Good Afternoon MHA Nation,
Please see the following Hazardous Weather Situational Update:
🔷⚠️HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN FBIR 4/4-4/5 2023 Update 4/3/23 @1400 HRS/2 PM ⚠️🔷
A late season High Impact Winter Storm Warning is in effect now for the majority of FBIR beginning Tuesday April 3rd at 1200 HRS/12 PM until Wednesday April 4th at 0000 HRS/12 AM.
💠North Segment, Four Bears Segment, & Northeast Segment:
Winter Weather Advisory 12PM Tuesday thru 12AM Wednesday. Total snow accumulations up to 3 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph will cause widespread blowing snow.
💠⚠️West Segment, East Segment, & South Segment:
BLIZZARD WARNING 12PM Tuesday thru 12AM Wednesday. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 9 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph.
💠⚠️Bismarck/Mandan:
BLIZZARD WARNING 6AM Tuesday thru 12AM Wednesday. ‼️Total snow accumulations between 9 and 14 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph. Central ND will see an extreme impact from this storm.‼️
🚫Travel will be very difficult to impossible in the Blizzard Warning Areas. Roadway Closures are expected. Widespread blowing snow will significantly reduce visibility causing whiteout conditions.
✅Please refrain from any unnecessary non-emergency travel during this time if you are in the affected Blizzard areas. Complete an inspection of your vehicle’s Winter Preparedness Kit. Inform a family member or friend of your travel plans. If you do become stranded-STAY with your vehicle and call 911.
✅If you are in the Blizzard affected areas-Please take the time to get your essential errands done TODAY or early TOMORROW MORNING before the storm arrives.
✅Please continue to check on your Elderly relatives and neighbors via phone.
✅Once the storm arrives-you can help keep our First Responders safe and available to respond to emergencies by staying off the highways during this storm.
✅ As the storm leaves Central ND early Thursday morning, give time for Tribal, Local, County, State Road and Maintenance Crews to safely begin clearing emergency routes, main roadways, and residential streets and routes. These heavy equipment operators can be most efficient at completing snow removal operations when they have the space needed free of other traffic to open travel routes.
⚠️Weather conditions may change. Please continue to monitor local weather and road conditions for updates.
NWS Briefing:
https://www.weather.gov/media/bis/DssPacket.pdf
ND Roads Conditions: