Alert archive / North Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2016
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this blizzard warning at Dec 23, 2016, 2:37 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 34 hr. 51 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 23, 2016, 2:37 PM MST (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2016, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman 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, Hettinger 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, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 25, 5:35 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Williston, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 25, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | Williston, ND | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 25, 2:29 PM MST | ICE STORM | Verona, ND | POWER OUT AT LOCAL RESIDENT'S HOME. . |
| Dec 25, 2:35 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 Nw Rugby, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 9 HOURS 30 MINUTES. |
| Dec 25, 3:04 PM MST | ICE STORM | Fullerton, ND | POWER OUT AND MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 25, 3:11 PM MST | BLIZZARD | New Town, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 9 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 3:13 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Bismarck, ND | VISIBILITY A QUARTER MILE AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. |
| Dec 25, 3:16 PM MST | SNOW 3 | New Town, ND | VISIBILITY IN TOWN TO AN EIGHTH OF A MILE WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. . |
| Dec 25, 3:44 PM MST | ICE STORM | Fullerton, ND | FACEBOOK REPORT OF TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM ICE. |
| Dec 25, 3:50 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Hettinger, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 5 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 3:50 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Hettinger, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 5 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 4:10 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Hazen, ND | . |
| Dec 25, 4:26 PM MST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Nne Belfield, ND | VISIBILITY A QUARTER MILE. |
| Dec 25, 4:43 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Jamestown, ND | POWER OUTAGES AND BRANCHES BREAKING FROM ICE ACCUMULATION AND WIND. . |
| Dec 25, 5:04 PM MST | ICE STORM | Edgeley, ND | POWER OUT REPORTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 25, 5:08 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Harvey, ND | . |
| Dec 25, 6:41 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Voltaire, ND | BROADCAST MEDIA VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Harvey, ND | . |
| Dec 25, 7:13 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Bismarck, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 43 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. . THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 4 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 7:49 PM MST | ICE STORM | Zeeland, ND | WHOLE TOWN HAS POWER OUTAGE. |
| Dec 25, 7:50 PM MST | ICE STORM | Venturia, ND | WHOLE TOWN HAS POWER OUTAGE. |
| Dec 25, 8:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 6 S Dickinson, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT A QUARTER MILE WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH. ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 8:03 PM MST | SNOW 11 | Beulah, ND | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 8:15 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 3 S Linton, ND | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH. THE DURATION OF THE BLIZZARD EVENT WAS 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | Bismarck, ND | . |
| Dec 25, 9:49 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Driscoll, ND | REPORTED RAIN AND SLEET AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 10:15 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Rolette, ND | PASSED ALONG VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 10:17 PM MST | SNOW 10 | Westhope, ND | PASSED ALONG VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 10:18 PM MST | SNOW 10 | 2 Nnw Ray, ND | PASSED ALONG VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 10:19 PM MST | SNOW 8 | Glenburn, ND | PASSED ALONG VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Dec 25, 10:20 PM MST | SNOW 7 | Wildrose, ND | PASSED ALONG VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Dec 25, 11:00 PM MST | SNOW 10.5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL. 1.16 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 11:00 PM MST | SNOW 12.5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL. UPDATED. |
| Dec 26, 12:28 AM MST | SNOW 10 | New Town, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 8.6 | Bottineau, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Harvey, ND | STORM TOTAL. UPDATED. |
| Dec 26, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 12.5 | Bismarck, ND | STORM TOTAL. UPDATED. |
| Dec 26, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 15 | Lansford, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 6:09 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Edgeley, ND | MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FELL. |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 2 Ne Towner, ND | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 26, 7:06 AM MST | SNOW 11 | Columbus, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 7:06 AM MST | SNOW 12 | 2 N Williston, ND | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 17 | 6 E New Hradec, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 2 E Rhame, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 16.5 | Dickinson, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 8:16 AM MST | SNOW 12 | 7 Ne Dickinson, ND | RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 26, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 12.5 | Hettinger, ND | RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Lignite, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 9:35 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Beulah, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 13.5 | Pick City, ND | . |
| Dec 26, 10:45 AM MST | SNOW 10 | New Town, ND | . |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
