Winter Weather — Pierce, North Dakota

2023-10-30 · Pierce, North Dakota

Event narrative

Snow Squall. Visibility rapidly deteriorated to less than one-quarter mile as northwest winds gusting to 50 mph combined with falling snow to produce a snow squall.

Wider weather episode

A clipper system dropped through the region with winds becoming northwest and gusting to 50 mph in the wake of the front. Some bands of snow also moved through the area with this system. Over north central North Dakota, one of these bands of snow combined with the strong winds to produce a snow squall with visibility rapidly dropping to under one-quarter mile as it moved southerly over parts of Bottineau, Rolette, Pierce, and McHenry counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1144559. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.