Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter storm warning at Apr 18, 2011, 2:57 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 18, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 33 hr. 24 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
- Apr 18, 2011, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 5:41 AM MDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 15 S Glen Ullin, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 19, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Dickinson, ND | |
| Apr 19, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 N Mott, ND | |
| Apr 19, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Hettinger, ND | |
| Apr 19, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Bowman, ND | |
| Apr 19, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | 7 Nw Taylor, ND | |
| Apr 19, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 E Regent, ND | |
| Apr 19, 11:08 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Marmarth, ND | TOTAL SNOWFALL 8.0 INCHES SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 19, 11:39 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bowman, ND | DRIFTING AND BLOWING. VSBY ABOUT 1 MILE. |
| Apr 19, 3:32 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Bowman, ND | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR... RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... |
| Apr 19, 3:40 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR... SNOW MELTING ON CONTACT WITH GROUND... |
| Apr 19, 3:51 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 3 W Hettinger, ND | |
| Apr 19, 3:51 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mott, ND | |
| Apr 19, 4:40 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Golva, ND | |
| Apr 19, 4:40 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Medora, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 19, 4:40 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Scranton, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 19, 4:40 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 2 Nw Mud Buttes, ND | ESTIMATED 14 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Amidon, ND | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Reeder, ND | 0.39 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT... |
| Apr 19, 8:17 PM MDT | SNOW 2.6 | Bismarck, ND | ...STORM TOTAL SO FAR IN NORTH BISMARCK... |
| Apr 19, 8:31 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Bismarck, ND | |
| Apr 19, 8:52 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Elgin, ND | ...RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA... |
| Apr 19, 9:26 PM MDT | SNOW 1.2 | Trotters, ND | |
| Apr 19, 9:37 PM MDT | SNOW 11.5 | Marmarth, ND | STORM TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.84 INCHES. |
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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650 WWUS43 KBIS 182057 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM TAKES AIM ON NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE... INCREASING TO AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWMAN...DICKINSON...BISMARCK...ASHLEY AND JAMESTOWN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE...TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE WITH THESE SPRINGTIME STORMS...UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THE IMPACTS OF THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW CAN CERTAINLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ001>005-009>013-182200- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.A.0006.110419T0200Z-110420T1100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. $$ NDZ031>034-040>045-190500- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.110419T0200Z-110420T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0006.110419T0300Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 /257 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. STAY AWARE OF THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-190500- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.110419T0200Z-110420T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WS.W.0006.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. STAY AWARE OF THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-190500- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.110419T0200Z-110420T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.110419T0300Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE IMPACTS TO TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. STAY AWARE OF THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-190500- /O.UPG.KBIS.WS.A.0006.110419T0200Z-110420T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 357 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE IMPACTS TO TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. STAY AWARE OF THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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. && $$ TWH
9 follow-up statements
459 WWUS43 KBIS 190217 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 917 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM TAKES AIM ON NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE... INCREASING TO AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWMAN...DICKINSON... BISMARCK...ASHLEY AND JAMESTOWN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WITH THIS STORM...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ031>034-040>045-191030- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.110419T0300Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 917 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 /817 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-191030- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 917 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-191030- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.110419T0300Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 917 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-191030- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 917 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ KINNEY
018 WWUS43 KBIS 190855 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM TAKES AIM ON NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE... INCREASING TO AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWMAN...DICKINSON... BISMARCK...ASHLEY AND JAMESTOWN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WITH THIS STORM...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ031>034-040>045-191700- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 355 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /255 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-191700- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 355 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-191700- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 355 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-191700- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.110419T0900Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 355 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ JV
383 WWUS43 KBIS 191610 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM TAKES AIM ON NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SNOW REPORTS OF AROUND 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN BOWMAN AND HETTINGER COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE... INCREASING TO AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWMAN...DICKINSON... BISMARCK...ASHLEY AND JAMESTOWN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WITH THIS STORM...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ031>034-040>045-200015- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /1010 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-200015- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-200015- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-200015- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 1110 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ TWH
