Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Mar 16, 2013, 7:49 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 17, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr. 52 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
- Mar 16, 2013, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:13 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 2 E Breckenridge, MN | VISIBILITIY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE |
| Mar 17, 10:51 PM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | Fargo, ND | SEVERAL 3 FOOT DRIFTS IN PARKING LOT |
| Mar 18, 6:15 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Warroad, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 6:35 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Pelican Rapids, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | Mayville, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Lidgerwood, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Michigan, ND | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | Moorhead, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL...OFFICIAL FARGO OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Penn, ND | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Pembina, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Cavalier, ND | VISBY UNDER A QUARTER MILE. |
| Mar 18, 7:10 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Park River, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Roosevelt, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | 9 Sse Hawley, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Twin Valley, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Starkweather, ND | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Sebeka, MN | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | Mcleod, ND | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Sse West Fargo, ND | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Lake Itasca, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Bemidji, MN | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Mar 18, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Abercrombie, ND | |
| Mar 18, 8:35 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Greenbush, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 5 Ne Sarles, ND | POINT OF ENTRY...STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 18, 9:09 AM CDT | SNOW 4.3 | Lancaster, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 9:45 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Valley City, ND | |
| Mar 18, 9:45 AM CDT | SNOW 4.3 | 3 E Bemidji, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Warroad, MN | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 10:04 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Becida, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 10:04 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Tenstrike, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 10:10 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 N Park River, ND | |
| Mar 18, 10:16 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Devils Lake, ND | |
| Mar 18, 10:17 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | Larimore, ND | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 10:17 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Newfolden, MN | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 10:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Benedict, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 12:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Grand Forks, ND | TOTAL SO FAR...LIGHT SNOW ONGOING |
| Mar 18, 12:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Park Rapids, MN | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 12:27 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Baudette, MN | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 12:27 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Bagley, MN | VIA FACEBOOK...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 18, 1:07 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Grand Forks, ND | TOTAL SO FAR...LIGHT SNOW ONGOING |
| Mar 18, 2:26 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Wadena, MN | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 2:36 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Wadena, MN | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 3:51 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 N Park Rapids, MN | VIA FACEBOOK. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 18, 5:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | Grand Forks, ND | STORM TOTAL AT NWS OFFICE |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 7 S Oylen, MN | |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Warroad, MN | VIA FACEBOOK. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | Bemidji, MN | MEASURED AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY. STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Middle River, MN | VIA NWS FACEBOOK. ESTIMATED 8-9. |
| Mar 18, 5:44 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Park Rapids, MN | STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Mar 18, 5:53 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Karlstad, MN | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 5:53 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Fourtown, MN | VIA FACEBOOK. ESTIMATED 8 TO 10 INCHES. |
| Mar 18, 6:54 PM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | Moorhead, MN | 0.37 LIQUID. 3.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL -- OFFICIAL FARGO-MOORHEAD CLIMATE OBSERVATION |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 WWUS43 KFGF 170049 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 749 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200 WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW AREA. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AS LITTLE AS ONE HALF MILE AND CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS. MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-054-190000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0009.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130317T2100Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 749 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY AND NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ON MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM AROUND 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-190000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0009.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA 749 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS ONE HALF MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM AROUND 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0009.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 749 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 6 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
038 WWUS43 KFGF 171107 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS. MNZ003-027-029>031-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0009.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130317T1700Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ON MONDAY...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ024-028-032-190000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0009.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARK RAPIDS...WOLF LAKE...WADENA 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... 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 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-190000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130317T1700Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ON MONDAY...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ005-008-013>015-022-190000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TG
069 WWUS43 KFGF 171459 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 959 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS. MNZ001>004-007-027-029>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130317T1700Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 959 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ON MONDAY... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...WADENA 959 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
