Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Jan 24, 2010, 9:51 AM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 34 hr. 31 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 24, 2010, 9:51 AM MST (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2010, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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 24, 10:26 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Hettinger, ND | ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY OR LESS WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH FROM 1126 AM CST TO 556 PM CST REPORTED BY THE HETTINGER ASOS. |
| Jan 24, 11:15 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Beach, ND | VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Jan 24, 11:15 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Williston, ND | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Jan 24, 11:34 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Killdeer, ND | ZERO VISIBILITY AND ICY ROADS COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jan 24, 11:54 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Beach, ND | SNOWFALL FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH 1254 PM CST. ZERO VISIBILITY ON THE HILLTOP NEXT TO THE INTERSTATE. 100 TO 150 YARDS VISIBILITY IN TOWN. |
| Jan 24, 12:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Rolla, ND | FORMER COOP OBSERVER ESTIMATING 8 INCHES OF SNOW STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 24, 12:52 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Beach, ND | 20 TO 25 YARD VISIBILITY AT BEST IN OPEN COUNTRY...ZERO AT TIMES. ONE BLOCK VISIBILITY IN TOWN. 4 NEW INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 152 PM CST. |
| Jan 24, 1:21 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Killdeer, ND | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | ICE STORM | Gackle, ND | DAKOTA VALLEY POWER REPORTING 300 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN THE GACKLE AND JUD AREAS...AND EAST OF ASHELY. REPORT RELAYED BY THE STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | ICE STORM | Linton, ND | KEM POWER COMPANY OUT OF LINTON REPORTING 718 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER...500 POWER POLES DOWN. LINES DOWN DUE TO DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. REPORT RELAYED BY STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | ICE STORM | New England, ND | POWER OUTAGES IN NEW ENGLAND REPORTED BY MDU. OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED LINES FROM DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGHS WINDS. REPORT RELAYED BY STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | ICE STORM | Venturia, ND | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN VENTURIA BY MDU. OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED LINES FROM DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. REPORT RELAYED BY STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | ICE STORM | Zeeland, ND | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN ZEELAND BY MDU. OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED LINES FROM DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. REPORT RELAYED BY STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Columbus, ND | BURKE DIVIDE POWER REPORTING 20 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND 60 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WITHOUT POWER. 7 POLES DOWN. DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO OUTAGES. REPORT RELAYED BY STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CE |
| Jan 24, 1:30 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Dickinson, ND | 200 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER AND 95 POLES DOWN IN OLIVER AND MERCER COUNTIES. 1500 CUSTOMERS WITHOUR POWER AND 130 POLES DOWN IN DUNN...STARK AND BILLINGS COUNTIES. POWER OUTAGES A CARRY OVER FROM DAYS OF RIMING FROM FOG...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. BLIZZARD |
| Jan 24, 3:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Bowman, ND | 750 TO 800 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS BOWMAN COUNTRY. POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED LINES FROM DAYS OF RIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND HIGHS WINDS...FOLLOWED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HINDERING REPARIRS. FROM BOWMAN COUNTY EM. |
| Jan 24, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 4.2 | Williston, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 24, 10:50 PM MST | SNOW 2.9 | Williston, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL 2.4 INCHES. THREE DAY STORM TOTAL IS 4.6 INCHES. |
| Jan 25, 5:03 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Harvey, ND | SHERIFFS OFFICE IN WELLS COUNTY REPORTS ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW |
| Jan 25, 5:47 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Bottineau, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 25, 6:08 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Linton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 25, 6:49 AM MST | SNOW 1.3 | Hazelton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 25, 6:53 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | Watford City, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 25, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 5 Nw Streeter, ND | |
| Jan 25, 7:00 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 3 N Stanley, ND | VSBY 100 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR 3 DAYS 5.8 INCHES. |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 N Carrington, ND | |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Watford City, ND | REPORT RECIEVED ON THE 30TH. |
| Jan 25, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Wishek, ND | |
| Jan 25, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.9 | 2 Ene Grassy Butte, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL REPORT, 3 DAY STORM TOTAL WAS 7.2 INCHES. |
| Jan 25, 9:18 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Ellendale, ND | VSBY 150 FT. ESTIMATE 8 INCHES NEW SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN WEST PART OF COUNTY. ESTIMATE 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW IN THE EAST PART OF COUNTY. |
| Jan 25, 12:10 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 5 Ese Butte, ND | VSBY ZERO. STRONG WINDS AND LOTS OF 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WWUS43 KBIS 241651 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1051 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN BELOW 50 FEET AT TIMES THIS MORNING IN THE WEST...WHERE WINDS ARE GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH...AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL STILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE HIGHEST INTENSITY SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND EVEN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-250100- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.100124T1651Z-100125T1200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1051 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /951 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW 50 FEET AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL THIS WEEKEND AS WINDS INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-250100- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1051 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /951 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * MORE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL THIS WEEKEND AS WINDS INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KINNEY
11 follow-up statements
