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Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 6, 201332 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind chill warning at Dec 6, 2013, 1:38 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 22 hr. 9 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
Dec 6, 2013, 1:38 PM MST (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 7, 2013, 12:00 PM MST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties

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

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 6, 11:53 PM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -432 Nw Hettinger, NDASOS STATION HETTINGER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HEI
Dec 7, 2:35 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -411 W Carrington, NDAWOS STATION CARRINGTON AIRPORT 46D
Dec 7, 2:56 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -466 S Dickinson, ND
Dec 7, 2:56 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -459 Nw Alkabo, NDMESONET STATION 30 W CROSBY CSBN8
Dec 7, 2:56 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -431 N Harvey, NDAWOS STATION HARVEY AIRPORT 5H4
Dec 7, 3:35 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -442 Ese Tioga, ND
Dec 7, 3:35 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -423 S Linton, NDAWOS STATION 3 SSW LINTON 7L2
Dec 7, 4:22 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -471 Ene Shell Valley, NDMESONET STATION 1 ENE SHELL VALLEY TMTN8
Dec 7, 4:56 AM MSTEXTR WIND CHILL -506 S Dickinson, NDASOS STATION DICKINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT KDIK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2013-12-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2013-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS43 KBIS 062038
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
238 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL
AND EAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE NOW EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
PLACES LIKE WILLISTON...MINOT...BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...WATFORD
CITY...HAZEN...BISMARCK...LINTON AND OAKES. THE COMBINATION OF
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL GENERATE WIND CHILL VALUES
NEAR 45 BELOW ZERO NORTH SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST. WIND CHILLS IN
THE 30S BELOW BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LIMIT
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY... COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-070445-
/O.UPG.KBIS.WC.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WC.W.0004.131206T2038Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
238 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO NEAR 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040>045-070445-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
238 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 /138 PM MST FRI DEC 6 2013/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON
MST/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...30S TO NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$
WAA
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 070022
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
622 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

... WIND CHILL ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING CONTINUES FOR PLACES LIKE
WILLISTON...MINOT...BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...WATFORD
CITY...HAZEN...BISMARCK...LINTON AND OAKES.  WIND CHILLS IN THE
30S BELOW BELOW ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LIMIT OUTDOOR
ACTIVITY... COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-070830-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
622 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040>045-070830-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
622 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 /522 PM MST FRI DEC 6 2013/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON
MST/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...30S TO NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WAA/RP KINNEY
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 070350
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
950 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

... WIND CHILL ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTH...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING CONTINUES FOR PLACES LIKE
WILLISTON...MINOT...BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...HAZEN...
BISMARCK...LINTON AND OAKES.  WIND CHILLS IN THE 30S BELOW BELOW
ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY
CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...
COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-071200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
950 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040>045-071200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
950 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 /850 PM MST FRI DEC 6 2013/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON
MST/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...30S TO NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

WAA/RP KINNEY
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 070544
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1144 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND
CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ031>033-040>045-071345-
/O.UPG.KBIS.WC.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
/O.EXA.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
1144 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 /1044 PM MST FRI DEC 6 2013/

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ SATURDAY.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-046>048-050-051-071345-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1144 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

AYD
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 070918
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
318 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. LIMIT
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-071730-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
318 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /218 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

AYD
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 071241
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
641 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. LIMIT
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-071900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
641 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /541 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$
AYD/TWH
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 071557
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
957 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW WERE CONTINUING ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. LIMIT
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY...COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN...AND CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

FURTHER ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AS
THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD
INFORMATION. FOLLOW THE FORECAST AT WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-071900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
957 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /857 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

JNS
000 
WWUS43 KBIS 071849
WSWBIS

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1249 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REPLACES WIND CHILL WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH
VALUES RANGING FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST
BE OUTSIDE...COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT IN YOUR CAR.

