Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
913 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
.A WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS ALL RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH A
WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW FOR
ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL SLOWLY DECREASING IN INTENSITY MONDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS
THE SOUTHWEST...INCLUDING DICKINSON...BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND GLEN
ULLIN. 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL...
INCLUDING BIMSARCK...WASHBURN...HAZEN AND STEELE. LOCATIONS
FAVORED FOR THE MOST SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY 9 TO 12 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES WILLISTON...
MINOT...RUGBY...CARRINGTON AND JAMESTOWN. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE
FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY POTENTIAL SHIFT IN TRACK
WOULD IMPACT FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS
ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO FORECAST UPDATES.
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-022315-
/O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0003.130303T1200Z-130305T1200Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
913 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 /813 AM MST SAT MAR 2 2013/
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...6 TO 9 INCHES SOUTH CENTRAL AND 9 TO
12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME
HAZARDOUS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS ALL RAIN ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SUNDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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WAA
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
456 AM MST SAT MAR 2 2013
MTZ004-030000-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0003.130303T0600Z-130303T1800Z/
LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-
456 AM MST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING FOR...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: A RAPID CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL
EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PASSAGE
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
* THE HEAVIER SNOW ALONG THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG...
GUSTY WINDS AND RESULT IN DRAMATIC VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* THE WET...SLUSHY ROAD SURFACES ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY FREEZE IN
RESPONSE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY MAKING DRIVING
CONDITIONS EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS SUNDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 11 INCHES.
* WINDS: 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
402 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE OVER NORTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF WESTERN
MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT...
.WEATHER MODELS REMAIN QUITE VARIED IN THEIR SOLUTIONS TO THE NEXT
STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SHIFT NORTH WITH
THE STORM TRACK PUTTING MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF
WESTERN MINNESOTA IN AT LEAST SOME THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW. HOW MUCH
AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST WILL FALL IS WAY TO UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME
TO PREDICT AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST UPDATES.
BUT THE GENERAL IDEA IS FOR SNOW TO SPREAD INTO EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING AND THEN INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE
ENDING. WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM APPEAR ON THE LIGHT SIDE SO NO HUGE
ISSUE WITH BLOWING SNOW IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
MNZ001>003-027-029>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-
049-052>054-051015-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WS.A.0006.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-
EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-
CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...
CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
402 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING....SNOW TO SPREAD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY
EVENING AND THEN INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE IN MONDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TURNING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH
MONDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE IN WATCH AREA.
* TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM IS MORE UNCERTAIN THAN USUAL SO MONITOR FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.
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.
&&
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DTR
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
354 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
..A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION
COULD DEVELOP ON SUNDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH
AREA. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY
POTENTIAL SHIFT IN TRACK WOULD IMPACT FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS.
ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR
FOR FORECAST UPDATES.
MNZ039-046-SDZ004>008-010-011-018>023-022200-
/O.NEW.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...HERREID...
EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
354 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ON SUNDAY
NIGHT. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY
INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON TUESDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME
NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER
THAN 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS...PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A WINTRY MIX. AT
THIS TIME...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
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.
&&
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FOWLE
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES
OR MORE TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME...
THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO ALBERT LEA. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. CHECK LATER WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGES FOR MORE DETAILS.
MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-021800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
346 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT THEN
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON
TUESDAY.
* MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE
ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
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.
&&
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RAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
331 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-021745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0003.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS
331 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY
NIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BE IN THE RANGE OF 7 TO 9 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...THEN DECREASING ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN
VISIBILITIES OF HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
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.
&&
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