AREAS AFFECTED : DOUGLAS; TODD; MORRISON
...MIXED WINTER EVENT WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND ICE ACCUMULATION THROUGH
SATURDAY...
.A mixed precipitation event will persist across Minnesota into
Wisconsin through Saturday. Across parts of central Minnesota, this
will mainly fall as snow with up to 7 inches possible. Farther south,
a band of freezing rain and sleet from southwest Minnesota to
northwest Wisconsin will see ice accumulations up to two tenths of an
inch. There will be a sharp cutoff in these ice accumulations, as
this will be very sensitive to where the freezing line sets up.
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations
between 4 and 7 inches and ice accumulations around one tenth of an
inch.
* WHERE...Morrison, Todd, and Douglas Counties.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions
will impact the Friday evening commute.