Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2016
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Dec 5, 2016, 2:26 PM MST for 28 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 39 hr. 32 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
- Dec 5, 2016, 2:26 PM MST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 28 counties
Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2:35 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Tioga, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH UP TO 50 MPH. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Dec 5, 2:45 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Watford City, ND | MCKENZIE COUNTY EM REPORTED BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Dec 5, 2:55 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Williston, ND | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED AROUND 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 5, 3:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Killdeer, ND | REPORT OF AROUND 12 HOURS OF VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. CONDITIONS IMPROVED AROUND 4 AM ON THE 6TH. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 12 HOURS. |
| Dec 5, 4:38 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Harvey, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 5, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Rugby, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 5, 5:09 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 5, 5:15 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Carrington, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 5, 5:33 PM MST | BLIZZARD | New Town, ND | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 5, 6:34 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | Lincoln, ND | NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Dec 5, 7:34 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 N Towner, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 5, 11:05 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL SNOW AS OF MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 1:15 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Linton, ND | VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WITH CONSTANT WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH UP TO 51. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 5 HOURS 20 MINUTES. |
| Dec 6, 3:55 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 1 Wnw Carrington, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 4 HOURS. |
| Dec 6, 4:00 AM MST | SNOW 8 | Harvey, ND | VISIBILITY ZERO. |
| Dec 6, 4:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Carrington, ND | OBSERVERS BEST ESTIMATE FOR STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 6, 4:15 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Ellendale, ND | REPORTED ON AVERAGE A HALF MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. . |
| Dec 6, 4:35 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 N Rolla, ND | VISIBILITY CONSTANTLY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 56 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 6, 5:05 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Hazen, ND | . |
| Dec 6, 5:08 AM MST | SNOW 6.5 | Bismarck, ND | VISIBILITY AT A HALF MILE AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 6, 5:20 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Harvey, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WIND GUSTS FREQUENTLY AROUND 40 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 6, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 1 Ne Denhoff, ND | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. |
| Dec 6, 6:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Pingree, ND | . |
| Dec 6, 6:56 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 Ne Jamestown, ND | VISIBILITY CONSTANTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19 | Kensal, ND | . |
| Dec 6, 7:36 AM MST | SNOW 9 | 1 Sse Rugby, ND | . |
| Dec 6, 8:21 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Harvey, ND | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 6, 8:24 AM MST | SNOW 3 | La Moure, ND | VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WINDS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. |
| Dec 6, 10:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 3 W Mchenry, ND | . |
| Dec 6, 3:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Center, ND | |
| Dec 6, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 N Towner, ND | STORM TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.62 |
| Dec 6, 3:18 PM MST | SNOW 14 | Harvey, ND | STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
743 WWUS43 KBIS 052126 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM CROSBY TO WILLISTON AND DICKINSON THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK...FORT YATES AND LINTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN LATE TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW...AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES...WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY...TOWNER...BOTTINEAU AND ROLLA AREAS. BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM BEACH THROUGH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ004-005-012-013-023-025-060530- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-033-060530- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161205T2126Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...DICKINSON 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /226 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ022-036-037-047-050-060530- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ019>021-034-035-042-045-046-060530- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161205T2300Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161205T2300Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /226 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN MERCER...WESTERN OLIVER AND WESTERN MORTON COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ003-011-060530- /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161205T2300Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161205T2300Z/ RENVILLE-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT 326 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ043-044-060530- /O.EXA.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 226 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ031-032-040-041-060530- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-HETTINGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...MOTT 226 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CJS/PJA
15 follow-up statements
297 WWUS43 KBIS 052247 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM CROSBY TO WILLISTON...BEACH AND DICKINSON THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK...FORT YATES AND LINTON BY THIS EVENING...AND FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN LATE TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW...AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES...WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY...TOWNER... BOTTINEAU AND ROLLA AREAS. BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM BEACH THROUGH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ019>021-034-035-042-045-046-060700- /O.EXP.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161205T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161205T2300Z-161207T0000Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /347 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN MERCER...WESTERN OLIVER AND WESTERN MORTON COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ003-011-060700- /O.EXP.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161205T2300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161205T2300Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ031-032-060700- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA 347 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-023-025-060700- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ022-036-037-047-050-060700- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-033-060700- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...DICKINSON 447 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /347 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-060700- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 347 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CJS/PJA
257 WWUS43 KBIS 060048 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 648 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM CROSBY TO WILLISTON...BEACH AND DICKINSON EARLY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM MINOT TO BISMARCK...FORT YATES AND LINTON THIS EVENING...AND FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN LATE TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW...AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES...WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY...TOWNER... BOTTINEAU AND ROLLA AREAS. BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM BEACH THROUGH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ004-005-012-013-023-025-060900- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON 648 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ022-036-037-047-050-060900- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 648 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-060900- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 648 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /548 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-060900- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD... WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...CARSON... NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG 648 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /548 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-060900- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 548 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TWH
221 WWUS43 KBIS 060408 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1008 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM CROSBY...WILLISTON...BEACH AND DICKINSON EAST TO BOWBELLS... MINOT...GARRISON...BISMARCK AND LINTON THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BOTTINEAU AND RUGBY...THROUGH HARVEY AND CARRINGTON...TO JAMESTOWN. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW... AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES...WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY...TOWNER... BOTTINEAU AND ROLLA AREAS. BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM BEACH THROUGH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ004-005-012-013-023-025-061215- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON 1008 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 13 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ022-036-037-047-050-061215- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.161206T0600Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 1008 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-061215- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 1008 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /908 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-061215- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD... WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...CARSON... NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG 1008 PM CST MON DEC 5 2016 /908 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-061215- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 908 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TWH
299 WWUS43 KBIS 060641 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1241 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BOTTINEAU AND RUGBY...THROUGH HARVEY AND CARRINGTON...TO JAMESTOWN. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW... AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES...WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS INCLUDES THE CARRINGTON...HARVEY...RUGBY...TOWNER... BOTTINEAU AND ROLLA AREAS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM BEACH THROUGH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-061445- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 1241 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1141 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>047-050-061445- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 1241 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1141 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-061445- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1141 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ
922 WWUS43 KBIS 060923 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 323 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW... AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND...TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE JAMES VALLEY TODAY. SNOW WILL END WEST LATER THIS MORNING AND EVENTUALLY PUSH OUT OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-061500- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 323 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /223 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN DIVIDE AND BURKE COUNTIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>047-050-061730- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 323 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /223 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ048-051-061730- /O.EXB.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 323 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-061730- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 223 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ
180 WWUS43 KBIS 061454 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 854 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...GENERALLY EAST OF US HIGHWAY 85. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-062300- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161206T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.161206T1454Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON 854 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /754 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NDZ040-041-043-044-062300- /O.CAN.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.161206T1454Z-161207T1800Z/ SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 754 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NDZ002-010-062300- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL 854 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>047-050-062300- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 854 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /754 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE US HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR...2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ048-051-062300- /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 854 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PJA
339 WWUS43 KBIS 061527 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 927 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...GENERALLY EAST OF US HIGHWAY 85. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ048-051-062330- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 927 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>047-050-062330- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...BOTTINEAU... ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...NEW TOWN... STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD... WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 927 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /827 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE US HIGHWAY 83 CORRIDOR...2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-062330- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 927 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /827 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ PJA
186 WWUS43 KBIS 061809 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1209 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...GENERALLY EAST OF US HIGHWAY 85. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS TODAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-070000- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...BOTTINEAU... ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...NEW TOWN... STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD... WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY... KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1209 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1109 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-070215- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1209 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1109 AM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ PJA
750 WWUS43 KBIS 061934 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 134 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...GENERALLY EAST OF US HIGHWAY 85. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-070345- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0600Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY... GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM... WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 134 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ002-010-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-070200- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0200Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG 134 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1234 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-070345- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 134 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1234 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ PJA
823 WWUS43 KBIS 062348 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 548 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOTTINEAU...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. A BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...GENERALLY EAST OF US HIGHWAY 85. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME BLOCKED. CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-048-051-070800- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON... STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 548 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ003-011-047-050-070600- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0600Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 548 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ002-010-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-070200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0200Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX- EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG 548 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /448 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-070800- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 548 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /448 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TWH
810 WWUS43 KBIS 070210 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINOT AND SHERWOOD IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND WISHEK AND NAPOLEON IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS AROUND THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOTTINEAU...RUGBY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW IN THESE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR AREAS SUCH AS STANLEY... BEULAH AND BISMARCK. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE WITH DIMINISHING WINDS TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ002-010-019>021-034-042-045-071015- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE...LIGNITE... COLUMBUS...PORTAL...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON... TURTLE LAKE...MANDAN...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /710 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ NDZ035-046-070315- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0200Z/ BURLEIGH-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...LINTON...STRASBURG 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS AND STREETS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED MAY STILL REMAIN IMPASSABLE. $$ NDZ003-011-047-050-070600- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0600Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-048-051-071015- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON... STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-071015- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 810 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /710 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TWH
369 WWUS43 KBIS 070408 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1008 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINOT AND SHERWOOD IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND WISHEK AND NAPOLEON IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS AROUND THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOTTINEAU... RUGBY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW IN THESE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR AREAS SUCH AS STANLEY... BEULAH AND BISMARCK. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE WITH DIMINISHING WINDS TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. NDZ003-011-047-050-070600- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T0600Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 1008 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-048-051-071200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON... STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 1008 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031>034-040>045-071215- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 1008 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /908 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TWH
705 WWUS43 KBIS 070529 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1129 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MINOT AND SHERWOOD IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND WISHEK AND NAPOLEON IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL. THE BLIZZARD WARNING ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS AROUND THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOTTINEAU... RUGBY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. EXPECT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW IN THESE AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. NDZ003-011-047-050-071200- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...MINOT... NAPOLEON...GACKLE...WISHEK...ASHLEY 1129 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-048-051-071200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH... ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...ST. JOHN...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE... RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON... STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...OAKES... ELLENDALE 1129 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031>034-040>045-071330- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 1129 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016 /1029 PM MST TUE DEC 6 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TWH
467 WWUS43 KBIS 070956 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 356 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAME AREA FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE...BUT OCCASIONAL DROPS IN VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...RUGBY AND ROLLA...SOUTH THROUGH HARVEY...CARRINGTON AND JAMESTOWN...TO ASHLEY AND ELLENDALE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REPLACE THE BLIZZARD WARNING AT 6 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-071800- /O.NEW.KBIS.WW.Y.0010.161207T1200Z-161208T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY... GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM... WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 356 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. 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 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031>034-040>045-071800- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 356 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 /256 AM MST WED DEC 7 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TWH
997 WWUS43 KBIS 071219 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 619 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...BUT OCCASIONAL DROPS IN VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-072030- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161207T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161208T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY... GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM... WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 619 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. * WIND CHILLS...TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031>034-040>045-071800- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161207T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 619 AM CST WED DEC 7 2016 /519 AM MST WED DEC 7 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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 A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ AJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 3:18 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Wells | 20 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:18 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 20 more | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.