2023 01 18 822 - Winona Journal

Likely totals. Most of Winona County in orange bullseye. Eight inches-plus.. Image: National Weather Service

Time again for caps, boots: Snowshoes anyone?

WINONA Minn. – With heavy snow expected starting Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service has issued a storm watch. Accumulations in Winona could be 6 to 9 inches. The heaviest snow will be 10 p.m. overnight to 4 or 5 a.m. The storm is the same one that caused billions of dollars damage in floods and mud slides in California earlier in the week. Projected southeast Minnesota accumulations:

> Albert Lea: 6 to 8 inches.

> Austin: 5 to 8.

> Dodge Center: 4 to 7.

> Houston: 6 to 9.

> Owatonna: 4 to 7.

> Rochester: 5 to 8.

> Winona: 6 to 9.