Bismarck   The National Weather Service says, Wednesday night through Thursday, the trong storm system will move into the plains with precipitation spreading southwest to northeast late Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night.

Locations south of I-94 may initially see rain or
even heavy rain, as well as light icing due to freezing rain
before transitioning to snow.

This transition will result in a large spread in snow amounts from the south to the north, with the heaviest axis of snow currently more likely to occur from Valley City to Grand Forks Wednesday evening through Thursday morning.

This may extended across far northwest Minnesota. Within this
heavy snow axis snow accumulations may range from 6 to 12″, with
locally higher amounts possible.

In addition, very strong north winds gusting 45 to 60 mph may combine with blowing snow to create significant drifting and blowing Wednesday night through Thursday.