Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 6, 2010, 3:52 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 7, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr. 32 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
- Feb 6, 2010, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2010, 3:08 PM CST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Richland County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Sabin, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 S Dalton, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Grand Forks, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 7 Nw Cavalier, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Moorhead, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Ottertail, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Argyle, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Pembina, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Sebeka, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Rothsay, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 9:25 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Halstad, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 9:25 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Lancaster, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Breckenridge, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 7, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mayville, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 1040 AM SUNDAY. |
| Feb 7, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Moorhead, MN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF NOON. THIS REPORT COVERS THE PERIOD FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON. |
| Feb 7, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Grand Forks, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS AS OF NOON. THIS SNOWFALL COVERS THE PERIOD FROM MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON. |
| Feb 7, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Moorhead, MN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 8, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Grand Forks, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Wadena, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Elbow Lake, MN | ESTIMATED 4-6 INCHES. 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Fergus Falls, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Sabin, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 8, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Grand Forks, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 8, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Pelican Rapids, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 8, 6:36 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Moorhead, MN | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 8, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Pembina, ND | 24-HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 7 Nw Cavalier, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 W Mayville, ND | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 S Dalton, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Sebeka, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 8 Nne Rochert, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | New York Mills, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
093 WWUS43 KFGF 062152 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 352 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPS OUT OF MANITOBA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD....REACHING THE SOUTHERN VALLEY BY DAWN. AREAS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT THE GREATEST IMPACT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GET THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS. AREAS WEST OF THE VALLEY...AS WELL AS FOR THE AREA OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EAST OF THE VALLEY...CAN EXPECT LESS SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO A CONCERN ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER...WHERE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. MINNESOTA COUNTIES NOT BORDERING THE RED RIVER WILL HAVE MUCH LESS WIND...AND THEREFORE NOT MUCH OF A THREAT FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WILL BE THE WINDIEST TIME PERIOD ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER WITH THE STRONG INFLUX OF COLD AIR...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.100207T1200Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 352 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WAHPETON...FERGUS FALLS...AND DETROIT LAKES AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN ANTICIPATE THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND AND BLOWING SNOW IS LESS OF A CONCERN FOR MINNESOTA COUNTIES NOT BORDERING THE RED RIVER. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 352 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 352 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW TO AREAS WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE VALLEY....WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FARTHEST FROM THE VALLEY. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY MORNING WEST OF THE VALLEY...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 352 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW TO AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EAST THE RED RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE VALLEY....WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FARTHEST FROM THE VALLEY. * THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY. WHILE NO BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMMUNITIES CLOSE TO THE VALLEY COULD SEE SOME DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ G2/TG/VG
8 follow-up statements
124 WWUS43 KFGF 070256 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 856 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPS OUT OF MANITOBA. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD....REACHING THE SOUTHERN VALLEY BY DAWN. AREAS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT THE GREATEST IMPACT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL GET THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS. AREAS WEST OF THE VALLEY...AS WELL AS FOR THE AREA OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EAST OF THE VALLEY...CAN EXPECT LESS SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO A CONCERN ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER... WHERE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. MINNESOTA COUNTIES NOT BORDERING THE RED RIVER WILL HAVE MUCH LESS WIND... AND THEREFORE NOT MUCH OF A THREAT FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WILL BE THE WINDIEST TIME PERIOD ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER WITH THE STRONG INFLUX OF COLD AIR...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 856 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.100207T1200Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 856 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WAHPETON...FERGUS FALLS...AND DETROIT LAKES AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN ANTICIPATE THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND AND BLOWING SNOW IS LESS OF A CONCERN FOR MINNESOTA COUNTIES NOT BORDERING THE RED RIVER. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 856 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW TO AREAS WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE VALLEY... .WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FARTHEST FROM THE VALLEY. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY MORNING WEST OF THE VALLEY...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BUT THE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY. * LOW VISIBILITY IS LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...WHICH COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.100207T0600Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 856 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD SNOW TO AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EAST THE RED RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE VALLEY... .WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FARTHEST FROM THE VALLEY. * THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY. WHILE NO BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED...COMMUNITIES CLOSE TO THE VALLEY COULD SEE SOME DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
