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WINTER STORM WATCH |
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WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED MARCH 12 AT 2:41PM CDT UNTIL MARCH 16 AT 7:00AM CDT
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS, GUSTY WINDS,AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS THIS WEEKEND...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO ILLUSTRATE A REMARKABLE
PRECIPITATION FOOTPRINT ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL YIELD HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ORDER OF 6-10 ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED
TOTALS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI WILL LIKELY
EXCEED 12 . THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND CREATE PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS A RESULT.
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45
MPH. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 11 AND 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...RUSK COUNTY.
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. FOR
THE WINTER STORM WATCH, FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING
COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES. |
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VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
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RUSK
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