247 WWUS43 KBIS 241729 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1129 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN BELOW 50 FEET AT TIMES IN THE WEST...WHERE WINDS ARE GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH... AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL STILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE HIGHEST INTENSITY SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND EVEN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-250130- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1129 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /1029 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW 50 FEET AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL THIS WEEKEND AS WINDS INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-250130- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1129 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /1029 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * MORE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL THIS WEEKEND AS WINDS INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KINNEY
373 WWUS43 KBIS 242201 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 401 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MINOT...SOUTH THROUGH MANDAN...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING....FOLLOWED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RUGBY TO BISMARCK AND LINTON. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DROP VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE WEST...WHERE WINDS ARE GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH... AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL COULD STILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS...FROM MINOT...SOUTH THROUGH MANDAN. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOTTINEAU...THROUGH BISMARCK AND LINTON...CAN EXPECT LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS...BUT STILL PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...MAINLY FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WEST...AND EVEN MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR PLANS AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ005-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-250615- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100124T2201Z-100125T1800Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 401 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * MORE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...EAST OF A LINE FROM RUGBY TO BISMARCK AND LINTON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO...AT BEST. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-250615- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 401 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /301 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ003-004-011-012-019>021-034-042-045-250615- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1200Z-100125T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 401 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /301 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM MINOT TO MANDAN. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 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. && $$ KINNEY
453 WWUS43 KBIS 250229 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 813 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MINOT TO MANDAN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RUGBY TO BISMARCK AND LINTON. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PERSISTENT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY IN THE WEST...WHERE TRAVEL HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL STILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS FROM MINOT TO MANDAN...WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOTTINEAU THROUGH BISMARCK AND LINTON CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF NEW SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-251015- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 813 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /713 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS IS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ003-004-011-012-019>021-034-042-045-251015- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1200Z-100125T1800Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 813 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /713 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM MINOT TO MANDAN. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 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. && $$ NDZ005-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-251015- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100125T1800Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 813 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * MORE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT EAST OF A LINE FROM RUGBY TO BISMARCK AND LINTON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING 45 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SCHECK/PJA
873 WWUS43 KBIS 251047 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 447 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM ROLLA TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH TODAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 9 AM MST. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING ROLLA AND RUGBY...HARVEY AND CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND STEELE...AND WISHEK AND OAKES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. EARLY THIS MONDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT SNOW...WERE KEEPING VISIBILITIES IN THE 1/4 TO 3/4 MILE RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH THE WINDS AND SNOW DECREASING GRADUALLY. VISIBILITIES SHOULD IMPROVE TO A MILE OR MORE BEFORE NOON...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL WINDS TAPER OFF BY EVENING. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY ONCE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS END THIS MORNING. ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL AS AN ENHANCED AREA OF SNOW MOVES SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY FROM ROLLA TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH...WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH DAKOTA...FROM WILLISTON AND MINOT AND BOTTINEAU...TO BISMARCK AND MANDAN...TO FORT YATES. VISIBILITIES MAY BE AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MANY POWER LINES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE AND LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-251900- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1047Z-100126T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 447 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS REPLACED THE BLIZZARD WARNING AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW 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. && $$ NDZ003-004-011-012-019>021-034-042-045-251900- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100125T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1047Z-100126T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 447 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /347 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-251900- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100125T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 447 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MORE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-251900- /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1600Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T1600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 347 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXTENDED THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ022-035-046-251900- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...BISMARCK...LINTON 447 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * MORE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING 45 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ JV
