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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 29, 2012, 4:11 AM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:02 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 29, 2:39 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 2:39 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 5:39 AM CST, 22 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 539 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049- 052-053-291145- 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- 539 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM COLORADO TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS IT APPROACHES SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS VISIBILITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I 94 HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR. NORTH OF THIS LINE 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN I 94 AND HIGHWAY 200 WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 200. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW REPORTS ARE WELCOME. MNZ004>009-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-291145- KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- 539 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW REPORTS ARE WELCOME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:04 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.