National Weather Service Issues Winter Weather Advisory

The possibility of accumulating snow and dangerous wind chills today, January 5th, have led the National Weather Service in Bismarck to issue a winter weather advisory for much of the area.

Here's the complete advisory, which was issued earlier this morning:

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH THIS MORNING...

...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY...

.DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS
OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND 30 BELOW ACROSS THE WEST...TO 45 BELOW NEAR THE
TURTLE MOUNTAINS. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS.

SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA
BY EARLY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. THIS
INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DICKINSON...BOWMAN...BEACH...GRASSY
BUTTE...HETTINGER...MEDORA...KILLDEER...NEW SALEM...CARSON...FORT
YATES...LINTON AND ASHLEY.

THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ADVISE
OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS. BE SURE TO DRESS FOR THE TEMPERATURE
OUTSIDE...NOT INSIDE YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY
WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

NDZ034-042-045-046-050-052030-
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MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...
ASHLEY
627 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 /527 AM MST MON JAN 5 2015/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...DANGEROUS COLD THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING
  SNOW THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO.

* SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT
  TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD
AIR WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.