Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Watches in 2013
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard watch at Feb 8, 2013, 11:12 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2013, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 3:58 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks 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), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WWUS43 KFGF 081712 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TRENDS THAT TAKE THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. AT THIS TIME...BEST CHANCES FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO JAMESTOWN LINE. HEAVIER SNOW BANDS COULD PRODUCE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. EXACT PLACEMENT IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT...BUT THE I-94 CORRIDOR REMAINS MOST LIKELY FOR SEEING THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE FAR NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITIES WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WILL BE AN ISSUE INTO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. MNZ003-027>031-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111715- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111715- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-111715- /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ024-032-111715- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ005>009-013>017-022-023-111715- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 1112 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JR/DK
6 follow-up statements
482 WWUS43 KFGF 082100 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TRENDS THAT TAKE THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. AT THIS TIME...BEST CHANCES FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO JAMESTOWN LINE. HEAVIER SNOW BANDS COULD PRODUCE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. EXACT PLACEMENT IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT...BUT THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94/US10 CORRIDOR REMAINS MOST LIKELY FOR SEEING THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE FAR NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITIES WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WILL BE AN ISSUE INTO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. MNZ003-027>031-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ024-032-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ005>009-013>017-022-023-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 300 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
148 WWUS43 KFGF 090329 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. AT THIS TIME...BEST CHANCES FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO JAMESTOWN LINE. HEAVIER SNOW BANDS COULD PRODUCE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. EXACT PLACEMENT IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT...BUT THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94/US10 CORRIDOR REMAINS MOST LIKELY FOR SEEING THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE FAR NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITIES WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WILL BE AN ISSUE INTO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. MNZ003-027>031-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ024-032-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ005>009-013>017-022-023-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 929 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
914 WWUS43 KFGF 091030 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TODAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ESPECIALLY HOW FAR WEST THE MAIN SNOW BAND GETS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ABERDEEN AND SISSETON THROUGH WAHPETON...FARGO...TO DETROIT LAKES AND BEMIDJI. SNOW TOTALS WILL DIMINISH NORTH AND WEST OF THIS BAND WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO COOPERSTOWN WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NORTHERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND ANY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND IN SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. MNZ003-027>031-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM WAHPETON TO DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND FORKS AND LOWER TOTALS NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND FORKS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ024-032-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE LOWER SNOWFALL FORECAST...THE BIG ISSUE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBLITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ005>009-013>017-022-023-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 430 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DTR
729 WWUS43 KFGF 092031 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TODAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ESPECIALLY HOW FAR WEST THE MAIN SNOW BAND GETS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ABERDEEN AND SISSETON THROUGH WAHPETON... FARGO...TO DETROIT LAKES AND BEMIDJI. SNOW TOTALS WILL DIMINISH NORTH AND WEST OF THIS BAND WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO VALLEY CITY...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND ANY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND IN SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. NDZ006-007-014-015-092145- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR SO...AND IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHANGES. $$ MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM WAHPETON TO DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ028-031-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...MAY BE REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM WAHPETON TO DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW DRIFTS COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ024-032-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW DRIFTS COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND FORKS AND LOWER TOTALS NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND FORKS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-024-026-028-054-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 231 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE LOWER SNOWFALL FORECAST...THE BIG ISSUE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HOPKINS
125 WWUS43 KFGF 100358 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 958 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TODAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ESPECIALLY HOW FAR WEST THE MAIN SNOW BAND GETS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ABERDEEN AND SISSETON THROUGH WAHPETON... FARGO...TO DETROIT LAKES AND BEMIDJI. SNOW TOTALS WILL DIMINISH NORTH AND WEST OF THIS BAND WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO VALLEY CITY...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND ANY FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND IN SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AS THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND SNOW BAND MAY CHANGE. MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 958 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM WAHPETON TO DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 958 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW DRIFTS COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 958 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND FORKS AND LOWER TOTALS NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND FORKS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-024-026-028-054-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 958 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE LOWER SNOWFALL FORECAST...THE BIG ISSUE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
