NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1208 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT. WHILE THIS IS OCCURRING VERY COLD AIR WHICH HAS MOVED
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL OOZE SOUTHWARD TODAY AND REMAIN IN
PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WARMER AIR AND
PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE STORM
SYSTEM TONIGHT. WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT GROUND LEVEL
STRUGGLING TO RISE DURING THE DAY...AND WARM AIR RUNNING OVER TOP OF THIS
AIR MASS...FREEZING RAIN WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF SLEET WILL BREAK
OUT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ADJACENT NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST KANSAS SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT VERY ICY
CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...AREAS NORTH
OF A ST JOSEPH TO MOBERLY LINE WILL LIKELY BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM
SYSTEM.
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN..JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
1208 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE
SATURDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING
DAYBREAK OF SATURDAY...SPREADING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. AS
WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING THE THREAT OF
WINTRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...WITH A RAPID PRECIPITATION RATE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT
ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT DURATION OF TIME. IN ADDITION...STRONG
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREES.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA
1208 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER DAYBREAK
ON SATURDAY...CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTHEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AS
WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING THE THREAT OF
WINTRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...WITH A RAPID PRECIPITATION RATE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT
ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT DURATION OF TIME. IN ADDITION...STRONG
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREES.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
1208 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM CST
SATURDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM CST
SATURDAY.
SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER
INCH IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING WITH
PERIODS OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN LIKELY BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE
ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATE SATURDAY MORNING. GIVEN A RAPID
PRECIPITATION RATE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS COULD
APPROACH ONE HALF INCH. IN ADDITION...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS TO FALL.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
Season's First Winter Storm On The Way
Breaking News
Winter Storm Watch in effect starting Saturday morning
The season's first winter storm will hit the state beginning early Saturday
morning,
and lasting through Saturday night, bringing with it some moderate
to heavy snow accumulations and the potential for ice storm conditions.
As of 3:00 AM Friday, snow is expected to move into the southwest sections
of the
AM-1490 KRIB, Star 106, 93.9 The Country Moose, AM-1300 KGLO and 102-7
The Blaze listening area early Saturday morning. While our temps will likely
stay
below freezing, the snow could transition into freezing rain during the
afternoon, before switching back over to snow late Saturday
afternoon/evening.
With winds expected to be strong Saturday and Saturday evening, in the 20 to
30 MPH
range, whiteout conditions as well as ice storm conditions could become
a concern. Power outages could also become a concern once again, especially
in north-central
Iowa, where freezing rain is more likely.
Nonetheless, be prepared for the worst. Get together your winter survival
kit and
keep it in a safe place and keep it tuned to AM-1490 KRIB, Star 106,
93.9 The Country Moose, AM-1300 KGLO and 102-7 The Blaze for the latest
winter weather
announcements this weekend.
. Weather Related Announcements - North-Central Iowa, South-Central
Minnesota
. Iowa Road Conditions
. Minnesota Road Conditions
list end
News Posted by
bergeson
on Friday, November 30
...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...
.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO THE
AREA THIS WEEKEND. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO START SATURDAY
MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS ALL SNOW BUT CHANGE OVER TO A
MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR
PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE SNOW SHOULD END ONCE THIS HAPPENS IN
PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH
ALL SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THIS AREA. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS MAY
REMAIN NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA...THE
POSSIBILITIES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
EXISTS...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHICH COULD
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE..
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1049 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID
TO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. QUICK AND
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN EXCESS OF
6 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM
THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING
WHERE AS MUCH AS ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR FROM HIGHWAY 10 AND
POINTS NORTHWARD IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE 8 TO 12
INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR. IN ADDITION STRONG WINDS
WILL GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED
SATURDAY WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET...
.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES SATURDAY...PASSING THROUGH IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS THE STORM APPROACHES...WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL LIFT OVER
VERY COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THIS WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET
INITIALLY THAT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ON
SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE AND MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO OVER 35 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE TO RESULT IN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
1053 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW CONTINUING ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
20. FREEZING RAIN COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY
NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...
MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR.
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50
MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING MAY RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. THIS EVENT COULD RESULT IN
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES OVER LARGE AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1053 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID DAY AS
TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SOME TREES AND POWER
LINES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PRIMARILY RAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY..SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1100 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA
ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO QUICKLY SWITCH TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL IOWA...MAINLY
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT SNOW
AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION.
OTHERWISE... FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED
TO PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF
ICE. THIS WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION....
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY COMPOUND PROBLEMS BY BREAKING
BRANCHES WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE. A CHANGE TO RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER
FAR SOUTHERN IOWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS TRANSITION ZONE IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY
BE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR BY EARLY EVENING. THIS MAY HELP
TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS BY EARLY EVENING.
OVER NORTHERN IOWA...THE EVENT WILL BE OF LONGER DURATION AS
TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO SIX
INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD FALL IN THESE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF AN EMMETSBURG TO WATERLOO LINE. ON TOP OF
THE SNOW...TWO TO FIVE TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR
SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM EXITS THE AREA INTO THE GREAT LAKES
SUNDAY MORNING.
THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE STORM CONDITIONS EXISTS WITH THIS STORM.
GLAZING IN COMBINATION WITH BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING FROM
20 TO 35 MPH COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED
TREES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCTS.
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1118 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AS WEATHER CONDITIONS RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE.
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...
PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1118 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN DURING
THE DAY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND OVER MUCH OF
NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
FARTHER WEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCH
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AS WEATHER CONDITIONS
RAPIDLY DETERIORATE.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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