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Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
338 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011
...A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FROM
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE STORM MAY BRING
SNOW TO PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
FROM HETTINGER AND BOWMAN THROUGH DICKINSON AND BEACH TO WATFORD
CITY MAY SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. THE TRACK AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
STORM CONTINUES TO BE UNCERTAIN SO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR CHANGES.
NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-071745-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WS.A.0001.110108T1200Z-110110T0000Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HE TTINGER
338 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011 /238 AM MST FRI JAN 7 2011/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Deepening low pressure will move across North Dakota today (Friday) with a band of snow accompanied by high winds to affect much of the northern 3/4 of the state...areas north of I-94. Expect blizzard conditions for a time to hit...starting in the Minot area toward noon....Devils Lake-Jamestown by 3 pm and the Red River valley toward 6 pm. Storm will last about 6 hours.
Looks like an early spring or late winter snow storm taking shape for most of the state Tuesday into Wednesday (3/22-23)....Some areas could get more than a foot of snow.....from northwest into the southeast-east central parts of the state.
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
936 AM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING
RAIN MONDAY NIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE
STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS TO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TIMING AND LOCATION OF
PRECIPITATION TYPE DEPENDS ON TEMPERATURES...AND A FEW DEGREES
ABOVE OR BELOW FREEZING WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION
TYPE AND FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WILLISTON...THROUGH MINOT AND
GARRISON TO JAMESTOWN. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BE PREPARED
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER WINTER STORM.
NDZ001>005-009>013-017-021>023-025-202245-
/O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0003.110322T0600Z-110324T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
936 AM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY...
POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES.
* FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY HEAVY SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
* WINDS MAY GUST AT TIMES TO 35 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Blizzard Warning, North Western North Dakota, 3-22-2011
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...MAJOR EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES...
.SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA.
EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...NORTH AND CENTRAL. BLOWING SNOW IS
CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...EXPECT A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE A
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OCCURRING
SOUTH...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE INTENSITY OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW...AND A STRONG
EAST WIND IS STRESSING POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS...AND POWER
OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOCATIONS.
EXPECT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES...FROM WATFORD
CITY...THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY...TO GARRISON AND JAMESTOWN. TOTAL
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WILLISTON...TO
DICKINSON AND MOTT...AND EAST THROUGH LINTON AND ELLENDALE.
TRAVEL IS...OR WILL BECOME...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR STORM.
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>019-021>023-025-230530-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
422 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* EXPECT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* AN EAST WIND GUSTING OVER 40 MILES...COMBINED WITH HEAVY
SNOW...IS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH
THIS EVENING.
* TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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Winter Storm Watch, Most of ND, 3-20-2011
