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WWUS53 KFGF 041657
SQWFGF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1057 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC051-111-167-041745-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0008.241204T1657Z-241204T1745Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-GRANT MN-WILKIN MN-
1057 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CST.
* AT 1057 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BRUSHVALE TO NEAR FERGUS FALLS TO NEAR HENNING,
MOVING SOUTH 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 AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND
80.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERGUS FALLS, WAHPETON, BRECKENRIDGE, SOUTHWESTERN OTTERTAIL LAKE,
ELBOW LAKE, PARKERS PRAIRIE, AND BATTLE 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 4602 9626 4602 9658 4608 9655 4618 9659
4632 9660 4642 9671 4628 9607 4645 9534
4614 9514 4611 9515 4611 9577 4576 9576
4576 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 344DEG 35KT 4638 9666 4624 9606 4639 9542
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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