AREAS AFFECTED : STEVENS; POPE
...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...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations
between 3 and 5 inches and ice accumulations around one tenth of an
inch.
* WHERE...Pope and Stevens Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions will impact the Friday evening commute.