059 WWUS43 KBIS 251519 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 919 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...EXCEPT FOR THE BISMARCK MANDAN AREA AND SOUTH...WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT SNOW...WERE KEEPING VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH THE WINDS AND SNOW DECREASING GRADUALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS FROM BISMARCK AND SOUTH WILL NOT BE AS SEVERE...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS. MANY POWER LINES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED...BUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE AND LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-252330- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.100125T1600Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 819 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING...NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ001>004-009>012-017>019-021-022-252330- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY 919 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /819 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ005-013-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-252330- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 919 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * MORE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ020-034-035-042-045-046-252330- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 919 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /819 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * MORE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS LIMITED TO AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ KINNEY
884 WWUS43 KBIS 251556 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 956 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH AND A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY... WITH THE WINDS AND SNOW DECREASING GRADUALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MANY POWER LINES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED...BUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE AND LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. NDZ020-034-035-042-045-046-260000- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 956 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /856 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * MORE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021>023-025-031>033-036-037-040-041- 043-044-047-048-050-051-260000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER- BOWMAN-ADAMS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 956 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /856 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR TWO. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ KINNEY
039 WWUS43 KBIS 251709 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1109 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH AND PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE WINDS AND SNOW DECREASING GRADUALLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. MANY POWER LINES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWN FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED...BUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE AND LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-260000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1109 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /1009 AM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR TWO. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH TODAY IN OPEN AREAS. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ KINNEY
460 WWUS43 KBIS 252214 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 414 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH AND LINGERING LIGHT SNOW...WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AREAS FROM BEACH...THROUGH GARRISON AND RUGBY...WILL HAVE LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS...BUT STILL SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS AND AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HARVEY...TO STEELE AND WISHEK...WILL BE THE LAST TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO HIGH WINDS STRESSING ALREADY LOADED POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED OVER MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA...BUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ005-011>013-018-019-021-031-032-260300- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.100125T2214Z-100126T0300Z/ ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA 414 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /314 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE PREVIOUS BLIZZARD WARNING. * SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ001>004-009-010-017-252315- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 414 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. $$ NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-260300- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 414 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 9 PM CST. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ020-022-033>035-040>046-260300- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.100126T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ OLIVER-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 414 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /314 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT AFTER 6 PM CST. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KINNEY
413 WWUS43 KBIS 260015 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 615 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...CONDITIONS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HARVEY TO STEELE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WHILE WINDS REMAIN GUSTY...VISIBILITY REPORTS INDICATE THAT CONDITIONS WEST OF BISMARCK HAVE IMPROVED SLIGHTLY...AND ARE ONLY OCCASIONALLY DROPPING NEAR ZERO. WHILE TRAVEL IS NOT YET ADVISED...VISIBILITIES ARE GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE MILE AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RESULT IN LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS. SO...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THERE. TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM HARVEY TO STEELE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PERSIST WITH LIGHT SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITIES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS WINDS ARE FORECAST TO RELAX TO NEAR 35 MPH BY 9 PM CST. WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ARE FORECAST TO DROP AS LOW AS 25 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED OVER MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA...BUT IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ020-022-033>035-040>046-260300- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ OLIVER-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 615 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /515 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING... WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. && 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. && $$ NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-260300- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 615 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 9 PM CST. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ005-011>013-018-019-021-031-032-260300- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA 615 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /515 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SCHECK
