This was an event that came from the Pacific Northwest. As the system approached the northern plains, it moved southeast, strengthened, and slowed a bit.
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The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
This was an event that came from the Pacific Northwest. As the system approached the northern plains, it moved southeast, strengthened, and slowed a bit. The main impact included heavy snowfall rates (1 /hour) combined with strong winds to produce a 3-8 hour period of winter storm warning / blizzard conditions across the southern Red River Valley. I29 was closed from Fargo to the SD line. I94 in MN was no travel advised from Alexandria to Moorhead. 4 to 12 inches of snow were reported. This event occurred on the Tuesday before thanksgiving causing more of an impacted with the increased amount of travel.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 25, 6:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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2 blizzard, 1 heavy snow, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Visibility at the Gwinner (KGWR) airport was a quarter mile or less from 9am to 330pm with gusts to 48mph. Snowfall estimates in the county ranged from 6 to 12 inches.
Milnor observer measured 12 inches of snow for an event total. Lisbon Coop reported 6 inches.
Reports of 3 to 5.5 inches across the southern Cass county including portion of Fargo combined with winds gusting to around 45mph severely reduced visibility during daytime hours leading to increased impacts.
Visibility at the Wahpeton (KBWP) airport was a quarter mile or less from noon to 6pm with gusts to 55mph. Snowfall estimates in the area were around 6 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, November 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1302011, 1302021, 1302044, 1302008.