Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm warning at Mar 21, 2011, 3:57 AM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 37 hr. 60 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
- Mar 21, 2011, 3:57 AM MDT (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 12:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:45 AM MDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 17 Sw Rhame, ND | ESTIMATED 0.2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON WINDSHIELD. |
| Mar 22, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.3 | 1 Nw Beulah, ND | RAIN AND SNOW MIXED |
| Mar 22, 10:20 AM MDT | ICE STORM 0 | 3 Ese Grassy Butte, ND | ICE ACCUMULATED ON WIRE 1/8 INCH. CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 22, 10:39 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Scranton, ND | RELAY BY EMERGENCY MANAGER AT BOWMAN |
| Mar 22, 11:15 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Marshall, ND | ARB OBSERVER |
| Mar 22, 11:54 AM MDT | SNOW 2.6 | 7 Nw Taylor, ND | STILL HEAVY SNOW |
| Mar 22, 12:00 PM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | Nw Bismarck, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 22, 12:25 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Heart Butte Dam, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 22, 12:45 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 7 Wsw Killdeer, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 22, 12:48 PM MDT | SNOW 1.2 | Bismarck, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 22, 1:47 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Grassy Butte, ND | ESTIMATED 3 INCHES SO FAR...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Mar 22, 3:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 9 S Golden Valley, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOW THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 3:45 PM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Ne Velva, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOW THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 3:57 PM MDT | SNOW 6.3 | Grassy Butte, ND | TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR IS 6.3 INCHES. |
| Mar 22, 3:59 PM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | Williston, ND | |
| Mar 22, 4:38 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 3 S Dickinson, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 4:38 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 S Dickinson, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 4:38 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Hettinger, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 4:38 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | Watford City, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 4:41 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Golva, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 4:50 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Harvey, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 4:58 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Williston, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR AT THE NWS IN WILLISTON. |
| Mar 22, 5:00 PM MDT | SNOW 8.8 | Grassy Butte, ND | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 5:04 PM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Se Glenburn, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 5:22 PM MDT | SNOW 6 | Mandaree, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES. |
| Mar 22, 5:58 PM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 10 N Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 6:20 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 N Rugby, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 22, 6:27 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Jamestown, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 6:32 PM MDT | SNOW 7 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR IN NORTH BISMARCK... |
| Mar 22, 8:18 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Cartwright, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 8:39 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Elgin, ND | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR... RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 8:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Kief, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 8:43 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Watford City, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 8:53 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 5 Nw Bismarck, ND | |
| Mar 22, 9:00 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Trotters, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 22, 9:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Velva, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THUS FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA. |
| Mar 22, 11:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 10 W Hamberg, ND | |
| Mar 23, 4:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Harvey, ND | |
| Mar 23, 5:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Carson, ND | |
| Mar 23, 5:07 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Lansford, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 5:14 AM MDT | SNOW 11 | Jamestown, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 5:32 AM MDT | SNOW 8 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 5:32 AM MDT | SNOW 9 | 5 N Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 6:12 AM MDT | SNOW 6.3 | 5 Nw Linton, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 6:36 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | 17 S Raleigh, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Bowbells, ND | LATE REPORT |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Bowman, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Wishek, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.3 | Ashley, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 20 S Elgin, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | Heart Butte Dam, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.7 | Richardton, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nw Streeter, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Oakes, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Dickinson, ND | LATE REPORT |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Golva, ND | RELAY BY MEDIA |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 4 Nw Hazelton, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Watford City, ND | RELAY BY MEDIA |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Marshall, ND | |
