Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2012, 3:57 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 15 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr. 33 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
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2012, 2:27 AM CST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 32 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Lidgerwood, ND | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 26, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Havana, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lankin, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Starkweather, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 7 Nw Cavalier, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nw Valley City, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 26, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Sabin, MN | |
| Feb 26, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Moorhead, MN | |
| Feb 26, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Park River, ND | |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Grand Forks, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Michigan, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 W Mayville, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Edmore, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Roseau, MN | |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Rothsay, MN | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 N Sarles, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL FROM SARLES PORT OF ENTRY DHS STATION. |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Breckenridge, MN | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Lake Itasca, MN | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Mcleod, ND | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL |
| Feb 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 N Park River, ND | ARB OBSERVER STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Fargo, ND | 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT WDAY-TV STUDIOS IN FARGO. |
| Feb 26, 9:01 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 E Gilby, ND | |
| Feb 26, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Roseau, MN | |
| Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lidgerwood, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Rindal, MN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Fargo, ND | WDAY TV STUDIO FARGO REPORT |
| Feb 26, 10:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Wahpeton, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 7 Wnw Cavalier, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 26, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rothsay, MN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 2:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Valley City, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 26, 5:14 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | West Fargo, ND | 4.3 INCHES SNOW IN W FARGO...TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW STILL OCCURRING |
| Feb 26, 6:01 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Grand Forks, ND | EVENT TOTAL AS OF 6 PM |
| Feb 26, 7:54 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Detroit Lakes, MN | SNOW HAS CURRENTLY STOPPED BUT GETTING THREE QUARTERS MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
824 WWUS43 KFGF 250957 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 357 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS NOW IN PLACE OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BEGINNING TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT... A SURFACE AND UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND NORTHERN MONTANA INTO SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT AND THEN BE NEAR FARGO SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING TOWARD DULUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SYSTEM. MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS LIMITED...BUT A BAND OF AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL OVER MOST OF NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM VALLEY CITY TO FARGO TO WADENA SOUTHWARD. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...REACH THE RED RIVER BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SO STAY TUNED. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-270900- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.120226T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 357 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-271200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.120226T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 357 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ003-029-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-270900- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.120226T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 357 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND THEN END SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ027-028-030>032-040-271200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.120226T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 357 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH AT UP TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DTR
9 follow-up statements
382 WWUS43 KFGF 251711 AAA WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1111 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT... A SURFACE AND UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER THEN TOWARD DULUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SYSTEM. MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS LIMITED...BUT A BAND OF AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL OVER MOST OF NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM VALLEY CITY TO FARGO TO WADENA SOUTHWARD. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING... REACH THE RED RIVER BY MIDNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SO STAY TUNED. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1111 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 1111 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ003-029-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1111 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... * LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND THEN END SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ027-028-030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 1111 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH AT UP TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
710 WWUS43 KFGF 252108 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 308 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... A SURFACE AND UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER THEN TOWARD DULUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SYSTEM. EXPECT A BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL OVER THE REGION...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...SO STAY TUNED. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 308 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 308 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ003-029-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 308 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... * LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND THEN END SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ027-028-030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 308 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH AT UP TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DK
363 WWUS43 KFGF 260304 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... A SURFACE AND UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER THEN TOWARD DULUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SYSTEM. EXPECT A BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL OVER THE REGION...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE DEVILS LAKE REGION LATE THIS EVENING... THEN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ003-NDZ038-039-270900- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0300Z-120227T0900Z/ CLAY-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. * SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND THEN END SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ027-028-271200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH AT UP TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. * AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND THEN END SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.120226T0600Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 904 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN TURN NORTH AT UP TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SPEICHER
696 WWUS43 KFGF 261010 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 410 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... A COMPLEX WEATHER FORECAST CONTINUES TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO NEAR DETROIT LAKES BY NOON AND THEN TOWARD DULUTH BY LATE TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND THEN WEST AROUND THIS UPPER LOW THROUGH THE DAY. DUE TO BAND OF SNOW OF VARIOUS INTENSITY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY. BUT OVERALL SNOW STORM TOTALS WILL BE A BIT LESS THAN EARLIER FORECAST IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE IN THE WARNING AREA AND UP TO 4 INCHES RANGE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THIS STORM SYSTEM. EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING TURN MORE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH BY LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...ADAMS 410 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ENDING THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED BUT AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 410 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THE EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM...BUT AMOUNTS VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 12 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND BECOME BECOME NORTHEAST AT UP TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 410 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * BANDS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 WILL OCCUR...THOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 410 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY..ENDING TONIGHT. * UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST TO NORTH LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DTR
