Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2016
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Dec 7, 2016, 3:03 PM CST for 10 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2016, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047 WWUS43 KBIS 072103 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 303 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS INCLUDES MINOT...MOHALL...WHITESHIELD...BOTTINEAU...BELCOURT... RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MCCLUSKY...JAMESTOWN AND STEELE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. NDZ021-080300- /O.CAN.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161208T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.161207T2103Z-161208T0300Z/ MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD... WILTON...TURTLE LAKE 303 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-080300- /O.UPG.KBIS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0003.161207T2103Z-161208T0300Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY... GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...STEELE...TAPPEN... JAMESTOWN 303 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NDZ035-046>048-050-051-080300- /O.EXT.KBIS.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161208T0300Z/ BURLEIGH-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...LINTON...STRASBURG... NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY... OAKES...ELLENDALE 303 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING ARE EXPECTED. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017>020-031>034-040>045-080515- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161208T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN- ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN 303 PM CST WED DEC 7 2016 /203 PM MST WED DEC 7 2016/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... * WIND CHILLS...TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * OTHER IMPACTS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ PJA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 10 more | 17 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.