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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
945 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC005-027-111-NDC017-041615-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0005.241204T1545Z-241204T1615Z/
CLAY MN-OTTER TAIL MN-BECKER MN-CASS ND-
945 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST.
* AT 945 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARDNER TO NEAR HAWLEY TO WHITE EARTH NATION,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 87.
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 342 AND 352.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 24.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARGO, DETROIT LAKES, MOORHEAD, WEST FARGO, DILWORTH, HAWLEY, AND
GLYNDON.
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 4680 9699 4661 9618 4674 9562 4708 9585
4697 9638 4720 9704
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 336DEG 36KT 4715 9706 4691 9636 4703 9583
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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