Strong winds combined with light snowfall brought the need for blizzard warnings in central and western Minnesota counties on January 16. A number of locales reported whiteout conditions with zero visibility for driving. Many Minnesota highways were closed for a time due to very low visibility and development of large snow drifts. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour at some locations.
Preliminary Local Storm Reports from the National Weather Service
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
223 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0142 PM BLIZZARD 4 W WORTHINGTON 43.63N 95.68W
01/16/2014 NOBLES MN CO-OP OBSERVER
VISIBILITY VARYING FROM NEAR ZERO TO 0.5 MI
0105 PM BLIZZARD LUVERNE 43.65N 96.21W
01/16/2014 ROCK MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS REPORTED
1255 PM BLIZZARD IVANHOE 44.46N 96.25W
01/16/2014 LINCOLN MN EMERGENCY MNGR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS REPORTED
1255 PM BLIZZARD MARSHALL 44.45N 95.79W
01/16/2014 LYON MN EMERGENCY MNGR
WHITE OUT BEING REPORTED IN RURAL AREAS.
1255 PM BLIZZARD PIPESTONE 44.00N 96.31W
01/16/2014 PIPESTONE MN EMERGENCY MNGR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
303 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1126 AM BLIZZARD WHEATON 45.81N 96.50W
01/16/2014 TRAVERSE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE NEAR WHEATON DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
1136 AM BLIZZARD ORTONVILLE 45.30N 96.44W
01/16/2014 BIG STONE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERMITTENT VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO IN BIG STONE COUNTY DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
Last modified: January 17, 2014
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