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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 29, 201114 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 29, 2011, 9:57 AM CST for 14 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2011, 9:57 AM CST (15:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Dec 29, 6:30 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 6:30 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 4:36 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 9:19 AM CST, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 29, 9:24 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 4:07 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 4 more	24 hr
Dec 29, 4:14 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.