Winter Storm Watch until 06:00AM Wednesday 
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY, ACCUMULATING SNOW AND VERY GUSTY WINDS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WESTERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A strong clipper system is forecast to bring accumulating, potentially heavy, snow to portions central and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin Tuesday through Tuesday night. Snow is expected to start in central Minnesota early Tuesday afternoon and spread southeast into western Wisconsin by Tuesday evening. Currently, the most likely place for heaviest snow is along and north of Interstate 94 where a narrow band of 4 to 7 inches of snow is possible. Winds will also become strong with gusts of 30 to 40 mph possible. Snow will end from west to east during the morning hours of Wednesday.
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. A narrow band of 4 to 7 inches of snow is possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...Barron, Polk, Rusk, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, and St. Croix Counties.
* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Tuesday evening commute.
* AFFECTED AREAS: POLK ... BARRON ... RUSK ... ST. CROIX ... PIERCE ... DUNN ... PEPIN ... CHIPPEWA ... EAU CLAIRE
Instructions:
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Address/Location
Pepin County Sheriff's Office
740 7th Ave W
Durand, WI 54736
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-672-5944
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP PEPINCTY followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Watch
