Winter Storm Warning Monday Afternoon-Tuesday Morning

It's time to get the snowblower out. Make sure there's fresh gas in it, too. If it won't start, chances are the gas has lost it's octane over the summer and fall months and won't fire.

The National Weather Service has issued a 'Winter Storm Warning' from noon today until 6am tomorrow. Here are the details from the National Weather Service in LaCrosse:

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
331 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 THIS MORNING. SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW.
THE SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
SLEET MAY CONTINUE WITH THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ALL SNOW IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.
THE HIGHER TOTALS LOOK TO FALL WEST AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE AND
THE LOWER TOTALS MORE TOWARD THE WISCONSIN RIVER IN SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS ARE GOING TO GUST
25 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE GOING TO
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE VERY QUICKLY ONCE THE SNOW
MOVES IN...THEN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
FOR THIS EVENING.

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/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0005.151228T1800Z-151229T1200Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
331 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY...

* EXPECT SNOW TO SPREAD IN AROUND NOON MONDAY AND THEN DIMINISH
AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AND 9 PM...WITH
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE.

* WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...PRODUCING BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGETOPS.

* VISIBILITY ARE GOING TO BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS BY THE EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.