Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Dec 31, 2010, 4:28 AM CST for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 31, 2010, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2010, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2010, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:33 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 7 Ne Ashley, ND | SINCE 3 PM CST. ZERO VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 31, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 13.8 | 7 Ese Ellendale, ND | 2 DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL...DEC 30TH THROUGH DEC 31ST |
| Jan 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Jamestown, ND | |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Nw Linton, ND | |
| Jan 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Montpelier, ND | |
| Jan 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Ashley, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517 WWUS43 KBIS 311028 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS ARE COMBINING WITH SUBZERO SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS 35 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THESE CONDITIONS. ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO IMPACT FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW MAY FALL. NORTH WINDS INCREASING UP TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FOR THIS REASON...A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST...SHOULD RECONSIDER AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. NDZ025-047-050-311830- /O.CAN.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-101231T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0001.101231T1800Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.101231T2100Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ FOSTER-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ALSO ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ON THE GROUND TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN LATER TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ NDZ023-036-311830- /O.CAN.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-101231T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0001.101231T1800Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ WELLS-KIDDER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...STEELE 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ022-034-035-042-045-046-311830- /O.CAN.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-101231T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0012.101231T1800Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /328 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019>021-033-040-041-043-044-311830- /O.CAN.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-101231T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /328 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ037-048-051-311830- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0001.101231T1800Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.101231T2100Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ON THE GROUND TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN LATER TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017-018-031-032-311830- /O.EXT.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA 428 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /328 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NH/TM
3 follow-up statements
539 WWUS43 KBIS 311630 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1030 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...WHERE UP TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW MAY FALL. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM FORT YATES AND LINTON TO CARRINGTON. NORTH WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY IN FORT YATES AND LINTON...EAST TO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FOR THIS REASON...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MID AFTERNOON TODAY...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS ARE COMBINING WITH SUBZERO SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS 35 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THESE CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST SHOULD RECONSIDER AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. NDZ023-036-045-046-010030- /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.101231T2100Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ WELLS-KIDDER-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...STEELE...FORT YATES...LINTON 1030 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ON THE GROUND TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-010030- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.101231T2100Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1030 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND INTO SATURDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ON THE GROUND TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019>022-033>035-040>044-010030- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1030 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /930 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017-018-031-032-010030- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA 1030 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /930 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ TWH/AYD
060 WWUS43 KBIS 311952 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXTENDED FROM OAKES AND ELLENDALE...WEST THROUGH ASHLEY..TO STRASBURG...IN FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN PUSH OFF TO THE EAST LATER TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...WHERE AROUND 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW MAY FALL. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM FORT YATES AND LINTON TO CARRINGTON. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA...AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM FORT YATES AND LINTON...EAST TO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FOR THIS REASON...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MID AFTERNOON TODAY...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS ARE COMBINING WITH SUBZERO SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WIND CHILLS TO NEAR 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THESE CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST SHOULD RECONSIDER AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS. NDZ023-025-036-037-045>048-050-051-010400- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.101231T2100Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE UP TO 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO THE JAMES RIVER BASIN. * THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ON THE GROUND TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019>022-033>035-040>044-010400- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /1252 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017-018-031-032-010400- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA 152 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /1252 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
706 WWUS43 KBIS 312120 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 320 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO 45 MPH ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...AS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY POOR FROM THE BLIZZARD ON THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING...TAPERING OFF TO 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM HETTINGER...THROUGH BISMARCK AND SYKESTON. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THERE WILL BE A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND. ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION FROM THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE LOW TONIGHT WILL ALSO SHIFT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THEREFORE...BE SURE TO CHECK BACK FOR FORECAST UPDATES. ELSEWHERE...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS ARE COMBINING WITH SUBZERO SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THAT WILL APPROACH 40 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. WINTER WEATHER AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THESE CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH SATURDAY. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL AROUND THE JAMES RIVER BASIN...AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST SHOULD RECONSIDER AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. NDZ023-025-036-037-045>048-050-051-010530- /O.EXP.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-101231T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 320 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. * HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH DAKOTA...TAPERING OFF TO 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM FORT YATES THROUGH FAR EASTERN FOSTER COUNTY. * WIND CHILLS TO -35 ARE LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019>022-033>035-040>044-010530- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 320 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /220 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM HETTINGER THROUGH BISMARCK BY SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NDZ001>003-009>011-017-018-031-032-010530- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA 320 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /220 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AREAS OF LOW DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AYD/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 Dec 31, 2:20 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 2:20 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 220 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 .UPDATE... HAVE EXPIRED THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE JAMES VALLEY EARLY. WINDS AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...ALTHOUGH BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC. HAVE THUS REPLACE THE BLIZZARD WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 935 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010/ UPDATE...EXTENDING THE BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH 12Z JAMES RIVER VALLEY. MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT WIND CHILLS NOW WEST OF THERE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010/ UPDATE...WILL FOLLOW THE TRENDS AND FOCUS ON WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL WHERE THE PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW. WILL ISSUE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND KEEP THE SOUTH IN A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...THAT ALSO EXTENDS TO ROLETTE AND PIERCE COUNTIES. BLIZZARD WARNING AREA REMAINS THE SAME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010/ SYNOPSIS...DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT PLACES. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SHORT TERM PROBLEMS INCLUDE SNOWFALL TOTALS AND WINDS TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT AND ONGOING HEADLINES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING FORECAST. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING OVER OUR SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS VISIBILITIES DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATES MORE SNOW ON ROADWAYS. WILL CONTINUE THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR JAMESTOWN TO ELLENDALE TO LINTON PAST MIDNIGHT. SURFACE MOVES QUITE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AS NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH APPROACH OF MAIN MID LEVEL TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE WATCHES FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL. EDGE BETWEEN WARNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND ADVISORY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY NARROW AND AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE FROM CARRINGTON TO LINTON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THERE DECLINE WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS. CONDITIONS IMPROVING LATE SATURDAY MORNING BUT WITH CONTINUED FRIGID TEMPERATURES. LONG TERM...TROUGHING OVER CENTRAL CANADA AND RIDGING OVER THE WEST COAST ON SUNDAY WILL CHANGE TO A MORE ZONAL PATTERN BY THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY...BUT SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE LIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD LOOKS DRY AS THE MODELS DO NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW ALOFT. TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE ON THE COOL SIDE OF NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. AVIATION... THE SURFACE LOW IS CURRENTLY IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT. A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS CAUSING STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE STATE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EAST. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS IN THE EAST DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. THE FAR WEST SHOULD HAVE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WITH PERIODIC MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>036-040>047-050. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR NDZ022-034-035-042-045-046. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR NDZ037-048-051. BLIZZARD WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051. && NH
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 5:29 PM CST, 10 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 529 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 NDZ037-046>048-050-051-312330- STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 529 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. ROADS LIKELY WILL BECOME BLOCKED WITH SNOW DRIFTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. FOR DETAILS...CURRENT FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND OTHER HAZARDS DURING THE STORM. LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS CAN ALSO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>036-040>045-312330- 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-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 529 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /429 PM MST THU DEC 30 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...TONIGHT AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CONTINUES FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. FOR DETAILS...CURRENT FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND OTHER HAZARDS DURING THE STORM. LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS CAN ALSO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 6:56 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 17 more | 34 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.