192 WWUS43 KFGF 100958 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL MOVE TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD NORTH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE IN MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE STORM WILL BE FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO COOPERSTOWN LINE. WEST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING LANGDON AND DEVILS LAKE...ANY SNOWFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND UNDER AN INCH ACCUMULATION. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM THE SISSETON HILLS IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN ACROSS THE WAHPETON-FARGO AREA...THROUGH MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY...TO BEMIDJI. IN THIS REGION WIDESPREAD 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO THE WEST OF THIS REGION WITH A REGION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS TO COOPERSTOWN. IN THIS ZONE SNOWFALL WILL VARY GREATLY IN SHORT DISTANCES SO SNOWFALL FORECASTS FOR THIS ZONE MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WINDS TO START TODAY WILL BE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. LOOK FOR WINDS TO TURN MORE NORTHERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN SPEED TO 15 TO 30 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN RED VALLEY AND TO 20 TO 35 MPH IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. A BIT LESS SNOWFALL AND LIGHTER WINDS IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY WILL GIVE A BIT BETTER CONDITIONS....BUT STILL EXPECT REDUCED VISIBLITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AS CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE. MNZ002-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ NORMAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HALSTAD 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORMAN COUNTY....HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-NDZ027-029-030-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ WEST POLK-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL IN THIS REGION WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. EXPECT 1 TO 4 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND FORKS TO 4 TO 7 INCHES EAST AND SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ NDZ028-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ GRIGGS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COOPERSTOWN 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY VARY GREATLY IN A SHORT DISTANCE. OVERALL EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-111800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE BEMIDJI-PARK RAPIDS-LAKE ITASCA AREA. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN OPEN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW DRIFTS COULD MAKE SOME RURAL ROADS IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-024-026-054-111800- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0004.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0007.130210T1800Z-130211T1800Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS 358 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE LIMITED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...THE BIG ISSUE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL BRING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ DTR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch 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 watch went out at Feb 8, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
950 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013
.DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE FOG AND TEMPS. GETTING QUITE A
BIT OF FOG IN ALL AREAS...AND WILL ADD THROUGH TONIGHT WITH MOIST
AIRMASS AND CONTINUED ADVECTION FOG. WITH PLENTY OF
CLOUDS/FOG...TEMPS WON/T RISE TOO MUCH AND WILL TAKE A LOOK AT
LATEST OBS AND TRENDS. NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED TO FORECAST TODAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
QUITE CHALLENGING TO TIME IF OR WHEN THE LOWER CLOUDS AND FOG
WILL BURN OFF. FOR BEMIDJI THINK BETTER CHC FOR THE LOWER
CLOUDS/FOG TO BURN OFF TO GIVE SOME SUN TODAY AS JUST ENOUGH DRIER
AIR MAY REMAIN IN THAT REGION THIS AFTN. FOR THE REST OF THE
REGION IN THE FAR NW MN AND ERN ND WILL GO MORE PESSIMISTIC
ROUTE...THOUGH WOULD EXPECT IFR CIGS TO IMPROVE MODESTLY TO LOW
END MVFR THIS AFTN. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION SOME CLEARING HOLES
DEVELOP HOWEVER. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO
20 KTS WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS ESP IN THE VALLEY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 339 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013/
SHORT TERM...
MANY CHALLENGES THIS FCST PERIOD. FIRST OFF...CLOUD COVER TODAY.
AREAS OF CLEAR SKY IN EASTERN FCST AREA AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG
FORMING. ALSO HAVE AREAS OF FOG THAT FORMED UNDERNEATH A CLEAR
HOLE EARLIER IN THE EVENING IN THE COOPERSTOWN-VALLEY CITY AREAS.
SO WILL MENTION AREAS OF FOG TIL 16Z. LOW STRATUS COVERS THE RED
RIVER VALLEY AND ERN ND AND IS TRYING TO SPREAD EAST. FOR
TODAY...RAP MODEL HANGS MOISTURE AROUND IN THE 925-850 MB LAYER
MOST OF THE DAY...BUT SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASES DURING THE
DAY TO 15 TO 20 KTS IN THE VALLEY...BUT DIRECTION NOT FAVORABLE
FOR BIG BURN OFF OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. IF LOW CLOUDS DID BURN OFF
MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE SO MOSTLY CLOUDY IDEA ALL BUT
FAR EAST SEEMS GOOD TODAY. TEMPS WILL WARM SLOWLY TODAY AND IDEA
OF LOW TO MID 20S STILL OK WITH SOME UPPER 20S OR AROUND 30 FAR
SOUTHWEST IN GWINNER AREA DUE TO DOWNSLOPING OFF SISSETON HILLS.
WEAK SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE TROUGH TO MOVE THRU LATE TONIGHT AND
INTO THE ERN FCST AREA SATURDAY. SOME CLEARING MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT
INTO SATURDAY ESP INTO ERN ND. WILL HANG ON TO CLOUDS AND VERY LOW
CHC OF PRECIP SATURDAY IN BDE-BJI-ADC AREAS PER PREV FCST AND GFS
MODEL IDEA OF SOME SATURATION AND LIGHT QPF.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS REGARDING UPCOMING SYSTEM. STILL QUITE THE MODEL
SPREAD AS 00Z-06Z NAM AND ITS LIKE MODELS SUCH AS THE SREF AND
CRAS MODEL VIA UW-MADISON MAINTAIN A FARTHER WEST AND NORTHWEST
TRACK OF SFC LOW TO JUST NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS THEN TOWARD ST
CLOUD WITH A BROAD 500 MB TROUGH AND A BIG AREA OF SNOW ALL THE
WAY BACK TO WRN ND AND INTO MANITOBA. 00Z GFS/00Z ECMWF REMAIN
PRETTY CONSISTENT AND USED FOR THIS FCST AND PREFERRED BY HPC.