510 WWUS43 KBIS 192105 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 405 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM TAKES AIM ON NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO LIGHTEN UP IN THE WEST. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WERE REPORTED IN THE SOUTHWEST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE...INCREASING TO AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWMAN...DICKINSON... BISMARCK...ASHLEY AND JAMESTOWN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WITH THIS STORM...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL. WET ROADS MAY BECOME ICY TONIGHT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ031>034-040>045-200515- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 405 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /305 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-200515- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 405 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 3 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-200515- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 405 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-200515- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 405 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ TWH
391 WWUS43 KBIS 192200 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 500 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...ANOTHER SPRING STORM HITS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...AND END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY RANGED FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER BOWMAN... SLOPE...ADAMS AND HETTINGER COUNTIES. REPORTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AROUND THE BOWMAN AREA. FARTHER EAST... SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM ELGIN AND SELFRIDGE...EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ASHLEY...TO OAKES. SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM DICKINSON TO BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE TO HIGHWAY 200. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. CITIES IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...GARRISON... HARVEY AND CARRINGTON. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WITH THIS STORM...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...WET AND SLUSHY ROADS WILL BECOME ICY TONIGHT. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ031>034-040>045-200600- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 500 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /400 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 10 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-200600- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 500 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 3 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ017>020-200600- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 500 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ021>023-025-200600- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 500 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
729 WWUS43 KBIS 200244 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 944 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. ANY SNOW SHOULD BE EAST OF THE JAMESTOWN AND OAKES AREAS BY DAY BREAK. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-200345- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 844 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ017>020-200345- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER 944 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.. $$ NDZ021>023-025-200345- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 944 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.. $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-201045- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 944 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD DAY BREAK. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ034-042-045-200600- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 944 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 /844 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KINNEY
187 WWUS43 KBIS 200600 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 100 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ONLY FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE AREA OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...BUT ANY SNOW SHOULD BE EAST OF THE JAMESTOWN AND OAKES AREAS BY DAYBREAK. NDZ034-042-045-200700- /O.EXP.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0600Z/ MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES 100 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 /1200 AM MDT WED APR 20 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION. $$ NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051-201200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 100 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD DAY BREAK. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JV
099 WWUS43 KBIS 200907 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...SPRING STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JAMESTOWN TO NAPOLEON AND ASHLEY AND EAST. THIS IS WHERE THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL DAYBREAK. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE...BUT ANY SNOW SHOULD BE EAST OF THE JAMESTOWN AND OAKES AREAS BY DAYBREAK. NDZ035-036-046-201015- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...STEELE...LINTON 407 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION.. $$ NDZ037-047-048-050-051-201200- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 407 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARD DAY BREAK. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JV
037 WWUS43 KBIS 201141 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 641 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...SNOW HAS ENDED... .THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ037-047-048-050-051-201245- /O.CAN.KBIS.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T1200Z/ STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 641 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAA
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 Apr 18, 1:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 251 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... A LARGE BLOCKING RIDGE REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE BERING STRAIGHT...FORCING SHORTWAVES TOPPING THE RIDGE TO DIVE SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN CONUS...WHERE HEIGHTS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY LOWER AS A RESULT OF THE FLOW DOWNSTREAM FROM THE BLOCK. THE MAJOR FEATURE OF CONCERN DURING THE TERM IS ONE SUCH WAVE...WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEGINNING TO CROSS OVER THE ROCKIES AND LEND SUPPORT TO A LARGE DEVELOPING COLORADO LOW. THIS SYSTEM IS THE INSTIGATOR FOR WINTER STORM WATCHES COVERING THE ENTIRETY OF THE CWA. QUESTION NOW IS WHAT TO DO WITH THE WATCH. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO AN AREA OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN SURFACE LOW. ONCE THE LOW BEGINS TO TRACK EAST TONIGHT...MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND TO THE NORTH OF THE CYCLONE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOW INTO NORTH DAKOTA...PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SNOW WILL REMAIN LIGHT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...WHEN AN INVERTED TROUGH...EXTENDING TO THE NORTH FROM THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE LOW...BEGINS TO APPROACH AND THEN PASS THROUGH MY FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE INVERTED TROUGH IN PLACE...THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH FINALLY BEGINS TO TRAVERSE THE REGION. WHERE AND WHEN THE TWO FEATURES OVERLY ONE ANOTHER THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY HEAVIER SNOW THAN ELSEWHERE...AND THE AREA OF SNOW WILL BE COME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE. SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF UNTIL LATE IN THE TERM...WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES CONTINUING UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...WHEN HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILD IN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94...ALTHOUGH LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH...WITH FAR NORTHERN AREAS SEEING LESS THAN AN INCH. ALL DETERMINISTIC MODELS HAVE SHIFTED FARTHER NORTH WITH THE SNOW. EVEN THE ECMWF...WHICH WAS FARTHEST SOUTH HAS COME MORE INTO LINE WITH THE OTHER MODELS AS FAR AS THE TRACK. ALTHOUGH IT PRODUCES LESS QPF AND IS SLOWER TO TRAVERSE THE CWA FROM WEST TO EAST. A LOOK AT GFS/NAM HEAVY BANDED SNOW CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE DECENT OMEGA ABOVE A LAYER OF STRONG 2-D FG FORCING. WITH THE THE OMEGA OCCURRING WITHIN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THE TRACK OF THE 700 MB LOW ON THE GFS IS ALSO IDEAL FOR PLACING THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA. THE NAM/GEM ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH. THE ECMWF IS ALSO ON THE SAME TRACK AS THE GFS BUT A BIT SLOWER AND WEAKER. GFS ALSO PLACES GREATEST QG FORCING ALONG THE SD BORDER. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER THE STRONGER FORCING CAN OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF THE LESS THAN DESIRABLE TEMPERATURE PROFILE AND THE WARM GROUND. IT DOES LOOK LIKE ALL SNOW...HOWEVER DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON...WET BULB TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...WHICH WOULD INDICATE A VERY WET SNOW OR POSSIBLY RAIN SNOW MIX AND NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...THINK THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY OVER THE SOUTHWEST. AND POSSIBLY AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWA. HOWEVER BY THIS TIME THE FG FORCING IS ON THE WANE. LOOKING AT LATEST SREF PRODUCTS FROM THE SPC...THE BEST OVERLAY OF FG FORCING WITH A DEEP LAYER OF DENTRITIC GROWTH TRACKS ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER. THERE IS ALSO SOME INDICATION OF SLANTWISE CONVECTION IN THIS ARE FROM THE GFS AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY. IF THIS DOES PAN OUT...THE FORCING MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES. THEREFORE WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE PRECIPITATION FIELD AS YOU GO NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...SO WILL GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A THIN BAND OF COUNTIES TO THE NORTH OF THE WARNING...SPARING THE FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE TERM...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S AND LOWS IN MID TO UPPER 20S. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE LONG TERM CONTINUES TO SHOW AN UNSETTLED TREND WITH A MEAN TROUGH ACROSS THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST...EJECTING SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA. AN EXITING STORM WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITORY RIDGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT PAIR OF SHORTWAVES FOLLOW FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE FIRST H7 LOW MOVES FROM NEAR DICKINSON TO HARVEY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRACK. THE SECOND SHORTWAVE AND H7 LOW SLATED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY 00Z SATURDAY. NORTH DAKOTA WILL REMAIN ON THE COLDER OR NORTHERN SIDE OF THE H7 LOW TRACK RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR RAIN/SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER TRANSITORY RIDGE SLIDES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH DRIER CONDITIONS. DESPITE MILDER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW MORE SHORTWAVES TRAVERSING THROUGH SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW A POSSIBLE LONG DURATION HIGH QPF AND MOSTLY RAIN EVENT FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS JUST SLIGHTLY FURTHER EAST...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY ESPECIALLY WITH ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS. && .AVIATION... MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AS A LARGE SYSTEM BEGINS TO IMPACT THE AREA AFTER 06Z TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE AN AREA OF SNOW AND MVFR/IFR CEILINGS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN AERODROMES FROM KDIK TO KBIS AND INTO KJMS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. IT IS POSSIBLE KMOT AND KISN COULD ALSO SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED CONDITIONS WITHIN AREAS OF SNOW. EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE TERM. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ017>020. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ031>034-040>045. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ021>023-025. && SHORT TERM...TWH/BPN LONG TERM/AVIATION....KS/BPN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:35 AM MDT, 9 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 635 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191135- 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- 635 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MIXED A LITTLE FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SLIPPERY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK WITH PERIODIC CHANCES OF RAIN AND/OR SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JP MARTIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 18, 10:26 AM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1126 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1126 AM SNOW DICKINSON 46.88N 102.79W
04/18/2011 M4.0 INCH STARK ND CO-OP OBSERVER
4.0 INCHES LAST 24HRS.
&&
KSIMOSKOLocal storm report, Apr 18, 10:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1127 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1127 AM SNOW 1 E DUNN CENTER 47.35N 102.60W
04/18/2011 M3.0 INCH DUNN ND CO-OP OBSERVER
3.0 INCHES LAST 24HRS.
&&
KSIMOSKOLocal storm report, Apr 18, 10:28 AM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1128 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1128 AM SNOW HEART BUTTE DAM 46.60N 101.81W
04/18/2011 M1.0 INCH GRANT ND CO-OP OBSERVER
1.0 INCHES LAST 24HRS.
&&
KSIMOSKOLocal storm report, Apr 18, 10:30 AM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1130 AM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM SNOW MARSHALL 47.14N 102.33W
04/18/2011 M1.0 INCH DUNN ND CO-OP OBSERVER
1.0 INCHES LAST 24HRS.
&&
KSIMOSKOLocal storm report, Apr 18, 11:55 AM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1255 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 2 NW BEULAH 47.28N 101.81W
04/18/2011 E2.0 INCH MERCER ND CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR SNOWFALL.
&&
PAYDLocal storm report, Apr 18, 11:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1256 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW MARSHALL 47.14N 102.33W
04/18/2011 M1.0 INCH DUNN ND CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR SNOWFALL.
&&
PAYDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2:57 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Dunn, Foster, McKenzie, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 1 more | 30 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.