Alert archive / North Dakota / Winter Storm Watches in 2014
Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm watch at Mar 19, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 20, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2014, 4:31 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 19, 3:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 6:54 AM CDT, 8 hours 42 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.
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota, 2014Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.