Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL STRENGHTEN TONIGHT AND LINGER THURSDAY...BRINGING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET WILL FALL. ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONGS WINDS WILL BLOW ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE A BLIZZARD OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEADWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SDZ001-002-012>014-025-026-030-031-042-072>074-WYZ071-060845- /O.CON.KUNR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-CUSTER CO PLAINS- PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-SHANNON-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON... BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY... FOLSOM...WALL...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...STURGIS...UNION CENTER... HERMOSA...COLONY 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 800 PM THIS EVENING AND 800 AM THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE A BLIZZARD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS AN EXTREME WINTER STORM WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL STRENGHTEN TONIGHT AND LINGER THURSDAY...BRINGING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET WILL FALL. ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONGS WINDS WILL BLOW ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE A BLIZZARD OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEADWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SDZ032-043-044-060845- /O.CON.KUNR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081107T0600Z/ HAAKON-JACKSON-BENNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILIP...KADOKA...MARTIN 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE A BLIZZARD THROUGH THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS AN EXTREME WINTER STORM WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL STRENGHTEN TONIGHT AND LINGER THURSDAY...BRINGING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET WILL FALL. ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONGS WINDS WILL BLOW ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE A BLIZZARD OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEADWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SDZ046-047-049-060845- /O.CON.KUNR.BZ.W.0004.081106T1200Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081106T1200Z/ MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 643 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE A BLIZZARD. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS AN EXTREME WINTER STORM WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM FOR NORTH DAKOTA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...THURSDAY...AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL ALSO STRIKE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST INTO THE JAMES RIVER AREA THURSDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...FIRST IN THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS FARTHER EAST...ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE RAIN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. PLEASE RECONSIDER TRAVEL PLANS AND MAKE OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR THE STORM. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FREQUENTLY CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS... STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ019>022-034-035-042-045-046-060545- /O.EXT.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.081106T0600Z-081107T1200Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /241 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW....WINDS TO 50 MPH AND ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM FOR NORTH DAKOTA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...THURSDAY...AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL ALSO STRIKE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST INTO THE JAMES RIVER AREA THURSDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...FIRST IN THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS FARTHER EAST...ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE RAIN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. PLEASE RECONSIDER TRAVEL PLANS AND MAKE OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR THE STORM. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FREQUENTLY CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS... STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ018-033-040-041-043-044-060545- /O.CON.KBIS.BZ.W.0002.081106T0000Z-081107T0000Z/ DUNN-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /241 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND BECOME STRONGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ003-015-033-045-060315- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.081106T0600Z-081107T1200Z/ CORSON-DEWEY-STANLEY-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE... FORT PIERRE...MURDO 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /1203 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND BECOME STRONGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ004-009-060315- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0001.081106T0600Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.BZ.W.0002.081106T0600Z-081107T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND BECOME STRONGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ005-010-016-017-034>037-048-051-060315- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0001.081106T0600Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0002.081106T1500Z-081107T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN- BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 543 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008 .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL STRENGHTEN TONIGHT AND LINGER THURSDAY...BRINGING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET WILL FALL. ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONGS WINDS WILL BLOW ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE A BLIZZARD OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEADWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SDZ046-047-049-060845- /O.CON.KUNR.BZ.W.0004.081106T1200Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081106T1200Z/ MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 643 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE A BLIZZARD. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS AN EXTREME WINTER STORM WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
Blizzard Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 319 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND GRADUALLY BECOME VERY STRONG. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP AND BRING COLD AIR INTO THE AREA NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. EXPECTED RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THIS AREA. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...VISIBILITIES COULD AT TIMES BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-060530- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.081106T1800Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 319 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW FROM THE WEST THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ WILLIAMS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 319 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND GRADUALLY BECOME VERY STRONG. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP AND BRING COLD AIR INTO THE AREA NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. EXPECTED RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THIS AREA. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...VISIBILITIES COULD AT TIMES BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. SDZ039-054-060-065-068-060530- /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.081106T1800Z-081107T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 319 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL THURSDAY...THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND BECOME STRONGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ006-007-011-018-019-060315- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.A.0006.081106T1800Z-081108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.A.0002.081106T1800Z-081108T0000Z/ BROWN-MARSHALL-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...WEBSTER... REDFIELD...CLARK 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH DEVELOP. THESE TWO CONDITIONS OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY WOULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM FOR NORTH DAKOTA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...THURSDAY...AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL ALSO STRIKE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST INTO THE JAMES RIVER AREA THURSDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...FIRST IN THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS FARTHER EAST...ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE RAIN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. PLEASE RECONSIDER TRAVEL PLANS AND MAKE OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR THE STORM. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. FREQUENTLY CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS... STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-060545- /O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0009.081106T1200Z-081107T1200Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 341 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ KJB
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 309 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO HIT DEVILS LAKE BASIN TOMORROW INTO FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE DEVILS LAKE REGION TOMORROW THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW...MAINLY OVER THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN...WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN...WILL BRING WINTRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE TURNING OVER TO SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE REGION. MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-026>029-038-049-052-054-071800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WS.A.0007.081106T1800Z-081107T1800Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 309 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX THURSDAY NIGHT. SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY ...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE EXPECTED BY NOON FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ SPEICHER
