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Snow Squall Warning, Minnesota

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow, gusts up to 20 mph. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Monday, March 23, 2026.

Issued
Expires
Updated

Places in this warning

How much

Wind gusts
Up to 20 mph Blowing snow on open roads

Map

Map of Minnesota with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Ely, Winton. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 72 mph. Moving east at 72 mphElyMINNESOTALake Superior20 mi ElyMINNESOTALake Superior20 mi ElyMINNESOTALake Superior20 mi ElyMINNESOTALake Superior25 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • US border
  • Moving east at 72 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 visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts up to 20 mph.
Squall now
At 8:32 in the evening, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from 9 miles north of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Near Trout Lake to near Fall Lake to near Bear Head Lake State Park, moving east at 65 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Places named
Ely, Gunflint Lake, Babbitt, Winton, Basswood Lake, Birch Lake, Burntside Lake, White Iron Lake, Saganaga Lake, Sea Gull Lake, Fall Lake, Snowbank Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Robinson, Forest Center, Bear Head Lake State Park, Little Saganaga Lake, Alpine Lake, Ensign Lake, and Bald Eagle Lake.
Seen by
Radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. March 23, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. March 23, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Monday, 8:45 in the evening. March 23, 2026