876  
WWUS43 KMPX 120658  
WSWMPX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...LIGHT SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN  
WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...  
 
.LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER RUSK COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO  
THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING  
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5  
INCHES, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE  
COUNTY. IN ADDITION, STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE REDUCTIONS IN  
VISIBILITY DOWN TO AS LOW AS ONE MILE AT TIMES.  
 
WIZ016-122000-  
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.260312T2200Z-260313T1500Z/  
RUSK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LADYSMITH  
158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10  
AM CDT FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WITH THE  
FALLING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS ONE MILE AT TIMES,  
ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* WHERE...RUSK COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING  
COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT  
511WI.GOV FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
 
 
JPC  
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