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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

529 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016

NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-529 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS THE TEMPERATURES DROP, WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BEFORE DAYBREAK. NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING,

WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WATCHES CONTINUE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE FAR SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY, AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FURTHER NORTH AND EAST. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY, PARTICULARLY TOMORROW MORNING WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW COINCIDES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. AT THIS POINT, HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO

12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LIDGERWOOD, ND TO HAWLEY, MN TO WASKISH, MN LINE. NORTH AND WEST OF THAT LINE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT

BETWEEN LITTLE AND HEAVY SNOW.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

849 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016

NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN CASS-RANSOM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADA...TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...REDBY...PONEMAH...FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE...BAGLEY...CLEARBROOK...MAHNOMEN...

NAYTAHWAUSH...WAUBUN...FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN 849 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE ON THE NORTHWESTERN FRINGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND AND THUS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING TIMES OF SNOWFALL.

* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

 

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