Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 10:51 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 25, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. 28 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
- Dec 24, 2009, 10:51 AM CST (16:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 9:01 AM CST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:29 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Ottertail, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 25, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lidgerwood, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Rothsay, MN | 24-HR SNOW TOTAL THRU 700 AM FRIDAY MORNING |
| Dec 25, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Havana, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 25, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Fargo, ND | WDAY-TV IN FARGO. 24-HR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 25, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Sabin, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Fargo, ND | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Moorhead, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Edmore, ND | 24-HR TOTAL AS OF 0800 AM LST |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Forman, ND | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Pembina, ND | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 8:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Halstad, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 8:28 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | 3 S Dalton, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 8:54 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Pelican Rapids, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Argyle, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Breckenridge, MN | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 9:49 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Starkweather, ND | VISIBILITY REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 10:26 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Devils Lake, ND | TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT TO 1000 AM LST |
| Dec 25, 10:26 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Nne Sarles, ND | 24-HR TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 12:07 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Park River, ND | SNOW TOTAL FROM 700 PM WEDNESDAY THRU 1200 PM FRIDAY. |
| Dec 25, 1:16 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Lidgerwood, ND | 6-HR ESTIMATED SNOWFALL FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM CST FRIDAY |
| Dec 26, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Lidgerwood, ND | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 26, 7:41 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Havana, ND | LAST 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 26, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Se Starkweather, ND | 15 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUNE 1 STATUTE MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 26, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Argyle, MN | 14.7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 26, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 13.8 | Grand Forks, ND | |
| Dec 26, 9:02 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | New York Mills, MN | 10 INCHES OFSNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 26, 9:02 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Breckenridge, MN | 11 INCHES OF SNNOW ON THE GROUND. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 241651 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...POWERFUL SNOWSTORM TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI BY THIS EVENING AND THEN INTO IOWA ON FRIDAY...WHERE IT WILL STALL BEFORE HEADING EAST BY LATE SATURDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY...CAUSING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. THERE MAY BE TIMES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WHEN SNOW STOPS...BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE LULL IN ACTIVITY DOES NOT MEAN THE STORM SYSTEM IS OVER. A SECOND...AND MUCH STRONGER WAVE OF MOISTURE...WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AS THE LOW MOVES INTO IOWA. THE SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST...TO INCLUDE WESTERN OTTER TAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES...WHERE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET STILL LOOK LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED AREAS OF AROUND TWO FEET ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LARGER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL TODAY...CHRISTMAS EVE...WILL BE HAZARDOUS BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS IN CASE CONDITIONS CHANGE. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY....WITH HEAVIER SNOW ARRIVING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. * THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY...BUT TURN NORTHEASTLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY CHRISTMAS MORNING... CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1051 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY....WITH HEAVIER SNOW ARRIVING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...WHILE THE LOWER SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. * THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TODAY...BUT BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SPEICHER
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFGF 242101 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 301 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...SECOND WAVE OF SNOWFALL WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOW... .A SECOND WAVE OF SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI THIS EVENING...AND THEN INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE IT WILL STALL BEFORE HEADING EAST BY LATE SATURDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...CAUSING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. THERE MAY BE TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING WHEN SNOW STOPS...BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE LULL IN ACTIVITY DOES NOT MEAN THE STORM SYSTEM IS OVER. THE SECOND WAVE OF SNOWFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AS THE LOW MOVES INTO IOWA. THE SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST...TO INCLUDE WESTERN OTTER TAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES...WHERE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET IS EXPECTED...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED AREAS OF AROUND TWO FEET ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN LARGER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS BY LATE EVENING...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS IN CASE CONDITIONS CHANGE. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 301 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT....WITH HEAVIER SNOW ARRIVING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. * THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR THIS EVENING...BUT TURN NORTHEASTERLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 301 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING....WITH HEAVIER SNOW ARRIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BEMIDJI...WHILE THE LESSER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. * THE WIND WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TONIGHT...BUT BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SPEICHER
000 WWUS43 KFGF 250405 AAA WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...STORM RE-INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT... .A SECOND WAVE OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL REFORM BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE IT WILL SIT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN IT WILL START HEADING EAST. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME BREAKS IN THE SNOW THIS EVENING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS JUST A LULL...THE STORM IS NOT OVER. THE SNOW WILL REFORM BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS WELL BY MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM OF ONE TO TWO FEET IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND THE HIGHEST THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE LARGE DRIFTS...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES EXPECTED. BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. PLAN NOW TO STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOOK FOR THE WIND TO TURN NORTHERLY BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY AND DO NOT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF BEMIDJI. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME DANGEROUS FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NG