| Mar 23, 7:05 AM MDT | SNOW 9.5 | Watford City, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 WWUS43 KBIS 210957 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 457 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONDAY EVENING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200...WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH. ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON TUESDAY EXPECT MAINLY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTH. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF ALL SNOW. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 52...SNOWFALL IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. CROSBY AND WILLISTON...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN ARE EXPECTED TO SEE TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. WILLISTON TO BISMARCK MAY HAVE TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WILLISTON...TO BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN AND POINTS NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR...AND LET OTHERS KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-035>037-211800- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN 457 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 52...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES FROM WILLISTON TO BISMARCK. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ017>020-031>034-046>048-050-051-211800- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 457 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /357 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ041-042-045-211800- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ HETTINGER-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...ELGIN...FORT YATES 457 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /357 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JV/AYD
14 follow-up statements
560 WWUS43 KBIS 211545 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1045 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200...WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH. ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND RAPIDLY IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON TUESDAY EXPECT MAINLY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTH. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF ALL SNOW. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AREA NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KENMARE TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN...CAN EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES. LOCATIONS FROM WILLISTON...TO BISMARCK AND ELLENDALE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WILLISTON...TO BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN AND POINTS NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH...GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR...AND LET OTHERS KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-035>037-212345- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN 1045 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ017>020-031>034-041-042-045>048-050-051-212345- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- HETTINGER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MOTT... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1045 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /945 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JV/AYD/KINNEY
168 WWUS43 KBIS 212146 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 446 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON TUESDAY...EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NORTH...WITH A WINTRY MIX CONTINUING CENTRAL AND SOUTH. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTH...WITH BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING AS AN EAST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG EAST WIND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED FROM MINOT...TO BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...AND HARVEY. LOCATIONS FROM WILLISTON...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN...CAN EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCH AMOUNTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING DICKINSON...BISMARCK...AND ELLENDALE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR...AND LET OTHERS KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ019-020-048-221015- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WS.W.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-LA MOURE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...EDGELEY 446 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-035>037-221015- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN 446 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET..AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES FROM WILLISTON...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. EXPECT 12 TO 18 INCH AMOUNTS...FROM MINOT...TO RUGBY...BOTTINEAU...AND HARVEY...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>034-041-042-045>047-050-051-221015- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-HETTINGER-GRANT- SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MOTT...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY...OAKES 446 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /346 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KINNEY/KS
915 WWUS43 KBIS 220901 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM WATFORD CITY TO HARVEY...WITH A WINTRY MIX SOUTH OF THIS LINE. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTH...WITH BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING AS AN EAST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY FROM JAMESTOWN TO FORT YATES AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG EAST WIND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS IN SOME LOCATIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM MINOT...TO BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...CARRINGTON...AND HARVEY...WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. CROSBY AND WILLISTON...TO GARRISON AND BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN...CAN EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCH AMOUNTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR...AND LET OTHERS KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-035>037-048-221715- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET..AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM MINOT...TO BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...CARRINGTON...AND HARVEY...WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. CROSBY AND WILLISTON...TO GARRISON AND BISMARCK...TO JAMESTOWN...CAN EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCH AMOUNTS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>034-041-042-045>047-050-051-221715- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-HETTINGER-GRANT- SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MOTT...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY...OAKES 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /301 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JV
870 WWUS43 KBIS 221549 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1049 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IS PRODUCING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NORTH...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CENTRAL AND SOUTH...BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTH...WITH BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING AS AN EAST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ICE AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...ON ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG EAST WIND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS IN SOME LOCATIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM MINOT...TO BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...CARRINGTON...AND HARVEY...WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...EXPECTED. EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES FROM CROSBY AND WILLISTON... TO GARRISON AND BISMARCK. FARTHER SOUTH...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR CAR... AND LET OTHERS KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ017-018-031>034-041-042-045>047-050-051-230000- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.IS.W.0001.110322T1549Z-110323T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0054.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-HETTINGER-GRANT- SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MOTT...ELGIN...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY...OAKES 1049 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /949 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. ICE AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ NDZ040-043-044-230000- /O.NEW.KBIS.IS.W.0001.110322T1549Z-110323T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0054.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SLOPE-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 949 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. ICE AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-035>037-048-230000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY 1049 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET..AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...MAINLY FROM THE WATFORD CITY AREA...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...AND JAMESTOWN...WILL ALSO STRESS POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JV/KINNEY
