Frigid temperatures and winds will create “life-threatening” conditions in the Red River Valley region through noon on Monday, the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks reported on Sunday.
Wind chills of 40 to 50 degrees below zero are predicted.
Dangerously low wind chill values threaten an area extending from Bottineau, Rugby and Harvey, N.D., in the west to Roseau, Thief River Falls and Detroit Lakes, Minn., in the east. The affected area extends beyond the Canadian border and south of Fargo.
Such extreme wind chills “will result in frostbite and lead to hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken,” the NWS said.
