Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Watches in 2014
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
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
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.
- 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
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...DKHazardous 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 14 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.