335 WWUS43 KBIS 232137 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 337 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...PREPARE NOW FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FAIR WEATHER THE REST OF TODAY AND ON SATURDAY TO PREPARE YOURSELF...YOUR FAMILY...AND YOUR PROPERTY...FOR WHAT WILL TURN OUT TO BE VERY HARSH WINTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS DAY AND MONDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE CONFIDENT THAT A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. IT WILL BE A FULL BLOWN BLIZZARD. THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. THAT...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...TRAVEL. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WEATHER MAY DICTATE THAT YOU CHANGE HOLIDAY PLANS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY, LAMOURE, EDGELEY, OAKES, ELLENDALE, AND ASHLEY, WILL LIKELY HAVE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. ON ONE HAND THIS WOULD KEEP SNOW AMOUNTS THERE DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND, EVEN A LITTLE ICE GOES A LONG WAY TO CAUSING PROBLEMS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-240545- /O.UPG.KBIS.BZ.A.0002.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE 337 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016 /237 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ JP MARTIN/ABELING
16 follow-up statements
461 WWUS43 KBIS 240351 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 951 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...PREPARE NOW FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FAIR WEATHER ON SATURDAY TO PREPARE YOURSELF...YOUR FAMILY...AND YOUR PROPERTY... FOR WHAT WILL TURN OUT TO BE VERY HARSH WINTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS DAY AND MONDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE CONFIDENT THAT A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. IT WILL BE A FULL BLOWN BLIZZARD WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...TRAVEL. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WEATHER MAY DICTATE THAT YOU CHANGE HOLIDAY PLANS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY... LAMOURE... EDGELEY... OAKES... ELLENDALE... AND ASHLEY... WILL LIKELY HAVE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. ON ONE HAND THIS WOULD KEEP SNOW AMOUNTS THERE DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND... EVEN A LITTLE ICE GOES A LONG WAY TO CAUSING PROBLEMS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-241200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE 951 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016 /851 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ WAA
813 WWUS43 KBIS 240948 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 348 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...PREPARE NOW FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FAIR WEATHER TODAY TO PREPARE YOURSELF...YOUR FAMILY...AND YOUR PROPERTY...FOR WHAT WILL TURN OUT TO BE VERY HARSH WINTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. IT WILL BE A FULL BLOWN BLIZZARD WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...TRAVEL. THE WEATHER MAY DICTATE THAT YOU CHANGE HOLIDAY PLANS. THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...WILL LIKELY HAVE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. ON ONE HAND THIS WOULD KEEP SNOW AMOUNTS THERE DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND...EVEN A LITTLE ICE GOES A LONG WAY TO CAUSING PROBLEMS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-241800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE 348 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /248 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$
265 WWUS43 KBIS 241707 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1107 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...PREPARE TODAY FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .YOU SHOULD BE PREPARING TODAY...TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FAIR WEATHER...FOR WHAT WILL TURN OUT TO BE VERY HARSH WINTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. THE BLIZZARD WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES... WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY OR MONDAY...CONSIDER CHANGING THEM. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...IT LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY WILL OFFER A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BE DELAYED THERE UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD. THE END RESULT WOULD BE LOWER TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THOSE AREAS BUT WORSE OVERALL CONDITIONS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-250115- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 1107 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /1007 AM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ NDZ048-050-051-250115- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1107 AM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. * ICE...MIXED SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ON SUNDAY BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW...HEAVY...5 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME 12 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ JP MARTIN
108 WWUS43 KBIS 242122 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 322 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...BE PREPARED FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. THE BLIZZARD WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES... WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY OR MONDAY...CONSIDER CHANGING THEM. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...IT LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY WILL OFFER A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BE DELAYED THERE UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR THAT AREA THE EXPECTATION IS ICE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD. THE END RESULT WILL BE LOWER TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...BUT WORSE OVERALL CONDITIONS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY PREPARED...TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-250530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 322 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /222 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ NDZ048-050-051-250530- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 322 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. * ICE...MIXED SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW...HEAVY...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME 12 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ JP MARTIN
492 WWUS43 KBIS 250443 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1043 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...BE PREPARED FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. THE BLIZZARD WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES... WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY OR MONDAY...CONSIDER CHANGING THEM. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION TO TRAVEL BEING DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL DISRUPT COMMERCE AND ADD TO THE DANGER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 55 MPH MONDAY MORNING CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THE END RESULT WILL BE THAT THIS AREA WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY PREPARED...TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. NDZ048-050-051-251245- /O.NEW.KBIS.IS.W.0001.161225T1200Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1043 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...MIXED SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW...2 TO 6 INCHES WITH SOME 8 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-251245- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 1043 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /943 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN THIS CASE A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS STORM THAT WILL HIT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && $$ WAA