478 WWUS43 KBIS 221754 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NORTH WITH SNOW AND ICE SOUTH... .SEVERE WINTER WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SNOW NORTH...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CENTRAL AND SOUTH...BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTH...WITH BLOWING SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. ICE AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...ON ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG EAST WIND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS...AND POWER OUTAGES IN SOME LOCATIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM MINOT...TO BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...CARRINGTON...AND HARVEY...WITH 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...EXPECTED. FROM CROSBY AND WILLISTON... TO GARRISON AND BISMARCK...EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES. FARTHER SOUTH...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ017-018-230200- /O.CAN.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0054.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0009.110322T1754Z-110324T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AN EAST WIND GUSTING OVER 40 MILES...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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>005-009>013-019-021>023-025-230200- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0009.110322T1754Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AN EAST WIND GUSTING OVER 40 MILES...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL IS...OR WILL BECOME...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NDZ031>034-040>047-050-051-230200- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0054.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY...OAKES 1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /1154 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. ICE AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ NDZ020-035>037-048-230200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OLIVER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY 1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET..AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...MAINLY FROM THE WATFORD CITY AREA...THROUGH GARRISON... BISMARCK...AND JAMESTOWN...WILL ALSO STRESS POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KINNEY
743 WWUS43 KBIS 222122 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...NORTH AND CENTRAL. BLOWING SNOW IS CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...EXPECT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING SOUTH...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE INTENSITY OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG EAST WIND IS STRESSING POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS...AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOCATIONS. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES...FROM WATFORD CITY...THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL IS...OR WILL BECOME...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ031>034-040>047-050-051-230530- /O.CAN.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0054.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY...OAKES 422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /322 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE ICE STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021>023-025-230530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AN EAST WIND GUSTING OVER 40 MILES...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...IS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NDZ020-035>037-048-230530- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OLIVER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY 422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES TO 30 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KINNEY
214 WWUS43 KBIS 230227 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 927 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING AS WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW BLIZZARD CRITERION. HOWEVER...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST. VISIBILITIES CAN BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND A STRONG EAST WIND IS STRESSING POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS...AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOCATIONS. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES...FROM WATFORD CITY...THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021>023-025-231100- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 927 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ020-031>037-040>048-050-051-231100- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 927 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /827 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TM
320 WWUS43 KBIS 230600 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 100 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT REMAIN AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. VISIBILITIES AT REPORTING SITES REMAIN AT OR BELOW A MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...BUT BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS OUT IN THE COUNTRY MAY BE MUCH WORSE...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES...FROM WATFORD CITY...THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-231400- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ 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- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 100 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /1200 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JV
397 WWUS43 KBIS 230910 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 410 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. EXPECT SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH. SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND SOME AREAS...MAINLY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...MAY SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. AFTER THE SNOW ENDS LATER TODAY...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES FROM WATFORD CITY...THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH TIME DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-231715- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ 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- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 410 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /310 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JV
