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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Apr 13, 2013, 6:25 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2013, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Fairmount, ND | |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Wheatland, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 5 S West Fargo, ND | |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Lidgerwood, ND | 0.40 LIQUID... STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 14, 5:07 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| Apr 14, 5:10 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Fargo, ND | REPORTED BY WDAY-TV |
| Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Park Rapids, MN | |
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Kindred, ND | LIQUID 0.45 STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Lisbon, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 5:48 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Park Rapids, MN | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING |
| Apr 14, 5:48 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Fergus Falls, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 5:48 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Fairmount, ND | |
| Apr 14, 5:48 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Oxbow, ND | |
| Apr 14, 5:48 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | West Fargo, ND | MEASURED ON LEVEL TABLE ON DECK |
| Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Moorhead, MN | LIQUID 0.35 --- OFFICIAL FARGO-MOORHEAD CLIMATE REPORT FOR WITH DATA THROUGH 6 PM |
| Apr 14, 6:44 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Fargo, ND | AT WDAY-TV IN SOUTH FARGO |
| Apr 14, 6:50 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Perley, MN | |
| Apr 14, 6:58 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Breckenridge, MN | |
| Apr 14, 6:58 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Fargo, ND | AT KVLY-TV IN SOUTH FARGO |
| Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT | SNOW 4.7 | Valley City, ND | REPORT FROM VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERISTY CAMPUS |
| Apr 14, 7:11 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Valley City, ND | REPORT FROM VALLEY CITY ALONG I-94 |
| Apr 14, 7:51 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Park Rapids, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 14, 7:53 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Valley City, ND | VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE |
| Apr 14, 7:53 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | West Fargo, ND | |
| Apr 14, 8:23 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Hillsboro, ND | |
| Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Fergus Falls, MN | |
| Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Park Rapids, MN | |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Wadena, MN | |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 6 S Oylen, MN | |
| Apr 14, 9:33 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Brantford, ND | |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | Perham, MN | |
| Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Grand Forks, ND | AT NWS OFFICE |
| Apr 14, 10:03 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Grand Forks, MN | AT NWS OFFICE |
| Apr 14, 10:25 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Larimore, ND | |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | SNOW 0 | Fargo, ND | KVLY - TV MELTED DOWN SNOW AND GOT 0.84 LIQUID. |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | Erhard, MN | |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 4 N Park Rapids, MN | NOW SNOWING LIGHTLY |
| Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | West Fargo, ND | MEASURED NEAR WEST FARGO HIGH SCHOOL ON UNDISTRUBED CONCRETE |
| Apr 14, 11:31 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Lisbon, ND | |
| Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Moorhead, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL FOR FARGO/MOORHEAD CLIMATE STATION. |
| Apr 15, 12:04 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Fargo, ND | 6 TO 7 INCHES REPORTED IN NORTH FARGO |
| Apr 15, 12:32 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 2 E Gilby, ND | |
| Apr 15, 12:50 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Valley City, ND | REPORTED FROM VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 15, 12:58 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | Grand Forks, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.19 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 5:45 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Frazee, MN | VIA NWS FACEBOOK PAGE. |
| Apr 15, 6:13 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 9 Sw Lankin, ND | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.76 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:14 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Pembina, ND | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.21 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:14 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | Pelican Rapids, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.40 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:15 AM CDT | SNOW 5.9 | Sabin, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 1.62 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:28 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Warroad, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.25 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 1 E Fertile, MN | |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 3 Se Breckenridge, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 1.05 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 6:57 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Park River, ND | 0.65 LIQUID, ABOUT 20 INCHES SNOW DEPTH |
| Apr 15, 6:57 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.8 | Fargo, ND | 1.15 LIQUID EQUIVALENT VALLEY NEWS LIVE STUDIO IN SOUTH FARGO |
| Apr 15, 6:59 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | Argyle, MN | 24 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mayville, ND | 24 HR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.83 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Sebeka, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.16 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | Greenbush, MN | 24-HOUR TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.28 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | Grand Forks, ND | 24-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 6 Se Penn, ND | 24-HOUR TOTAL. |
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, 11.4 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
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327 WWUS43 KFGF 131125 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 625 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0011.130414T1500Z-130415T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T1500Z-130415T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 625 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 151200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0011.130414T0900Z-130415T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T0900Z-130415T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 625 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LOWER TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAM
10 follow-up statements
517 WWUS43 KFGF 132032 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 332 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T1500Z-130415T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 332 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T0900Z-130415T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 332 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST- CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR A BRIEF PERIOD SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
