...ICY TRAVEL FOR SOME SAT MORNING...WINTER STORM THEN LIKELY SAT
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...
.HEAVY SNOW, A WINTRY MIX AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A WINTER
STORM FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOWFALL IN THE HEAVIEST
BAND OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR SATURDAY
EVENING COULD OCCUR. A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX AS THE STORM
MOVES IN MAY RESULT IN LIGHT ICING.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW, WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH
WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND
UNSHELTERED AREAS. VISIBILITIES UNDER 1/2 MILE COULD OCCUR.
AS FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING, A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED, WITH RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW ALL LOOKING
LIKELY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE, BUT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL BE MINOR TO SIGNIFICANT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THIS WEEKEND. IF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD,
ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE IN SOME RURAL AREAS.
KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE FORECAST AND PLAN NOW FOR TRAVEL IMPACTS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH EXPECTED.
* WHERE...IN WISCONSIN, GRANT COUNTY. IN IOWA, FAYETTE AND
CLAYTON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR IOWA CAN BE FOUND ON-LINE AT
511IA.ORG, IN MINNESOTA AT 511MN.ORG, AND IN WISCONSIN AT
511WI.GOV OR BY CALLING 5 1 1.
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