116 WWUS43 KBIS 231034 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 534 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH. SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY TODAY. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FROM STANLEY AND BOWBELLS AND POINTS EAST...INCLUDING MINOT...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA AND RUGBY. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...CREATING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AFTER THE SNOW ENDS LATER TODAY...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES FROM WATFORD CITY... THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH TIME DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ002>005-010>013-231145- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA... NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 534 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXPIRED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED OFF IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY. $$ NDZ001-009-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-231845- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 534 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /434 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JV
969 WWUS43 KBIS 231151 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 651 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH...ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND SOUTH. SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY TODAY. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FROM WILLISTON AND WATFORD CITY EAST THROUGH CARRINGTON.WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE... CREATING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AFTER THE SNOW ENDS LATER TODAY...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES FROM WATFORD CITY... THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WESTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH TIME DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ001-009-017-021>023-025-231300- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 651 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION WITH LINGERING FLURRIES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REMAINING. IN ADDITION ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. $$ NDZ018>020-031>037-040>048-050-051-232000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 651 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /551 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
362 WWUS43 KBIS 231509 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1009 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SNOW...LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL...WITH MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES THIS MORNING SOUTHWEST. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A NORTHEAST WIND GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH TIME DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ018>020-035>037-231615- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 1009 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ NDZ031>034-040>048-050-051-232315- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1009 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /909 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND EVERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KINNEY
358 WWUS43 KBIS 231654 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1154 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT LINGERING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A NORTHEAST WIND GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING FAR SOUTH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH TIME DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM. NDZ031>034-231800- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN 1154 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /1054 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ040>048-050-051-240000- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 1154 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /1054 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KINNEY
439 WWUS43 KBIS 231855 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 155 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM ENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .SEVERE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER IN THE FAR SOUTH...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NDZ040>048-050-051-232000- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 155 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 /1255 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SEVERE WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CONTINUED SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. $$
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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 21, 3:21 AM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:21 AM MDT, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 421 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 .SHORT TERM...TODAY... FOR THIS MORNING...FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND TURTLE MOUNTAINS AREAS AS LOW LEVEL STRATUS HAS BUILT DOWN OVERNIGHT. WITH SATURATION IN THIS LOWER STRATUS AND FOG BETWEEN -10 AN 0 C...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS. CHALLENGES FOR TODAY WILL BE WINDS AND THE EFFECTS OF CLOUD COVER ON HIGH TEMPERATURES. LOW LEVEL STRATUS OBSERVED FROM WATFORD CITY...THROUGH GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN AND POINTS NORTH...SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS THAT IS FORECAST TO PROPAGATE INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IF EASTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP THE STRATUS AROUND MOST OF THE DAY. LOOKING UPSTREAM IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS ON IR SATELLITE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. WITH ONLY PERIODIC BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS EXPECTED...COOL EASTERLY WINDS SHOULD KEEP US FOUR OR FIVE DEGREES BELOW WHAT THE 21/00 UTC MAV/MET GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING. DECIDED TO GO WITH A BLEND OF THE 21/00 UTC NAM/ECMWF FOR TEMPERATURES...AS THESE ARE THE PREFERRED SOLUTIONS FOR THE WINTER STORM BEGINNING TONIGHT. WITH REGARDS TO WINDS...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING AND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN MANITOBA AND ONTARIO WILL RESULT IN INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST...WHERE GUSTS OVER 35KTS MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE QUESTION WILL BE THE DEPTH OF THE MIXING LAYER IN AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME. IF WINDS CAN MIX THROUGH 850 MB...GUSTS TO 40KTS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTY OF THIS OCCURRING REMAINS. WHILE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE SOUTHWEST...IT WILL BE A MARGINAL EVENT...AND WOULD ONLY LEAD TO CONFUSION WITH REGARDS TO HEADLINES WITH THE APPROACHING WINTER STORM. FINALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST WITH THE LEADING IMPULSES OF THE WINTER STORM. .LONG TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE MEDIUM TO LONG TERM PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON A MAJOR WINTER STORM SET TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CHALLENGES CONTINUE REGARDING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION PLACEMENT AND TYPE. