.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT
WINTER STORM. IN FACT...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE
FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA
TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE
AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THIS
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY ABOUT 9 AM
THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABOUT 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST
6 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
AND NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS
WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.