Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 4:18 AM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr. 23 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 28, 2012, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:02 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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 28, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Wadena, MN | 1.7 INCHES SNOW SINCE 9 PM CST. |
| Feb 29, 4:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ottertail, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Sabin, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Moorhead, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Valley City, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Breckenridge, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 6:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lidgerwood, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 1 Ese Fargo, ND | |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 4 Sse West Fargo, ND | |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 S Battle Lake, MN | |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 5 Nw Durbin, ND | |
| Feb 29, 7:06 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Forman, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 7:24 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Rothsay, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 7:55 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Wadena, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 3 Ne Fargo, ND | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Buffalo, ND | |
| Feb 29, 8:06 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Sebeka, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 29, 8:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cayuga, ND | STILL SNOWING WITH BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 29, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Bald Hill Dam, ND | WATER EQUIVALENT WAS 0.11 INCHES |
| Feb 29, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 E Mcleod, ND | |
| Feb 29, 9:07 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 S Wadena, MN | |
| Feb 29, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | New York Mills, MN | CONTINUED BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 29, 12:48 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Ene Valley City, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WWUS43 KFGF 281018 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR PARTS OF THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL TARGET THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE REGION. THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WHERE A FOOT OR MORE IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF NORTHWARD TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY HOWEVER BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM COLORADO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...SPREADING NORTH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-013>016-022>024-NDZ024-026>030-010000- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ017-010000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEMIDJI 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ007>009-NDZ014>016-054-010000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN GREATLY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ004>006-NDZ006>008-010000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER 418 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN GREATLY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
836 WWUS43 KFGF 281822 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1222 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR PARTS OF THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL TARGET THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE REGION. THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WHERE A FOOT OR MORE IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF NORTHWARD TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY HOWEVER BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AREAS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT...SO ICING IS POSSIBLE HERE AS WELL. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM COLORADO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS THE STRONGEST STORM OF THE SEASON. MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1222 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING...SPREADING NORTH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AREAS TONIGHT...AND SOME ICING IS POSSIBLE HERE. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-013>017-022>024-NDZ024-026>030-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 1222 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ004>009-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 1222 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * FALLING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN GREATLY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DK
016 WWUS43 KFGF 282053 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 253 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH GREAT VARIABILITY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OR LESS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER REGION TONIGHT...WHERE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 253 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN 4 PM CST AND 6 PM CST...SPREADING NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER REGION TONIGHT...WHERE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-013>017-022>024-NDZ024-026>030-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 253 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW REACHING THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ004>009-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 253 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 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. && $$ ROGERS/DK
814 WWUS43 KFGF 290352 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 952 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH GREAT VARIABILITY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OR LESS ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. GUSTY EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ004>006-NDZ006>008-290500- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER 952 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND ONLY AN INCH OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049- 052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 952 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...SPREADING NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. FURTHER NORTH...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND AND AMOUNTS COULD RAPIDLY DECREASE WHEN GOING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. * THIS WILL BE THE STRONGEST STORM SO FAR THIS WINTER SO MAKE PLANS NOW AS TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ007>009-NDZ014>016-054-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 952 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JR
680 WWUS43 KFGF 291011 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY. WHILE SNOW FALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH AS EARLIER EXPECTED SOME AREAS STILL COULD TOP OUT AT 6 TO 8 INCHES. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH THE NORTHERN VALLEY TO SEE LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH...WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ001-002-013>017-022>024-NDZ024-026>030-010000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0008.120229T1011Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 411 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ007>009-NDZ014>016-054-291115- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 411 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT THE AREA. $$ MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 411 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. * EASTERLY WIND...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS REDUCING VISIBILITY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND AND AMOUNTS COULD RAPIDLY DECREASE WHEN GOING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 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. && $$
521 WWUS43 KFGF 291606 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1006 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH AS EARLIER EXPECTED AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR COULD STILL TOP OUT AT 6 TO 8 INCHES. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR SEEING LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WHERE THERE WILL STILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MNZ001-013>017-NDZ024-026-027-291715- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ WEST POLK-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS 1006 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1006 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-NDZ028>030-010000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 1006 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND GUST UP TO 25 MPH IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
787 WWUS43 KFGF 291902 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 102 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA... .A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA BUT THE MAIN EFFECTS FROM THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-292015- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 102 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ002-022>024-NDZ028>030-292015- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 102 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 2:41 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:41 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
241 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
.DISCUSSION...TOO NUMEROUS FORECAST CHALLENGES TO MENTION BUT ALL
REVOLVE AROUND UPCOMING STORM AND MAINLY WINTER STORM VS BLIZZARD.
MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WILL USE BLEND/NATIONAL
GUIDANCE FOR FORECAST.
BRUNT OF DAYLIGHT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS DEEP SURFACE LOW
ORGANIZES AND PROPAGATES INTO CENTRAL PLAINS BY EVENING. WITH
WARMER START...MODEST WARM ADVECTION CONTINUING AND POTENTIAL FOR SOME
SOLAR TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER CLOSE TO AVERAGE. ISENTROPIC
LIFT AND LOWER CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS MOVE INTO AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I94 WITH PRETTY DRY AIR FARTHER NORTH SO WILL
TRIM POPS ACROSS THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON.
MAIN SHOW STARTS THIS EVENING WITH STRONG LIFT/MOIST CONVEYOR BELT ADVANCING
NORTHWARD AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM CENTRAL NE INTO S MN.
UPSTREAM PRECIPITABLE H2O VALUES .75 INCHES SO NO QUESTION ON SNOW
POTENTIAL. HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT STILL LOOKS TO BE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I94. MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER TO GO BLIZZARD OR
WINTER STORM. STILL HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN FINDING REASONS FOR
BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS. WILL LIKELY HAVE MINIMAL HELP FROM ANY
STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. NO COLD AIR WRAPPING INTO SYSTEM TO AID IN
DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER...MIXED LAYER VERY SHALLOW FROM MODEL
SOUNDINGS AND WINDS ALOFT ONLY 25 TO 30KTS. FLOW ALOFT ALSO REMAINS
E-NE THROUGH THE EVENT. THAT LEAVES SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT.
ISALLOBARIC COMPONENT SHOWING MAIN FALL/RISE COUPLET TO OUR SOUTH.
REGION ALSO REMAINS WITHIN INVERTED TROUGH THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY.
GRANTED VSBY TO BE NEAR ZERO IN SOME WIND AND HEAVY SNOW BUT
BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS NOT THERE. FOR THIS WILL GO WINTER STORM
WARNING. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN TRENDING NORTH WITH HEAVIER
QPF SO WILL EXTEND WARNING UP TO HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR WITH AN ADVISORY
NEXT SET OF COUNTIES NORTHWARD.
NO REAL IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW
PULLS EAST. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A CHALLENGE HOWEVER MAIN
SNOW BAND WILL SEE A FOOT PLUS.
SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY WIND DOWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.
NEXT SHORT WAVE COULD BRING MORE SNOW TO PARTS OF THE REGION
TOWARDS END OF WORK WEEK BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING.
.LONG TERM (FRI-MON)...
MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL 500MB PATTERN THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD WITH CHC POPS ON FRI AND SAT. SHORT WAVE PASSAGE ON
FRIDAY WILL BRING A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS 500MB FLOW BECOMES NORTHWESTERLY. COOLER
AIR WILL BE DRAWN SOUTH BEHIND THE FROPA WITH TEMPS AROUND 20 FOR
HIGHS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 500MB RIDGING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST BEGINS TO BUILD EAST ON SUNDAY WITH INCREASING THICKNESSES AS
WARM AIR ADVECTION OCCURS WITH 850 AND 925MB TEMPS RISING ABOUT 10C
FROM 12Z SUN TO 12Z MON...WARM TEMPS TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS MOST OF DAY WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS SNOW MOVES IN.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ038-039-049-052-053.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ024-026>030.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-054.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ003-027>032-040.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ001-002-013>017-022>024.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ004>009.
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VOELKER/JKHazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 6:46 AM CST, 21 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 646 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-281300- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 646 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...ANOTHER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 COULD SEE SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. IN ADDITION GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW FALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. VOELKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in North Dakota, 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.