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WWUS53 KFGF 041426
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
826 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC087-107-119-125-NDC035-097-041500-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0002.241204T1426Z-241204T1500Z/
RED LAKE MN-NORMAN MN-POLK MN-MAHNOMEN MN-GRAND FORKS ND-TRAILL ND-
826 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST.
* AT 826 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ERSKINE TO ELDRED TO NEAR EMERADO, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTER.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 135.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROOKSTON, FOSSTON, THOMPSON, FERTILE, MCINTOSH, ERSKINE, AND ISLAND
LAKE IN MAHNOMEN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4729 9640 4756 9725 4794 9744 4778 9681
4783 9598 4743 9555 4738 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 324DEG 47KT 4772 9600 4768 9675 4785 9733
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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