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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1035 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
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WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST
MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST
POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER
TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MALUNG, HUBBARD, BRECKENRIDGE, BEMIDJI,
GWINNER, STEPHEN, PORTLAND, MAHNOMEN, RADIUM, FLORIAN, LONG LOST
LAKE, WADENA, RED LAKE FALLS, BACKOO, FOSSTON, BAUDETTE,
ROSEVILLE, HADLER, HILLSBORO, MCINTOSH, ROSEAU, ELBOW LAKE,
HOFFMAN, NEWFOLDEN, FERGUS FALLS, FORMAN, HERMAN, DETROIT LAKES,
FAITH, ROSBY, VALLEY CITY, BAGLEY, HAYES LAKE STATE PARK,
MOORHEAD, LAWNDALE, PONEMAH, GRYGLA, LOWER RICE LAKE, MAYVILLE,
ARGYLE, ASHBY, HOPE, LAVINIA, PENCER, EAST GRAND FORKS, NEW YORK
MILLS, MILNOR, AKRA, GRAFTON, STAPLES AIRPORT, CASPERSON,
ERSKINE, OAKWOOD, ENGLUND, PARK RIVER, MENAHGA, HENNING, PERHAM,
ESPELIE, HALLOCK, KARLSTAD, MCLEOD, CROOKSTON, KELSO, GATZKE,
FERTILE, RED LAKE, DRAYTON, NAYTAHWAUSH, WAHPETON, NARY, TWIN
VALLEY, ERDAHL, WARREN, PARKERS PRAIRIE, FOX, ROSEWOOD,
BOWESMONT, FINLEY, ADA, SALOL, THIEF RIVER FALLS, WALHALLA,
DAKOTA JUNCTION, FLAMING, HALSTAD, EBRO, BARRETT, ENDERLIN,
EMMAVILLE, MIDDLE RIVER, ROY LAKE, RUTLAND, GRAND FORKS, LISBON,
LAKE ITASCA, BATTLE LAKE, PARK RAPIDS, FARGO, SHOREHAM, CAVALIER,
SYRE, CLEARBROOK, WOLF LAKE, LANCASTER, LEROY, UPPER RICE LAKE,
HATTON, WAUBUN, REDBY, NASH, AND ALIDA
1035 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 1 AND 6 INCHES, WITH SOME LOCATIONS AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH AND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND DRIVE
WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ARISE. MOST PEOPLE IN THE WINTER
STORM WATCH AREA WILL NOT EXPERIENCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OR EVEN
POTENTIALLY SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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