Dangerous Winter Storm Still Impacting Quad Cities Region

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
318 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM STILL IMPACTING OUR REGION...
.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THAT SAW
GREATER THAN AN INCH OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND
CHILLS WILL ALSO EXIST. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...
WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....
GALENA...MEMPHIS
318 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
BLOWING SNOW CAUSED BY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES THIS MORNING. THOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED...THE EXTENSIVE
DRIFTING WILL KEEP MANY ROADS SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING.
THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
SCOTT-DES MOINES-LEE-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...BURLINGTON...
FORT MADISON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA
318 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
BLOWING SNOW CAUSED BY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES THIS MORNING IN LOCATIONS THAT SAW GREATER THAN 1 INCH OF
SNOW. THOUGH THE SNOW HAS ENDED...THE EXTENSIVE DRIFTING WILL KEEP
MANY ROADS SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING.
THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...
.ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW
CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THIS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL
CONTINUES TO BE NOT ADVISED IN THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE IN THE
WINTER STORM WARNING.
AT 5 AM...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO NORTH ACROSS EASTERN
WISCONSIN AND STALL ACROSS WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW AN HOUR FROM TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SOUTHWARD TO RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 5 AM
AND 6 AM...AND THEN THE SNOW RATES MAY DECREASE FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS BEFORE PICKING UP ONCE AGAIN IN INTENSITY AFTER 10 AM THIS
MORNING.
EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW RATES WILL BE DIMINISHING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM...
THE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE INCREASING INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH DURING
THIS TIME PERIOD. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN
THE ADVISORY AREA. MEANWHILE THOSE IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING
AREA ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO TRAVEL AT ALL.
BY 6 PM...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL RANGE FROM
1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND FROM 4 INCHES TO AS
MUCH AS 18 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
456 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AT 5 AM...VERY HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING FROM TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTHWARD TO RICHLAND COUNTY. SNOW RATES IN THIS
AREA RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. SNOWFALL OF THIS INTENSITY
WILL MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH 6 AM...AND THEN THE SNOW RATES MAY
DECREASE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE PICKING UP ONCE AGAIN IN
INTENSITY AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING.
EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW RATE WILL BE DIMINISHING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM...
THE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE INCREASING INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH DURING
THIS TIME PERIOD. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH.
THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW WHICH HAS FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...
THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS MOST OF THIS
REGION TODAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
456 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH DURING
BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIND GUSTS OF AROUND
40 MPH. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW WHICH HAS FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE... THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS
MOST OF THIS REGION TODAY.
BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATING SNOW MOVING SOUTH
INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. BY NOON...NEW SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH IN NORTHEAST
IOWA...AND RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...
.ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THIS WINTER STORM.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED
IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
AT 7 AM...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS WESTERN
UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM...THEN THE SNOW
RATES WILL START TO INCREASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AS
A SNOW BAND MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AND AROUND AN INCH ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 IN
WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS
OF AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MEANWHILE THOSE IN THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO TRAVEL AT ALL.
BY 6 PM...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND FROM 4 INCHES
TO AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
653 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM...
AND THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE AS A SNOW BAND
MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...TWO TO FOUR
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
AND AROUND AN INCH ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS
OF AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED
ACROSS MOST OF THIS REGION TODAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
653 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...A SNOW BAND WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. BY NOON...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH IN NORTHEAST IOWA...AND RANGE FROM A
HALF INCH TO AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS
OF AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS TODAY.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...
.ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THIS WINTER STORM.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED
IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
AT 8 AM...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS WESTERN
UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SNOW BAND WILL MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON.
BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ONE TO TWO INCHES ALONG
INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND AROUND AN INCH
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MEANWHILE THOSE IN THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO TRAVEL AT ALL.
BY 6 PM...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND FROM 4 INCHES
TO AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
804 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW BAND WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THEN
BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON...AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AND ONE TO TWO INCHES ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 IN
WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE...THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS
MOST OF THIS REGION TODAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
804 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW BAND WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THEN
BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 8 AM AND
NOON...AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH WILL LIKELY FALL.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS TODAY.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO LARGE WINTER STORM CONTINUES...
.WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH TODAY. DESPITE THE FACT THE SNOW WILL BE OF
LIGHTER INTENSITY THAN THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT...THIS WINTER STORM
IS FAR FROM OVER...AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS AND NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND THE CONTINUING
SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES...AS WELL AS WINTER STORM
WARNINGS...REMAIN IN EFFECT TODAY.
OVERNIGHT...A BAND OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FROM PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH A SHARP
GRADIENT OF SNOW TO THE WEST. IN FACT...AREAS FROM CHARLES CITY
NORTH THROUGH ROCHESTER TO LAKE CITY RECEIVED VERY LITTLE
SNOW...LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...MOVING EAST FROM THIS LINE
TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRINGS A RAPID INCREASE IN SNOWFALL
WITH CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW HAVING FALLEN NEAR LA CROSSE AND
WINONA...AND THESE ACCUMULATIONS EXTEND EAST TOWARD
SPARTA...MEDFORD...AND NEILLSVILLE.
TODAY...PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL ADD
ANOTHER 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10...AND 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW BETWEEN INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 10. SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...ANOTHER HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. SNOW
WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE ALL DAY FROM WEST AND NORTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF
15 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...AND UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE NEXT TO
IMPASSABLE FOR MOST OF THE AREA WHICH SAW SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS WILL BE SLOWER TO DIE DOWN...AND WILL PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL IN
OPEN AREAS BECAUSE OF DRIFTING ROADS...NOT TO MENTION THE FALLING
SNOW. THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE
EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW.
BY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND FROM 4 INCHES TO
AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
946 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE...THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS
MOST OF THIS REGION TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
MUCH OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90
WHERE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 TODAY. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
90...LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
946 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST
AREAS THROUGH THE DAY WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION.
COMBINED WITH THE WINDS...THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE VISIBILITIES
FROM BLOWING SNOW.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL WILL LAST TROUGH THE EVENING...
.WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW WILL BE
OF LIGHTER INTENSITY THAN THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT...THIS WINTER
STORM IS FAR FROM OVER...AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS AND
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND THE
CONTINUING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES...AS WELL AS
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...REMAIN IN EFFECT TODAY...AND HAVE NOW BEEN
EXTENDED INTO THE EVENING.
LAST NIGHT...A BAND OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FROM PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH A
SHARP GRADIENT OF SNOW TO THE WEST. IN FACT...AREAS FROM CHARLES
CITY NORTH THROUGH ROCHESTER TO LAKE CITY RECEIVED VERY LITTLE
SNOW...LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...MOVING EAST FROM THIS LINE
TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRINGS A RAPID INCREASE IN SNOWFALL
WITH CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW HAVING FALLEN NEAR LA CROSSE AND
WINONA...AND THESE ACCUMULATIONS EXTEND EAST TOWARD SPARTA...
MEDFORD...AND NEILLSVILLE.
THIS AFTERNOOON...PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL ADD
ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10...AND 1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOW BETWEEN INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 10. SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...ANOTHER HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
SNOW WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY FROM WEST AND NORTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...AND UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE NEXT TO
IMPASSABLE FOR MOST OF THE AREA WHICH SAW SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS WILL BE SLOWER TO DIE DOWN...AND WILL
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER SNOW
REMOVAL IN OPEN AREAS BECAUSE OF DRIFTING ROADS...NOT TO MENTION
THE FALLING SNOW. THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
EXTENDED INTO THE EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WIND AND BLOWING
SNOW.
BY EVENING...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND FROM 4 INCHES
TO AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE...THEREFORE...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS
MOST OF THIS REGION TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90 WHERE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 INTO THIS EVENING. SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
SUSTAINED WEST WIND IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...AND WIND GUSTS OF
AROUND 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST
AREAS INTO THE EVENING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION.
COMBINED WITH THE WINDS...THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE VISIBILITIES
FROM BLOWING SNOW.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
BINAU