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WWUS43 KBIS 171243
WSWBIS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
643 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025
NDZ001>005-010>013-172045-
/O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0003.251218T0000Z-251218T1800Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-
PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOWBELLS, LIGNITE, TOWNER, DUNSEITH, VELVA,
COLUMBUS, PORTAL, BOTTINEAU, DRAKE, CROSBY, RUGBY, SHERWOOD, MOHALL,
MINOT, GLENBURN, NEW TOWN, SHELL VALLEY, ROLLA,
ROLETTE, STANLEY, POWERS LAKE, ST. JOHN, AND PARSHALL
643 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTES. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN COULD PRODUCE
A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE TURTLE
MOUNTAINS AREA. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
NDZ022-023-025-037-172045-
/O.CON.KBIS.WS.A.0003.251218T0600Z-251219T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JAMESTOWN, FESSENDEN, GOODRICH, CARRINGTON,
MCCLUSKY, AND HARVEY
643 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...SHERIDAN, WELLS, FOSTER, AND STUTSMAN COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
HOLLAN
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