Lake-effect snow happens when cold air passes over unfrozen and relatively warm waters - in this case in the Great Lakes - ...

South central North Dakota including the Bismarck-Mandan ... The system was triggering severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in central and southern areas of the Great Plains. Colder air sweeping ...

Severe thunderstorms packed damaging wind gusts ... Winter weather alerts have been issued across most of North Dakota, including Winter Storm Warnings for cities such as Minot, Bottineau ...

The Turtle Mountains area in northern North Dakota could see more than a foot ... The storm system is forecast to bring severe thunderstorms to the Southern and Central Plains.

Since yesterday, and increasing in intensity today, a line of thunderstorms hit the area known as the Great Plains, basically the entire center of the country, from New Mexico to North Dakota ...