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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

January 17, 201232 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 17, 2012, 2:04 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 17, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 52 hr. 6 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
Jan 17, 2012, 2:04 PM MST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 20, 2012, 3:07 AM MST
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 18, 7:00 AM MSTSNOW 1.5Lake Metigoshe State Pa, ND24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 8 AM CST...
Jan 18, 7:00 AM MSTSNOW 1.9Lansford, ND24 HR TOTAL ENDING AT 8 AM CST...
Jan 18, 8:30 AM MSTSNOW 1Bottineau, ND24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 930 AM CST...
Jan 18, 4:00 PM MSTSNOW 1Williston, NDWILLISTON EXP STA
Jan 18, 6:40 PM MSTSNOW 2.5Crosby, ND24 HR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 730 PM MST...
Jan 19, 7:00 AM MSTSNOW 14 N Carrington, NDREPORT TAKEN JAUARY 18TH, 2012.

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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

182 
WWUS73 KBIS 172104
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
304 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...
...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FORECAST TO AGAIN PLUNGE INTO NORTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN SAG SOUTH INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO FALL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY RANGING
BETWEEN 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS 1O TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

THUS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO REFLECT THE
POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. 


NDZ001>005-009>013-017-180515-
/O.UPG.KBIS.EC.A.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
304 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME
COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST THURSDAY. THE EXTREME COLD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS LATE 
  TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS 
  POSSIBLY TO 25 MPH MAY CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 
  30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO OCCUR
WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN SUCH AS THE HANDS AND FACE.
CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-180515-
/O.UPG.KBIS.EC.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
304 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 /204 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME
COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. THE EXTREME COLD
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS 
  BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY TO 
  25 MPH MAY CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 
  45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO OCCUR
WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN SUCH AS THE HANDS AND FACE.
CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
13 follow-up statements
058 
WWUS73 KBIS 180028
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
628 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WARNING
IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
NOON THURSDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FORECAST TO AGAIN PLUNGE INTO NORTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN SAG SOUTH INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO FALL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY RANGING
BETWEEN 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS 1O TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

THUS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO REFLECT THE
POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-180830-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
628 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS TUESDAY
  EVENING AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BRISK
  NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY TO 25 MPH MAY CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO OCCUR
WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN SUCH AS THE HANDS AND FACE.
CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-180830-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
628 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 /528 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS 
  BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLY TO 
  25 MPH MAY CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 
  45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO OCCUR
WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN SUCH AS THE HANDS AND FACE.
CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
WAA
229 
WWUS73 KBIS 180539
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1139 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY... 

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL PLUNGE INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN SAG SOUTH INTO CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...RANGING BETWEEN 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW
ZERO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
30 MPH...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW
ZERO.

THUS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO REFLECT THE
DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-181345-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
1139 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS TUESDAY
  EVENING AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BRISK
  NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
  BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA
WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRESS
IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR
MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-181345-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
1139 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 /1039 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS BEGINNING
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE
  WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA
WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRESS
IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR
MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

KS
831 
WWUS73 KBIS 180839
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
239 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
NOON THURSDAY...

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE FROM NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
FALLING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN READINGS
RANGING FROM 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

THUS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO REFLECT THE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ040>048-050-051-181645-
/O.EXB.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1800Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
239 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /139 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY
TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME
COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY
TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BRISK
  NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
  BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-181645-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
239 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
  BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-181645-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
239 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /139 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

KS
406 
WWUS73 KBIS 181140
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
540 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY...

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE FROM NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING.
FALLING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN READINGS
RANGING FROM 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

THUS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO REFLECT THE DANGEROUSLY COLD
CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-181945-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
540 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-181945-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
540 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /440 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ040>048-050-051-181945-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.120118T1800Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
540 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /440 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BRISK  NORTHWEST
  WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30
  BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

KS
019 
WWUS73 KBIS 182137
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
337 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012


...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. FALLING TEMPERATURES WITH BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30
BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO REFLECT THE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-190545-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
337 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-190545-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
337 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /237 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ040>048-050-051-190545-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
337 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /237 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
395 
WWUS73 KBIS 190055
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
655 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL PLUNGE SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. FALLING TEMPERATURES WITH BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF
30 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY NOON CST. DANGEROUSLY COLD
CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-190900-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
655 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-190900-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
655 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /555 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ040>048-050-051-190900-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
655 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /555 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO SUB ZERO READINGS WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

