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WWUS53 KFGF 041721
SQWFGF
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1121 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
MNC051-111-167-041745-
/O.CON.KFGF.SQ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-241204T1745Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-GRANT MN-WILKIN MN-
1121 AM CST WED DEC 4 2024
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR
SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL...GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN WILKIN COUNTIES...
AT 1120 AM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BRECKENRIDGE TO NEAR WENDELL TO ALMORA, 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 TRAINED SPOTTER.
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 69 AND
80.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAHPETON, BRECKENRIDGE, ELBOW LAKE, PARKERS PRAIRIE, HOFFMAN, ASHBY,
AND HERMAN.
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 4626 9660 4611 9603 4626 9522 4624 9520
4614 9514 4611 9515 4611 9577 4576 9576
4576 9625 4602 9626 4602 9658 4608 9655
4618 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 347DEG 35KT 4622 9659 4605 9601 4623 9535
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
THOMAS
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