782  
WWUS43 KFGF 171001  
WSWFGF  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
401 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022>024-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-  
054-171815-  
/O.CON.KFGF.WS.A.0002.260218T0600Z-260219T0600Z/  
WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-  
EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH  
CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-  
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-  
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RED LAKE FALLS, MIDDLE RIVER, LANGDON,  
GRAND FORKS, BAGLEY, LAKE ITASCA, FOSSTON, GRAFTON, MAHNOMEN,  
EAST GRAND FORKS, HILLSBORO, COOPERSTOWN, CANDO, ADA, NEWFOLDEN,  
MICHIGAN, CAVALIER, PARK RAPIDS, THIEF RIVER FALLS, BEMIDJI, NEW  
ROCKFORD, LEEDS, HALLOCK, WARREN, DRAYTON, DEVILS LAKE, FINLEY,  
HALSTAD, RED LAKE, LANKIN, BAUDETTE, ROSEAU, CROOKSTON, AND  
MAYVILLE  
401 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 50  
PERCENT CHANCE FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.  
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND  
NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE COMBINATION OF  
FALLING SNOW AND WINDS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT  
MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD  
IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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