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH YESTERDAYS...WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARDS THE COLDER SCENARIOS OF THE LATEST NAM/ECMWF. LESS WEIGHT WAS AGAIN PUT ON THE 12Z GFS WHICH REMAINS A FAST/WARM OUTLIER. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER REGARDING WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. THUS AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. THE DEEP TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP/DEEPEN QUICKLY TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER JET ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. VERY STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFTING AS THE SURFACE LOWS DEVELOP - OVER SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA AND NEBRASKA. THE STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFTING BEGINS THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE DYNAMICS GET GOING QUICKLY BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH VERY STRONG FRONTOGENETIC FORCING WITH UPPER LEVEL VORT ENERGY IMPULSES AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH THE SYSTEM. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE SOUTH STILL REMAINS A RAIN/FREEZING RAIN MIX...WITH SLEET/FREEZING RAIN/SNOW FOR THE NORTH. ON TUESDAY A STRONG TROWAL DEVELOPS BRINGING LOTS OF MOISTURE WINDING UP INTO THE SYSTEM. HEAVY BANDED SNOW IS FORECAST ON TUESDAY - ESPECIALLY FROM MINOT TO LAKE SAKAKAWEA TO JAMESTOWN AND AREAS TO THE NORTH. THE TROWAL EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. AFTER A NIGHT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTH...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN ON TUESDAY MORNING AND SNOWFALL SHOULD BECOME HEAVY DURING THE MORNING...CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EXPECTING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES FROM STANLEY AND KENMARE EAST TO THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS TO CARRINGTON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVY BANDED SNOW AREAS. CROSBY AND WILLISTON TO GARRISON TO JAMESTOWN WILL SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH WATFORD CITY TO BISMARCK TO LAMOURE AROUND 6 TO 10 INCHES. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS AREA. AFTER THE STORM MOVES EAST COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM CENTRAL CANADA...WITH COLDER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE TEENS AND 20S. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO DEPICT ANOTHER POTENTIAL STORM LATE IN THE WEEK/OVER NEXT WEEKEND SO HAVE MAINTAINED SNOW CHANCES. && .AVIATION... MULTIPLE AVIATION WEATHER HAZARDS ARE FORECAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. MVFR/IFR CEILINGS IN LOW LEVEL STRATUS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE MORNING AT KISN...KMOT AND KJMS. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IF THE STRATUS WILL MAKE IT INTO KBIS THIS MORNING...AND WILL HAVE TO AT LEAST INCLUDE A TEMPO IN THE 12 UTC TAF FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. INCREASING WINDS SHOULD HELP TO LIFT ANY REMAINING STRATUS INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY INTO THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IF THE STRATUS WILL LINGER AT THESE TERMINALS INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL TRY TO REFLECT IMPROVING CEILINGS INTO THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE AT ALL TERMINALS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KTS ARE POSSIBLE AT KJMS...KBIS...KISN AND KMOT BY THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35KTS POSSIBLE AT KDIK. CONDITIONS QUICKLY DETERIORATE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT...WITH IFR CEILINGS...AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...ICE PELLETS AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. && .HYDROLOGY... THE MAJOR WINTER STORM FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AND SUB FREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT THE PROGRESS OF THE CURRENT HYDROLOGIC SITUATION. ACROSS THE LITTLE MUDDY...SOURIS AND UPPER JAMES RIVER BASINS...ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ACROSS THE KNIFE...HEART...CANNONBALL...BEAVER CREEK AND LOWER JAMES BASINS...ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE FORECAST IS A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN IN THESE AREAS...WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FALLING AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH IS VALID THROUGH 00 UTC ON MONDAY EVENING...AND WILL LET IT REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NOW DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF RAIN ON EXISTING SNOW. HOWEVER...WITH SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM INTO THE WEEKEND...THE MELT AND RUNOFF PROCESS WILL BE HALTED ACROSS THE AREA. RESULTANT PRECIPITATION FROM THE EARLY TO MID WEEK WINTER STORM...IN ADDITION TO WATER CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND WILL BE PERSEVERED UNTIL THE NEXT MELT PERIOD. THE 6-10 AND 8-14 DAY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS PRODUCED ON SUNDAY FROM CPC INDICATE THE CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. IN TOTAL...THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINTER STORM...AND PERSEVERED UNTIL THE NEXT MELT PERIOD. THE CONCERN IS THE SATURATION OF THE TOP SOILS FROM THIS LATEST MELT PERIOD...POSSIBLY ADDING FROST TO THIS LAYER WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WHEN THE NEXT MELT PERIOD ARRIVES...WHICH MAY NOT BE UNTIL APRIL...THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED WINTER STORM...ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EVENTS AND EXISTING WATER CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND IS SUBJECT TO A POSSIBLE QUICK APRIL WARM UP. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NDZ017>020-031>037-040>048- 050-051. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ017>020-031>034-041-042- 045>048-050-051. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-035>037. && AYD/JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 3:18 PM MDT, 12 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 418 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 NDZ040>045-211200- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- 418 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 /318 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT...BISFFABIS...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BEGINNING FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY. NDZ017>020-031>037-046>048-050-051-211200- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 418 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 /318 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT...BISFFABIS...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY SNOW. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BEGINNING FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-211200- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- 418 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE DETAILS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BEGINNING FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:57 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Billings, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:02 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 23 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.