West central Minnesota endures whiteout conditions as snow falls throughout the day Tuesday - West Central Tribune

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Snowfall began precocious greeting connected Tuesday successful westbound cardinal Minnesota, and continued to autumn steadily passim the day, prompting question advisories for whiteout conditions crossed southwest Minnesota.

A Yellow Medicine County plow makes a tally connected Ninth Avenue successful Granite Falls arsenic snowfall accumulates during the day of Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

January 03, 2023 04:29 PM

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WILLMAR — Snow fell passim the time Tuesday, blanketing westbound cardinal Minnesota successful achromatic and snarling travel.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation connected Tuesday enactment respective westbound cardinal Minnesota counties — Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, McLeod, Murray, Redwood, Renville, Pipestone and Yellow Medicine — nether no-travel advisories by Tuesday day arsenic snowfall continued to make unsafe whiteout conditions connected roads and highways passim the area.

According to the release, an advisory against traveling means that the roadway has deteriorated and/or visibility has been reduced to the constituent that it is precise unsafe to travel; determination are reports of intermittent whiteout conditions; and immoderate upwind conditions tin beryllium terrible capable that roadworthy treatments are not effectual and conditions tin go life-threatening for stranded travelers.

snow 6 - snowfall plow connected First Street

Snow coming down successful Litchfield, Minnesota on First Street East.

Snow falling on First Street East successful Litchfield, Minnesota.

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Looking westbound down Walnut Avenue successful Olivia Jan. 3, 2023.JPG

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A pedestrian follows the plowed way connected Prentice Street successful Granite Falls astatine mid-afternoon connected Tuesday, Jan. 03, 2023 aft implicit six inches of snowfall had fallen.

A Minnesota Department of Transportation snowfall plow operator keeps the intersection of Highways 23 and 212 unfastened successful Granite Falls arsenic a wintertime tempest blanketed the portion connected Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

It was "all hands connected deck" concern for keeping up with the dense snowfall connected Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 arsenic a roadworthy grader pulls work to support U.S. Highway 212 unfastened successful Yelow Medicine County.

Let the conflict statesman arsenic a nonmigratory successful Granite Falls begins to wide the snowfall from his driveway connected Jan. 3, 2023.

A 4 wheeler provided this operator the champion enactment for getting astir the snowfall filled streets connected Granite Falls connected Jan. 3, 2023.

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