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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 3, 201321 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 3, 2013, 12:53 AM MST for 21 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2013, 12:53 AM MST (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2013, 5:00 PM MST
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 21 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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 Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Dec 2, 8:29 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 8:29 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 5:55 PM MST, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
655 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013

NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-037-032015-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-
655 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 8
INCHES.

VERY COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND
INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN SUBZERO HIGHS AND LOWS AND
VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO.

PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS AND FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE BISMARCK NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-032015-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
655 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013 /555 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE
HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES.

VERY COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND
INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN SUBZERO HIGHS AND LOWS AND
VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO.

PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS AND FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE BISMARCK NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

NDZ019-020-034>036-042-045>048-050-051-032015-
MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
655 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013 /555 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE
HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON
TUESDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR BISMARCK AND LINTON...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8
TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING
NAPOLEON...LA MOURE...ASHLEY...AND ELLENDALE.

VERY COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND
INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN SUBZERO HIGHS AND LOWS AND
VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO.

PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS AND FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE BISMARCK NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

TM/WAA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 7:04 PM MST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
804 PM CST MON DEC 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0804 PM     SNOW             CROSBY                  48.91N 103.30W
12/02/2013  E2.5 INCH        DIVIDE             ND   PUBLIC

&&

MMATHEWS
Local storm report, Dec 2, 7:18 PM MST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
818 PM CST MON DEC 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     SNOW             SHERWOOD                48.96N 101.63W
12/01/2013  M2.0 INCH        RENVILLE           ND   PUBLIC

            REPORT RELAYED BY THE MEDIA.

0735 AM     FREEZING RAIN    LA MOURE                46.36N  98.29W
12/02/2013  M0.10 INCH       LAMOURE            ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY HALF MILE OR
            LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AT THIS TIME.

0735 AM     SNOW             LA MOURE                46.36N  98.29W
12/02/2013  E1.0 INCH        LAMOURE            ND   EMERGENCY MNGR

            VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY HALF MILE OR
            LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AT THIS TIME.

1131 AM     SNOW             12 N MINOT              48.41N 101.30W
12/02/2013  M2.0 INCH        WARD               ND   PUBLIC

1133 AM     SNOW             6 N DUNSEITH            48.90N 100.06W
12/02/2013  M4.0 INCH        ROLETTE            ND   PUBLIC

1220 PM     SNOW             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
12/02/2013  M3.5 INCH        WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR IN SOUTHEAST MINOT.

0120 PM     SNOW             HARVEY                  47.77N  99.94W
12/02/2013  M3.0 INCH        WELLS              ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SNOW TOTAL SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING

0254 PM     SNOW             JAMESTOWN               46.91N  98.71W
12/02/2013  M3.5 INCH        STUTSMAN           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0351 PM     SNOW             MINOT                   48.23N 101.30W
12/02/2013  M2.0 INCH        WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NORTH MINOT SNOWFALL DEPTH SO FAR.

0600 PM     SNOW             MCGREGOR                48.60N 102.93W
12/02/2013  E3.0 INCH        WILLIAMS           ND   PUBLIC

0601 PM     SNOW             CARRINGTON              47.45N  99.13W
12/02/2013  E4.0 INCH        FOSTER             ND   PUBLIC

0602 PM     SNOW             SHERWOOD                48.96N 101.63W
12/02/2013  E2.5 INCH        RENVILLE           ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

0738 PM     SNOW             WILLISTON               48.15N 103.63W
12/02/2013  E3.0 INCH        WILLIAMS           ND   PUBLIC

0747 PM     SNOW             MCCLUSKY                47.49N 100.44W
12/02/2013  M5.0 INCH        SHERIDAN           ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

0749 PM     SNOW             GARRISON                47.65N 101.42W
12/02/2013  M1.0 INCH        MCLEAN             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

0804 PM     SNOW             CROSBY                  48.91N 103.30W
12/02/2013  E2.5 INCH        DIVIDE             ND   PUBLIC

&&

MMATHEWS
Local storm report, Dec 2, 7:38 PM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
838 PM CST MON DEC 02 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0837 PM     SNOW             NW ROLLA                48.86N  99.62W
12/02/2013  E4.0 INCH        ROLETTE            ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

ABELING
Local storm report, Dec 2, 9:06 PM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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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.