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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
208 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
MNC087-107-119-125-NDC035-272100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SQ.W.0003.260227T2008Z-260227T2100Z/
RED LAKE MN-NORMAN MN-POLK MN-MAHNOMEN MN-GRAND FORKS ND-
208 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
EASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CST.
* AT 207 PM CST, A SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR ARDOCH TO NEAR FISHER TO NEAR DUGDALE, MOVING SOUTH AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. 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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 157.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND FORKS, EAST GRAND FORKS, CROOKSTON, THOMPSON, FERTILE, ERSKINE,
AND FISHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW MELTING AND REFREEZING ON ROADWAYS WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS,
BECMONING 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 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.
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 4738 9590 4748 9662 4764 9689 4767 9689
4767 9695 4782 9720 4819 9742 4819 9729
4790 9669 4772 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 345DEG 17KT 4819 9739 4778 9673 4771 9622
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
CJ
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