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Event Details
| Event | Heavy Snow |
| State | NORTH DAKOTA |
| County/Area | DUNN |
| WFO | BIS |
| Begin Date | 02/09/2009 14:00:00 CST-6 |
| End Date | 02/10/2009 17:00:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A powerful and complex winter storm made a direct hit on North Dakota from late in the afternoon on February 8th, through early in the morning on the 11th. Winter Storm and Ice Storm warnings were issued in advance of this storm system as it developed across the southwest part of the nation. As the storm ejected into the plains on Sunday, the first wave of precipitation quickly overspread west and central North Dakota during the evening. Fortunately, warm and moist air preceding this system, coinciding with surface temperatures above freezing, resulted in most of the precipitation falling as rain with much less ice accumulation than expected. As the storm continued to move northeast on Monday, colder air was pulled south into North Dakota resulting in the second wave of precipitation from the 9th through early on the 11th to fall as all snow. A stationary north to south oriented band of moderate to heavy snow developed across western North Dakota Monday night, and persisted into the day on Tuesday, before gradually shifting eastward Tuesday night. This band of heavy snow remained just to the west of Bismarck and Minot, sparing these areas of the heavier snow amounts which ranged from 8 to 20 inches over western parts of the state. The heavy snow closed several area highways including Interstate 94 from Dickinson to Mandan Tuesday night, and also resulted in county officials issuing numerous no travel advisories over the west. |
| Event Narrative | A storm total snowfall of twelve inches was reported at Halliday. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| GRANT (ZONE) | GRANT (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 12:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| HETTINGER (ZONE) | HETTINGER (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 13:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MORTON (ZONE) | MORTON (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 13:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| STARK (ZONE) | STARK (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 13:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| DUNN (ZONE) | DUNN (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 14:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MCLEAN (ZONE) | MCLEAN (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 14:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| OLIVER (ZONE) | OLIVER (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 14:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MERCER (ZONE) | MERCER (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 14:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WARD (ZONE) | WARD (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 16:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| MOUNTRAIL (ZONE) | MOUNTRAIL (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 16:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| RENVILLE (ZONE) | RENVILLE (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 18:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| DIVIDE (ZONE) | DIVIDE (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| WILLIAMS (ZONE) | WILLIAMS (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K | |
| MCKENZIE (ZONE) | MCKENZIE (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| GOLDEN VALLEY (ZONE) | GOLDEN VALLEY (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BILLINGS (ZONE) | BILLINGS (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BURKE (ZONE) | BURKE (ZONE) | ND | 02/09/2009 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Heavy Snow | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K |
