Our Sunday temps will be a bit milder. Patchy precipitation is possible on Sunday, then a big winter storm could hit parts of Minnesota Tuesday into Wednesday.
The powerful storm system spread destruction in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama and Mississippi. In Illinois, one person died and 28 were hurt after a theater roof caved in during a concert.
We’re cleaning up Saturday from our latest snowstorm. At least we’ll have some sunshine. We have updated storm totals plus a look at our next chance of snow.
An April Fools’ Day blizzard knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses across central and southern Minnesota early Saturday, and made for treacherous travel conditions across the region.
Rain and thunder early Friday evening shifts to heavy snow and strong winds for many areas later Friday evening and overnight. One model shows double-digit snow totals by Saturday morning in the southeast part of the Twin Cities metro area and in parts of west-central Wisconsin.
A blizzard warning now stretches across a broad swath of central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, and parts of Wisconsin Friday evening and overnight. How much snow depends on the timing of the changeover from rain.
Minnesota will see somewhat of a lull in the precipitation develop mid to late Friday morning before more showers and thunderstorms develop Friday afternoon turning to heavy snow quickly Friday evening with gusty winds.
Waves of wintry weather will cause travel problems in some areas late Thursday into Friday morning. Many areas will have travel problems Friday afternoon into early Saturday. We have the updated advisories, warnings and winter storm watches.
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