Spring snowstorm hits north; 'We got 3 inches -- wet, heavy and slippery'

MILWAUKEE -- While thunderstorms and lightning caused some poweroutages and even a flood watch in southeast Wisconsin on Tuesday,winter returned to far northern Wisconsin.

"It is snowing. We got 3 inches -- wet, heavy and slippery," saidIron County Highway Commissioner Bob Peterson in Hurley. "It willsnow and let up a little bit, and then it will start snowing heavyagain."

Peterson said he dispatched 10 slow plows, gearing up for anexpected 10 to 16 inches of snow by today. No major problems werereported other than some cars sliding into ditches, he said Tuesdayafternoon.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning intotoday for parts of far northern Wisconsin, including Hurley andAshland. Further south, a snow and blowing snow advisory was issuedas forecasters expected rain would switch to snow and 5 inches waspossible.