Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Mar 5, 2014, 11:19 AM CST for Kittson County, Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 5, 2014, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2014, 11:19 AM CST (17:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2014, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2014, 7:16 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WWUS43 KFGF 051719 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1119 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-061200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WW.Y.0017.140305T1800Z-140306T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0008.140305T2000Z-140306T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.140306T0400Z-140306T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 1119 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN COUNTRY IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE MOST SEVERE IMPACTS AND ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. * WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME OVERNIGHT BUT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY IN PRONE OPEN AREAS. * VISIBILITIES...OPEN COUNTY AREAS OF ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH FOR MOST AREAS...POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH LATE 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. && $$ NDZ007-054-061200- /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0008.140305T2000Z-140306T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.140306T0400Z-140306T1200Z/ CAVALIER-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANGDON...ADAMS 1119 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN COUNTRY IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE MOST SEVERE IMPACTS AND ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS. * WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME OVERNIGHT BUT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY IN PRONE OPEN AREAS. * VISIBILITIES...OPEN COUNTY AREAS OF ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH FOR MOST AREAS...POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-005-006-008-013>015-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028>030-061200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.140305T2000Z-140306T1200Z/ NORMAN-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 1119 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN OPEN AREAS OF THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
840 WWUS43 KFGF 052134 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 334 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ007-008-016-027-054-061200- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140306T0400Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.140306T0400Z-140306T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... ADAMS 334 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN COUNTRY IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MID-EVENING. THE MOST SEVERE IMPACTS AND ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL OCCUR NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WHEN SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS. * WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME OVERNIGHT BUT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY IN PRONE OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH FOR MOST AREAS...POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THROUGH LATE 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. && $$ MNZ002-005-006-008-013>015-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028>030-061200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140306T1200Z/ NORMAN-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 334 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE POSSIBLE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN OPEN AREAS OF THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK/JAM
261 WWUS43 KFGF 060116 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 716 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY ARE STARTING TO REDUCE AND SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW MOVING EAST. WIDESPREAD GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DID NOT MATERIALIZE AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELLED. HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 25 MPH AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIDESPREAD DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING AND OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE HALF MILE ESPECIALLY FROM CROOKSTON TO HALLOCK. AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH FAR NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WITH A MIXTURE OF VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY TWO CORRIDOR. FOR ALL AREAS...DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADS ARE CAUSING MANY ACCIDENTS DUE TO ICE. USE EXTREME CAUTION. MNZ001-004-007-NDZ007-008-016-027-054-061200- /O.CAN.KFGF.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140306T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.140306T0116Z-140306T1200Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... ADAMS 716 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN SPOTS TO UNDER ONE MILE. SNOW BLOWING OVER ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POOR TRAVEL DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND A LIGHT MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY TWO CORRIDOR. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING UP TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WITH A MIX OF VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION CLOSER TO HIGHWAY TWO. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ002-005-006-008-013>015-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028>030-061200- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140306T1200Z/ NORMAN-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE 716 PM CST WED MAR 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN SPOTS TO UNDER ONE MILE. SNOW BLOWING OVER ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POOR TRAVEL DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AND A LIGHT MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE HIGHWAY TWO CORRIDOR. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING UP TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WITH A MIX OF VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION CLOSER TO HIGHWAY TWO. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Norman, Pennington and 3 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2014Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Every blizzard warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.