939 WWUS43 KFGF 171953 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 253 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. FOR THIS EVENING...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY MORNING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THIS STORM DEVELOPS. MNZ001>004-007-027-029>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 253 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ON MONDAY... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0300Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...WADENA 253 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
081 WWUS43 KFGF 180145 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 845 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. FOR THIS EVENING...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AFTER A LULL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AGAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.130318T0145Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 845 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-032-190000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0007.130318T0145Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...WADENA 845 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-027-031-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030- 054-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER- EAST OTTER TAIL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES...NEW YORK MILLS... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 845 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. ON MONDAY... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HOPKINS
066 WWUS43 KFGF 180927 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 427 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA BEFORE WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ACROSS THIS AREA WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR WINDS TO DEVELOP STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...SO STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES THAT MAY BE NEEDED. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 427 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-027-031-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030- 054-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER- EAST OTTER TAIL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES...NEW YORK MILLS... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 427 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...THERE WILL BE LULL EARLY THIS MORNING WHERE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER. STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WHEN THE STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS ARRIVE. OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WINDS TO DEVELOP STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...SO STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES THAT MAY BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...WADENA 427 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ENDING BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TG
861 WWUS43 KFGF 181113 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 613 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030-054- 190000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 613 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD FROM THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS ARE VERY LIGHT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...BUT WILL QUICKLY INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 613 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY WILL BE MINIMAL. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-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... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 613 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ENDING BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TODAY WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TG
920 WWUS43 KFGF 181508 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1008 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1008 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY WILL BE MINIMAL. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030-054- 190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1008 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1008 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ENDING BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TODAY WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
351 WWUS43 KFGF 182009 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 309 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT WHICH WILL SLOWLY END THE SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. LESS THAN AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE WOODS TO BEMIDJI AREA BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS TONIGHT. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL KEEP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 309 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030-054- 190000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 309 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-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... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 309 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THE LAKE OF THE WOODS TO BEMIDJI AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
476 WWUS43 KFGF 182356 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 656 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SNOW ENDING AND WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION... .THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING THE SNOW AND WINDS TO THE REGION HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. HOWEVER...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY CONTINUING TO CAUSE ROADS TO BE COVERED AND SLICK. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-038-039-049-052-053-190100- /O.EXP.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 656 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING THE SNOW AND WINDS TO THE REGION HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. HOWEVER...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY CONTINUING TO CAUSE ROADS TO BE COVERED AND SLICK. $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-029-030-054- 190100- /O.EXP.KFGF.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 656 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING THE SNOW AND WINDS TO THE REGION HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. HOWEVER...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY CONTINUING TO CAUSE ROADS TO BE COVERED AND SLICK. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-031-032-190100- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 656 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING THE SNOW AND WINDS TO THE REGION HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. HOWEVER...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY CONTINUING TO CAUSE ROADS TO BE COVERED AND SLICK. $$ HOPKINS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
305 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013
.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL FOCUS ON UPCOMING WINTER STORM
TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MODELS
CONTINUE TO DISPLAY DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON TIMING AND SURFACE LOW
TRACK. WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW GFS SOLUTION WHICH HAS BEEN MOST
CONSISTENT LAST SEVERAL RUNS.
FOR TONIGHT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO AND
ACROSS MN. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF EARLY THEN LEVEL OFF AS RETURN
FLOW/WARM ADVECTION SETS UP AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDEST TEMPERATURES
OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN FA WHICH WILL BE UNDER SURFACE HIGH
LONGEST.
SURFACE LOW TO ORGANIZE/DEEPEN ACROSS NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY.
AS IT DOES SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW. GFS INDICATING
SOME LOWERING CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT
REACHING THE NORTHERN VALLEY BY EVENING. WITH OTHER MODELS ALSO
INDICATING SOME LIGHT PCPN POTENTIAL ACROSS THE SAME AREA WILL
MAINTAIN INCREASING POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON. COLUMN WARMER HOWEVER
THICKENING CLOUDS WILL LIMIT TEMPERATURE RECOVERY.
