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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 2, 20149 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard watch at Jan 2, 2014, 2:23 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 3, 2014, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2014, 2:23 PM CST (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 3, 2014, 11:06 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 26 counties

Becker County, MN, 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2014-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2014-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
105 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

170 
WWUS43 KFGF 022023
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
223 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF FRIGID ARCTIC 
AIR TO THE REGION. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH THE
MORNING ON FRIDAY...HELPING LOOSEN THE SNOW PACK. ONE TO THREE INCHES
OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT FRIDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
INTENSE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 MPH TO 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGH WINDS...CURRENT SNOW PACK AND
ADDITIONAL FRESH SNOWFALL COULD COMBINE TO BRING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. BY FRIDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
INTO THE ENTIRE RED RIVER VALLEY. THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN VERY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.

THE SYSTEM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE STRONGEST ARCTIC OUTBREAK OF
THE WINTER SEASON...WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S TO 30S
BELOW ZERO POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING
TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS AROUND 40 TO 60 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-
041800-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.140102T2200Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140104T0000Z-140104T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-
EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
223 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A
BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SOME BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY. 

  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
  FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH LATE
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES.
  NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY EVENING
  AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER
  VALLEY...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH VALLEY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...WITH LIFE
  THREATENING WIND CHILLS 40 TO 60 BELOW DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND AND
  PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY
  NEXT WEEK. THERE COULD ALSO BE A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
  FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE AREA...BEFORE THE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-041800-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.140102T2200Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1800Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS
223 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A
BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SOME BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND
  NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. 

  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE RED RIVER
  VALLEY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH LATE
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES.
  NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY EVENING
  AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER
  VALLEY...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH VALLEY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...WITH LIFE
  THREATENING WIND CHILLS 40 TO 60 BELOW DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND AND
  PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY
  NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-031200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.140102T2200Z-140103T1200Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...
RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...
BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
223 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH
  LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...40 TO 60 BELOW
  LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS LATER
  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

DK/PJS
3 follow-up statements
687 
WWUS43 KFGF 030342
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
942 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF FRIGID
ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT
THROUGH THE MORNING ON FRIDAY...HELPING LOOSEN THE SNOW PACK. ONE
TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT FRIDAY EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT. INTENSE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 30 MPH TO 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHERN VALLEY LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGH WINDS...CURRENT SNOW PACK AND
ADDITIONAL FRESH SNOWFALL COULD COMBINE TO BRING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. BY FRIDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
INTO THE ENTIRE RED RIVER VALLEY. THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN VERY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.

THE SYSTEM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE STRONGEST ARCTIC OUTBREAK OF
THE WINTER SEASON...WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S TO 30S
BELOW ZERO POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING
TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS AROUND 40 TO 60 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-
041800-
/O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140104T0000Z-140104T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-
EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
942 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A
BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SOME 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY. 

  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE  
  FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. NORTHERLY 
  WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY EVENING AND 
  FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO 
  SATURDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY... 
  WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...WITH LIFE 
  THREATENING WIND CHILLS 40 TO 60 BELOW DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND 
  AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING 
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY 
  NEXT WEEK. THERE COULD ALSO BE A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION 
  FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE AREA...BEFORE THE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-041800-
/O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1800Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS
942 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A
BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SOME BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RED
  RIVER VALLEY.

  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE  
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE RED RIVER
  VALLEY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. NORTHERLY 
  WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY EVENING AND 
  FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO 
  SATURDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY... 
  WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...WITH LIFE 
  THREATENING WIND CHILLS 40 TO 60 BELOW DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND 
  AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING 
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY 
  NEXT WEEK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-031200-
/O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...
RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...
BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
942 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH 
  LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY 
  NEXT WEEK. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT...40 TO 60 BELOW 
  LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS LATER 
  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE
CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
178 
WWUS43 KFGF 030959
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
359 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NEAR REGINA TO GRAND FORKS BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TOWARD DULUTH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND INTO THE LAKE OF THE WOODS
REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5
INCHES. SOUTH OF THE LOW TRACK FROM ALONG HIGHWAY TWO AND
SOUTHWARD LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THIS MORNING WITH A
CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT MIXED FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW
DEVELOPING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST OF GRAND FORKS THIS EVENING...NORTH
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH CAUSING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. THESE WINDS WILL FIRST IMPACT THE FAR
NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN BETWEEN 3 AND
6 PM TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT. FARTHER SOUTH THE STRONG
WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT DEVELOP UNTIL AFTER 6 PM.
WILL ISSUE A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE DEVILS LAKE INTO PEMBINA-
GRAFTON AREAS AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL START MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON BUT KEEP THE WATCH OUT FOR OTHER AREAS SOUTH OF THERE
DUE TO ALLOW TIME DURING THE DAY TO FINE TUNE TIMING OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