578 WWUS43 KFGF 140317 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1017 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AND BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T1500Z-130415T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 1017 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T0900Z-130415T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1017 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST- CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR A BRIEF PERIOD SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
280 WWUS43 KFGF 140839 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 339 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LIFT FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T1500Z-130415T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 339 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD TODAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 151200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T0900Z-130415T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 339 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAM
959 WWUS43 KFGF 141135 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 635 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST- CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD NORTH TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ028>030-038-039-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0010.130414T1500Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 635 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 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 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ049-052-053-151800- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 635 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151800- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 635 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAM
304 WWUS43 KFGF 141530 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1030 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY MID DAY...AND FURTHER NORTH AND EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. MNZ029>032-040-NDZ049-052-053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 1030 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ028>030-038-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 1030 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MID DAY...WITH RAPID DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 1030 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
828 WWUS43 KFGF 141853 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TODAY INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY MID DAY...AND FURTHER NORTH AND EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ028-038-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MID DAY...WITH RAPID DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ024-151800- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.130414T1853Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW ROCKFORD 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 153 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
939 WWUS43 KFGF 142049 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FURTHER NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ024-028-038-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOMORROW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0300Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WITH SOME PLACES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130414T2100Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 349 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
416 WWUS43 KFGF 150036 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FURTHER NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SHARP TRANSITION FROM NOT MUCH PRECIPITATION TO HEAVY SNOW...SO CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY...AND REMAIN STRONG. THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHEYENNE RIVER VALLEY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. NDZ024-028-038-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0009.130415T0036Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WHICH WAS OVER THE COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND FORMAN AREAS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH A BIT OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER BY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130415T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0011.130415T0036Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WHICH WAS OVER THE COOPERSTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO LISBON AND FORMAN AREAS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH A BIT OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER BY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBLITIES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. EXPECT ALSO SOME SLEET AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW OF VARYING INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBLITIES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES EXPECTED. REMEMBER DUE TO SNOW BANDING SNOW TOTAL MAY VARY GREATLY IN SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 736 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SPREAD NORTHWARD THIS EVENING WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL TURN NORTHERLY MONDAY. VISIBLITIES IN WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. BUT DUE TO VARYING INTENSITY IN SNOW BANDS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY IN SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DTR
328 WWUS43 KFGF 150838 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE INTO TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW WINDS DOWN. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE MOST NOTICEABLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES...COMPARED WITH ROADWAYS. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ024-028-038-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NDZ049-052-151800- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 338 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JAM
630 WWUS43 KFGF 151755 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM ENDING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODIC LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...CREATING SOME REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY TO ONE MILE. MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-151900- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS WET SURFACES FREEZE. $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ029-030-039-151900- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS WET SURFACES FREEZE. $$ MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-026-027-054-151900- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS WET SURFACES FREEZE. $$ NDZ024-028-038-151900- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS WET SURFACES FREEZE. $$ NDZ049-052-151900- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130415T1800Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 1255 PM CDT MON APR 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH. UNTREATED ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AS WET SURFACES FREEZE. $$ ROGERS
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 Apr 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
340 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013
THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE UPCOMING STORM FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE COMING INTO GOOD AGREEMENT
OVERALL...WITH STILL A FEW DETAILS TO IRON OUT.
