Updates on Winter Storm Info For Midwest

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
824 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007
CORRECTION FROM EARLIER ISSUANCE
...WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED SATURDAY...
.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SATURDAY...PASSING THROUGH IOWA SATURDAY
NIGHT. AS THE STORM APPROACHES...WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL
LIFT OVER VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. THIS WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ON SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK OF THIS STORM...
WHICH MAY AFFECT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CREATE 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
824 PM CST THU NOV 29 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 MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW AND SLEET
CONTINUING TO THE NORTH. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE
THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...FREEZING
RAIN WILL BE A GREATER THREAT...WITH A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE 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.
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
824 PM CST THU NOV 29 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 GRADUALLY CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN
BY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OR MORE
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES RISE 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
857 PM CST THU NOV 29 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.
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY SATURDAY MORNING AS SNOW
SPREADS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. OVER THE
SOUTHWEST HALF OF IOWA...THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION QUICKLY
TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER UNTIL THAT TIME SIGNIFICANT ICING
AND SLEET MAY OCCUR WITH TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF IOWA...THE EVENT WILL BE OF LONGER
DURATION AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ANYWHERE FROM ONE
TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD FALL IN THESE AREAS WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF AN ESTHERVILLE TO WATERLOO
LINE. ON TOP OF THE SNOW...TWO TO FOUR 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.
...SNOW AND ICE 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 COULD 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 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 SOME FREEZING RAIN EXISTS...ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT.
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
909 PM CST THU NOV 29 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 FOLLOWED BY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
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.
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON..
MILAN...GREEN CITY...ST. JOSEPH
913 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER
OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY LATE
SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...PRECIPITATION
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING THE THREAT OF WINTRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...WITH
A RAPID PRECIPITATION RATE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICING
COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT DURATION OF TIME.
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 STATEMENTS.
...FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON STILL ON TRACK FOR
SATURDAY...
.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...AND LIKELY BRING SIGNIFICANT WINTRY
WEATHER TO MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
THE ATMOSPHERIC SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING SIX INCHES BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING IN ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...MANKATO...THE
TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE.
STRONG WINDS ALSO APPEAR LIKELY WITH THIS STORM THROUGH SATURDAY
AND POTENTIALLY INTO SUNDAY...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE
DANGEROUS.
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
949 PM CST THU NOV 29 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.
.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...AND LIKELY BRING SIGNIFICANT WINTRY
WEATHER TO MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
THE ATMOSPHERIC SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING SIX INCHES BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING IN ALEXANDRIA...ST CLOUD...MANKATO...THE
TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE.
STRONG WINDS ALSO APPEAR LIKELY WITH THIS STORM THROUGH SATURDAY
AND POTENTIALLY INTO SUNDAY...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE
DANGEROUS.
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 INTO THE WEEKEND.