THE HIGHEST WINDS AND WORST BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY FALL SATURDAY...WITH A LARGER
COLD AIRMASS TO DROP IN SATURDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. UNLIKE THE LAST COLD AIR OUTBREAK...WINDS WILL REMAIN A
FACTOR AND CREATE A DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUE OF 40 TO 60
BELOW ZERO SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. 



MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-041500-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1500Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS
359 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH
  MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY CAUSING
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER ONE
  QUARTER MILE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACTUAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.


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.

&&

$$

MNZ005-006-009-041200-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0001.140103T1200Z-140104T1200Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
359 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FOR MUCH OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 5
  INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TURN NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT
  WEEK. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-
041800-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140104T0000Z-140104T1800Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-
EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
359 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY MORNING. D

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45
  MPH AFTER 6 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY CAUSING
  POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
  BLIZZARD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED ONCE TIMING OF THE EVENT IS
  BETTER DETERMINED. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED
  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY TWO TONIGHT.  

* OTHER IMPACTS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A RISK OF SOME LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.


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.

&&

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-031100-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T1200Z/
EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-
EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...
LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
359 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB DURING THE REST OF THE EARLY
MORNING. DESPITE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OUT OF
ADVISORY RANGE IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. LOOKING AHEAD
THOUGH DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RETURN SATURDAY INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. 


$$

DTR
064 
WWUS43 KFGF 031706
WSWFGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE VALLEY...

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NEAR REGINA TO GRAND FORKS BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TOWARD DULUTH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND INTO THE LAKE OF THE WOODS
REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO
5 INCHES. SOUTH OF THE LOW TRACK FROM ALONG HIGHWAY TWO AND
SOUTHWARD LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THIS MORNING WITH
A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT MIXED FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW
DEVELOPING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST OF GRAND FORKS THIS EVENING...NORTH
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH CAUSING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. THESE WINDS WILL FIRST IMPACT THE FAR
NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN BETWEEN
3 AND 6 PM TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT. FARTHER SOUTH THE
STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT DEVELOP UNTIL AFTER
7 PM. 

THE HIGHEST WINDS AND WORST BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY FALL SATURDAY...WITH A LARGER
COLD AIRMASS TO DROP IN SATURDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. UNLIKE THE LAST COLD AIR OUTBREAK...WINDS WILL REMAIN A
FACTOR AND CREATE A DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUE OF 40 TO
60 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

MNZ001-002-NDZ024-026>030-041500-
/O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140104T0000Z-140104T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.140104T0100Z-140104T1500Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...MAYVILLE
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE GRAND FORKS
  REGION BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY 9 PM CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED
  TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD CAUSE EXTREMELY ICY
  CONDITIONS BEFORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A RISK OF SOME 
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AND VERY ICY ROADS. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING WIND
  CHILLS FROM 40 TO 60 BELOW LATER ON SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-041500-
/O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.140104T0000Z-140104T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.140104T0300Z-140104T1500Z/
CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...
BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...
LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE FARGO AREA
  BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTH-
  NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY 10 PM CONTINUE
  THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
  OPEN COUNTRY IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED
  TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD CAUSE EXTREMELY ICY
  CONDITIONS BEFORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP TONIGHT.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A RISK OF SOME 
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AND VERY ICY ROADS. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING WIND
  CHILLS FROM 40 TO 60 BELOW LATER ON SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT
  WEEK.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-041500-
/O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1500Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 
  MPH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY 
  CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO 
  UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACTUAL NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING 
  WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY 
  NEXT WEEK. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ008-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-041500-
/O.EXB.KFGF.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-
EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...
LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH 1
  TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL BY SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TURN NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING
  RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING
  WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 60 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ005-006-009-041500-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE
1106 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL FOR MUCH OF TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 
  INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TURN NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING WIND
  CHILLS TO 60 BELOW LATER SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

