AREAS AFFECTED : LAC QUI PARLE; SWIFT; CHIPPEWA; KANDIYOHI; YELLOW MEDICINE; RENVILLE; REDWOOD
...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 up to
two inches and ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch.
* WHERE...Kandiyohi, Renville, Redwood, Chippewa, Lac Qui Parle,
Swift, and Yellow Medicine Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions will impact the Friday evening commute.