Alert archive / North Dakota / Ice Storm Warnings in 2016
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this ice storm warning at Dec 24, 2016, 10:43 PM CST for Dickey County, LaMoure County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 6 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 24, 2016, 10:43 PM CST (04:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, McIntosh County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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, 3:29 PM CST | ICE STORM | Verona, ND | POWER OUT AT LOCAL RESIDENT'S HOME. . |
| Dec 25, 4:04 PM CST | ICE STORM | Fullerton, ND | POWER OUT AND MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 25, 4:44 PM CST | ICE STORM | Fullerton, ND | FACEBOOK REPORT OF TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM ICE. |
| Dec 25, 6:04 PM CST | ICE STORM | Edgeley, ND | POWER OUT REPORTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 25, 8:49 PM CST | ICE STORM | Zeeland, ND | WHOLE TOWN HAS POWER OUTAGE. |
| Dec 25, 8:50 PM CST | ICE STORM | Venturia, ND | WHOLE TOWN HAS POWER OUTAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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
8 follow-up statements
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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Dec 24, 9:44 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:44 PM CST, 59 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Bismarck ND 944 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 941 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 Have seen the latest NAM which suggests more ice/freezing rain southeast. However GFS much cooler from 18z run. Will wait for a look at the GFS 00z run going more freezing rain/sleet southeast. Will keep current forecast going just raised the chance of snow this evening and overnight to likely. . UPDATE Issued at 644 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 With limited new model data at this time using satellite imagery to watch the the storm organize. The 6 PM water vapor imagery shows the vigorous shortwave moving on shore over southern California with a baroclinic leaf seen in the IR channel becoming well defined from Arizona into Utah. A 120+ kt h250 mb jet was entering the base of the trough and by 12z Sunday the GFS moves the wind max to eastern Colorado then proceeds to wrap it around the eastern side of the closed low by 21z Sunday. This suggests the heaviest precipitation still looks to fall from noon Sunday through Midnight or early Monday morning. Also the strongest winds should arrive late in the afternoon or early evening creating the blowing snow. The precipitation type remains complex across the southeast with considerable warm air aloft supporting freezing rain beginning after midnight tonight and continuing through at least noon or early afternoon Sunday. See no reason to make changes to current forecast. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening) Issued at 345 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 Some flurries were over the forecast area late this afternoon associated with low clouds in place with the cold moist air. East winds will continue around 15 mph through the night ahead of the developing storm to the southwest. Moisture continues increasing overnight with rising temperatures as well. Lows for this coming night will be reached early...with slowly rising temperatures after 10 PM. Light snow is expected to break out in the west around midnight and reach the rest of the forecast area by daybreak Christmas morning. A concern for the James river valley is the significant warming aloft leading to mixed sleet and freezing rain chances that are increasing in likelihood. Each model run has been showing the warm layer even warmer and a bit thicker. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Saturday) Issued at 326 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 Storm / blizzard is still on track for Sunday into Monday. The higher winds are delayed until afternoon with true blizzard conditions not being realized until then. Snow should be falling at heavy rates across the southwest half of the forecast area by noon. What could turn out to be a formidable problem is the warmer air working into the storm...into southeast North Dakota. The James River Valley through most of the daylight hours of Sunday will be warm enough aloft for a snow...sleet...freezing rain mix. At times freezing rain could be predominant with a tenth inch possible across parts of Dickey...LaMoure...and Mcintosh counties. This will act to hold down total snow amounts there but actually result in worse conditions. true blizzard conditions there not likely realized until after dark Sunday night. Model runs are still in very nice agreement run to run and with each other so confidence remains very high with the event. It is interesting that for Bismarck the GEFS Plumes have actually increased in average snow amounts expected. Would expect the area just northeast of Bismarck, through Rugby, to end up with the most snow, pockets of 15 inches. Even more than that? Things quickly wind down after daybreak Monday with snow cutting off and then a slower, but steady, drop in wind speeds, especially Williston to Dickinson. Will expect that Monday morning the warning will be piece mealed out from west to east as weather improves, likely before the noon cst / 11 am mst expiration time. Warming a bit for mid-end week before the next cooler weather. Some snow with the warming, overrunning the colder surface. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 644 PM CST Sat Dec 24 2016 Hazards to aviation will focus on the major winter storm forecast to impact the region late tonight through Sunday. All TAFS will be impacted by very low IFR conditions with strong winds gusting over 35KTS. Freezing rain and sleet expected to impact KJMS between 11z-22z. && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Blizzard Warning from 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ Sunday to noon CST /11 AM MST/ Monday for NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037- 040>048-050-051. && UPDATE...WAA SHORT TERM...JPM LONG TERM...JPM AVIATION...WAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 7:15 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 715 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-260115- 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- 715 PM CST SAT DEC 24 2016 /615 PM MST SAT DEC 24 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VERY SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND WILL MAKE FOR A FULL BLOWN BLIZZARD. FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS...THE SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ADDING TO THE WEATHER PROBLEMS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS ALL THE DETAILS. AFTER THAT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... BE SURE YOU ARE READY FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. WAA
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Sources
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