Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Mar 30, 2014, 3:27 PM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 48 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 30, 2014, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 31, 6:03 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Michigan, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Argyle, MN | SNOW OVERNIGHT...STOPPED NOW. |
| Mar 31, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 5 E Lankin, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 7:17 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Devils Lake, ND | ESTIMATED 4-5 INCHES BUT WITH THE WIND HARD TO TELL |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Leeds, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 7:51 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Pembina, ND | |
| Mar 31, 7:51 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Drayton, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 8:54 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Park River, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 9:03 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Lancaster, MN | IN TOWN QUARTER TO HALF MILE VISBY |
| Mar 31, 10:01 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 S Brampton, ND | BAND OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO ONE-EIGHT INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOLLOWED BY BRIEF PERIOD OF ICE PELLETS... BETWEEN 9AM AND 10AM. |
| Mar 31, 10:01 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 2 S Brampton, ND | BAND OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO ONE-EIGHT INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOLLOWED BY BRIEF PERIOD OF ICE PELLETS... BETWEEN 9AM AND 10AM. |
| Mar 31, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | New Rockford, ND | QUARTER MILE VISBY IN TOWN. |
| Mar 31, 11:11 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Hallock, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 4 Ese Starkweather, ND | ZERO VISIBILITY. MEASURED 5 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH NOON. |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Grand Forks, ND | VSBY A QUARTER MILE IN TOWN. |
| Mar 31, 1:12 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mayville, ND | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSNOW. |
| Mar 31, 1:38 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Grafton, ND | INTOWN VISBY VERY POOR LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | Devils Lake, ND | STORM TOTAL. VISBY STILL AT A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN TOWN. |
| Mar 31, 2:58 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Hallock, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | East Grand Forks, MN | SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6.5 INCHES THROUGH 4PM. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 6 W Manvel, ND | ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE MID AFTERNOON WITH MEASURED 9 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR... MORE STILL FALLING. |
| Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 14.5 | Larimore, ND | ESTIMATED 14-15 INCHES. STILL SNOWIING |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Grand Forks, ND | STORM TOTAL AS OF 7 PM OF 9.5 INCHES SNOW AND 0.51 INCHES LIQUID. TWO-FOOT DRIFTS AT OFFICE. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 13 | Park River, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 14 | Hallock, MN | STILL LIGHT SNOW |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 14 | Rogers, ND | STILL LIGHT SNOW |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 20 | Grafton, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 12 Nw Cavalier, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 11.5 | Reynolds, ND | STILL LIGHT SNOW |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 12 | East Grand Forks, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 8:27 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 S Vergas, MN | ICE ON EVERYTHING...JUST TURNED TO ALL SNOW |
| Mar 31, 8:27 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 E Gilby, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 8:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Fargo, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 8:38 PM CDT | SLEET 1.2 | New York Mills, MN | SIGNIFCANT SLEET ACCUMULATION |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 1.7 | Moorhead, MN | OFFFICIAL FARGO-MOORHEAD SNOWFALL TOTAL -- STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 10.5 | Grand Forks, ND | NWS OFFICE SNOWFALL TOTAL AS OF 9 PM -- STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 13 | Valley City, ND | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 9:47 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Elizabeth, MN | 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH ICE AS WELL. STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 9:47 PM CDT | SNOW 12.5 | 4 S Hoople, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 9:47 PM CDT | SNOW 14 | Crookston, MN | STILL SNOWING. THUDNERSNOW LATE AFTERNOON |
| Mar 31, 9:47 PM CDT | SNOW 18 | 3 Nw Warren, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 31, 9:50 PM CDT | SNOW 10 | Devils Lake, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 31, 10:29 PM CDT | SNOW 15 | Newfolden, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Apr 1, 3:16 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Fargo, ND | STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES BY WDAY TV OF 3-4 INCHES |
| Apr 1, 6:54 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Lidgerwood, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Apr 1, 6:54 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Moorhead, MN | OFFICIAL FARGO-MOORHEAD CLIMATE SNOWFALL FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. STORM TOTAL |
| Apr 1, 6:54 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Hankinson, ND | STORM TOTAL |
| Apr 1, 6:54 AM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | Fargo, ND | NORTHPORT AREA OF FARGO. STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WWUS43 KFGF 302027 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO MINNESOTA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ039-049-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-CASS-RANSOM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...FARGO...LISBON 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWERED WHERE IT RAINS FOR A LONGER PERIOD. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013-014-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ022>024-027-028-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWERED WHERE IT RAINS FOR A LONGER PERIOD. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ015>017-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWERED WHERE IT RAINS FOR A LONGER PERIOD. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0002.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ052-053-011200- /O.EXT.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...AFTER WHICH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 327 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...AFTER WHICH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ TG/VG/JK
10 follow-up statements