FOR TODAY...EXPECT SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES MAINLY IN
THE FAR EAST THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED
BY AFTERNOON BUT TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL.
FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS AND PRECIP SHOULD QUICKLY
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 06Z. A DYNAMIC STORM
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A BAND OF WAA INDUCED SNOW WITH SOME FREEZING
RAIN/SLEET IN THE FAR SOUTH.
ON SUNDAY...A WIDESPREAD BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
DEVELOP/SPREAD SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST. THERE COULD STILL BE SOME
RAIN MIXING IN THE FAR SOUTH AND EAST. VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS ARE
STRONG...WITH DEEP LAYERED OMEGA THROUGH 400 MB WITH STRONG FGEN
IN THE MID LEVELS. HIGH MOISTURE VALUES WITH PWATS AROUND 0.75
WILL ALSO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AS 850MB WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND
50 KT. IT WILL ALSO BECOME WINDY IN THE NORTH...AND EXPECT BLOWING
SNOW AND REDUCED VSBYS AS WELL. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE HOW MUCH
SNOW ACCUMULATES GIVEN IT IS MID APRIL. THERE SHOULD BE HIGH
ENOUGH QPF RATES TO PRODUCE SNOW RATES OF AN INCH...MAYBE 2...PER
HOUR IN SOME AREAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPS SHOULD HOVER NEAR
FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS...WITH SOME MELTING POSSIBLE ON PAVEMENT
AND HIGHER ACCUMS ON GRASSY AND SNOW SURFACES. THERE COULD BE
AREAS THAT GET UP TO 6 INCHES ON SUNDAY.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...SFC LOW SHOULD TRACK INTO THE
E/NE FORECAST AREAS WITH WRAPAROUND DEFORMATION SNOW BAND TO THE
NW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL FROM THE DVL BASIN INTO NE
ND...WHERE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS BY MONDAY MORNING COULD REACH UP TO A
FOOT IN SOME AREAS...WITH FAVORED LOCATIONS FROM CENTRAL ND INTO
THE DVL BASIN TO AROUND GRAND FORKS TO HALLOCK. FOR NOW WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE REGION SINCE
THE DRY SLOT COULD REDUCE QPF AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH A BIT. THERE IS
STILL TIME TO IRON OUT DETAILS...WITH THE LARGEST IMPACTS LATE SAT
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM APPEARS IMMINENT THOUGH FOR
MOST AREAS AT THIS TIME.
QUIETER WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO
PUSH AWAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE PLAINS AS
SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...CARVING OUT A
BROAD LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US. UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS
HOW THIS SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE ACROSS THE PLAINS. 00Z MODELS GENERALLY
TAKE THE SFC LOW UP INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY
THURSDAY...KEEPING THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST. WILL KEEP SOME POPS WITH FOR MID-WEEK GIVEN LOW CONFIDENCE
THOUGH. OTHERWISE...TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL
WITH 850 MB BAROCLINIC DISPLACED WELL SOUTH. EXPECT HIGHS MAINLY IN
THE 30S WITH LOWS IN THE 20S.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1152 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2013
VFR CIGS IN DEVILS LAKE REGION WILL LIKELY REMAIN THAT WAY
OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE 850 MB LAYER DRIES OUT SOME.
WILL SLOWLY DRY OUT THE 850 MB LAYER AT GFK/FAR/TVF BY 15Z AND
BRING IN MOSTLY LOW END VFR CLOUD DECK INSTEAD OF MVFR CIGS.
LAST PLACE TO SEE IMPROVING CIGS BEMIDJI SATURDAY AFTN. STILL HAVE
SOME LIGHT SNOW PATCHES WITH VSBYS AT TIMES VARIABLE BTWN 2-5SM.
THIS WILL DIMINISH AS WELL AFTER 12Z SAT.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR MNZ001-004>009-013>017.
&&
SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM...MAKOWSKI
AVIATION...RIDDLENearby
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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.