Updates on Snow Advisories

BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO..AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...
CRESTON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR
943 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH THE DAY. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. A FEW
LOCATIONS FROM A CRESTON TO DES MOINES LINE AND POINTS SOUTHEAST
MAY HAVE ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
DROP OFF SHARPLY NORTHWEST OF A CARROLL...WEBSTER CITY...HAMPTON
LINE. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY EARLY EVENING.
A GUSTY NORTH WIND UP TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WITH
LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY SINCE
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON...AND CHECK THAT YOUR
WINTER SAFETY KIT IS UP TO DATE AND PACKED IN YOUR VEHICLE.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
306 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007
...FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
.A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH LOW PRESSURE
OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO BRING RAIN TO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...THEN A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL INITIALLY HAVE TROUBLE
ACCUMULATING ON ALL BUT GRASSY SURFACES AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY
FALL THROUGH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S...BUT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF THE ADVISORY AREA. A SWATH OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...THROUGH EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...TOWARDS STERLING ILLINOIS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST
NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...AND SOUTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES.
THOUGH THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE SLUSHY INITIALLY...TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING...ALLOWING
FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.
DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-
SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
306 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON IN
SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...AND BY EARLY EVENING IN
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS
EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON...AND
WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY
OF THE YEAR. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND INTO SOUTHERN
IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...SO KEEP UP TO
DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BEFORE DEPARTING ON YOUR
TRIP.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.
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ERVIN
JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA
346 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST THURSDAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST THURSDAY.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BUT QUICKLY
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.
THIS IS THE FIRST APPRECIABLE SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AND IT COMES DURING THE BUSIEST TRAVEL SEASON AROUND
THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
THE SOUTH IN ILLINOIS. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ARE URGED TO KEEP UP
WITH THE FORECAST.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
TODAY...
.NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD COLD AIR THROUGHOUT THE STATE
TODAY. EVEN THOUGH THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING AS AN ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM LIFTS EAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOULD OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF AN OSCEOLA...TO
INDIANOLA...TO NEWTON LINE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING.
JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-
WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA..CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
405 AM CST WED NOV 21 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW...BUT SOME AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF
CHARITON...TO KNOXVILLE...AND GRINNELL COULD SEE UP TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW WITH THE SNOW EXPECTED TO END THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL
BE IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WHILE THE SNOW
IS FALLING...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. HOWEVER WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...BLOWING SNOW SHOULD BE LIMITED.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WITH
LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY SINCE
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON...AND CHECK THAT YOUR
WINTER SAFETY KIT IS UP TO DATE AND PACKED IN YOUR VEHICLE.