018 WWUS43 KBIS 250956 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 356 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...CONSIDER CHANGING THEM. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-251800- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.161225T1200Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 356 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-251800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161225T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 356 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /256 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NJH/CK
072 WWUS43 KBIS 251212 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 612 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...CONSIDER CHANGING THEM. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-252015- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 612 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-252015- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 612 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /512 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE FORECAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CK
401 WWUS43 KBIS 251525 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 925 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR LAMOURE...DICKEY...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES... ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-252330- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 925 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-252330- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 925 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /825 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ JP MARTIN
618 WWUS43 KBIS 251614 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1014 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR LAMOURE...DICKEY...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL HARSHLY IMPACT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. WIDESPREAD SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...INCLUDING LAMOURE...EDGELEY... OAKES...ELLENDALE...AND ASHLEY...AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES DUE TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-260015- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1014 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-260015- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 1014 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /914 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ JP MARTIN
621 WWUS43 KBIS 252220 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 420 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR LAMOURE...DICKEY...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS NOW HARSHLY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...INCLUDING LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE... FULLERTON AND ASHLEY. AN ICE STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THIS AREA WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-260630- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 420 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-260630- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 420 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /320 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ WAA
335 WWUS43 KBIS 260352 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 952 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER TODAY INTO MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR LAMOURE...DICKEY...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS NOW HARSHLY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...INCLUDING LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE... FULLERTON AND ASHLEY. AN ICE STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THIS AREA WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW SOUTH CENTRAL. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-261200- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 952 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-261200- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 952 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /852 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ WAA
673 WWUS43 KBIS 261015 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 415 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING FOR LAMOURE...DICKEY...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM...THEN BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON TODAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS HARSHLY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE MADE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...INCLUDING LAMOURE...EDGELEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE... FULLERTON AND ASHLEY. AN ICE STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 6 AM CST FOR THIS AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD MONDAY MORNING. INCREASING WINDS TO 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AS POWER LINES AND TREES LOADED WITH ICE BECOME FURTHER STRESSED. MORE POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THIS AREA WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. MANY ROADS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAINED BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-261800- /O.CON.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.161226T1200Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 415 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NOT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. * ICE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH BEFORE A CHANGE TO ALL SNOW MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-261800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 415 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /315 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ WAA
881 WWUS43 KBIS 261209 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 609 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON TODAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS HARSHLY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH THAT FELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE INCREASING WINDS TO 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AS POWER LINES AND TREES LOADED WITH ICE BECOME FURTHER STRESSED. MORE POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THIS AREA WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. MANY ROADS HAVE OR WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW. IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAINED BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS. STAY UP TO DATE ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. NDZ048-050-051-261800- /O.EXP.KBIS.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 609 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...UP TO 4 INCHES WITH SOME 6 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WINDS MONDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES CAUSING FURTHER POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && 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>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-261800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 609 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /509 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW...HEAVY...8 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME 15 INCH AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. SOME BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. BE WEATHER READY. && $$ WAA
