An ice storm warning starts at 6 p.m. tonight and lasts through midday Wednesday.
The National Weather Service on Monday morning predicted much of the area could see ice accumulations of one-quarter to one-half inch between late Monday and Wednesday afternoon.
The big picture: As of Monday night, about 3.3 million Americans are under an ice storm warning, with 14.5 million under a winter storm warning, according to the National Weather Service. Many more are under other types of winter weather alerts, such as wind chill advisories.
- Frigid air in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains is headed South, where it’s encountering moisture along a frontal boundary, and leading to this treacherous stretch of icy precipitation.
- NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center forecasted several rounds of wintry precipitation, including light freezing rain and sleet from Monday to Wednesday. Ice accumulations may be greater than a quarter of an inch, the prediction center said.
- The ice “will lead to tree damage and power outages across the hardest-hit regions,” it added.
- The dangerous weather had already led to hundreds of flight delays and cancelations by Monday afternoon.
Temperatures could hit 20 to 30 degrees below average throughout the Great Plains and Intermountain West to start the week, too, NOAA said. The Dakotas and Minnesota could see wind chill temperatures drop to minus-40°.
- Temperatures were in the single digits Monday afternoon in South Dakota cities Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen.
- Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, had single-digit temperatures, too.
- By Monday afternoon, a few school districts had announced they would be closed or delayed Tuesday.
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