Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2015
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this blizzard warning at Jan 7, 2015, 3:21 PM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 8, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2015, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall 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, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
166 WWUS43 KFGF 072121 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 321 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.UPG.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 321 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 11 AM IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN VALLEY...TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THURSDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY EVENING HOWEVER HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
128 WWUS43 KFGF 080327 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 927 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 927 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 11 AM IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN VALLEY...TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING THURSDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THURSDAY EVENING HOWEVER HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE A BLIZZARD IN THE TOWN/CITY DOESN'T MEAN IT INST A BLIZZARD IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ DTR
194 WWUS43 KFGF 080906 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 306 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 306 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 11 AM IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD GET AROUND TWO INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-090000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 306 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 11 AM IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD GET AROUND TWO INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
962 WWUS43 KFGF 081338 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 738 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 738 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 10 AM IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD GET AROUND TWO INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.150108T1500Z-150109T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 738 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN FROM 9 TO 11 AM IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA AND SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND TOWARDS NOON IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE UP TO AN INCH BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD GET AROUND TWO INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DK
276 WWUS43 KFGF 081546 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 946 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 946 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN 10 TO 11 AM IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND TOWARDS NOON IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 946 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA WILL SPREAD EAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE AN INCH OR LESS OF NEW SNOW FALL. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
389 WWUS43 KFGF 081902 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 102 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 090000- /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 102 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH.. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 102 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
513 WWUS43 KFGF 082133 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 333 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 091800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.150109T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 333 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITY EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH.. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-091800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.150109T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 333 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE CONDITIONS LOOK FINE IN TOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THE SAME IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-032-091800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.150109T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 333 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LOWERING WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING CONTINUING TO NOON FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 BELOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. 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. && $$
577 WWUS43 KFGF 090011 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 611 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054- 091800- /O.EXP.KFGF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 611 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BUT STILL AT TIMES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN OPEN COUNTRY. REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHILE TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ002-003-022-027>031-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-091800- /O.EXP.KFGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 611 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BUT STILL AT TIMES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN OPEN COUNTRY. REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHILE TRAVELING. 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. && $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-032-091800- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...WADENA 611 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LOWERING WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING CONTINUING TO NOON FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:36 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 12 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2015Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every blizzard warning in 2015
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.