Blizzard Warning, Minnesota
SevereGusts up to 40 mph, gusts up to 55 mph. Widespread blowing snow, frequently reducing visibility below a half mile, may make travel dangerous, especially in open country.
Ended Saturday, January 17, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this warning
- Moorhead
- Fergus Falls
- Detroit Lakes
- Dilworth
- Breckenridge
- Barnesville
- Pelican Rapids
- Hawley
- Frazee
- Glyndon
- Elbow Lake
- Lake Park
- Hoffman
- Sabin
- Audubon
- White Earth
- Rothsay
- Ulen
- Ashby
- Herman
- Barrett
- Underwood
- Vergas
- Dalton
- Ogema
- Hitterdal
- Callaway
- Felton
- Elizabeth
- Wendell
- Campbell
- Erhard
- Wolverton
- Foxhome
- Comstock
- Georgetown
- Nashua
- Kent
- Norcross
- Baker
- Doran
How much
- Wind gusts
- Up to 40 mph Blowing snow on open roads
Map
- This warning
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Blizzard Warning, blizzard conditions. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. For the Winter Storm Watch, snow and widespread blowing snow possible. Total snow accumulations up to one inch possible. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
- Where
- Portions of northwest and west central Minnesota and southeast North Dakota.
- When
- For the Blizzard Warning, until noon CST today. For the Winter Storm Watch, from Sunday morning through Sunday evening.
- Impacts
- Widespread blowing snow, frequently reducing visibility below a half mile, may make travel dangerous, especially in open country.
Updates
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Allowed to end on time. January 17, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 17, 2026
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Extended to Saturday, noon. Area expanded. January 17, 2026
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Extended to Saturday, 9 in the morning. January 17, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 17, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 16, 2026
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Replaces the Winter Weather Advisory. January 16, 2026