Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Oct 26, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT for 25 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 26, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 29 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2010, 4:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 25 counties
Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant 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, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 11:41 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Grenora, ND | |
| Oct 27, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | Williston, ND | |
| Oct 27, 2:01 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Williston, ND | VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE HOURS. |
| Oct 27, 3:58 AM CDT | SNOW 1.1 | Bismarck, ND | CURRENT AMOUNT AS OF 4 AM CST. |
| Oct 27, 5:19 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Lansford, ND | |
| Oct 27, 5:19 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Harvey, ND | |
| Oct 27, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | Bismarck, ND | |
| Oct 27, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Nw Linton, ND | |
| Oct 27, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | Williston, ND | |
| Oct 27, 7:36 AM CDT | SNOW 2.4 | Killdeer, ND | |
| Oct 27, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Nw Bismarck, ND | |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Montpelier, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | Ashley, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Heart Butte Dam, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.1 | 5 Nw Streeter, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.1 | Watford City, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 N Carrington, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | Lake Metigoshe State Pa, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 8:47 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 1 E Dunn Center, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 9:20 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Bottineau, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 9:29 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Nw Beulah, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 2 Ene Grassy Butte, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | Bismarck, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Oct 27, 12:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 10 Ne Dunn Center, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WITH 0.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. |
| Oct 27, 12:52 PM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | Bismarck, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Oct 27, 12:52 PM CDT | SNOW 4.1 | Williston, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 9 Ne Drake, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL, PRECIP 0.63 INCHES. |
| Oct 27, 2:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 N Woodworth, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Oct 27, 4:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Bowbells, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WWUS43 KBIS 260935 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COLDER AIR MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN WILL RESULT IN RAIN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY AFTERNOON. THE COLDER AIR WILL REACH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF ALL SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THUS A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER FOR THOSE AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESIDE OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ACROSS THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS WHERE 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FROM MINOT TO HARVEY AND INTO CARRINGTON EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM WILLISTON TO GARRISON...BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH TO WISHEK TO ELLENDALE. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. NDZ001-002-009-010-261730- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.101026T1500Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101026T1500Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS BURKE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-261730- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101026T1500Z-101027T1800Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW EXPECTED. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-035>037-047-048-050-051-261730- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ NDZ017-261730- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101026T1500Z-101027T1800Z/ MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATFORD CITY 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ018>020-034-042-045-046-261730- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON 435 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /335 AM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ KS/WAA
8 follow-up statements
690 WWUS43 KBIS 261532 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1032 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT MOVES NORTH. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COLDER AIR MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN WILL RESULT IN RAIN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY AFTERNOON. THE COLDER AIR WILL REACH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF ALL SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THUS A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER FOR THOSE AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESIDE OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ACROSS THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS WHERE 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FROM MINOT TO HARVEY AND INTO CARRINGTON EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM WILLISTON TO GARRISON...BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH TO WISHEK TO ELLENDALE. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-262345- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY 1032 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS BURKE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES. 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. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-262345- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1032 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /932 AM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ TWH
327 WWUS43 KBIS 262125 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 425 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN HAS RESULTED IN RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER ALL OF THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THIS EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON...WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE LIMITED THE SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. AS TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY NOT OCCUR IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENMARE...TO GARRISON...TO HARVEY...TO CARRINGTON. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA AND RUGBY. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 OR MORE INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION. 4 TO 6 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED FROM WILLISTON TO HAZEN...TO BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM WATFORD CITY AND DICKINSON...THROUGH MANDAN...TO ASHLEY AND OAKES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM DICKINSON TO HETTINGER...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH IN BOWMAN. REMAIN NDZ003>005-011>013-270530- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 425 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME LOCAL AREAS MAY SEE OVER 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THIS EVENINGS AND THE WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTES. 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-270530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 425 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER DIVIDE AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS BURKE AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THIS EVENINGS AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. 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. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-270530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.101027T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 425 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /325 PM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... * POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF HEAVIER SNOW. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
527 WWUS43 KBIS 270042 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 742 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. COLDER AIR MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SASKATCHEWAN HAS REACHED THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA. AS TEMPERATURES COOL OVERNIGHT...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY NOT OCCUR IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENMARE...TO GARRISON...TO HARVEY...TO CARRINGTON. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA AND RUGBY. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 OR MORE INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION. 4 TO 6 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED FROM WILLISTON TO HAZEN...TO BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM WATFORD CITY AND DICKINSON...THROUGH MANDAN...TO ASHLEY AND OAKES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM DICKINSON TO HETTINGER...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH IN BOWMAN. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-270845- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 742 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THIS EVENINGS AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-270845- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 742 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THIS EVENINGS AND THE WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-270845- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 742 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /642 PM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$
018 WWUS43 KBIS 270805 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 305 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GRENORA...KENMARE...TO GARRISON...TO HARVEY. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA AND RUGBY. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 6 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED FROM WILLISTON TO HAZEN...TO CARRINGTON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM WATFORD CITY TO GLEN ULLIN...THROUGH BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY AND OAKES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM DICKINSON TO HETTINGER...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH IN BOWMAN. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-271730- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 305 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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>013-271730- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 305 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271730- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 305 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 /205 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KS
