Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
.WIDESPREAD...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 12
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS TO 45 MPH
WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS...AND A
BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES BISMARCK...MANDAN...FORT
YATES...LINTON...STEELE...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JA MESTOWN...ELLENDALE
AND OAKES.
6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM HETTINGER...BOWMAN
AND BEACH....THROUGH DICKINSON...KILLDEER...CENTER...GARRISON AND
HARVEY. WHILE WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FOR THESE
AREAS...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ARE
EXPECTED...AND A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. FURTHER
NORTH...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR WATFORD CITY
THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY. STAY UP TO DATE AT
NWS Bismarck, ND Home Page FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...ADVISORIES...AND WARNINGS.
NDZ018-031>033-301730-
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DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 /321 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM
MDT/ MONDAY.
* TIMING...SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES
TO ONE HALF MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE PATROL
ADVISES...REMAIN ALERT AND DO NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL IN THESE
DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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