090 WWUS43 KBIS 260212 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 812 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...CONDITIONS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...AND THIS WILL BE REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY VALID THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS HAVE WEAKENED TO 35 MPH...WHICH HAS IMPROVED VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WHILE TRAVEL IS NOT YET ADVISED...VISIBILITIES ARE GENERALLY GREATER THAN 2 MILES WITH OCCASIONAL DROPS TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPIRATION OF THE REMAINING BLIZZARD WARNING AT 9 PM CST. TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-261015- /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.100126T0300Z-100126T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 812 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING... WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NDZ005-011>013-018>022-031>035-040>046-260315- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 812 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /712 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY EVENING... WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * ADDITIONAL POWER LINES MAY FALL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ SCHECK
038 WWUS43 KBIS 260315 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 913 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CST FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS HAVE WEAKENED TO 35 MPH...WHICH HAS IMPROVED VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. VISIBILITIES ARE GENERALLY GREATER THAN 2 MILES WITH OCCASIONAL DROPS TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH MORNING. TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-261115- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100126T1200Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 913 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * LOWEST WIND CHILL WILL BE 25 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ005-011>013-018>022-031>035-040>046-260415- /O.EXP.KBIS.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 913 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 /813 PM MST MON JAN 25 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS...BUT CONDITIONS HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED THIS EVENING. * LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE 25 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ SCHECK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 24, 2:50 AM MST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:50 AM MST, 7 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY AND MONDAY. CURRENTLY...THE SURFACE LOW WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WITH NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SATELLITE PICS SHOWED THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH THE DRY SLOT ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND ARCING NORTHWESTWARD OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA. THE WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND EASTERN MONTANA TO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAD RECEIVED SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE SATURDAY EVENING AND INTO THIS MORNING...BUT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS OVER EASTERN MONTANA AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA/NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE REACHED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES HAVE OCCASIONALLY DROPPED TO 1/2 MILE...WITH LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. EXPECTING NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST TO REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HAS BEEN DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER TO UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. CONSENSUS AMONG NEIGHBORING FORECAST OFFICES WAS TO NOT ISSUE A BLIZZARD WARNING. THERE HAS BEEN CRUSTING OF SNOWPACK FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RIMING FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. NEW SNOWFALL TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IN THE WEST...WITH AROUND AN INCH NORTH CENTRAL AND 1/2 TO 1 INCH SOUTH CENTRAL. THOUGH VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1/4 MILE...FEEL MOST OF THE TIME THE VISIBILITIES WOULD LIKELY RANGE FROM 1/2 MILE TO 2 MILES. AN UPGRADE COULD BE ISSUED LATER TODAY IF CONDITIONS RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN THE SOUTHWEST. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE THE RULE TODAY...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY CREATE MORE PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES THAT REMAIN ICE COVERED. POWER OUTAGES ARE ONGOING...AND MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THE SURFACE LOW WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCLUDE AND STALL OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS HUDSON BAY. WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE WITH A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD BE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE STALLING OF THE STORM WILL MEAN THAT THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT WILL NOT MAKE THAT JUDGMENT FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. MONDAY NIGHT A SURFACE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES SOUTH ALONG THE CANADIAN FRONT RANGE AND BEGINS TO PUSH INTO MONTANA/WYOMING/DAKOTAS. THIS WILL BRING ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION. EXPECTING TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY MORNING TO RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW WITH HIGHS TUESDAY FROM AROUND 5 TO 10 ABOVE...AND 5 TO 10 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A MODERATELY STRONG SURFACE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW NORMAL AND THE FORECAST IS DRY. GFS AND ECMWF MODELS BOTH AGREE IN DEVELOPING A STRONG HUDSON BAY COLD H5 VORTEX THAT WILL MAINTAIN COOL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY DRY WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE COLDEST DAY APPEARS TO BE THURSDAY WHEN THE SURFACE HIGH IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF NORTH DAKOTA. AFTER THIS...THERE WILL BE A SLOW WARMUP INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE COLDEST H850 TEMPS SHIFT SOUTHEAST. && .AVIATION... STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AT 3 AM CST...WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY. STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS LOW WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE TAF SITES. LOOK FOR IFR CIGS WITH VSBYS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT ISN/DIK/MOT/BIS DURING THE DAY TODAY. DETERIORATING CONDITIONS WILL MOVE THROUGH JMS AFTER 15Z. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051. && SHORT TERM...VINING LONG TERM/AVIATION...ABELING
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:53 AM MST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 453 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-251100- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 453 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /353 AM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. VERY WINDY WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. ALREADY STRESSED POWER LINES OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE MAY FALL. PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE ONGOING...AND MORE ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDY WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING MONDAY AND TAPERING OFF MONDAY NIGHT. COLDER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH LOWS BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS THROUGH MONDAY. TIMELY REPORTS ARE GREATLY ENCOURAGED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND REPORT CRITICAL WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 24, 8:07 AM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
907 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0907 AM SNOW BOWMAN 46.18N 103.39W
01/24/2010 E1.0 INCH BOWMAN ND EMERGENCY MNGR
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT.
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RKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 18 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.