Issued by The National Weather Service Fargo/Grand Forks, ND Fri, Jan 2, 4:17 am CST ... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS... BECOMING NORTH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES... AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... WITH 4 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * WIND CHILL VALUES... DROPPING TO 25 TO 30 BELOW SATURDAY... THEN FALLING TO 40 TO 50 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS... SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES AND WITH WINDS INCREASING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN COUNTRY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE LIFE THREATENING GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:19:52 +0000
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