Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Mar 20, 2014, 4:31 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 21, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr. 21 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2014, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:19 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Newfolden, MN | |
| Mar 21, 7:22 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 4 N Arvilla, ND | |
| Mar 21, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Gilby, ND | |
| Mar 21, 7:41 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Mar 21, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Pembina, ND | 24 HR SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 21, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Red Lake Falls, MN | |
| Mar 21, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Thief River Falls, MN | |
| Mar 21, 8:30 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 Se Mekinock, ND | NWS EMPLOYEE OBSERVED ZERO VISIBILITY WHILE TEMPORARILY STRANDED IN VEHICLE EN ROUTE HOME FROM THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Mar 21, 8:30 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Argyle, MN | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED VISIBILITY OF ONE CITY BLOCK IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 21, 8:30 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Tabor, MN | SCHOOLBUS STRANDED BY ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 21, 8:51 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 4 W Blackduck, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Manvel, ND | |
| Mar 21, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Tabor, MN | |
| Mar 21, 9:03 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Hines, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:10 AM CDT | SNOW 4.3 | 3 E Bemidji, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:42 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | 6 Se Bemidji, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:44 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 2 N Holt, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:45 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 4 S Karlstad, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:46 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 4 Nw Baudette, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 9:54 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Shevlin, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 21, 10:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 E Waskish, MN | STORM TOTAL SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
347 WWUS43 KFGF 200931 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTRY MESS ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS IT PASSES FRIDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY MID DAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027-220000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.140320T1800Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0001.140321T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...AND COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ON FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-220000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.140320T1800Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.W.0001.140321T0200Z-140322T0000Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON FRIDAY IN OPEN AREAS. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...AND COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ON FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-022-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054-220000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.140320T1800Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME ALL SNOW TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECT TONIGHT WITH HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. ON FRIDAY BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ023-220000- /O.UPG.KFGF.WS.A.0001.140320T1800Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0200Z-140322T0000Z/ SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKE ITASCA 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS ON FRIDAY . * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...WILL BE REDUCED LATER TONIGHT IN SNOW. ON FRIDAY BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ024-220000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0200Z-140322T0000Z/ HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PARK RAPIDS 431 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS ON FRIDAY . * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...WILL BE REDUCED LATER TONIGHT IN SNOW. ON FRIDAY BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
200 WWUS43 KFGF 202049 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 349 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTRY MESS ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT CAUSING A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. IN ITS WAKE A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN THIS EVENING AND SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE A BIT UNCERTAIN AS TIMING OF THE SWITCH OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL IMPACT SNOW AMOUNTS. A STORM TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOCALIZED THIN BAND OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA IS POSSIBLE BY MID DAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FRIDAY EVENING BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ008-016-027-220000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0001.140321T0600Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 349 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN TURNING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45MPH. * VISIBILITIES...TONIGHT...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...AND COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ON FRIDAY... BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH A THIN BAND OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054-220000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0600Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON- RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 349 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS ON FRIDAY. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...WILL BE REDUCED LATER TONIGHT IN SNOW. ON FRIDAY BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JK
969 WWUS43 KFGF 210142 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 842 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ008-016-027-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.140321T0600Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 842 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. BY FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH A THIN BAND OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ003-027-028-NDZ038-039-220000- /O.EXA.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0600Z-140322T0000Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO 842 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. BY FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.140321T0600Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON- RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 842 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT. BY FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