IDEA IS SFC LOW TO BE IN FAR NW IOWA 18Z SUN THEN TRACK TOWARD
SOUTHEASTERN MN 00Z MON. UPPER LOW A BIT FARTHER NORTHWEST FAVORS
MAIN DEF ZONE SNOW FROM ERN SD INTO FAR SE ND INTO NORTHEASTERN
MN. HPC SNOWFALL GRAPHIC HAS 6 INCH LINE ROX-GFK-JMS WITH 10-12 IN
FAR SE ND AND WCNTRL MN. TIMING OF SNOW HAS IT REACHING SE ND JUST
PAST 06Z SPREAD AND REACHING NE ND/NW MN NR 12Z SUN. NOTED THAT
00Z UKMET AND 00Z GEM REMAIN A BIT FARTHER SOUTH AND LESS WRAPPED
UP WITH PRECIP AND WOULD ONLY GIVE PRECIP TO FAR SE ND INTO MN AND
LEAVE MOST OF NORTHEASTERN ND WITH WAY LESS PRECIP.
COORD WITH BIS/DLH LEAD TO ISSUANCE OF WINTER STORM WATCHES
STARTING LATE NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF A ROX-GFK-JMS LINE.
FOR GFS/ECMWF SOLNS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KTS
SUSTAINED IN THE VALLEY LATE SUN AFTN-NIGHT. AFTER COORD DID
INCREASE WIND SPEEDS IN GRIDDS OVER ALL BLEND VALUES WHICH SEEMED
A BIT LOW. WILL MENTION BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PSBL BUT WITH SUCH
UNCERTAINTY YET IN TRACK OF STORM AND WIND FIELD HESISTANT TO GO
BLIZZARD WATCH OFF THE BAT.
LONG TERM (MONDAY-THURSDAY)...
THE SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST ON MONDAY. EXPECT SOME LIGHT
SNOW/SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY TO LINGER WITHIN BROADLY CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT.
THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX DURING THE DAY...BUT
925 MB WINDS AROUND 25-30 KTS AND DECENT MIXING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
SOME BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING AT LEAST. MODELS DO NOT SHOW
MUCH COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM...SO TEMPS LOOK TO BE
SEASONABLE FOR MONDAY.
FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE AIR MASS WILL BE OF PACIFIC
ORIGIN...SUPPORTING TEMPS NEAR OR A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER...TEMPS MAY BE COOLER IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIER
SNOWFALL. MUCH OF THE PERIOD LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY. 00Z MODELS DO
SUGGEST SOME ENERGY DIVING SOUTHEAST WITHIN NORTHWEST FLOW BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY SUPPORTING LOW POPS...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE
IS LOW AT THIS RANGE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT MODEL VARIABILITY.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR NDZ038-039-049-052-053.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR NDZ027-029-030.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR MNZ003-024-027>032-040.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR MNZ001-002-005>009-013>017-022-023.
&&
DKHazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 5:54 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 554 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-091200- CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- 554 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE AMOUNTS WOULD BE FROM SISSETON TO WAHPETON TO DETROIT LAKES TO BEMIDJI. THOUGH A SHIFT IN THE STORM TRACK WILL SHIFT THE CORE OF THE HEAVY SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH WINDS IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THUS VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND VERY POOR TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO CENTRAL NEBRASKA THEN TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE SUNDAY. MODEL UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM IS A BIT HIGHER THAN USUAL SO BE ALERT FOR FUTURE FORECAST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MNZ001-002-005>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ027-029-030-091200- WEST POLK-NORMAN-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- 554 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING... 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE EAST OF A ROSEAU TO GRAND FORKS LINE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND BEMIDJI WITH LIGHTER TOTALS ROSEAU-GRAND FORKS REGION. JUST HOW FAR WEST THE MAIN SNOW WILL BE IS IN DOUBT SO ANY SMALL CHANGES IN THE STORM TRACK WILL GREATLY CHANGE SNOWFALL FORECASTS FOR SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW AND THE SNOW ON THE GROUND WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW WILL TRACK FROM COLORADO TO CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-091200- KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- 554 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. HOWEVER THE TRACK OF A STORM SYSTEM CAUSING THE LIGHT SNOW MAY CHANGE AND SHIFT THE THREAT OF HEAVIER SNOW TO THE WEST. SO STAY TUNED FOR ANY FUTURE CHANGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. DTR
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 48 hr |
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Sources
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