Low pressure intensified and moved from the Central Plains into Minnesota. Initially, warm thermal profiles allowed for mixed precipitation or all rain. However, as winds shifted to the northwest, colder air rapidly changed precipitation over to snow. While additional accumulation of snow was fairly light (up to 1 to 3 inches in areas of greatest snowfall along an axis from Tyndall to Salem to Minneota), northwest winds were bolstered to a gusty 40 to 60 mph and resulted in widespread blowing snow along with spotty blizzard conditions near the Buffalo Ridge. Travel was not recommended during the overnight and early morning hours across parts of southwest Minnesota and east central South Dakota.

Winter Weather in ROCK, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 21:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: AWOS

Northwest wind reached gusts to 49 mph at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System near Magnolia and 43 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KLYV near Luverne. Despite only a half inch of snowfall near Edgerton, winds whipped up considerable blowing snow with visibility of a mile or less at times.

Strong Wind in NOBLES, MINNESOTA
From 15-FEB-23 00:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 09:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 42.00 MG
Reported by: Department of Highways

Northwest winds were sustained from 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN007 near Rushmore, and 46 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KOTG in Worthington. While there was little additional snowfall, some patchy blowing snow reduced visibility briefly to around a mile at times.

Strong Wind in JACKSON, MINNESOTA
From 15-FEB-23 01:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 43.00 MG
Reported by: Department of Highways

Northwest winds were sustained from 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN008 near Lakefield, and 49 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KMJQ near Jackson.  While there was little additional snowfall, some patchy blowing snow reduced visibility briefly to around a mile at times.

Winter Weather in COTTONWOOD, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 21:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Department of Highways

Northwest wind reached gusts to 56 mph at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site near Jeffers and 53 mph near Mountain Lake, with 48 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KMWM near Windom. Despite less than a half inch of new snowfall at Windom, winds whipped up considerable blowing snow with visibility of a half mile or less at times.

Blizzard in LINCOLN, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 19:30:00 to 15-FEB-23 09:15:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Department of Highways

Several hours of gusty northwest winds reached a peak around 50 mph at Minnesota Road Weather Information System sites near Hendricks and Lake Benton. Despite snowfall only up to as high as 2.5 inches 8 miles southeast of Hendricks, winds whipped up widespread blowing snow with less than one-quarter mile visibility through several overnight and early morning hours.

Blizzard in LYON, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 18:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 09:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Department of Highways

Several hours of gusty northwest winds reached a peak of 59 mph at Minnesota Road Weather Information System site near Florence and 56 mph near Taunton, as well as 53 mph at Automated Surface Observing System sites near Marshall and Tracy.  Despite snowfall only up to 2 inches at Minneota and 1 inch at Marshall, winds whipped up widespread blowing snow with less than one-quarter mile visibility through several overnight and early morning hours.

Winter Weather in PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 20:00:00 to 15-FEB-23 09:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: RAWS

Northwest wind reached gusts to 41 mph at the RAWS site at Pipestone. Despite only an inch of new snowfall at Pipestone, winds whipped up considerable blowing snow with visibility of a mile or less at times.

Winter Weather in MURRAY, MINNESOTA
From 14-FEB-23 20:30:00 to 15-FEB-23 09:30:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: RAWS

Northwest wind reached gusts to 53 mph at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site near Dovray and 44 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KDVP at Slayton. Despite only 0.7 inch new snowfall at Slayton, winds whipped up considerable blowing snow with visibility of a mile or less at times.