Another Snowstorm For Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
342 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...ANOTHER MODERATE SNOWFALL POISED TO HIT SOUTHEAST IOWA...
.THE ACTIVE DECEMBER WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE LATE
THIS WEEK. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL
SOUTHEAST OF IOWA...A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO
EXTEND WELL NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACK...AND
BRING THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA A SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5
INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
GRINNELL TO LAMONI...LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...
BLOOMFIELD
342 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
MODERATE SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST NOON
FRIDAY...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...BUT THERE IS THE CHANCE
THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA COULD REACH OR EXCEED 6
INCHES. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY AND ANY SUBTLE
INCREASES IN STRENGTH OR A TRACK CLOSER TO IOWA WOULD MEAN HIGHER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE SNOW...THAT
MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
MOYER
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO IMPACT THE AREA ON FRIDAY...
.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO LIFT THROUGH THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE...ALLOWING A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION
TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SYSTEM WILL BE FAIRLY FAST-
MOVING...ALLOWING SNOW TO FALL FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS. WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THE UPPER- LEVEL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE DEEPENING LOW
PRESSURE...SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A BROAD
SWATH ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS...AND FAR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
351 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS LIKELY IN
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS MORE
LIKELY IN A BROAD SWATH FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD
CITIES TOWARD FREEPORT ILLINOIS. SNOW WILL TAPER DOWN IN THE
EVENING ON FRIDAY.
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.
...SNOW HEADED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD A BAND OF SNOW INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE SNOW SHOULD START IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY
LATE EVENING...AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING.
JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
400 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA BORDER. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
PAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARINDA...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
400 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
FRIDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE
EVENING...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5
INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE HIGHER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FROM AROUND FALLS CITY THROUGH CLARINDA.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
BOUSTEAD
...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO IMPACT THE AREA ON FRIDAY...
.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO LIFT THROUGH THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE...ALLOWING A BROAD AREA OF
PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SYSTEM WILL BE
FAIRLY FAST- MOVING...ALLOWING SNOW TO FALL FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS.
WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER- LEVEL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE...SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN A BROAD SWATH ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND FAR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1005 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS LIKELY IN
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS MORE
LIKELY IN A BROAD SWATH FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD
CITIES TOWARD FREEPORT ILLINOIS. SNOW WILL TAPER DOWN IN THE
EVENING ON FRIDAY.
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.
...ANOTHER MODERATE SNOWFALL POISED TO HIT SOUTHEAST IOWA...
.THE ACTIVE DECEMBER WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE
NORTHEAST OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY...PROVIDING
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO SOUTHEAST IOWA.
POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...
BLOOMFIELD
1013 AM CST THU DEC 27 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
MODERATE SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...IS ANTICIPATED TO
DEVELOP PAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AROUND MIDDAY
FRIDAY...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...BUT THERE IS THE
CHANCE THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA COULD REACH OR
EXCEED 6 INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE SNOW...THAT MAY
IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
MOYER/PODRAZIK