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Snow Squall Warning, Minnesota

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow, gusts up to 35 mph. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Thursday, December 18, 2025.

Issued
Expires
Updated

How much

Wind gusts
Up to 35 mph Blowing snow on open roads

Map

Map of Minnesota with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Minnesota. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 22 mph. Moving east at 22 mphMINNESOTALake Superior10 mi Moving east at 22 mphMINNESOTALake Superior20 mi MINNESOTALake Superior20 mi MINNESOTALake Superior20 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • US border
  • Moving east at 22 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Wind gusts up to 35 mph.
Squall now
At 1:30 in the afternoon, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to 9 miles west of Whyte, moving east at 20 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Highways
Minnesota Highway 1.
Places named
Winton, Fall Lake, White Iron Lake, Snowbank Lake, southern Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Forest Center, Isabella, Dumbbell Lake, Birch Lake, Finland, Basswood Lake, Ensign Lake, Bald Eagle Lake, Alice Lake, Gabbro Lake, Murphy City, Ojibway Lake, Farm Lake, Isabella Lake, and Malberg Lake.
Seen by
Radar indicated.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. December 18, 2025
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. December 18, 2025
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Thursday, 1:45 in the afternoon. December 18, 2025