Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Apr 1, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 3:52 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 4:59 AM CDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 459 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-NDZ006>008- 014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-021000- 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-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 459 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH. RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ON SUNDAY...AND THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES IF ENOUGH WARM AIR MOVES INTO THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS THAT WILL PINPOINT THE EXACT IMPACTS OF THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE APPRECIATED WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ016-027-030-039-053-021000- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND- 459 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MINNESOTA TRIBUTARIES...THE WILD RICE RIVER AT ABERCROMBIE AND ALONG THE MAINSTEM RED RIVER AT FARGO...GRAND FORKS AND OSLO. ICE JAMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG ANY RIVER...AND THESE MAY CAUSE FLUCTUATIONS IN RIVER LEVELS OF UP TO 3 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH. RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ON SUNDAY...AND THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES IF ENOUGH WARM AIR MOVES INTO THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS THAT WILL PINPOINT THE EXACT IMPACTS OF THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DK
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2011Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2011Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.