AS COLUMN NOT SO COLD.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
NDZ014-024-028-038-049-052-053.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
NDZ006>008-015-016-026-027-029-030-039-054.
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MNZ029-030-040.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MNZ001>004-007.
&&
ROGERS/VOELKERHazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 6:58 AM CST, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 658 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-121300- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 658 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...SNOW AND WIND TO CREATE PROBLEMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL TRACK FROM NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. AS IT DOES SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING CONTINUING OVERNIGHT WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS MORNING AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY AND FERGUS FALLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW AND WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW PASSAGE OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA RESULTING IN FALLING TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING. MORE SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER ALBERTA CLIPPER. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VOELKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:20 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Traill, Walsh | 24 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.