URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...
.A MIX OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS BROUGHT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO
THE AREA THIS EVENING. IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLEET...FROM ONE TO
TWO INCHES...FELL TODAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO
LAKE PEPIN...TO FARIBAULT MINNESOTA LINE. THIS WAS ON TOP OF ABOUT
3 INCHES OF SNOW. FURTHER NORTH WHERE SNOW FELL ALL DAY...AMOUNTS
WERE IN THE 6 TO 7 INCH RANGE. FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND ONE-EIGHTH OF AN
INCH HAS OCCURRED...WITH AN INCH OF SLEET. TRAINED WEATHER
SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND ICE OVER ALL ROADS. TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS
AND SHERRIFS REPORT VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROADS...A SIGN THAT MOST
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DANGER.
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING NORTH OF HIGHWAY
10...WITH TOTALS BY MORNING IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. SLEET WILL
GIVE WAY TO FREEZING DRIZZLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10 THROUGH THE
EVENING...WITH A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND...OR LESS THAN...ONE-
TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. WITH WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH
RANGE...AND GLAZING OF ICE ON POWER LINES...SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE
EXPECTED. WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT...AND
MAY PROVIDE RAIN OR DRIZZLE AT TIMES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...THIS WARMER AIR WILL NOT PROVIDE
ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THE ALREADY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FROM TODAYS
WEATHER.
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
735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE IS
EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
MPH IN NORTHEAST IOWA...AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN...COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON
TREES AND POWER LINES.
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.
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
735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE THROUGH THE EVENING. AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE
ICE IS EXPECTED BY MORNING FROM THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. WIND GUSTS OF 20
TO 25 MPH IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA MAY CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES
DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES.
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.
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
833 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME PATCHY AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO RAIN
AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING. MOTORISTS ARE
STILL URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS ICING WILL CONTINUE TO POSE
A THREAT ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WHERE THE EFFECTS OF THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN COOL THESE
SURFACES TO OR BELOW FREEZING. ALSO...REMAIN ALERT FOR FALLING
ICE FROM ELEVATED OBJECTS DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
MELTING.
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