000 WWUS43 KFGF 251025 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 425 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL HIT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 10 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... TODAY WILL SEE BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED....ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL NON- SHELTERED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL FALL AS WELL WITH ANOTHER 8 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND THUS BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN COUNTRY. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 425 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM 6 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 7 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 425 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 6 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DTR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 251203 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 603 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL HIT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 10 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... TODAY WILL SEE BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED....ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL NON- SHELTERED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL FALL AS WELL WITH ANOTHER 8 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND THUS BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN COUNTRY. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 603 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM 6 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 7 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 603 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 6 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DTR
000 WWUS43 KFGF 251546 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 946 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL HIT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... TODAY WILL SEE BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED....ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL NON-SHELTERED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL FALL AS WELL WITH ANOTHER 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND THUS BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN COUNTRY. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 946 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 946 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 251722 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1122 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL HIT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... TODAY WILL SEE BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED....ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL NON-SHELTERED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL FALL AS WELL WITH ANOTHER 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND THUS BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN COUNTRY. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ030-040-261800- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 1122 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 3 TO 6INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 10 TO 16 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. NO TRAVEL IS ADVISED THROUGHOUT ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.* && $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1122 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1122 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 252043 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 243 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 OR 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT EXPECT BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED....ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL NON-SHELTERED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL FALL AS WELL WITH ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND THUS BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF AN ISSUE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM IN OPEN COUNTRY. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 243 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL FALL INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PLAN NOW TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 243 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY...CREATING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 252255 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 455 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS FOR THE REST OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER A BIT LESS SNOW WILL FALL WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 OR 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EXPECT BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NEIGHBORING PARTS OF MINNESOTA. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED...ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND SO NOT AS MUCH BLOWING SNOW. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 455 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL FALL INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * YOU SHOULD PLAN TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALSO INTERSTATE 94 IS CLOSED FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. SNOW PLOWS WILL RESUME OPERATION ON INTERSTATE 94 SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 455 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * THE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS DAY... CREATING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS43 KFGF 260442 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1042 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...THE WORST OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS FOR THE REST OF FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE REGION. FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT EXPECT BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE WEST THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NEIGHBORING PARTS OF MINNESOTA. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS AND SOME EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED...ESPECIALLY TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL AREAS WHERE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHEAST AND NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND SO NOT AS MUCH BLOWING SNOW. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1042 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL FALL FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * YOU SHOULD PLAN TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALSO INTERSTATE 94 IS CLOSED FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. SNOW PLOWS WILL RESUME OPERATION ON INTERSTATE 94 SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 1042 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND DIMINISH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT...WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HOPPES
000 WWUS43 KFGF 261057 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 457 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL WIND DOWN TODAY... .AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MOST AREAS FOR TODAY...AND CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN WILL GIVE STORM TOTALS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OF 12 TO 22 INCHES OVER THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH THE WINDS...BLZIZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON. CONDITIONS IN TOWNS WILL BE MUCH BETTER...ALTHOUGH ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL ALSO DIMINISH AS THE STORM WEAKENS. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 457 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BANDS OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TODAY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 22 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH THE WIND. * INTERSTATE 29 REMAINS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT ALL OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-261800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 457 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THIS WOULD MAKE SNOW TOTAL FOR THE EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 12 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 261501 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 901 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TODAY... .OCCASIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGHOUT EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SLOWLY WEAKENS AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-270000- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0043.091226T1501Z-091227T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 901 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL FALL TODAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TODAY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH SNOW. * INTERSTATE 29 REMAINS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT ALL OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND BY DIALING 511. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-270000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0043.091226T1501Z-091227T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 901 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. CALL 511 FOR THE LATEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA ROAD CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DK
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every blizzard warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.