252 WWUS43 KFGF 071016 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 416 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...ANOTHER PROLONGED SNOW EVENT... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP FROM MANITOBA INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE TODAY AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY MONDAY NIGHT. A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM TODAY INTO MONDAY...WITH POSSIBLE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL DEVELOPING LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OVERALL TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER THE DEVILS REGION THEN EASTWARD ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER...INCREASING TO THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE IN THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY AREA OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD ALEXANDRIA. AS THE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHWARD TODAY...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA CAUSING DRIFTING SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. LESSER WINDS WILL EXIST OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF THE VALLEY. THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.100207T1200Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 416 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INCLUDING WAHPETON AND FARGO. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERGUS FALLS AND DETROIT LAKES. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 416 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 416 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 416 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DTR
668 WWUS43 KFGF 071648 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1048 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...A PROLONGED SNOW EVENT... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP FROM MANITOBA INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE TODAY AND THEN INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY LATE TONIGHT. A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM TODAY INTO MONDAY...WITH POSSIBLE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL DEVELOPING LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER THE DEVILS REGION THEN EASTWARD ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER...INCREASING TO THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE IN THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY AREA OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD ALEXANDRIA. NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE REGION TODAY...AND BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 2O TO 25 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. LOWER WINDS WILL EXIST OVER MINNESOTA EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 1048 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INCLUDING WAHPETON AND FARGO. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERGUS FALLS AND DETROIT LAKES. * WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 1048 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 1048 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 1048 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF MANITOBA INTO NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY INTO MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEASTERLY BY LATE SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
552 WWUS43 KFGF 072102 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 302 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE MOST SNOW STILL EXPECTED ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE DEVILS REGION AND FROM ROSEAU TO BEMIDJI. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STEADY LIGHT SNOW...WILL PRODUCE SOME LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...BUT MORE SO IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 302 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INCLUDING WAHPETON AND FARGO. 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERGUS FALLS AND DETROIT LAKES. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 302 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WIND AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 302 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT FROM LANGDON TO DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 302 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
773 WWUS43 KFGF 080258 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 858 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE MOST SNOW STILL EXPECTED ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE DEVILS REGION AND FROM ROSEAU TO BEMIDJI. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STEADY LIGHT SNOW...WILL PRODUCE SOME LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...BUT MORE SO IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 858 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INCLUDING WAHPETON AND FARGO. 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERGUS FALLS AND DETROIT LAKES. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 858 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 858 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT FROM LANGDON TO DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 858 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
964 WWUS43 KFGF 080959 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...STORM TO DIMINISH AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TODAY... .LIGHT SNOW WILL DISSIPATE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TODAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE NORTHERN VALLEY... DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SEE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THE DAY WITH UP TO TWO INCHES FROM WAHPETON TO FERGUS FALLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. MNZ002-003-022-027-028-032-NDZ039-090000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WADENA-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...WADENA...FARGO 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO AROUND 6 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-081100- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...BUT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028- 029-054-081100- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...ADAMS 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ MNZ029>031-040-NDZ053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ038-049-052-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER 359 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ROGERS/DTR
760 WWUS43 KFGF 081628 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1028 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...STORM TO DIMINISH AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TODAY... .LIGHT SNOW WILL DISSIPATE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TODAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE NORTHERN VALLEY... DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SEE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE UP TO 1 INCH OF OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THE DAY WITH UP TO TWO INCHES FROM WAHPETON TO FERGUS FALLS. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. MNZ029>031-040-NDZ053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 1028 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY... BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE AN ISSUE IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027-028-032-NDZ038-039-049-052-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WADENA-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...WADENA...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 1028 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
598 WWUS43 KFGF 082108 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 308 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...STORM TO DIMINISH AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION THIS EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL DISSIPATE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE NORTHERN VALLEY... DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SEE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE UP TO 1 INCH OF OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WINDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. MNZ029>031-040-NDZ053-090000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 308 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ...BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST FROM 15 TO 20 MPH...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027-028-032-NDZ038-039-049-052-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WADENA-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...WADENA...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 308 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING,,.BRINGING STORM TOTALS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TO 4 TO 7 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO FALLING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
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 Feb 6, 3:21 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:21 PM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
321 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010
.SHORT TERM...MAIN CONCERN WILL REVOLVE AROUND WINTER STORM
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS AND WIND POTENTIAL WILL BE THE
MAIN CHALLENGES. MODELS HAVE LOCKED ONTO A SOLUTION AND CONFIDENCE
IS RELATIVELY HIGH. STRONG 500MB WAVE WILL PROPAGATE FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
BEFORE SHIFTING EAST. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES AMONG MODELS DEALS
WITH THE POSITION OF THE INVERTED TROUGH THAT WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. BY 00Z MON...THE NAM IS FURTHER EAST THAN OTHER MODEL
GUIDANCE...AND THUS SHIFTS HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONGEST
WINDS A BIT EAST. GFS/ECMWF/GEM MORE WEST...SO WILL FOLLOW FOR
DETAILS.
