Blizzard and Heavy Snow in North Dakota, November 19 to 20, 2024

Name: Blizzard and Heavy Snow in North Dakota, November 19 to 20, 2024
Start: 2024-11-19T09:00
End: 2024-11-20T17:00
Location: North Dakota

November 19 to 20, 2024 · NWS BIS · 19 events in 11 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BIS wrote it up.

A strong low pressure system moved northward through the plains before stalling over southeastern Manitoba, Canada. As it moved through, precipitation developed over parts of North Dakota on November 19, with snow developing in earnest over north central and parts of northwestern North Dakota as cold air wrapped in. The heaviest snow reported was 14 inches at Lake Metigoshe in Bottineau County. Winds became strong over the region with the stalled low, which combined with the new snow to produce a blizzard on November 20.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 19, 6:04 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 6:04 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Event by event

11 blizzard, 8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bottineau

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Bottineau forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service
Coordinates: 48.792, -100.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lake Metegoshie received 14 inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Rolette

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Rolette forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.772, -99.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rolette County received an estimated eight inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Renville

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Renville forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.719, -101.658 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Renville County received an estimated six inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Burke

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Burke forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.791, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Burke County received an estimated six inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, McHenry

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: McHenry forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

McHenry County received an estimated six inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Pierce

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Pierce forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.250, -99.972 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Pierce County received an estimated six inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Ward

When: November 19, 9:00 AM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Ward forecast zone
Reported by: Public

Locations north of Minot received six inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, McLean

When: November 19, 2:00 PM CST to November 20, 9:00 AM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: Public

McLean County received an estimated six inches of snow.