Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >
Overview
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Another powerful Colorado Low, the second of three in less than three weeks, moved across North Dakota from Friday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 24th. Rain showers and even a few thunderstorms with heavy rain occurred on Friday. A wintry mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow fell across the west and north on Saturday, while showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours pushed through the east. At one point on Saturday there were Blizzard Warnings ongoing in the west while a Tornado Watch was posted for the east! As the system pulled away Saturday night and Sunday, most areas saw snow. Strong winds were observed throughout the storm producing a blizzard across the west and north. The impacts from this storm were adverse and widespread. In some cases, devastating. Roads and highways were closed in the west and north, including Interstate 94 from Mandan to the Montana border. Freezing rain, heavy wet snow, sleet, and wind gusts as high as 79 mph (New Town, ND DOT site) snapped thousands of power poles bringing lines down and causing extensive and extended power outages. The Williston Basin International Airport not only lost power, but had to close the runway due to significant blowing and drifting snow and near zero visibility. The Red Cross opened warming shelters in Williston and Crosby. Lastly, thunderstorms dropped hail and pushed gusty winds that damaged trees through the east. A brief tornado occurred in LaMoure County. Flash and overland flooding occurred with the storms. There was also very significant riverine flooding. |
 Tioga. Photo courtesy Gloria Bethel |
Photos & Video
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| Power lines down near Williston (Emily Marie) |
Heavy Snow in Crosby (Don Anderson) |
Snow piles up in Alexander ND (Katy Kendrick) |
No power in Williston (Ruth Marie Adekunle) |
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| Roads in Bowman County (Bowman County Twitter) |
Road Conditions in Belfield (ND DOT Twitter) |
Road Conditions near Hettinger (DOT Twitter) |
Dangerous Road Conditions (DOT Twitter) |
Radar
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| Saturday Morning Radar Loop | Saturday Afternoon Radar | 8 AM April 23rd Detailed Radar | 11 AM April 24 Radar Update |
Storm Reports
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| National 72 Hour Snowfall Analysis Ending 7 AM April 25 from NOHRSC |
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 351 PM CDT Sun Apr 24 2022 ...HERE ARE THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTS WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM THE WEEKEND BLIZZARD... Location Amount Lat/Lon 1 W Niobe 18.0 in 48.69N/102.25W 1 S Beach 17.5 in 46.91N/104.01W 2 NE Grassy Butte 16.0 in 47.42N/103.22W 1 N Dickinson 13.0 in 46.90N/102.79W Watford City 12.5 in 47.80N/103.28W 1 WNW Dickinson 12.0 in 46.89N/102.81W Bowman 12.0 in 46.18N/103.39W 6 NW Gladstone 11.3 in 46.93N/102.66W Dickinson 10.0 in 46.88N/102.79W Williston 9.0 in 48.16N/103.63W Belfield 9.0 in 46.89N/103.20W Williston 8.5 in 48.16N/103.62W Taylor 8.5 in 46.90N/102.43W 10 SW New England 8.0 in 46.44N/103.02W 2 NNW Watford City 7.0 in 47.82N/103.29W Hettinger 7.0 in 46.00N/102.64W Regent 6.0 in 46.42N/102.56W Lansford 3.7 in 48.63N/101.38W Glen Ullin 2.5 in 46.82N/101.83W 3 S Minot 2.0 in 48.19N/101.30W Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$
Saturday April 23rd Severe Weather Reports
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| Severe Weather Reports from Saturday, April 23rd. Click here for more details. |
Environment
Surface Maps Friday Morning (April 22nd) Through Saturday Morning (April 23rd)
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| Figure 1: Friday Morning Surface Map | Figure 2: Friday Evening Surface Map | Figure 3: Saturday Morning Surface Map |
Surface Maps Saturday Evening (April 23rd) through Sunday evening (April 24th)
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| Figure 4: Saturday Evening Surface Map | Figure 5: Sunday Morning Surface Map | Figure 6: Sunday Evening Surface Map |
Satellite data.
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| Figure 7: Satellite image from 1 PM CDT on Saturday April 23rd |
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