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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1012 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC005-027-111-167-NDC017-041645-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0006.241204T1612Z-241204T1645Z/
CLAY MN-OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN-BECKER MN-CASS ND-
1012 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST.
* AT 1011 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST FARGO TO NEAR ROLLAG TO NEAR DETROIT
LAKES, MOVING SOUTH AT 35 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 UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
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 50 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 343 AND 352.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 36.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARGO, DETROIT LAKES, MOORHEAD, WEST FARGO, DILWORTH, BARNESVILLE,
AND PELICAN RAPIDS.
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 4667 9690 4646 9613 4663 9558 4687 9571
4674 9624 4697 9680 4692 9698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1611Z 345DEG 31KT 4689 9689 4669 9622 4681 9580
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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