Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Mar 11, 2011, 4:26 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2011, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 6:03 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WWUS43 KFGF 111026 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND THEN BE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST BEHIND THE LOW PASSAGE IN THE COLDER AIR. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO WITH AROUND AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN AS TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE LOW PASSES WILL RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-121200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.110311T1800Z-110312T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... FINLEY...MAYVILLE 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBLITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-121200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.110311T1800Z-110312T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T1800Z-110312T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW MID AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ038-121200- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T1800Z-110312T1200Z/ BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALLEY CITY 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL ARRIVE MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN. 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. && $$ MNZ003-NDZ039-121200- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ CLAY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...FARGO 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE FARGO AND MOORHEAD AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE WIND COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL WILL CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-008-013>015-022-121200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.110311T1800Z-110312T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE THIEF RIVER FALLS AND ROSEAU AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-027-028-030>032-040-121200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-121200- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 426 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 SOME LIGHT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED WITH AMOUNTS AN INCH OR LESS. * HOWEVER STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM SYSTEMS MOVES EAST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THIS MAY CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBLITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT QUITE AS CERTAIN IN THE FAR SOUTHERN VALLEY AS THEY ARE IN THE NORTH AND THUS PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ DTR/PR
5 follow-up statements
161 WWUS43 KFGF 111647 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1047 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BEFORE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST BEHIND THE CENTER OF THE LOW IN THE COLDER AIR. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO WITH AROUND AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN AS TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE LOW PASSES WILL RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS. MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-121200- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 1047 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF SNOW WILL FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA...AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. * HOWEVER...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM SYSTEMS MOVES EAST OF OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THIS MAY CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T1800Z-110312T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 1047 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW MID AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH NOON. 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO 1047 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 1047 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JR
390 WWUS43 KFGF 111954 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 154 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST BEHIND THE CENTER OF THE LOW IN THE COLDER AIR. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME BRIEF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE SNOW. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO TAPERING TO AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ030-040-121200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 154 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN. 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-049-052-053-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.110311T2100Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 154 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 TAPERING TO AN INCH OR LESS OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 154 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.110312T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 154 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME BRIEF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
329 WWUS43 KFGF 120320 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 920 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE VALLEY REGION WEST TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO TAPERING TO AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. A SLOW IMPROVEMENT FROM WEST TO EAST IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 920 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 920 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. * PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW...THERE COULD BE SOME BRIEF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
569 WWUS43 KFGF 120950 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 350 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE HAD MOVED TO NEAR DULUTH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AND THE LIGHT SNOW TO MOVE OUT. VISIBLITIES HAVE IMPROVED GREATLY OVER THE DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY AREAS AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED THERE. IN THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING GREATLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WILL MAINTAIN THE BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL EXPIRATION TIME AT 6 AM FOR THE VALLEY DUE TO LINGERING LOW VISIBILITY AREAS IN BLOWING SNOW. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-054-121100- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM- SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 350 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING AND VISIBLITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-053-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...WAHPETON 350 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * THE WORST OF THE STORM HAS PASSED. WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH 6 AM. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-121200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 350 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM WITH BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GREATLY AFTER 6 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
439 WWUS43 KFGF 121203 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 603 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE ALL EXPIRED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. WINDS AND THE SNOW WHICH BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MANY AREAS HAVE DIMINISHED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NO LONGER OCCUR. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-053-121315- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...WAHPETON 603 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING AND VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE WILL STILL OCCUR IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-121315- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 603 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY MID MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GREATLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 4:26 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 26 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.