Meanwhile, heavy blowing snow shut down nearly 175 miles of Interstate 70 from the Denver area to Goodland, Kansas, on Tuesday while ice closed 55 miles of Interstate 25 in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Northern IN and MI will get snow from Friday night to Saturday night.
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As the system pushed east, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for parts of Texas, including Houston, and a large swath of Arkansas, where heavy rain had led to standing water in Little Rock and winds caused property damage in the southwest part of the state. The first snowflakes are expected around 8 p.m. Friday.
To assist the Street Department in their plowing and cleanup efforts, the Watertown Police Department has declared a snow emergency that will go into effect at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Friday November 20th.
The top 2-day snowfalls up to Nov. 21 ever for Madison are 10.5 inches Nov. 8-9, 1985; 7.6 inches Nov. 7-8, 1921; 6.4 inches Nov. 18-19, 1986; and 5.5 inches Nov. 17-18, 1926, the National Weather Service reported. The rain-snow mix may continue overnight in Chicago and Northwest in before turning to snow Saturday morning. “Be prepared for reduced travel time and snow-covered, slippery roads”.
Should the storm develop to its full potential with added moisture from the Great Lakes, a few locations could receive a foot of snow.
“Areas around from Jackson to Howell to Fenton to Lapeer are in the area that has the best chance of seeing the 3-6” snow that people are talking about.
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The snow should stop by late Saturday, and Gresiak said he isn’t expecting any to fall on Sunday. Come Friday, especially Friday night, its all about snow and how much. Winds could gust as high as 30 miles per hour. Right now it looks like the more NW you are of the city the more snow you’ll get. He said this involves placing notifications on cars parked along snow routes stating that when there is snow of more than two inches cars will be prohibited from parking on those routes. While total average snowfall is 36 inches, they think there’ll be 31-32 inches this year.
