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Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 29, 201018 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2010, 3:50 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2010, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 31, 2010, 3:49 AM CST
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 29, 3:19 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 3:19 PM CST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 5:17 AM CST, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
517 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010

MNZ001-004>008-013-014-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-301130-
WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-
EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-
TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
517 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...

...SECOND STRONGER SYSTEM WILL BRING POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION THIS EVENING AND
THEN EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD BE 4 OR MORE INCHES.
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WHERE HIGHEST SNOW DEPTHS
ARE LOCATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN NORTH TO NEAR DULUTH FRIDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS INTO
THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF THE TWO WILL CREASE POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
SNOW AMOUNTS COULD BE HEAVY WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH
THE HIGHEST OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STAY TUNED TO LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING ANY WINTER
STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

MNZ002-003-009-015>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-
301130-
NORMAN-CLAY-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-
EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
517 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...

...SECOND STRONGER SYSTEM WILL BRING POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INTO
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND
BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WITH LESSER WINDS
EXPECTED IN FORESTED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE STRONGER OF THE TWO SYSTEMS WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT GIVING POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE RED
RIVER VALLEY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW MAY FALL FROM THIS
SECOND SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STAY TUNED TO LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING ANY WINTER
STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

DTR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 3:50 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchFGFBecker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 4 more37 hr
Dec 29, 3:50 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more50 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in North Dakota, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.