NDZ041-042-044>048-050-051-072000-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...
LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1249 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /1149 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 

WIND CHILL VALUES REMAIN LOW BUT HAVE WARMED ABOVE WARNING AND
ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040-043-080300-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1900Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0015.131207T1900Z-131208T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
1249 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /1149 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

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

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JNS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Dec 6, 11:37 AM MST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 11:37 AM MST, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1237 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1233 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES CONTINUE BENEATH AN
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH
SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 841 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

LOW CLOUD SATELLITE BAND REVEALS SOME LAKE EFFECT STRATUS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA IN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY SOUTH TO
BISMARCK. ADDED CLOUDS AND FLURRIES THROUGH NOON TODAY THERE.
ELSEWHERE...SKIES AND CLEAR AND IT ITS QUITE COLD. THERE ARE
SCATTERED AREAS AROUND 40 BELOW WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...ACROSS
THE WEST. SEE THESE COLD WIND CHILLS NEAR 40 BELOW LASTING
ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...OTHERWISE WE ARE IN A HIGH END WIND CHILL
ADVISORY TODAY.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 641 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MONTANA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH
AND EAST TODAY. CURRENT TEMPERATURES ARE RANGING FROM TO 10 TO 2O
BELOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. HETTINGER HAS
FALLEN TO 23 BELOW. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE
PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW
SPOTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 40 BELOW BUT AREAL EXTEND IS NOT GREAT
ENOUGH FOR A WIND CHILL WARNING. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW AREAS OF
STRATUS SHOWING UP. ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA. THESE
CLOUDS COULD MAKE IT INTO THE BISMARCK MANDAN AREA IN THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO...AND A FEW LAKE EFFECT FLURRIES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT
THIS MORNING FROM HAZEN TO CENTER AND BISMARCK MANDAN.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SHORT TERM
FORECAST.

WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH GOES THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING MAY
HAVE WIND CHILLS OF -40 F TO -45 F. HOWEVER...THIS WILL ONLY BE
FOR A FEW HOURS AND DOES NOT WARRANT MULTIPLE HEADLINES CHANGES
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ANOTHER SUB-ZERO DAY IS EXPECTED TEMPERATURE-
WISE TODAY...WITH A BLEND OF THE 00 UTC GUIDANCE SUITE
UTILIZED...MINUS THE WARM NAM/MET. WIND CHILLS VALUES OF -25 F TO
-35 F WILL CONTINUE AREA WIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS EMANATING OUT OF THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA. THIS RIDGE AXIS DOES
PROPAGATE INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THUS...THE COLDEST
OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST IN THE -20 TO
-25 F RANGE WHERE WINDS BECOME LIGHT. ACROSS THE
CENTRAL...STRONGER WINDS NEAR 10 KTS WILL LIMIT THE TEMPERATURE
FALL TO THE -15 F TO -20 F RANGE. THIS IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO A BLEND
OF THE 00 UTC STATISTICAL GUIDANCE...MODIFIED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
FOR THE SLIGHTLY WARMER DETERMINISTIC MODEL GUIDANCE FOR MIXING.
WIND CHILL WARNING CRITERIA OF -40 F OR COLDER IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL LET FURTHER SHIFTS EVALUATE IF AN
UPGRADE WILL BE NEEDED.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

ARCTIC AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE FORECAST AREA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...A
STRONG EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AT THIS TIME...
WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY END THE TRANSPORT OF ARCTIC AIR SOUTH INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. HOWEVER...UNTIL THE BREAKDOWN IS COMPLETE...WE WILL
SEE A BATTLE BETWEEN PACIFIC AND ARCTIC AIR WITH BRIEF WARM-UPS
FOLLOWED BY SHOTS OF MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

AFTER A VERY COLD MORNING SATURDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES
THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY. THIS WILL
BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW TO MAINLY SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. THIS IS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A NORTHERN STREAM WAVE SUNDAY
NIGHT BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR MONDAY MORNING.

A QUICK MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW
MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEN ANOTHER BRIEF WARM-UP LATE IN THE WORK
WEEK WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW...BEFORE ONE MORE COLD HIGH
SETTLES OVER THE AREA BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEKEND.

WE WILL LIKELY NEED WIND CHILL HEADLINES FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. BEYOND THIS...ARCTIC AIR WILL BE
MODIFIED SOMEWHAT AND COLD SPELLS WILL BE SHORTER IN DURATION. THUS
WIND CHILL HIGHLIGHTS ARE LESS CERTAIN BEYOND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1233 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE 18Z TAF
PERIOD. MAIN HAZARD TO AVIATION CONTINUES TO BE THE FRIGID
TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT FOR
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051.

&&

UPDATE...WAA
SHORT TERM...AYD
LONG TERM...TWH
AVIATION...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 2:39 AM MST, 10 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
339 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-070945-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
339 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013 /239 AM MST FRI DEC 6 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. GO TO WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING...MONDAY MORNING..AND AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 94. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW FOR MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO
ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE FOR BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. STRONG WINDS
WITH THE ALBERTA CLIPPER COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AYD/TWH

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.