718 WWUS43 KFGF 210924 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 424 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ008-016-027-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 424 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES WITH A THIN BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ONCE WINDS INCREASE. ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVIER SNOW SHOULD HAVE THE MOST BLOWING SNOW AND OPEN COUNTRY BLIZZARD POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION...ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY TODAY AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-038- 039-054-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...ADAMS 424 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TODAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
134 WWUS43 KFGF 211307 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 807 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 MNZ001-007-NDZ016-027-220000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0009.140321T1307Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...WARREN... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 807 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS GUST TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY IN OPEN COUNTRY WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATED LAST NIGHT. IN ADDITION...ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY TODAY AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && 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. && $$ MNZ004>006-008-009-013>017-NDZ008-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...CAVALIER 807 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES WITH A THIN BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ONCE WINDS INCREASE. ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVIER SNOW SHOULD HAVE THE MOST BLOWING SNOW AND OPEN COUNTRY BLIZZARD POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION...ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY TODAY AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-003-022>024-027-028-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-038- 039-054-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...ADAMS 807 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TODAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
506 WWUS43 KFGF 211529 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1029 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 MNZ003-NDZ038-039-211630- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ CLAY-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...VALLEY CITY...FARGO 1029 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL REPLACE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ001-007-NDZ016-027-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...WARREN... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 1029 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS GUST TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INTO EXTREME EASTERN WALSH COUNTY...AND EASTWARD INTO MARSHALL AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTIES. THIS IS WHERE CONDITIONS WILL BE THE MOST DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ MNZ004>006-008-009-013>017-NDZ008-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...CAVALIER 1029 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY...AND WILL END BY NOON EAST OF THE VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE BLOWING SNOW WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW TOTALS QUICKLY DECREASE TO TRACE AMOUNTS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-027-028-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054- 220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1029 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE FALLING SNOW HAS ENDED. SNOW TOTALS VARIED FROM A TRACE TO 3 INCHES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHERE AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOWEST IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WITHIN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TG
306 WWUS43 KFGF 211749 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1249 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 MNZ001-007-NDZ016-027-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...WARREN... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 1249 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS GUST TO 50 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INTO EXTREME EASTERN WALSH COUNTY...AND EASTWARD INTO MARSHALL AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTIES. THIS IS WHERE CONDITIONS WILL BE THE MOST DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ004>006-008-009-013>017-NDZ008-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...CAVALIER 1249 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BE LOWER EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW TOTALS QUICKLY DECREASE TO TRACE AMOUNTS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ002-022>024-027-028-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054- 220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1249 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE FALLING SNOW HAS ENDED. SNOW TOTALS VARIED FROM A TRACE TO 3 INCHES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHERE AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOWEST IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WITHIN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TG
702 WWUS43 KFGF 212022 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 322 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 MNZ004-NDZ008-220000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0021.140321T2022Z-140322T0000Z/ KITTSON-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CAVALIER 322 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-212130- /O.CAN.KFGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI 322 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ002-022>024-027-028-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054- 212130- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ NORMAN-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 322 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ001-007-NDZ016-027-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140322T0000Z/ WEST POLK-WEST MARSHALL-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...WARREN... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 322 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE RED RIVER VALLEY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INTO EXTREME EASTERN WALSH COUNTY...AND EASTWARD INTO MARSHALL AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTIES. THIS IS WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 20, 3:44 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 3:44 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
344 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014
FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS UPCOMING STORM SYSTEM/RELATED HAZARDS
AND TEMPERATURES. NAM/ECMWF/GEM VERY CLOSE WITH SURFACE LOW TRACK
WITH GFS A TAD FARTHER SOUTH. WILL LEAN TOWARDS MAJORITY NORTHERN
SOLUTION.
IN THE NEAR TERM WILL BE MONITORING FOR ADDITIONAL FOG DEVELOPMENT
UNDER SKC/LIGHT WINDS TO TODAYS MELT. SO FAR DENSE FOG IS ISOLD
AND HIGHER CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SO NO HEADLINES AT THIS
POINT ANTICIPATED. FOR REMAINDER OF TODAY SURFACE LOW OVER FAR N
CENTRAL MT ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WILL PROPAGATE ESE INTO CENTRAL ND BY EVENING. WITH MILD
START AND WARM ADVECTION TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER TO AT/ABOVE
SEASONAL AVERAGES. AS LOW APPROACHES COULD SEE SOME AFTERNOON RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN FA ALONG AND
AHEAD OF NW- SE ORIENTED BOUNDARY. SHOWALTERS APPROACH ZERO
HOWEVER HARD TO FIND ANY CAPE SO LEFT THUNDER MENTION OUT BUT ITS
POSSIBLE.
