THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE NORTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY

INCLUDES ..BOTTINEAU…BELCOURT…VELVA…RUGBY…HARVEY…CARRINGTON AND JAMESTOWN.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY…GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…UP TO 1 INCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL THURSDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW…AND OR BLOWING SNOW…COUPLED WITH
STRONG WINDS…WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS
WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

ALSO…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THURSDAY…

ELSEWHERE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…NORTHWEST WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND THE EXISTING LOOSE SNOWPACK WILL COMBINE TO
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WEST OF U.S. 83 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2…HOWEVER THE
ABSENCE OF NEW SNOW FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT  LIMITS THE DURATION OF
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING
SNOW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY…AND INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM
WILLISTON TO BOWMAN…EAST TO MINOT…GARRISON…BISMARCK AND FORT
YATES…TO WISHEK AND ELLENDALE.

IF PLANNING TRAVEL THURSDAY BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST
BEFORE HEADING OUT. CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. DO NOT TRAVEL IN
A BLIZZARD.