Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Apr 14, 2013, 1:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Apr 14, 2013, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 7:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Lisbon, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT | SNOW 4.7 | Valley City, ND | REPORT FROM VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERISTY CAMPUS |
| Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Valley City, ND | REPORT FROM VALLEY CITY ALONG I-94 |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WWUS43 KFGF 141853 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY MID DAY...AND FURTHER NORTH AND EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ028-038-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MID DAY...WITH RAPID DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ024-151800- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW ROCKFORD 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
939 WWUS43 KFGF 142049 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FURTHER NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ024-028-038-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOMORROW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. 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. && $$
416 WWUS43 KFGF 150036 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FURTHER NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ024-028-038-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0036Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WHICH WAS OVER THE COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND FORMAN AREAS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH A BIT OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER BY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. 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. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0036Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WHICH WAS OVER THE COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND FORMAN AREAS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH A BIT OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER BY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBLITIES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. EXPECT ALSO SOME SLEET AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW OF VARYING INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBLITIES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. REMEMBER DUE TO SNOW BANDING SNOW TOTAL MAY VARY GREATLY IN SHORT DISTANCES. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD THIS EVENING WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTHERLY MONDAY. VISIBLITIES IN WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. BUT DUE TO VARYING INTENSITY IN SNOW BANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY IN SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DTR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Apr 14, 1:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 1:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
139 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 139 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
MAIN CHANGE FOR THIS UPDATE IS TO THROW THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES
INTO A BLIZZARD WARNING. VIS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN IN RANSOM AND
SARGENT COUNTIES DUE TO THE VARIOUS INTENSITY OF THE BANDS MOVING
THROUGH. HOWEVER...REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS QUITE A BIT MORE SNOW
MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA. GUSTS ARE ABOVE 35 MPH IN
MANY SPOTS...EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS VALLEY CITY WHERE THE VIS HAS
NOT QUITE GONE DOWN YET. HOWEVER...ND DOT HAS REPORTED THAT PLOWS
HAVE BEEN PULLED DUE TO POOR VIS SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY AND THE
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO GRIGGS AND EDDY COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE INCREASING AND WINDS CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST 03Z WHEN THE CENTER OF THE SFC LOW ENTERS THE
SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. WILL INCLUDE OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN
BLIZZARD FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING BEFORE CONVERTING BACK TO WINTER
STORM AS WINDS SHOULD GO DOWN BUT SNOWFALL CONTINUES.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDED SLOWING DOWN NORTHWARD PROGRESSION OF POPS
A BIT MORE AND TRIMMING SNOW TOTALS A BIT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES WHERE THEY MAY GET THE DRY SLOT LATER TONIGHT. OTHER
UPDATE ISSUED AT 959 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
TIMING OF THE INCOMING SNOW AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE WINTER
HEADLINES CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE. THE NORTHWARD
PROGRESSION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES TO SLOW...WITH THE
RECENT SHORT RANGE MODELS AND RADAR TRENDS BEARING THIS OUT. ONLY
A FEW FLURRIES HAVE PROGRESSED AS FAR NORTH AS VALLEY CITY...AND
THE NAM...RAP...AND HRRR ARE ALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW NOT REALLY STARTING IN FAR UNTIL THE 18-21Z TIME
FRAME AND EVEN LATER FURTHER NORTH. ON THE OTHER HAND...HEAVIER
RADAR RETURNS HAVE ENTERED SARGENT COUNTY AND THE FORMAN WEB CAM
SHOWS CONDITIONS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY. FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE THE
HEADLINES ALONE BUT SLOW DOWN THE TIMING OF POPS AGAIN. WILL
UPDATE THE WSW WORDING TO SLOW THE TIMING A BIT AND MENTION A
RAPID CHANGE FROM DECENT CONDITIONS TO NEAR BLIZZARD AS HEAVY SNOW
ACTUALLY ARRIVES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 645 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE TO DELAY THE START TIME OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNINGS...WITH SNOW STARTING LATER IN ALL AREAS.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY
THIS MORNING...SPREADING TO THE CANADIAN BORDER BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. WE WILL ALSO EXTEND THE WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL
18Z MON WITH A SLOWER MOVING SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE
RAPIDLY TODAY ONCE HEAVY SNOW BEGINS...AND WINDS INCREASE. WE
WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...AND
HAVE MENTIONED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE WSW MAINLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
THE MAIN CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE IMPENDING WINTER STORM. MODELS
HAVE TRENDED SLOWER AND A BIT FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE SFC/UPPER
LEVEL LOW TRACKS. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN ALL HEADLINE
TIMING...ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BE DELAYED AND WILL REFLECT THIS IN
THE GRIDS.
