National Weather Service Issues Blizzard Warning for Parts of Listening Area

A massive winter storm headed towards North Dakota has led the National Weather Service to issue a blizzard warning for much of the listening area, beginning tonight at 10pm.

From Weather.com:

SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

.WIDESPREAD... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR THESE AREAS... AND A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES BISMARCK... MANDAN... FORT YATES... LINTON... STEELE... HARVEY... CARRINGTON... JAMESTOWN... ELLENDALE AND OAKES.

6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM HETTINGER... BOWMAN AND BEACH... .THROUGH DICKINSON... KILLDEER... CENTER... GARRISON AND HARVEY. WHILE WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FOR THESE AREAS... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED... AND A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. FURTHER NORTH... 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR WATFORD CITY THROUGH MINOT AND RUGBY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE... ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.

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