The National Weather Service in La Crosse has updated our storm watch to a storm warning with 5-8" expected across SE Minnesota. Snowfall rates could be as high as 1 inch per hour and Thunder is possible.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
311 PM CST MON JAN 23 2017
...ACCUMULATING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY...
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL RETURN ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT
THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...WITH THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED
FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THE EXPECTED WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL
RESULT IN ROADS QUICKLY BECOMING SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR MANY
AREAS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER WITH SOUTHWARD EXTENT
INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA WHERE SOME RAIN OR SLEET WILL
LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
94...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A PERIOD OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR LIKELY AND SOME THUNDER ALSO POSSIBLE.