Pacific moisture accompanied a warmer layer of air which moved over the colder surface temperatures of northeast Montana and created favorable conditions for freezing rain to occur during the evening hours of the 6th.
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The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.
Pacific moisture accompanied a warmer layer of air which moved over the colder surface temperatures of northeast Montana and created favorable conditions for freezing rain to occur during the evening hours of the 6th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A bus carrying the Minot State University wrestling team was travelling east on Highway 2. They slid off the road just after crossing the Milk River bridge 2 miles west of Dodson. Three people sustained injuries.
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