380 WWUS43 KFGF 261311 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 711 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... A COMPLEX WEATHER FORECAST CONTINUES TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO NEAR DETROIT LAKES BY NOON AND THEN TOWARD DULUTH BY LATE TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND THEN WEST AROUND THIS UPPER LOW THROUGH THE DAY. DUE TO BAND OF SNOW OF VARIOUS INTENSITY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER THE REGION WITH BANDS OF HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THIS STORM SYSTEM. EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING TURN MORE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH BY LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-270900- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 711 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * BANDS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR...THOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...ADAMS 711 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ENDING THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED BUT AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ 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- 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 711 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THE EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM...BUT AMOUNTS VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 12 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND BECOME BECOME NORTHEAST AT UP TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 711 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY..ENDING TONIGHT. * UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST TO NORTH LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DTR
092 WWUS43 KFGF 261636 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1036 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... A COMPLEX WEATHER FORECAST CONTINUES TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO NEAR DETROIT LAKES BY NOON AND THEN TOWARD DULUTH BY LATE TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH AND THEN WEST AROUND THIS UPPER LOW THROUGH THE DAY. DUE TO BAND OF SNOW OF VARIOUS INTENSITY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER THE REGION WITH BANDS OF HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THIS STORM SYSTEM. EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING TURN MORE NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH BY LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 1036 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * BANDS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY...TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR...THOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...ADAMS 1036 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ENDING THIS EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED BUT AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ 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- 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 1036 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THE EVENING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM...BUT AMOUNTS VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 12 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND BECOME BECOME NORTHEAST AT UP TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ030>032-040-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 1036 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY..ENDING TONIGHT. * UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL VARY. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THEN TURN NORTHEAST TO NORTH LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DK
013 WWUS43 KFGF 262109 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...ONE SYSTEM WINDING DOWN WITH ANOTHER ON THE HORIZON... LOW PRESSURE NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT. AS IT DOES NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BUT THE GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS TARGETING THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM WITH MORE SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WOULD BE HIT WITH THE WORST OF THESE CONDITIONS. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY THEN WINDS SHOULD BECOME MORE NORTHERLY BY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OFF TO THE EAST. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES THIS STORM WOULD BE THE STRONGEST SO FAR THIS WINTER. HOWEVER THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SO LATER ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-292115- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ001>003-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-292115- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ013>016-022>024-027-028-292115- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-017-271200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...BEMIDJI 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MNZ030>032-040-292115- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 309 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
320 WWUS43 KFGF 270328 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WEEKEND SYSTEM WINDING DOWN WITH ANOTHER EXPECTED MID WEEK... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MINNESOTA TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BUT THE GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS TARGETING THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM WITH MORE SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WOULD BE HIT WITH THE WORST OF THESE CONDITIONS. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY THEN WINDS SHOULD BECOME MORE NORTHERLY BY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OFF TO THE EAST. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES THIS STORM WOULD BE THE STRONGEST SO FAR THIS WINTER. HOWEVER THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SO LATER ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. MNZ013>016-022>024-027-028-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * SNOW TONIGHT HAS TAPERED OFF TO ONLY A FEW FLURRIES AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-017-270430- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...BEMIDJI 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. $$ MNZ030>032-040-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120227T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * SNOW TONIGHT HAS TAPERED OFF TO A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES AND DECREASING WINDS HAVE ALLOWED VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ049-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ WILKIN-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ001>003-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY MORNING. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-270900- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 928 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ JR
235 WWUS43 KFGF 270827 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 227 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WEEKEND SYSTEM WINDING DOWN WITH ANOTHER EXPECTED MID WEEK... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MINNESOTA TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL LESS THAN AN INCH. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS TARGETING THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM WITH MORE SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WOULD BE HIT WITH THE WORST OF THESE CONDITIONS. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY THEN WINDS SHOULD BECOME MORE NORTHERLY BY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OFF TO THE EAST. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES THIS STORM WOULD BE THE STRONGEST SO FAR THIS WINTER. HOWEVER THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SO LATER ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. MNZ001>003-029-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 227 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AND NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATER ON TUESDAY. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. 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. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-270930- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120227T0900Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 227 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ MNZ013>016-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE 227 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER ON TUESDAY. * FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TAPERING TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. * THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 42 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every winter storm 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.