FOR TODAY...STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT PER QG/OMEGA FIELDS WILL
MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE TIMES OF
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN EASTERN ND WHERE HEAVY
SNOW RATES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH.
THEREFORE...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN SNOW BEGINS. FURTHER
NORTH NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...SNOW MAY NOT BEGIN UNTIL NEAR
00Z. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN NEAR GFK AROUND 20Z...AND AROUND 16Z IN FARGO.
FOR TONIGHT...AS THE LOW LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST...EXPECT A
LARGE DEFORMATION SNOW BAND FOR THE REGION. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY
THIS EVENING ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING AND NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
ON MONDAY...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION
BY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE SLOW START TO THE STORM...SNOW WILL
CONTINUE IN THE NORTH THROUGH 18Z AT LEAST...AND HAVE INCREASED
SNOW CHANCES HERE. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WEAKENS BY AFTERNOON.
FOR TUESDAY...EXPECT SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW IN THE NORTH NEAR
WEAK CYCLONIC FLOW. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MID
APRIL AS WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS REMAIN OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH
A FRESH SNOW PACK.
ATTENTION ON WEDNESDAY TURNS TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING SYSTEM TO THE
WEST. 00Z MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A PROGRESSIVE LONGWAVE TROUGH
OVER THE ROCKIES WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY BEGINNING TO LIFT OUT INTO
THE PLAINS...AND SFC CYCLOGENESIS TAKING PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE
LOW-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE LATER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IN RECENT
DAYS...THE OPERATIONAL MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE
EVOLUTION OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY THROUGH THE BROADER TROUGH. THE 00Z
GEM/GFS AND ESPECIALLY THE 18Z DGEX SUGGEST A SLOWER AND FARTHER
NORTH SOLUTION COMPARED WITH THE ECMWF... AND THUS WOULD YIELD
BETTER SNOW CHANCES FOR THE REGION. TIME OF YEAR AND STRONG
DOWNSTREAM RIDGING WOULD SUPPORT A FARTHER NORTH SOLUTION...BUT
OVERALL CONFIDENCE ON THE TRACK/TIMING IS STILL LOW...GIVEN THE LACK
OF MODEL CONSISTENCY. THE SYSTEM BEARS WATCHING...THOUGH. WILL KEEP
THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION...IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL MODEL CONSENSUS...WITH PRECIP CHANCES
LINGERING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
OTHERWISE...TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MUCH BELOW MID-APRIL
AVERAGES...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. HIGH TEMPS LIKELY WILL REMAIN
IN 30S FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH LOWS IN THE 20S.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 139 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH
THE NIGHT...ALONG WITH INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS. THE OVERALL SYSTEM
IS MOVING MUCH SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST SO THAT HEAVY SNOW
ONSET HAS BEEN DELAYED 3 TO 6 HOURS COMPARED TO THE 12 UTC TAFS.
WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 KTS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...
AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY LATER TONIGHT. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE
THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY AT KDVL...KGFK AND KTVF.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY
FOR NDZ024-028-038-049-052.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ024-028-038-
049-052.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY FOR NDZ029-030-039-
053.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY FOR NDZ006>008-
014>016-026-027-054.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MNZ002-003-
022>024-027>032-040.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MNZ001-004>009-
013>017.
&&
UPDATE...JR
SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM...MAKOWSKI
AVIATION...ROGERSHazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:12 AM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 612 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-151115- 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- 612 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT LIGHT SNOW MONDAY MORNING FOR THE REGION...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW BACK INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:35 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele, Traill | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:53 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 23 hr |
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Sources
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