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Snow Squall Warning, Minnesota

Severe

Whiteout conditions with near zero visibility associated with intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow, gusts up to 20 mph. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Thursday, January 15, 2026.

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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 International Falls, Ranier, Littlefork. The weather service drew the area; it is moving southeast at 30 mph. International FallsLittleforkMINNESOTARainy Lake20 mi International FallsLittleforkMINNESOTARainy Lake20 mi International FallsLittleforkMINNESOTARainy Lake25 mi RanierLittleforkMINNESOTARainy Lake50 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • US border
  • Moving southeast at 30 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
Whiteout conditions with near zero visibility associated with intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow. Wind gusts up to 20 mph.
Squall now
At 4:38 in the afternoon, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from 21 miles north of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Near Trout Lake to 11 miles east of Buyck to near Nett Lake to near Littlefork, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. Expect visibility less than 1/10 of a mile in snow squalls. These snow squalls will affect US-53 between International Falls and Orr, MN-11 between Birchdale and Ranier, and US-71 between Big Falls and International Falls.
Places named
International Falls, Birchdale, Littlefork, Ash Lake, Kabetogama, Crane Lake, Manitou, Pelland, Voyageurs National Park, Buyck, Franz Jevne State Park, Loman, Kabetogama Lake, Rainy Lake West, Black Duck Lake, Ray, Ericksburg, Lac la Croix, Lake Agnes, and Crooked Lake.
Seen by
Radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 15, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 15, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Thursday, 4:45 in the afternoon. January 15, 2026