SURFACE LOW WILL CROSS CENTRAL FA OVERNIGHT WITH 850MB LOW TRACK ACROSS
NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES. PRECIPITABLE H2O VALUES INCREASE TO
BETTER THAN A HALF INCH AND RESPECTABLE TROWAL SETTING UP ACROSS N
MN INTO NE ND. WITH WAVE EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY COMPACT BUT ROBUST
COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER SNOW BANDS SET UP. INITIALLY WILL LIKELY
SEE WINTRY MIX BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING GENERAL 3 TO 6 INCH LOCALLY MORE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FROM NORTHERN VALLEY EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MN. AFTER
MIDNIGHT STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NW FA AFFECTING EASTERN ND
BY MORNING.
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH REMAINDER OF FA FRIDAY MORNING AS
LOW SHIFTS EAST. MODELS DIFFER ON HOW MUCH DEFORMATION SNOW WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE FA DURING THE MORNING FOR ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS. ACCOMPANYING THE COLD ADVECTION 925MB WINDS
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40+ KNOTS. NOT SURE ON BLSN
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FA AS SNOW WILL BE
RELATIVELY WET WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH. WILL STILL
LIKELY SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT VSBY REDUCTION ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE
MORE SNOW DID FALL. WITH EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS AND EVENTUAL WIND
HAVE UPGRADED WATCH TO A WARNING FROM THE NORTHERN VALLEY EASTWARD
WITH A BUFFERING ADVISORY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2014
IMPROVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AS WINDS AND LINGER SNOW
DIMINISHES. ALTHOUGH SOME MIXING EXPECTED STEADY COLD ADVECTION
AND FRESH SNOW SHOULD DROP MINIMUMS MOST AREAS INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS.
WEEKEND WILL BE MAINLY DRY BUT UNSEASONALLY COLD WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES BLO AVERAGE NIGHTIME LOWS AND MINIMUMS BLO ZERO OVER
FRESH SNOW AREAS.
HIGH AMPLITUDE LONG WAVE UPPER AIR PATTERN REMAINS ACROSS CANADA
WITH LONG WAVE UPPER RIDGE OVER AK AND LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER EASTERN
NORTH AMERICA. LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST/EASTERN PACIFIC DOES SHIFT FARTHER EAST INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. ECMWF AND GFS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT AT 84 HOURS. THE ECMWF BECOMES FASTER WITH THE UPPER AIR
PATTERN AND MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM.
GFS HAS BEEN SHIFTING UPPER TROUGH FARTHER WEST OVER THE COUPLE
MODEL RUNS WHILE THE ECMWF HAS BEEN SHIFT TROUGH FASTER AND FARTHER
TO THE SOUTHEAST. WILL PREFER THE ECMWF.
WILL LOWER POPS IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY FOR MON AND LOWER
POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR MON NIGHT.
ESSENTIALLY LITTLE OR NO CHANGE TO TEMPS FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1141 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2014
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT SOME
AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FORECAST
AREA TOWARDS MORNING. IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT IF ANY SITES
WILL GET DOWN TO LIFR...AS HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN LATER TONIGHT
COULD PREVENT WIDESPREAD DENSE DEVELOPMENT. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH
1-2SM AT ALL BUT KFAR AND AMEND AS NEEDED. ANY LOWER VIS WILL
DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING AND CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR FOR MUCH OF
THE AFTERNOON WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE REGION. PRECIP
WILL BEGIN MOVING IN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD AS LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES. WILL JUST GO RAIN SNOW MIX FOR NOW BUT WILL HAVE TO
KEEP AN EYE ON TYPE AND HOW MUCH IT LOWERS VIS THURSDAY EVENING.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY FOR NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-054.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
FOR NDZ008-016-027.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY FOR MNZ023-024.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY FOR MNZ002-022.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
FOR MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
FOR MNZ006-009-016-017.
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SHORT TERM...VOELKER
LONG TERM...HOPPES/VOELKER
AVIATION...JRHazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 6:54 AM CDT, 21 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 654 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-201200- 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- 654 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE AND CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS IT APPROACHES THE REGION PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAVORED AREA FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE REGION. ON FRIDAY AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BRINGING IN MUCH COLDER AIR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS UPCOMING WEATHER SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 4:31 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman | 35 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 27 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.