SNOW AMOUNTS (TONIGHT INTO MONDAY)...AS THE MID-LEVEL LOW
PROPAGATES SOUTH...AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL SET UP JUST EAST OF
THE VALLEY. THIS WOULD PLACE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE EVENT
ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE VALLEY. ON SUNDAY/SUNDAY
EVENING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER BANDED SNOWFALL
ACROSS THIS AREA (STRONG LOW-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS). AS THE UPPER
LOW GETS INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...IT SLOWS A BIT BEFORE
SHIFTING EAST...PLACING THE SOUTHERN VALLEY/WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
IN AN AREA OF PROLONGED STRONG FORCING. THUS...THINK HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR HERE. MODELS ALSO INDICATING VERY WEAK 700MB
INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA...SOMETIMES A PRECURSOR TO HEAVIER
SNOW. GIVEN THE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW BANDS...WILL GO
TOWARD THE HIGH SIDE OF QPF GUIDANCE. SNOW RATIOS WILL INCREASE A
BIT ON SUNDAY AS THE COLUMN COOLS...BUT SHOULD AGAIN DECREASE ON
MONDAY AS WARMER AIR ALOFT GETS WRAPPED BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
USING A 15:1 RATIO SHOULD BE ADEQUATE. THINKING STORM (48 HR)
TOTALS OF 5-9 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THIS AREA...AND
6-12 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THIS AREA. ON EITHER SIDE OF
THIS AREA SNOW AMOUNTS LESS...PROBABLY IN THE 3-7 INCH RANGE.
ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE SNOWING MUCH OF THIS 48 HR PERIOD...THINK A
MAJORITY (MINUS AN INCH OR TWO) WILL FALL WITHIN A 24 HR PERIOD
GIVEN THE BANDING POTENTIAL.
WINDS...STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR ON SUNDAY. STRONG 925MB COLD
AIR ADVECTION MOVES THOUGH THE FA ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY
WHICH SHOULD EFFICIENTLY MIX WINDS FROM THIS LEVEL TO THE SFC.
WIND SPEEDS AT THIS LEVEL AROUND 25KNTS. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO
BLOW SNOW AROUND CAUSING REDUCED VSBY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT EAST OF THE VALLEY (ALONG AND EAST OF INVERTED
SFC TROUGH). BEYOND SUNDAY...WINDS TURN MORE EASTERLY AND LOSE
UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPONENT. WILL KEEP BLOWING SNOW IN THE
GRIDS...BUT MAY NOT BE TOO BAD.
HEADLINES...WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE VALLEY
COUNTIES INTO A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS AREA. EXPECTED SNOWFALL
ALONE REQUIRES THE WARNING ACROSS THE SOUTH. ACROSS THE NORTHERN
VALLEY COUNTIES WHERE LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED...THINKING AT LEAST
4 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TOTALS ALONG WITH 20-30MPH
WINDS WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SERIOUS VSBY RESTRICTIONS
(ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY) THUS...A WARNING IS WARRANTED (AND
GIVEN BANDING POTENTIAL COULD GET TO 6+ INCHES). THIS PORTION OF
THE WARNING COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT IF
CONDITIONS DO IMPROVE. HEAVY BANDED SNOWFALL POTENTIAL
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IN ADVISORY AREAS...THUS NOT ENOUGH SNOWFALL
FOR A WARNING. WEST OF THE VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
VALLEY COUNTIES ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH WEAKER SNOWFALL RATES AND
AMOUNTS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE A BIT BETTER.
.LONG TERM [WED-SAT]...AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO TRACK INTO THE
EASTERN SEABOARD...WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. WITH MOST OF THE UPPER JET ENERGY LOCKED UP IN
THE SOUTHERN STREAM NOT A LOT TO WORK WITH FURTHER NORTH. MODELS
SHOW SFC HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE MOST PART BUT ARE TRYING TO SHOW A
LITTLE LIGHT PCPN WITH SOME WEAK WARM ADVECTION THU OR THU NIGHT.
PRETTY HARD TO NAIL DOWN WEAK FEATURES THIS FAR OUT SO HAVE
ELECTED TO STAY WITH THE DRIER HPC SCENARIO FOR NOW. AS FAR AS
TEMPS GO CLOUDS WILL BE A HUGE PLAYER ONCE AGAIN. IF HIGH PRESSURE
AND LIGHT WINDS/CLEAR SKIES SET UP ON ONE HALF OF THE FA WITH
CLOUDS IN THE OTHER...IT CAN ALWAYS SET UP HUGE TEMP GRADIENTS.
&&
.AVIATION...LOOKING LIKE STATUS QUO FOR THE CLOUDS AND VSBYS WITH
LIGHT SNOW WITH LOTS OF LOCAL VARIATION. MAIN THINGS TO DETERMINE
ARE WHEN VSBYS COME BACK DOWN WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL LIGHT SNOW AND
WHEN WINDS SWITCH TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD
INCREASE BEHIND THE WIND SWITCH...WHICH SHOULD OCCUR FIRST AT KDVL
ON SUN MORNING. STILL SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES ON EXACT TIMING AND
STRENGTH OF THE WINDS SO LATER FORECASTS MAY GET A BETTER HANDLE
ON SUN MORNING CONDITIONS.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
NDZ039-053.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR NDZ008-016-027-030.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-023-024.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR MNZ001-004-007.
&&
TG/GODONHazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:51 PM CST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 351 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-071300- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 351 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON AND OFF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH LESS AMOUNTS TO THE WEST OF EAST OF THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE NORTH ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND VISIBILITY REPORTS WILL BE NEEDED. TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 50 hr |
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Sources
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