Winter Storm Watches Become Warnings

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
254 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT....
.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
THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING IN THE FORM OF SNOW
AND SLEET SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN BY AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...WITH
A COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NORTH. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25
TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE TO CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS MAY ALSO LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS
254 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MID
MORNING 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 A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CONTINUING TO THE NORTH. THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SLEET AND SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AS HIGH AS 1
TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 20
CORRIDOR.
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREE AND POWER
LINES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...
WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...
ALEDO
254 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING SATURDAY.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY NOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES
FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...WHICH
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY
AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES
AND LOSS OF POWER.
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
254 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA MID MORNING SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY
AFTERNOON WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH
EXPECTED BY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER
TO PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY
AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES
AND LOSS OF POWER.
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-
SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...
TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...
WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...
NEBRASKA CITY
311 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY 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.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...THEN CHANGE QUICKLY
TO FREEZING RAIN BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY. FREEZING
RAIN WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WARMER TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE
AREA. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE
LIKELY.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY
EVENTUALLY BECOME STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED
POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
CUMING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...
NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT
311 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY
MORNING. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH
THE DAY WHICH MAY BRIEFLY SWITCH THE FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT COLDER AIR WILL AGAIN FILTER INTO
THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO SNOW.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER ARE LIKELY.
THERE COULD BE SOME 1 TO 3 SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY
EVENTUALLY BECOME STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED
POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
311 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN CHANGE QUICKLY TO FREEZING
RAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY
MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BEFORE NOON AS WARMER AIR
FILTERS INTO THE AREA. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE
QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY
EVENTUALLY BECOME STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED
POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-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...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...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
352 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST
SATURDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHERN ANC CENTRAL IOWA SATURDAY MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT...RANGING FROM AN INCH ALONG HIGHWAY 30...TO NOTHING NEAR
THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER. HOWEVER...AS WARMER AIR SPREADS
NORTH...PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF
INCH. AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD...PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE WEIGHED
DOWN BY ICE.
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.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA-
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...TOLEDO
352 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO
NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30. FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH THEN CHANGE OVER TO SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN. BY SATURDAY EVENING...EXPECT MAINLY FREEZING
RAIN...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL VARY FROM
AN INCH OR TWO NEAR HIGHWAY 20...TO 4 OR 5 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA
MINNESOTA BORDER. FOLLOWING THE SNOW...EXPECT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO ONE HALF INCH...THEN ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF GLAZE ICE
ACCUMULATION.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE WEIGHED
DOWN BY ICE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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.
$$
KINNEY
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED
AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN
INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH
POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF
TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY
PUSH IN SATURDAY EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE
RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR
MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...
WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE
PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. SNOW WILL
MIX WITH SLEET TOWARDS NOON...AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON. FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...PRECIPITATION
COULD CHANGE TO RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB
INTO THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN SATURDAY
NIGHT...WITH SNOW AGAIN BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION
TYPE...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER. SNOW AND
SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES WHILE FREEZING
RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH. EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW
DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM
ABOUT 3 TO 6 INCHES WHILE FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE FROM A TENTH
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU
354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. BY ABOUT MID AFTERNOON...A MIX OF
SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 30
IN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE SATURDAY
EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 6 TO 10 INCHES
WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-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...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...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
406 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST
SATURDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST
SATURDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHERN ANC CENTRAL IOWA SATURDAY MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT...RANGING FROM AN INCH ALONG HIGHWAY 30...TO NOTHING NEAR
THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER. HOWEVER...AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH...
PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF
INCH. AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD...PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE WEIGHED
DOWN BY ICE.
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.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA-
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...TOLEDO
406 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO
NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30. FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW
WILL BECOME MIXED WITH THEN CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN. BY SATURDAY EVENING...EXPECT MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH
PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL VARY FROM AN INCH OR TWO
NEAR HIGHWAY 20...TO 4 OR 5 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA MINNESOTA
BORDER. FOLLOWING THE SNOW...EXPECT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
HALF INCH...THEN ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF GLAZE ICE
ACCUMULATION.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE WEIGHED
DOWN BY ICE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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.
Winter Storm Warnings Issued
Breaking News
2 to 5 inches of snowfall and between a half to 3 quarters ice
accumulations expected.
Ice storm looks possible.
Popular Winter Weather Links:
KRIB / KGLO Weather Center
National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA
National Weather Service - La Crosse, WI
National Weather Service - Twin Cities
Weather-related Announcements
Iowa Road Conditions
Minnesota Road Conditions
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. Winter Storm
Warnings have
been issued for most of our listening area.
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.
News Posted by
bergeson
on Friday, November 30