333 WWUS43 KBIS 270930 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 430 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GRENORA...KENMARE...TO GARRISON...TO HARVEY. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA AND RUGBY. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. 4 TO 6 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED FROM WILLISTON TO HAZEN...TO CARRINGTON. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM WATFORD CITY TO GLEN ULLIN...THROUGH BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY AND OAKES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM DICKINSON TO HETTINGER...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH IN BOWMAN. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-271800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 430 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-271900- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 430 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271900- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 430 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 /330 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ KS
554 WWUS43 KBIS 271723 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1223 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW... WILL RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AREAS IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY SEE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE NORTHWEST AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS PLANNED AT 1 PM CDT. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUST TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...A COUPLE OF INCHES COULD FALL FROM BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE COUNTIES SOUTH THROUGH HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-271830- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 1223 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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>013-280000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 1223 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. 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. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1223 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 /1123 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TWH
054 WWUS43 KBIS 271826 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 126 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...COINCIDING WITH PERSISTENT FALLING SNOW... WILL RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 MILES WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AREAS IN OPEN COUNTRY MAY SEE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE NORTHWEST AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-271930- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101027T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY 126 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-280000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY 126 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 126 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 /1226 PM MDT WED OCT 27 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. 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. && $$ TWH
564 WWUS43 KBIS 272107 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ENDING OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO QUICKLY TAPER OFF ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AT THE MAJOR REPORTING STATIONS WERE ALL IMPROVING OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. HOWEVER IN OPEN AREAS...WHERE ENOUGH SNOW HAS FALLEN...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. IF WINDS DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY. NDZ003>005-011>013-018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280300- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0014.101027T2107Z-101028T0300Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-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...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 407 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 /307 PM MDT WED OCT 27 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * ROADS WILL BE SLICK TONIGHT AS ANY WATER ON THE ROADS FREEZES THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ TWH
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 Oct 26, 4:14 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 4:14 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 414 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... EXPECT EXTREMELY WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 60MPH THROUGH TODAY...TONIGHT..AND INTO MOST OF WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS COINCIDING OVER AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW WILL BE PERSISTENT...WENT WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING IN MOST AREAS. WEATHER HEADLINES ARE AS FOLLOWS... THE WINTER STORM WATCH ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FROM MID MORNING TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING FROM MID MORNING TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING COVERING SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL REMAIN IN TACT THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BE REPLACED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING COVERING THE SOUTHWEST WILL REMAIN AS IS THROUGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INVOLVED...BUT NOT ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO WARRANT ANOTHER HEADLINE. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 12HR PERIOD AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY 00Z WED. NAM/GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE ROUGHLY A 24HR PERIOD OF MAX WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER RANGING BETWEEN 55KT AND 70KT. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FLOW WILL ALLOW THESE WINDS TO BE MAXIMIZED AS THEY MIX TO THE SURFACE. A PERSISTENT AREA OF SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SPREAD SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DEFORMATION ZONE/MOISTURE POOL IS STRONGEST IN OUR NORTHERN ZONES BUT DOES EXTEND SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A TROWAL IS MOST EVIDENT IN THE 600MB THETA-E PROFILE ESPECIALLY OVER OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES EXTENDING SOUTH INTO OUR EAST CENTRAL ZONES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST ZONES/TURTLE MOUNTAINS WHERE 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FROM MINOT TO HARVEY AND CARRINGTON..ROUGHLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST...AND FROM WILLISTON TO GARRISON AND BISMARCK INTO JAMESTOWN SNOW TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. LESS THAN 2 INCHES FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST. THE SYSTEM EXITS WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH DRIER AND CALMER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM....FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... MODELS AND THEIR ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE USUAL DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF FEATURES. THE 00 UTC GFS AND ECWMF DEPICT THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH A BROAD RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL US. THE RIDGE SLOWLY PUSHES EASTWARD THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING OVER THE CONUS. MODELS DEPICT SEVERAL DISTURBANCES TRAVERSING THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL DISTURBANCES REMAINS DIFFICULT THIS FAR OUT AND MODELS DEPICT LIMITED MOISTURE WITH THE DISTURBANCES. A SLOW WARMING TREND BEGINS ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... SURFACE LOW HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS ACROSS THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE STATE WITH WIND SPEEDS GENERALLY BETWEEN 25 TO 35 KNOTS. CURRENTLY VFR CEILINGS AT KISN WITH MVFR CEILINGS BETWEEN 1 TO 2KFT AT THE OTHER TAF SITES. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY WITH WINDS INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45-50 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO REDEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SLOWLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND SLOWLY LOWER TO IFR TO LIFR ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042- 045>048-050-051. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ018>023-025-034>037-042-045>048- 050-051. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017. && SHORT TERM...KS LONG TERM...WAA/DC AVIATION...WAA/DC
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 4:44 PM CDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 444 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-035>037-047-048-050-051-262145- RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- 444 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT BREEZY. A CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT...AND RAIN OR SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY WILL MOVE TO MINNESOTA AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY. HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WINTER STORM WATCHES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEE BISNPWBIS (HIGH WIND WARNING) AND BISWSWBIS (WINTER STORM WATCH) FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND WATCHES REGARDING THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ017>020-034-042-045-046-262145- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- 444 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 /344 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT BREEZY. A CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT...AND RAIN OR SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY WILL MOVE TO MINNESOTA AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY. HIGH WIND WARNING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEE BISNPWBIS (HIGH WIND WARNING) AND BISWSWBIS (WINTER STORM WATCH) FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND WATCHES REGARDING THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-262145- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 344 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT BREEZY. A CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT...AND RAIN OR SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY WILL MOVE TO MINNESOTA AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY. HIGH WIND WARNING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEE BISNPWBIS (HIGH WIND WARNING) AND BISWSWBIS (WINTER STORM WATCH) FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND WATCHES REGARDING THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001-002-009-010-262145- DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL- 444 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT BREEZY. A CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT...AND RAIN OR SNOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY WILL MOVE TO MINNESOTA AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY. WINTER STORM WATCH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEE BISNPWBIS (HIGH WIND WARNING) AND BISWSWBIS (WINTER STORM WATCH) FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND WATCHES REGARDING THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JV
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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.