WAA
795 
WWUS73 KBIS 190554
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1154 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FRIGID
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 30 BELOW ZERO...COMBINED
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH...WILL RESULT IN VERY
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY NOON CST. DANGEROUSLY COLD
CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE PREPARE NOW FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE
AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-191400-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
1154 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-191400-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
1154 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /1054 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 50 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ040>048-050-051-191400-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
1154 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 /1054 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ THURSDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

KS
031 
WWUS73 KBIS 191100
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
500 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FRIGID
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO...COMBINED
WITH WIND SPEEDS TO 15 MPH...WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-191800-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
500 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-191800-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
500 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 /400 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
  WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30
  BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA IS POSSIBLE IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

NDZ040>048-050-051-191800-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
500 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 /400 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
  WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30
  BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

KS
979 
WWUS73 KBIS 191800
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SUB-
ZERO TEMPERATURES AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL KEEP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 TO
35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN AND WINDS DECREASED
OVER SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR AND THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE REGIONS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...FROM WILLISTON TO MINOT TO ROLLA...UNTIL
MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-191900-
/O.CAN.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-
GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1200 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012 /1100 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012/

...EXTREME COLD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING. 

RISING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS HAVE INCREASED WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES OVER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ALONG THE
I-94 CORRIDOR TO ABOVE EXTREME COLD WARNING CRITERIA.

$$

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-200200-
/O.EXT.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
1200 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
146 
WWUS73 KBIS 192146
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
346 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SUB- ZERO
TEMPERATURES AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES WILL KEEP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO RANGE. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...FROM WILLISTON TO MINOT TO
ROLLA...UNTIL MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.

THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-200600-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
346 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
118 
WWUS73 KBIS 200040
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 
SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL KEEP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 TO
35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...FROM WILLISTON TO MINOT TO
ROLLA...UNTIL MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.

FOR THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017-200845-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY
640 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 
  BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL 
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO. 

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$
316 
WWUS73 KBIS 200655
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1255 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS FIRMLY IN PLACE FROM ALBERTA TO NORTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND
NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 5 MPH OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES
WILL KEEP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO
RANGE. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...FROM BOWBELLS AND MINOT TO RUGBY AND
ROLLA...UNTIL MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.

THE EXTREME COLD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...AND STANLEY.

FOR THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES. IF
YOU ARE STRANDED...DO NOT LEAVE THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

NDZ001-009-010-017-200800-
/O.CAN.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...
WATFORD CITY
1255 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING. 

INCREASING CLOUD COVER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH RISING TEMPERATURES AND
WIND CHILL VALUES WERE RISING TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

$$

NDZ002>005-011>013-201500-
/O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY
1255 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 5 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
  TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

* TEMPERATURE...WIND CHILL 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY
PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE.

&&

$$

JV
108 
WWUS73 KBIS 201007
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
407 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

.TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER.
WIND CHILL VALUES HAD ALSO RISEN TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. THESE
VALUES ARE ABOVE THE CRITERIA OF 30 BELOW ZERO...THEREFORE THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE EARLY.

NDZ002>005-011>013-201115-
/O.CAN.KBIS.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1500Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY
407 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING. 

TEMPERATURES WERE STILL ZERO TO 10 BELOW...AND WINDS WERE LIGHT.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO AROUND ZERO TO 5 ABOVE TODAY WITH
WINDS UP TO AROUND 5 MPH.

$$

JV

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 17, 1:58 PM MST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 1:58 PM MST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
258 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

WINDS CHILLS...TEMPERATURES AND SNOW CHANCES BIGGEST CONCERN IN
THE SHORT TERM PERIODS.

A WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL PUSH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE EAST FROM
THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT NORTH AND SPREAD
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA NORTH OF I-94 TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE...ANOTHER SURGE OF FRIGID
ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREAD SOUTH TO THE I-94 CORRIDOR BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 20 MPH WILL DROP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO 30 TO 40 BELOW
ZERO...BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT NORTH AND ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FRIGID
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY.

SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY THEN REDEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
HIGHLIGHTS IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST ARE THE PRESENCE OF THE
ARCTIC AIRMASS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WITH INCREASING UNCERTAINTY
THEREAFTER WITH HIGH MODEL SPECTRUM WITH...ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS
TO TEMPERATURES AS THE NORTHERN PLAINS RECOVERS THE COLD SURGE.

FOR THURSDAY...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE FIRMLY
ENTRENCHED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. GIVEN THE VERY
COLD START ON THURSDAY MORNING...HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AND THROUGH
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...WITH HIGHS ZERO TO FIVE ABOVE WEST OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THE EXTREME COLD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 18 UTC
ON THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD PAN OUT WELL WITH WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40
BELOW ON THURSDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT IS FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH CLEAR SKIES AND FRESH SNOW
COVER FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 20
BELOW ARE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...WITH A
RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE AFTER SUNSET BEFORE CIRRUS
OVERSPREADS LATER IN THE NIGHT. ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL...GREATER CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE
FROM NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL HELP
HOLD OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO.

A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE AFOREMENTIONED BAROCLINIC ZONE SHIFTING EAST. AT THIS TIME THE
BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW ARE FROM WATFORD CITY THROUGH WASHBURN AND
MONTPELIER AND POINTS SOUTH. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULD RESULT IN
HIGH SNOW RATIOS WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF VERY FLUFFY SNOW POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
THEREAFTER...FAST ZONAL IS FORECAST TO PREDOMINATE ACROSS THE
CONUS...WITH A POSSIBLE AMPLIFICATION OF THE PATTERN EARLY NEXT
WEEK. HOWEVER...WAVES WITH LOW PREDICTABILITY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE
FAST FLOW...PATTERN AMPLIFICATION...AND HOW FAST THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WILL RECOVER FROM THE ARCTIC SURGE PLACES INCREASING UNCERTAINTY IN
ANY ONE SOLUTION LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY
IN REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES. FOR NOW WILL
FOLLOW A COMPROMISE OF THE GUIDANCE...WHICH WOULD SUGGEST A WARMING
TREND THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER...LARGE DIFFERENCES IN
POTENTIAL WARMTH DO EXIST AMONGST THE GUIDANCE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ARCTIC OSCILLATION AND THE CLOSELY
RELATED NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION ARE FORECAST TO TREND NEGATIVE
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY...WITH THEIR COMPOSITE IMPACTS
SUGGESTING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER...THE DETERMINISTIC
ATMOSPHERIC MODELS ON A WHOLE WOULD SUGGEST A WARMER SOLUTION.

&&

.AVIATION...
AVIATION CONCERNS THROUGH THE 18 UTC TAF CYCLE ARE CENTERED UPON
A BAND OF SNOW THAT IS FORECAST TO FORM NORTH AND ON THE BACKSIDE
OF A SURFACE LOW THAT WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST MONTANA LATE THIS
EVENING INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO IMPACT KISN AND KMOT BEGINNING AROUND 09 UTC
TONIGHT...WITH THE BAND SPREADING SOUTHEAST INTO KDIK AND KBIS
AROUND 12 UTC AND KJMS BY 15 UTC. IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KTS
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO NOON
CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY FOR NDZ018>023-025-031>037.

EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY
FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017.

&&

SHORT TERM...HW
LONG TERM....PJA
AVIATION...PJA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:10 AM MST, 9 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
510 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>033-036-037-181115-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
510 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 /410 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012/

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 IS A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WITH
SNOW BECOMING LIKELY TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES.

EXPECT A CHANCE OF SNOW ELSEWHERE TONIGHT WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO 1 INCH.

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30
BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW
ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING...THURSDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ034-035-181115-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-
510 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ICE FLOWING FROM UPSTREAM AREAS CONTINUES TO COLLECT IN THE
CHANNEL OF THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF BISMARCK. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST BURLEIGH AND EASTER MORTON COUNTIES.
MONITOR CURRENT FLOOD PRODUCTS AND CHECK FOR UPDATES AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW TONIGHT AS AN ARCTIC BOUNDARY PUSHES
THROUGH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER ONE INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 BELOW
ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ040>048-050-051-181115-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
510 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 /410 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUB-ZERO READINGS
BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 25 MPH...WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT IF NECESSARY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 2:29 AM MSTExtreme Cold WatchBISBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 16 more12 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every extreme cold warning in 2012

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.