...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A BLIZZARD
WARNING SATURDAY FOR WESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY FOR
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON, AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY
THE MIDDLE, AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOST OF THE HEAVIER
SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING, BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW, WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SURFACE
VISIBILITY, WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN WEST CENTRAL, AND
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO
AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO ICY ROADS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES,
ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. EXPECT SNOW-COVERED ROADS FOLLOWED
BY STRONG WINDS, BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. ON SATURDAY, NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* WHEN...FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

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