WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — Just hours after the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for Central Wisconsin, the first snow emergency of the storm was issued by the Village of Plover.
More are expected to come down as the predicted snowfall draws nearer. As of Wednesday morning, the NWS is calling for between 5-8 inches of snowfall and wind gusts as high as 40 MPH. That could create dangerous, whiteout conditions on the roadways.
A snow emergency prohibits parking on city streets for the duration of the event to allow street crews to completely clear the roadway, creating safer travel conditions. Any vehicle that remains parked on the street during the emergency is subject to ticketing and towing at the owner’s expense.
The complete list of local snow emergencies is as follows:
- Village of Plover- Thursday at 12 PM through Friday at 12 PM
- City of Stevens Point- Thursday at 6 AM through Friday at 6 PM
- City of Schofield- Thursday at 4 AM through Friday at 12 PM
- Village of Weston- Thursday at 4 AM through Friday at 12 PM
- City of Wisconsin Rapids- Thursday 5 PM through Friday 1 PM
- City of Merrill- Thursday 12 PM through Friday 12 PM
- City of Marshfield- Thursday 8 AM through Friday 12 PM
- City of Nekoosa- Thursday 2 AM through Friday 12 PM
- Town of Grand Rapids- Thursday 4 PM through Friday 1 PM
- City of Wausau- Thursday 7 AM through Friday 7 PM
For many areas, this is the first significant snowfall of the season. Wausau saw less than 6 inches of snow in the entire month of January.
