Moderate

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In Minnesota, Kittson, West Becker, and West Marshall Counties. In North Dakota, Eastern Walsh, Grand Forks, Pembina, Cass, and Traill Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the first Wind Advisory 9 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...In Minnesota, East Otter Tail, Grant, West Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties. In North Dakota, Richland County. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner, Western Walsh, Griggs, and Steele Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the first Wind Advisory 9 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In Minnesota, East Marshall, East Polk, Mahnomen, Pennington, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties. In North Dakota, Barnes County. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Warning, widespread blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Norman, West Polk, and Clay Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Warning, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the first Wind Advisory until 9 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Severely limited visibilities are expected. Travel will be dangerous and possibly life-threatening. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...In Minnesota, East Otter Tail, Grant, West Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties. In North Dakota, Richland County. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner, Western Walsh, Griggs, and Steele Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this evening. For the first Wind Advisory 9 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

At 136 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 9 miles north of Fort Sumner, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fort Sumner. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, and Stark Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 8 PM MDT this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 6 PM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Objects left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to a half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Grant, Oliver, and Western Morton Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Objects left unsecured outside will be blown around.