Winter storm warning

Winter Storm Warning for Le Sueur County, Minnesota
From 3:00pm CST, Sun Jan 27 until 6:00 am CST, Mon Jan 28

Action Recommended: Make preparations per the instructions
Issued by: Minneapolis - MN, US, National Weather Service,
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... *

WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED.

WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. *

WHEN...FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS

ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR MINNESOTA CAN BE FOUND AT 511MN.ORG AND FOR WISCONSIN AT 511WI.GOV, OR BY CALLING 5 1 1 IN EITHER STATE. &&

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...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM IS STILL ON TRACK TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST FROM THE DAKOTAS INTO IOWA THEN TO MICHIGAN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO OCCUR FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO TO AROUND THE EAU CLAIRE AREA, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARDS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. THEREFORE, WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH WESTERN WISCONSIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER.

IN THESE AREAS, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA CAN BE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA CAN BE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.