/Issued 8:22 PM CST, Wednesday, January 29, 2014/
*Heads up! A quick hitting winter storm Thursday Morning and early Afternoon in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
-Twin Cities to Rice Lake (Pink area on the map) is under a winter storm warning.
-North and south, east and west of the warning is a winter weather advisory (purple area on the map)
*WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
A winter weather advisory has been issued for parts of Eastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin.
Timing:
5 AM to 12 PM CST Wednesday.
Counties included in the advisory:
Pine MN
Burnett WI
Washburn WI
Sawyer WI
Price WI
Some cities included in the advisory:
Hinckley…Pine City…Siren…Grantsburg…Minong…Shell Lake…Spooner…Hayward…Winter…Exeland…Park Falls…Phillips…Ogema…and Prentice.
Snow accumulations:
2-4″ in the advisory area with locally higher amounts of 5-6″ possible.
Visibility:
The snow may be heavy at times with visibilities as low as one half mile.
**A winter weather advisory for snow means that accumulating snow will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for snow covered roads and reduced visibility**
-Newest SREF model run (21z) has increased snowfall amounts for this event. 3-6″+ is now being predicted by the SREF model…The corridor of heaviest snow looks like it’ll be over the Southern 1/2 of Minnesota and into Western-North Central Wisconsin.
Tim
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