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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
411 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013

...GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY...

.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL RAPIDLY DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA
SATURDAY MORNING. IN ITS WAKE WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS
COMBINED WITH SOME FRESH SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY...OUTSIDE OF CITIES/TOWNS. 

MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-200000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.BZ.A.0001.130119T1200Z-130120T0000Z/
WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...WARREN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...
ADAMS
411 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND THESE WINDS
  COMBINED WITH DEEPER SNOW COVER IN THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEY AND
  PARTS OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL WITH THE FRONT
  BUT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY MINIMAL.  

* WIND CHILLS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BELOW ZERO SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.
  
* OTHER IMPACTS...IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT CONDITIONS IN
  SHELTERED AREAS AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY
  DIFFERENT THAN IN THE OPEN COUNTRY ON SATURDAY. IF YOU MUST
  DRIVE THROUGH RURAL AREAS AND OPEN COUNTRY BE AWARE THAT
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE GREATLY REDUCED TO UNDER ONE
  QUARTER MILES AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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