Blizzard Warning

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-ND12513C69B618.BlizzardWarning.12513C84FF40ND.FGFWSWFGF.4fd616a8f4e41bbc36c1a16507cedf24 from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Sent: 15:18 CST on 01-15-2014

Effective: 15:18 CST on 01-15-2014

Expires: 18:00 CST on 01-16-2014

Event: Blizzard Warning

Alert:

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL CANADA TOWARD

LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY.

SOME LINGERING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OVERALL THERE WILL BE

A PERIOD OF IMPROVEMENT THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A

WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE

WEST BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING.

THE WEATHER WILL TAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE WORSE AS AN ARCTIC COLD

FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND

MIDNIGHT THEN THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH

DAKOTA THRU THE LATE NIGHT. THIS ARCTIC FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED

BY SOME LIGHT SNOW AS WELL. EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE

NORTH TO FOLLOW THIS FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

THE WINDS PREDICTED ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE

VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY

IN OPEN COUNTRY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY...

AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THURSDAY SHOULD THINK ABOUT MAKING

DIFFERENT PLANS.

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

6 PM CST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

6 PM CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO START JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN

THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH

WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED

POWER OUTAGES THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE A LIFE THREATENING

BLIZZARD...TRAVEL ON THURSDAY WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.

MAKE PLANS TO POSTPONE OR DELAY ANY TRAVEL ON THURSDAY.

Instructions: 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.

Target Area:

Benson

Cavalier

Eastern Walsh County

Eddy

Grand Forks

Griggs

Nelson

Pembina

Ramsey

Steele

Towner

Traill

Western Walsh County

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Blizzard Warning

Alert:

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL CANADA TOWARD

LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY.

SOME LINGERING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OVERALL THERE WILL BE

A PERIOD OF IMPROVEMENT THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A

WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE

WEST BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING.

THE WEATHER WILL TAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE WORSE AS AN ARCTIC COLD

FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND

MIDNIGHT THEN THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH

DAKOTA THRU THE LATE NIGHT. THIS ARCTIC FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED

BY SOME LIGHT SNOW AS WELL. EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE

NORTH TO FOLLOW THIS FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

THE WINDS PREDICTED ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE

VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY

IN OPEN COUNTRY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY...

AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THURSDAY SHOULD THINK ABOUT MAKING

DIFFERENT PLANS.

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

6 PM CST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

6 PM CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO START JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN

THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH

WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED

POWER OUTAGES THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE A LIFE THREATENING

BLIZZARD...TRAVEL ON THURSDAY WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.

MAKE PLANS TO POSTPONE OR DELAY ANY TRAVEL ON THURSDAY.

Instructions: 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.

Target Area:

East Marshall

East Polk

Kittson

Pennington

Red Lake

Roseau

West Marshall

West Polk

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Blizzard Warning

Alert:

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL CANADA TOWARD

LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY.

SOME LINGERING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OVERALL THERE WILL BE

A PERIOD OF IMPROVEMENT THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A

WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY FROM THE

WEST BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING.

THE WEATHER WILL TAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE WORSE AS AN ARCTIC COLD

FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND

MIDNIGHT THEN THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND EASTERN NORTH

DAKOTA THRU THE LATE NIGHT. THIS ARCTIC FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED

BY SOME LIGHT SNOW AS WELL. EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE

NORTH TO FOLLOW THIS FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

THE WINDS PREDICTED ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE

VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY

IN OPEN COUNTRY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY...

AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THURSDAY SHOULD THINK ABOUT MAKING

DIFFERENT PLANS.

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST

THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST

THURSDAY.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO START LATE TONIGHT IN THE

SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH

WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE ZERO AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH.

* OTHER IMPACTS...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED

POWER OUTAGES. THIS WILL BE A LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD...

TRAVEL ON THURSDAY WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. MAKE PLANS TO

POSTPONE OR DELAY ANY TRAVEL ON THURSDAY.

Instructions: 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.

Target Area:

Clay

East Otter Tail

Grant

Mahnomen

Norman

West Becker

West Otter Tail

Wilkin