689 WWUS43 KBIS 261604 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1004 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL NOON TODAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS SET TO EXPIRE AT NOON CST FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA, HOWEVER, IT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA, MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE STORM WAS PULLING AWAY BUT GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE REST OF TODAY SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE TWO INCHES OR LESS. ALTHOUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TODAY, IT WILL TAKE ROAD CREWS A LONG TIME TO CLEAN UP. ALSO, MAJOR IMPACTS FROM THE ICE STORM THAT OCCURRED IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY CONTINUE, NAMELY POWER OUTAGES. BE SAFE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>047-261800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY...PARSHALL...MINOT... VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON... GACKLE 1004 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /904 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * TIMING...UNTIL NOON TODAY. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ048-050-051-261800- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1004 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...UNTIL NOON TODAY. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OR LESS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN A BLIZZARD. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE WEATHER READY. && $$ JP MARTIN
128 WWUS43 KBIS 261753 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1153 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...VERY SIGNIFICANT HIGHLY IMPACTFUL WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... .THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER AT NOON CST. HOWEVER...FOR THE REST OF THE AREA INCLUDING MINOT...RUGBY...GARRISON...HARVEY...DICKINSON...HETTINGER... BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN...LINTON AND ELLENDALE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING IT IS NOW EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM CST. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER SO THE WARNING IS EXPIRING THERE. OVER THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES BUT THE WIND...AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...WAS STILL CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. THERE WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. BASICALLY THE BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM DICKINSON TO JAMESTOWN. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TODAY...BUT IT WILL TAKE ROAD CREWS A LONG TIME TO CLEAN UP. ALSO... MAJOR IMPACTS FROM THE ICE STORM THAT OCCURRED IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY CONTINUE...NAMELY POWER OUTAGES. BE SAFE. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-031-032-040-043-261900- /O.CAN.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS- SLOPE-BOWMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...POWERS LAKE... LIGNITE...COLUMBUS...PORTAL...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...STANLEY... PARSHALL...WATFORD CITY...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN 1153 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /1053 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WEATHER HAS IMPROVED BUT TRAVEL WAS STILL DANGEROUS. $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-018>023-025-033>037-041-042-044>047-262200- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T2200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY... ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON... NEW LEIPZIG...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE 1153 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /1053 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...UNTIL 4 PM CST TODAY. * SNOW...FLURRIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE WEATHER READY. && $$ NDZ048-050-051-262200- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T2200Z/ LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...KULM...WISHEK... ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 1153 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...UNTIL 4 PM TODAY. * SNOW...FLURRIES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WINDS COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE WEATHER READY. && $$ JP MARTIN
063 WWUS43 KBIS 262209 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 409 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016 ...THE BLIZZARD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WITH WINDS DECREASING AND VISIBILITY INCREASING. AS A RESULT, THE BLIZZARD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST. NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING, IMPACTS FROM THE CHRISTMAS DAY 2016 STORM LINGER. SOME ROADS REMAINED BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS AND CLOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WAS DANGEROUS AND IN SOME AREAS STILL IMPOSSIBLE. MANY WERE WITHOUT POWER, ESPECIALLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA DUE TO THE ICE STORM THAT BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES. BE SAFE AND AS ALWAYS, BE WEATHER READY. NDZ003>005-011>013-018>023-025-033>037-041-042-044>048-050-051- 262315- /O.EXP.KBIS.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T2200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-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...KILLDEER... HALLIDAY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN... UNDERWOOD...WILTON...TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY... FESSENDEN...CARRINGTON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...ELGIN...CARSON... NEW LEIPZIG...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN... LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY... KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE 409 PM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /309 PM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED AND SO THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JP MARTIN
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Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota, 2016Every blizzard warning in 2016
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.