Summer Weather alerts for 2011 (Bismarck, Minot: garden, to move, transit)

[ElkHunter]

Ok, Winter is now over. Not only because I said so, but because I started the Summer Weather Alert thread. You can now plant your garden and frolic in the breeze.

No more snow, just sunshine and warm.

If there is significant weather, please post any alerts you may hear or see. This is not a reliable weather warning system, but more of a data bank for travelers and new people to North Dakota, to see how the weather is.

It doesn't have to be a weather alert, you can post "Wow is the wind blowing.", that's fine. As long as it's about the weather, it's fine, and please, include where, i.e. County, Town, Region, something to identify that it's not ND as a whole.

[ElkHunter]

Whoops, switched it to summer too soon. The first Summer Weather alert is a Blizzard Warning.

Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
729 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

...A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL
BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET...WHILE RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW
SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 50 MPH IN
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SHIELDS TO STEELE AND
JAMESTOWN...WINDS TO 50 MPH WITH SNOW OF LESSER INTENSITY WILL
RESULT IN 1/2 MILE VISIBILITIES. SO...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES IN
GARRISON...MINOT...AND BOTTINEAU. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN WILLISTON...DICKINSON...BISMARCK...AND HARVEY.
GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-94.

PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS TO STAY
INFORMED ABOUT THIS WINTER STORM.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-300830-
/O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110501T0000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
729 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 /629 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
SATURDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
SATURDAY.

* PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 50 MPH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH
WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BLOWING
SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES IN
GARRISON...MINOT...AND BOTTINEAU. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN WILLISTON...DICKINSON...BISMARCK...AND HARVEY.
GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-94.