Blizzard warning and winter storm warning NW Minn. to 9 a.m.
The Grand Forks, ND forecast office of the National Weather Service has extended the blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for northwestern Minnesota to 9 a.m. Wednesday:
Here are more details, from the Grand Forks, ND office of the NWS:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
515 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016
MNZ001>004-007-008-013>015-022-027-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-
038-039-054-071500-
/O.EXT.KFGF.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161207T1500Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-TOWNER-
CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA...
TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...
LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN...
MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...
FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE...MAHNOMEN...NAYTAHWAUSH...
WAUBUN...DETROIT LAKES...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...
COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...
PORTLAND...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
515 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
515 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016
MNZ005-006-009-016-071500-
/O.EXT.KFGF.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161207T1500Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...
BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...REDBY...PONEMAH...BAGLEY...CLEARBROOK
515 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* WINDS...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 30 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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