Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

A significant, long-duration winter storm will bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Widespread travel disruptions, prolonged power outages, and vast tree damage is likely. Frigid temperatures, gusty winds, and dangerous wind chills will expand from the north-central US to the Southern Plains, MS Valley, and Midwest. Read More >

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The National Weather Service office in La Crosse, WI would like to sincerely thank the following for their assistance in compiling the information contained in this web site:

Mike Welvaert, NWS La Crosse Service Hydrologist
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Chris Hubbuch, La Crosse Tribune
Dean Schumacher, Lake City Graphic & Shopper, for his pictures of Lake City, MN
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Walter Christian for his aerial pictures of Wabasha, MN and Sand Prairie (just south of Wabasha)
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Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

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