569 WWUS43 KFGF 310511 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO MINNESOTA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT ALONG AND WEST OF THE VALLEY. MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ039-049-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-CASS-RANSOM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...FARGO...LISBON 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWERED WHERE IT RAINS FOR A LONGER PERIOD. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICE FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND BEFORE SNOW FALLS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013-014-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T0600Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ015>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWERED WHERE IT RAINS FOR A LONGER PERIOD. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...AFTER WHICH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ052-053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1211 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...AFTER WHICH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
622 WWUS43 KFGF 310912 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MIDDAY TODAY AND THEN TO WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS THIS EVENING THEN TO SOUTH OF DULUTH NEAR MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND OVER NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. MNZ029-NDZ052-053-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAINLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON-EVENING PERIOD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP TOWARD MIDDAY WITH THE MAIN SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0005.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 50 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP MIDDAY AND THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE MAIN FORCE OF THE STORM WILL HIT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND BE MOST INTENSE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY OVER THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN CANDO...6 TO 10 INCHES DEVILS LAKE TO CAVALIER....10 TO 15 INCHES FROM NEW ROCKFORD THROUGH GRAFTON AND GRAND FORKS TO WARROAD...THEN A BAND OF 6 TO 10 INCHES VALLEY CITY TO MAYVILLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ039-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...FARGO 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MID AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THE AREA WILL VARY GREATLY WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICE FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND BEFORE SNOW FALLS. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 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. && $$ NDZ049-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ RANSOM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LISBON 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER AREA TOWARD MIDDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICE FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND BEFORE SNOW FALLS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013-014-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ015>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BECOME ALL SNOW MID AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 412 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DTR
523 WWUS43 KFGF 311605 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE EAST. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY OVER THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WITH AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN CANDO. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE...CAVALIER..NEW ROCKFORD...GRAFTON...AND GRAND FORKS AREAS. THEN...6 TO 10 INCHES FROM VALLEY CITY TO MAYVILLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ039-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...FARGO 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THE AREA WILL VARY GREATLY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SOME ICE FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND BEFORE SNOW FALLS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ052-053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140331T1800Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THE AREA WILL VARY GREATLY...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED FREEZING RAIN...WHICH HAS MADE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ049-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ RANSOM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LISBON 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THE AREA WILL VARY GREATLY...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED FREEZING RAIN...WHICH HAS MADE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THE AREA WILL VARY GREATLY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN...WHICH WOULD MAKE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ 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- 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 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...TRANSITIONING INTO THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE DETROIT LAKES...PARK RAPIDS...AND BEMIDJI AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1105 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TG
357 WWUS43 KFGF 311816 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION TODAY... .THE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE EAST. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NDZ006-007-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-014>016-024-026>029-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-049-052-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 5 TO 9 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...WAHPETON 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW...WHICH WOULD MAKE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW...LEADING TO ICY ROADS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 116 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TG
942 WWUS43 KFGF 312046 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .THE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE THE SNOWFALL. NDZ006-007-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOW THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-014>016-024-026>029-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOW THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-049-052-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOW INTO THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...WAHPETON 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW...WHICH WOULD MAKE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW...LEADING TO ICY ROADS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 346 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TG
475 WWUS43 KFGF 010012 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .THE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE THE SNOWFALL. NDZ006-007-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-014>016-024-026>029-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOW THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-049-052-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXTREME BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOW INTO THE LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...WAHPETON 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE THE SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW...LEADING TO ICY ROADS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 712 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TG