DK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Jan 2, 2:23 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:23 PM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
223 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 225 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS AND
POTENTIAL BLIZZARD LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND PREFER THE CONSISTENT GFS/ECMWF
MIX THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND THERE WILL BE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 35 BELOW IN ALL AREAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE
30KT TO MIX FROM THE SOUTH IN THE VALLEY...AND BLOWING SNOW IS
LIKELY WITH VSBYS DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. TEMPS
WILL SLOWLY RISE WITH THE SOUTH WINDS. THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT
SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH LATE...BUT MINIMAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

ON FRIDAY/FRI NIGHT...SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
VALLEY BY 00Z. EXPECT A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIP IN THE WARM
SECTOR...WITH SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN THE FAR N/NW AFTER 21Z...WITH
POTENTIAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AND MOVING SOUTH THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE ABOUT 40-45KT TO MIX
FROM 880MB PER THE GFS/ECMWF...WITH THE NAM A BIT WEAKER WITH THE
MIXED LAYER. GIVEN THAT THERE WILL BE FALLING SNOW...AND BLOWING
SNOW ADVECTING SOUTH...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP IN THE
NORTHERN VALLEY AFTER 21Z FRI...MOVING INTO THE GFK AREA BY 2Z OR
SO THEN TO FARGO AFTER 3Z. FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE...WILL START THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IN THE NORTH AT 21Z FRI THEN POINTS SOUTH AT 00Z
SAT IN CASE FRONT SPEEDS UP A BIT.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 225 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

FOR SATURDAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG DURING THE MORNING WITH
30-35KT TO MIX UNTIL 18Z SAT. THEREFORE...BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN
A PROBLEM IN THE VALLEY WITH LIKELY FALLING TEMPS BELOW ZERO IN ALL
AREAS ON SATURDAY.

FOR SAT NIGHT/SUN...CONTINUED INTENSE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL
CONTINUE WITH 925MB TEMPS FALLING TO -35C BY SUNDAY EVENING.
COUPLE THIS WITH TEMPS WELL BELOW ZERO AND 10-25MPH WINDS...LIFE
THREATENING WIND CHILLS TO 60 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE A
DANGEROUS ARCTIC OUTBREAK GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF WIND
CHILLS...SOME FLURRIES POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING/DRIFTING. CAUTION IS URGED BY ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS
DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.

FOR MON-THU...THE LONG TERM WILL START OUT WITH A NORTHERLY FLOW
PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUING TO HOLD A FRIGID ARCTIC AIR MASS IN
PLACE...BRINGING WELL BELOW AVG TEMPS TO THE AREA EARLY IN THE
WEEK. AN UPPER WAVE DROPS INTO THE DAKOTAS TUE NIGHT INTO
WED...HOWEVER APPEARS ANY SNOW WILL BE ACROSS CNTRL AND WRN ND
WITH THE SFC HIGH MOVING ACROSS THE VALLEY. AN H500 SHORT WAVE
RIDGE THEN CONTINUES THE DRY WEATHER FROM WED TO THE END OF THE
WEEK...WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING UP TO BRING MUCH WELCOMED RELIEF
TO THE FRIGID AIRMASS. TEMPS IN THE TEENS ARE POSSIBLE BY
THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1210 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHEN A MID LEVEL DECK WILL
MOVE IN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND COULD
CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS RUNWAYS AND POSSIBLY VSBY
REDUCTIONS...BUT TO SOON TO PINPOINT VSBY IMPACTS ON ANY GIVEN RWY.
WILL HOLD MENTION FOR ALL EXCEPT FAR...BRINGING IN SOME AM HAZE.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
     NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-
     024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054.

     BLIZZARD WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
     FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-054.

MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
     MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR MNZ001>009-013>017-
     022>024-027>032-040.

     BLIZZARD WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
     FOR MNZ004-007.

&&

SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM...DK/SPEICHER
AVIATION...DK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 7:13 AM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
713 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-031315-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
713 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY
AND THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM REGINA TO NEAR GRAND FORKS TO DULUTH
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE SNOW WIL FALL NORTH OF THE
LOW TRACK ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER WITH 1-2 INCHES THERE...WITH
HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 OR 4 INCHES IN LAKE OF THE WOODS REGION.
SPOTTY MIXED SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. FRIDAY NIGHT WILL SEE A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
ACCOMPANIED BY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL CREATE VERY LOW WIND
CHILLS DOWN INTO THE 40 TO 60 BELOW ZERO RANGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DTR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 2:23 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.