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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
426 PM CST THU JAN 15 2026
MNC113-119-125-152315-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0002.260115T2226Z-260115T2315Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-PENNINGTON MN-
426 PM CST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
WESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST.
* AT 424 PM CST, A SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS TO NEAR CROOKSTON, MOVING SOUTH AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING
TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
US HIGHWAY 2, US HIGHWAY 75, US HIGHWAY 59, THIEF RIVER FALLS,
CROOKSTON, RED LAKE FALLS, MCINTOSH, ERSKINE, PLUMMER, AND ST.
HILAIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS MAY QUICKLY FREEZE TO ICE, CAUSING ROADS TO BECOME
SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF
TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS 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 4769 9666 4796 9671 4817 9620 4817 9602
4761 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 351DEG 38KT 4808 9610 4784 9664
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
CJ
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