Southern Minnesota has been struck with a blizzard warning from the National Weather Service ahead of a powerful spring storm that could dump more than a half-foot of snow and whip it around with winds up to 60 mph.

Parts of Minnesota could see up to a foot of snow on Wednesday, with schools across the areas likely to be hardest-hit starting to announce closures, delays, and e-learning days. Blizzard warnings are in effect in southeast Minnesota, with heavy snow to be joined by 40-50 mph winds, while a winter storm warning is in place in the Twin Cities.

A spring snowstorm continues to drop plowable snow in the Twin Cities and other parts of Minnesota Wednesday morning, with some areas seeing a foot of snow. Due to the snow and accompanying strong wing gusts that are impacting visibility,