792 WWUS43 KFGF 010156 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .THE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE THE SNOWFALL. NDZ006-007-010300- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-014>016-024-026>029-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-049-052-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...WAHPETON 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A PORTION OF THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE THE SNOW...WHICH WILL MAKE THE ROADS ICY. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE SNOW...LEADING TO ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 856 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TG
855 WWUS43 KFGF 010539 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM STARTING TO WIND DOWN... .THE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SNOW ACTUALLY FALLS. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS TURNED TO ALL SNOW AND EXPECT OCCASIONAL SNOW THROUGH DAYBREAK. WINDS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND FAR NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY HAVE DIMINISHED FURTHER AND THE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE AND THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEY AROUND PEMBINA WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE BLIZZARD WARNING. MNZ004-NDZ008-014-015-024-010645- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ KITTSON-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE SNOW HAS MOVED OUT AND WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. WHILE VISIBLITIES WILL STILL BE LOW IN SOME AREAS WIDESPREAD BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING. MANY AREAS RECEIVED WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW SO TRAVEL REGARDLESS OF THE WIND WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL DAYBREAK. $$ MNZ001-007-NDZ016-026>029-038-054-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...WARREN... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/SNOW...THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED BUT NORTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL STILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MARKEDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE DAYBREAK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA HAVE RANGED FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-049-052-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/SNOW...NORTH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. ONE LAST BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH SNOW ENDING BEFORE DAYBREAK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY IN THIS REGION WITH UP TO 9 INCHES IN THE MAYVILLE AREA TO GENERALLY 2-5 INCHES FARGO AREA. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ029-NDZ053-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...WAHPETON 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN EARLIER TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LEFT MANY ROADS ICE COVERED. WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICY ROADS TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN EARLIER TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LEFT MANY ROADS ICE COVERED. WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICY ROADS TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ013>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...VARIES GREATLY FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES IN THIEF RIVER FALLS TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN PARK RAPIDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ICING IN THE PARK RAPIDS AND BEMIDJI AREAS SO ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY UNDERNEATH THE 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. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 1239 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * ICE ACCUMULATION...UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN EARLIER TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LEFT MANY ROADS ICE COVERED. WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICY ROADS TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DTR
455 WWUS43 KFGF 010857 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .LOW PRESSURE WAS NEAR DULUTH AT 330 AM AND AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE WAY THE REMAINING SNOW FROM WARROAD TO MOORHEAD TO WAHPETON EASTWARD WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST AND END EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO SLOWLY DIMINISH. THUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST. BECAUSE OF THIS THE BLIZZARD WARNINGS IN THE GRAND FORKS...VALLEY CITY....FARGO AND LISBON AREAS WILL BE CANCELLED. BLIZZARD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FERGUS FALLS AREA UNTIL 7 AM AS SCHEDULED. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR BAUDETTE...BEMIDJI AND PARK RAPIDS AS WELL UNTIL 7 AM. ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE TO WADENA AREA AS WELL. MNZ001>003-007-NDZ016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-011000- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...WARREN...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH DAYBREAK. ALL THE SNOW IS OVER AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. $$ MNZ005-008-013-014-011000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. $$ MNZ029-030-040-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY DAYBREAK WITH A TOTAL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN EARLIER TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LEFT MANY ROADS ICE COVERED. WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICY ROADS TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ MNZ006-009-015>017-022>024-027-028-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW. * SNOW...SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS STILL POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE BEMIDJI AND PARK RAPIDS AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ICING IN THE PARK RAPIDS AND BEMIDJI AREAS SO ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY UNDERNEATH THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ031-032-011200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 357 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN EARLIER TODAY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY LEFT MANY ROADS ICE COVERED. WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICY ROADS TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DTR
892 WWUS43 KFGF 011204 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 704 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...ALL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES DROPPED... MNZ029-030-040-011315- /O.EXP.KFGF.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE 704 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ006-009-015>017-022>024-027-028-011315- /O.EXP.KFGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE 704 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY MID MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. $$ MNZ031-032-011315- /O.EXP.KFGF.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 704 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY MID MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 40 hr |
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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.