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WWUS53 KFGF 041635
SQWFGF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1035 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC111-167-NDC077-041700-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0007.241204T1635Z-241204T1700Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-
1035 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST.
* AT 1035 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HICKSON TO NEAR ERHARD TO NEAR PERHAM, 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 GREATER THAN 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND TRAINED SPOTTER.
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 32 AND 48.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 63.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERGUS FALLS, PERHAM, OTTERTAIL LAKE, BATTLE LAKE, OTTERTAIL,
ROTHSAY, AND STAR LAKE.
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 4640 9686 4663 9689 4663 9658 4650 9612
4667 9550 4636 9536 4618 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 346DEG 31KT 4664 9679 4645 9611 4661 9552
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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