Two more cold fronts will pass through the Northwest U.S. this week with heavy mountain snow continuing across the Cascades, and northern Rockies. A quick moving storm system will bring mixed precipitation including some freezing rain across the Northeast U.S. overnight into Wednesday. Read More >
Overview
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A winter storm brought multiple bands of snow through south-central and southeast North Dakota beginning in the early afternoon of Tuesday, February 28th, and continuing through the morning of Wednesday, March 1st. Intense snow rates of up to 1 inch per hour fell across the Bismarck/Mandan area and other parts of the south-central Tuesday, quickly leading to snow-covered roads and hazardous travel. As snow continued to spread across the area, Interstate 94 was closed from Bismarck to Jamestown Tuesday evening, and a few hours later was closed from Jamestown to Fargo as well. Hazardous travel continued through the overnight hours and into Wednesday morning, with significant drifting of snow over roadways. Strong northeast winds persisted through the night, especially in the James River Valley, before conditions began improving during the day Wednesday as the storm moved away from North Dakota. Highest snow totals were along Interstate 94 from Bismarck to Fargo, where the heaviest snow bands ended up, with lower amounts to the north, south, and west. |
 Snow blowing in Jamestown, North Dakota. Photo courtesy of Nicole Nowatzki. |
Photos & Video
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| Snow plows working near Gladstone, ND. (NDDOT) |
Travel camera footage of Jamestown, ND. (NDDOT) |
Snow plow footage from near Carrington, ND. (NDDOT) |
Snow beginning to fall at the start of the winter storm at the NWS Bismarck office. (NWS Bismarck) |
Radar
MRMS Radar Data
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MRMS Radar Data 2/28/2023 1250pm CST - 650pm CST |
MRMS Radar Data 2/28/2023 - 3/1/2023 650pm CST - 1250am CST |
MRMS Radar Data 3/1/2023 1250am CST - 650am CST |
Storm Reports
...FEBRUARY 28TH TO MARCH 1ST SNOWFALL REPORTS... LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE PROVIDER JAMESTOWN STATE HOSPITAL 14.0 IN 0600 AM 03/01 COOP STEELE 12.5 IN 0924 AM 03/01 PUBLIC 3 SSE BISMARCK 12.3 IN 1029 AM 03/01 OFFICIAL NWS OBS 5 WNW HUFF 12.0 IN 0222 PM 03/01 TRAINED SPOTTER MANDAN 1.7 SSE 10.8 IN 0745 AM 03/01 COCORAHS PINGREE 5.4 NW 9.5 IN 0600 AM 03/01 COCORAHS MONTPELIER 9.0 IN 0900 AM 03/01 COOP EDGELEY 5.2 NW 8.2 IN 0800 AM 03/01 COCORAHS HAZEN 7.4 IN 0600 AM 03/01 COCORAHS LA MOURE 4.6 ESE 5.8 IN 0700 AM 03/01 COCORAHS ELLENDALE 7.3 NW 5.5 IN 0700 AM 03/01 COCORAHS GLEN ULLIN 4.8 IN 0900 AM 03/01 PUBLIC DICKINSON 4.5 IN 1051 AM 03/01 PUBLIC NEW ENGLAND 4.1 IN 0913 AM 03/01 PUBLIC ASHLEY 3.7 IN 0800 AM 03/01 COOP UNDERWOOD 3.5 IN 0800 AM 03/01 COOP KILLDEER 3.5 IN 0915 AM 03/01 COOP CATHAY 6.5 N 3.0 IN 0700 AM 03/01 COCORAHS HARVEY 2.5 IN 0723 AM 03/01 BROADCAST MEDIA 4 SE MARTIN 2.5 IN 1237 PM 03/01 PUBLIC GRASSY BUTTE 2.4 IN 1130 AM 03/01 CO-OP OBSERVER RHAME 2.0 IN 1247 PM 03/01 PUBLIC 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.
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