MAIN EVENT WILL BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AS WAVE APPROACHES REGION AND
SURFACE LOW REACHES VALLEY REGION BY 12Z MONDAY. GEM HAS TAKEN A
MORE SOUTHERN TRACK TAKING SFC LOW ACROSS N SD WHICH WOULD GIVE
SOUTHERN FA MORE SNOW FALL. NAM REMAINS THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE/NORTHERN TRACK MODEL WITH SURFACE LOW NEAR INL BY MONDAY
MORNING. THIS SOLUTION WOULD AMOUNT TO LESS SNOWFALL ACROSS
FA...AROUND 4 INCHES OR SO. MORE CONSISTENT GFS TRACK LOW
ACROSS S ND WITH BEST SNOW POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTH HALF OF FA AND
LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTH. LATEST ECMWF A COMPROMISE BETWEEN
GFS AND NAM. WITH MODEL DIFFERENCES CONTINUING AND EVENT BEGINNING
THE THIRD PERIOD WILL MAINTAIN WATCH AND LET FGF TEAM LOOK AT ONE
MORE MODEL RUN BEFORE FINE TUNING WARNING AREA. STILL PREFER WINTER
STORM WATCH VS BLIZZARD WATCH AS MAIN SNOW EVENT WILL OCCUR AS
SURFACE LOW CROSSES FA AND COULD SEE A PERIOD OF RELATIVELY QUIET IN
WINDS BEFORE STRONGER NW WINDS AFFECT REGION MAINLY MONDAY MORNING.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE DEPENDING ON TRACK OF LOW STRONG WINDS ON BACK
SIDE OF LOW WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT FA AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WITH RECENT AND EXPECTED SNOWFALL. STRONG COLD
ADVECTION ON BACK SIDE OF LOW WILL AT BEST RESULT IN STEADY
TEMPERATURES MONDAY WITH A MINOR RECOVERY VCNTY SFC LOW EASTWARD.
DEFORMATION ZONE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
WITH SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WIND AND SNOW DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AS EXITS THE FA. SOME MIXING AND
LINGERING CLOUDS MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING TOO FAR BUT
TREND OF SUB ZERO MINIMUMS TO CONTINUE.
REMAINDER OF PERIOD LOOKS RELATIVELY DRY AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN
BUT WELL BLO AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO CONTINUE.
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
LONG WAVE STRONG BLOCK NEAR GREENLAND RETROGRADES A BIT THIS PERIOD
AND WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. GFS WAS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE ECMWF AT 84
HOURS AND BECOMES FASTER REST OF THE PERIOD. THE FASTER PATTERN IS
BOTH FROM THE FLOW ALOFT FROM THE WEST AND THE FLOW FROM THE
NORTHEAST. BOTH ECMWF AND THE GFS WERE TRENDING SLOWER WITH EACH
MODEL RUN...ESPECIALLY WITH FLOW TO THE NORTHEAST. WILL PREFER THE
SLOWER ECMWF.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING FORECAST TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST WED WHILE
RIDGING OVER HUDSON BAY WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST INTO THE
AREA STARTING THU. SOUNDINGS INDICATE TEMPS WILL RISE ALOFT BUT
SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FOR THU AND THEREAFTER. THE
INVERSION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND ATMOSPHERE MAY REMAIN
DECOUPLED. LOW PRECIPITABLE WATER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD TO
GET SQUEEZED OUT OF THE AREA WITH INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND THE NORTHEAST. SO WILL PREFER THE COLD SIDE OF
GUIDANCE.
TEMPS LOWERED COUPLE DEGREES FOR WED AND THU AND INCREASED 3 TO 5
DEGREES FOR SAT.
&&
.AVIATION...
ESSENTIALLY CLEAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. PATCHY CIGS AROUND 6
THOUSAND FT SOUTH AND EAST OF GFK WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 30-35
KNOTS. FOG AND VISIBLE LOOP INDICATED THIN CLOUDS OVER ROSEAU...LAKE
OF THE WOODS AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES. CIGS WERE ALSO AROUND 6 THOUSAND
FT IN THE NORTHEAST. ALSO PATCHY AREAS OVER SOUTHERN MAN AND NORTH
CENTRAL ND. WILL KEEP VFR CONDITIONS.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040.
&&
VOELKER/HOPPES/GODONHazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 5:35 AM CDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 535 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-171045- 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- 535 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. SIX INCHES OR MORE OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ROGERS
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.