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND BECOME STRONGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-060315- /O.CON.KABR.WS.A.0006.081106T1800Z-081108T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 103 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE INCREASING WINDS THAT MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ DORN
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1151 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...POTENTIAL FLOODING ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG AND SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM MEANDERS TO THE EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AFFECTING THE RED RIVER VALLEY. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAS BEEN RELATIVELY DRY AS OF LATE...SOILS ARE STILL NEARLY SATURATED AS EVAPORATION IS AT A SEASONAL MINIMUM. AS A RESULT...HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL SATURATE THE SOILS VERY QUICKLY AND GENERATE RUNOFF. AS THIS RUNOFF MAKES ITS WAY TO THE RIVER SYSTEMS...WHICH ARE NEAR RECORD HIGH BASE FLOWS FOR NOVEMBER...RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE. MODERATE FLOODING AT SOME POINTS ALONG THE RED RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IS POSSIBLE. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-060200- /O.CON.KFGF.FA.A.0001.081105T1800Z-081107T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 1151 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...MN AND NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...EAST MARSHALL...EAST POLK... GRANT...KITTSON...MAHNOMEN...NORMAN...PENNINGTON...RED LAKE... ROSEAU...WEST BECKER...WEST MARSHALL...WEST OTTER TAIL...WEST POLK AND WILKIN. IN MN...CLAY. IN NORTH DAKOTA...BARNES... CASS...EASTERN WALSH COUNTY...GRAND FORKS...GRIGGS...NELSON... PEMBINA...RANSOM...RICHLAND...SARGENT...STEELE...TRAILL AND WESTERN WALSH COUNTY. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAINS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE DEPENDENT ON RAINFALL RATES AND EXACT LOCATION AND DURATION OF THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF PRECIPITATION. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ DTR
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 641 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-062215- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 641 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT 6 AM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUCH OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEY THURSDAY EVENING. TWO TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN FAR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...WHERE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER EVENT OF THE SEASON. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. $$ SPEICHER/TG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 NDZ018>022-033>035-040>046-062200- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- 355 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /255 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BLIZZARD WARNING TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND VISIBILITY REPORTS WILL BE HELPFUL. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-062200- WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 355 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WITH CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND VISIBILITY REPORTS WILL BE HELPFUL. $$ KJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-061945- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE INCREASING WINDS THAT MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FIRST FOR TONIGHT FOR HAIL POTENTIAL AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SNOWFALL...WIND SPEEDS AND REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. $$ DORN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SDZ003-004-009-015-033-045-061945- CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-STANLEY-JONES- 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /1231 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR SNOWFALL...WIND SPEEDS AND REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SDZ005-010-016-017-034>037-048-051-061945- MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN- BUFFALO- 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH SMALL HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FIRST FOR THIS EVENING FOR HAIL POTENTIAL AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SNOWFALL...WIND SPEEDS AND REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SDZ006-007-011-018-019-061945- BROWN-MARSHALL-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- 131 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH DEVELOP. THESE TWO CONDITIONS OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY WOULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FIRST FOR TONIGHT FOR HAIL POTENTIAL AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SNOWFALL...WIND SPEEDS AND REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1129 AM MST WED NOV 5 2008 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-061400- BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON- HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS- NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY- SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP- WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH- 1129 AM MST (1229 PM CST) WED NOV 5 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 500 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 500 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND CROOK COUNTY IN WYOMING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 200 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 500 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS AND THE WYOMING BLACK HILLS... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 500 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 500 PM MST THURSDAY FOR SHANNON...JACKSON AND BENNETT COUNTIES... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 500 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 500 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 600 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 600 AM CST FRIDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY. TRAVEL ON THURSDAY WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 061200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1211 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON...TO REDWOOD FALLS...AND TO FAIRMONT DURING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...THOUGH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BRIEFLY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS...ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THURSDAY...PRIMARILY IN THE MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE LIKELY FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW...FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1157 AM CST WED NOV 05 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-061200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 1157 AM CST WED NOV 05 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG AND EAST OF A YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA LINE. A WIND SHIFT LINE WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...PROGRESSING INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP VERY NEAR THIS WIND SHIFT LINE...WITH A FEW REACHING SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR HALF DOLLARS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHEAR AVAILABLE...THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED...BRIEF TORNADO RIGHT NEAR THE WIND SHIFT LINE. WIND AND FOG... GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON FROM MARSHALL MINNESOTA TO STORM LAKE IOWA. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD BE 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. FARTHER EAST AROUND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRONG. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM ABOUT 4 PM TO 9 PM TODAY. ALSO SPOTTER INFORMATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. $$
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 720 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 NDZ019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-060330- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 720 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /620 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ .NOW... AT 720 PM CDT...A BAND OF RAIN SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JAMESTOWN AND HARVEY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH BISMARCK MANDAN...INTO GRANT AND SIOUX COUNTIES. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY WEST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS PONDING ON ROADWAYS. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH STRONGER CELLS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS BAND. ALSO...SHOWERS HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED OVER DICKEY...LAMOURE AND EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WILL ALSO LIFT TO THE NORTH AND WEST. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 720 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-060330- MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 720 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 /620 PM MST WED NOV 5 2008/ .NOW... A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW FROM SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY WEST THROUGH THE EVENING. RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW IN BOTH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. EXPECT OCCASIONAL SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...AS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 718 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060315- ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON- NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY- STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON... CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS... MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS... ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR 718 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... MULTIPLE BANDS OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OUT OF IOWA...ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A NEW SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETELY SPREAD OUT OF IOWA...ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. A TOTAL OF A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FROM THIS NEW ROUND OF MOISTURE THAT IS JUST BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION. $$