...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW SPREADS EAST ACROSS MINNESOTA
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
.RAIN HAS ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING, AND THIS TRANSITION WILL CONTINUE
FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. A FEW HOURS OF
FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR APPRECIABLE
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL, SOUTHWESTERN, AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONS OVER TO LIGHT
SLEET OR SNOW.
WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. AREAS OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS AFTER THE
FREEZING RAIN ENDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER AN INCH. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM MILLE
LACS LAKE, TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES SUBURBS, TO FARIBAULT AND
ALBERT LEA.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM
CDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO ONE INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
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