“We are getting pounded with a bunch of snow,” said Gwen Rosengarten, a dispatcher for sheriff’s department in Bayfield County, Wisconsin where about a foot of snow has fallen. The snowfall will likely break seasonal records in portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota, Keeney said.
Temperatures fell close to 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 1 degree Celsius), making for a heavy, wet snow that downed trees and caused power outages and road closures. “The northernmost areas have seen snow in May before, but not of this magnitude,” said Jim Keeney, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. The winter storm system has delivered about 18 inches of snow across parts of northwest Wisconsin and more than 15 inches in southern Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service. That will continue early into the morning on Friday.MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - An unseasonable May storm system dropped more than a foot of snow across the central Plains and the upper Midwest on Thursday, closing roads and causing power outages in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. “Late in the evening after 11 p.m., we are looking at potential for freezing drizzle to develop in the area. “Thursday afternoon will be dry,” Krull said. The high for Thursday in Fort Dodge is 33 degrees. In Fort Dodge, a wind gust of 33 mph registered between 5 a.m. Krull reported wind gusts of up to 50 mph east of Interstate 35. “It’s just too early for this,” Penton said. Penton said even though the winds have been strong, he hopes with warm enough temperatures the snow will melt pretty fast. Tuesday and quickly turned to a heavy, wet snow. Penton said that the precipitation started at about 4 p.m. “We have had a few accidents dealing with jackknifed semis,” Penton said. Penton said the weather caused multiple accidents in the county. Highway 18 and Iowa Highway 15 near Whittemore. “The east, west roads are very slick,” Penton said as he sat in his car at the intersection of U.S. Swea City had 3.4 inches.ĭavid Penton, the emergency management coordinator in Kossuth County, said wind and snow continued to blow across roads Wednesday morning. In Kossuth County, 4 inches of snowfall was measured in Algona. “The snow was so heavy, it created a lot of icy conditions, but we didn’t have any major problems that I’m aware of,” he said. Pocahontas County also received 3 to 4 inches of snow, according to Pocahontas County Emergency Management Coordinator Russ Jergens. Sac County Emergency Management Director Jim Bullock said his county received 4.5 inches of snow overnight, but that there were no accidents reported as of mid-morning on Wednesday. “And just making sure people know to drive safe and take some extra time to get where they need to go.” “We’re also making sure the plows are out, getting salt on the roads, getting the roads clear,” she said. To try to mitigate winter weather problems in the county, Eisentrager posts from the Wright County Emergency Management Facebook page to keep residents updated on what’s happening with the weather and road conditions. … The wind has been blowing and it’s been hard to see while driving.”
“But I haven’t had any reported accidents. “We had some cars in the ditches,” she said. Jarika Eisentrager, emergency management coordinator for Wright County, said the county received between 2 and 4 inches of snow overnight and the roads had been “completely covered” overnight and into the morning. “We really didn’t have much,” Voith said. Hagen said there were a few minor accidents in the area.Ĭalhoun County Emergency Management Coordinator Shane Voith said that the storm had little impact on his county. Hagen said Wednesday afternoon that most of the roads were wet, but seasonal.
“We stayed right around freezing or above freezing, so when it hit the ground, it didn’t stick around long for the roads,” Hagen said. “There were higher amounts to the north and northwest.”ĭylan Hagen, Webster County emergency management coordinator, considered the county fortunate. “Webster County was in a sharp cut-off zone,” Krull said. Meanwhile, three miles east of Fort Dodge was a report of 1.3 inches. “Webster County was right on the gradient,” Krull said.įour miles north of Fort Dodge, there was a report of 4.4 inches of snowfall on the ground, Krull reported.
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