All About Mid West Weather: Midwest Weather: Winter Storm Overview

The following Weather Bulletins cover many areas in the Mid West. Some of
these have been cancelled, whereas some others remain in effect. In future
posts, I will be including road conditions as well as eye-witness accounts
of the storm itself.

Bulletin 1

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
349 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING....
.A WINTER STORM OVER THE PLAINS WILL ARRIVE BY MID MORNING...PASSING
THROUGH IOWA TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL PUSH MILD AND VERY MOIST AIR
OVER COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT
IN PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN THIS 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 ALONG AND
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WITH A COMBINATION OF ICE...SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
TO RAIN THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING OF
25 TO OVER 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE TO CREATE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS LIKELY WILL LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES.

Bulletin 2

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
349 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY MID
MORNING. 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 WITH LOCALLY THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ROUGHLY BETWEEN IOWA CITY AND DAVENPORT
IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING
AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AND
POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES WHERE HEAVY
LAYERS OF ICE ACCUMULATE. IN AREAS WITH A HALF INCH OR MORE OF ICE
AND STRONG WINDS...PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED.
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.

Bulletin 3

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
349 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY
FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER
TO HALF INCH EXPECTED BY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO WELL ABOVE
FREEZING.
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES WHERE
ICE ACCUMULATES AND POWER OUTAGES.
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.

Bulletin 4

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
349 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY MID
MORNING. 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 OF A QUARTER UP TO A HALF INCH
THIS 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 40 MPH WITH ISOLATED
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREE AND POWER
LINES WHERE HEAVY LAYERS OF ICE ACCUMULATES. IN AREAS WITH A HALF
INCH OR MORE OF ICE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS...PROLONGED POWER
OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED.
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.

Bulletin 5

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
353 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING
RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF INCEPTION. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN ABOUT ONE HALF
INCH. FREEZING RAIN ACCRETION WILL BE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM
WITH A LAYER OF GLAZE FORMING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THICK.
AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH... PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL TRANSITION
TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING OVER THE SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER...AND AS FAR
NORTH AS INTERSTATE 80 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
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.

Bulletin 6

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
353 AM 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.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO
NORTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SLEET
FAIRLY RAPIDLY DURING THE MORNING WITH THE PREDOMINANT
PRECIPITATION TYPE BEING FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE ONE TO
TWO INCH RANGE FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 30 TO U.S. HIGHWAY 18...WITH 3 TO
5 INCH AMOUNTS NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 18...HEAVIEST NEAR THE
MINNESOTA LINE. FOLLOWING THE SNOW...EXPECT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO ONE HALF INCH...THEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 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 WILL LIKELY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE
WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MAJOR POWER OUTAGES.
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.

Bulletin 7

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
400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS 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 15 TO
25 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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.

Bulletin 8

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
400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 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.
SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX
WITH SLEET AND THEN EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY CHANCE TO RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING
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 ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH
FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH.
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.
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.

Bulletin 9

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR
359 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO
ALL RAIN ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER AROUND NOON OR SO BUT MAY NOT MAKE
THE CHANGE TO RAIN TILL A FEW HOURS LATER 30 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF
THERE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES...VEHICLES AND POWER LINES.
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS. EVEN
TREATED ROADS WILL HAVE MANY SLICK SPOTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED UNTIL LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION AND BE PREPARED FOR A CONSTANT GLAZING OF VEHICLE
WINDOWS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED
POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Bulletin 10

POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...
SIDNEY...CLARINDA...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY
359 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
FREEZING RAIN OR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL OVER
THE AREA THROUGH NOON. TEMPERATURES BY THEN SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE
FREEZING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO JUST RAIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR A BIT MORE ARE LIKELY...
ESPECIALLY ON VEHICLES...TREES AND POWER LINES. UNTREATED ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK AND EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL HAVE
SLICK SPOTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR YOUR WINDSHIELD
TO KEEP ICING UP AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE
BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Bulletin 11

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
359 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
MUCH OF TODAY. A LITTLE SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MOSTLY UNDER 1 INCH...BUT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH OR A BIT MORE ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF TREES...VEHICLES...POWER LINES AND
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK IN MANY
AREAS.
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
IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO
SNAP POWER LINES AND KNOCK DOWN TREE BRANCHES ADDING TO THE DANGER.

Bulletin 12

SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
359 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN OR A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX SHOULD CHANGE
MAINLY TO RAIN BY 9 AM OR SO. HOWEVER...UNTIL THEN SOME 1/4 INCH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON VEHICLES...TREES AND
POWER LINES. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS. EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL HAVE SLICK SPOTS AND
WINDSHIELDS COULD GLAZE OVER WHEN DRIVING.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING...
PATCHY ICY DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD LINGER FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THAT.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS IN SOME AREAS AND IT IS RECOMMENDED TO
DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING IF POSSIBLE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND
FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Special Statement

HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING. A POTENT STORM
SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY, MOVING OVER
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY.

EARLY THIS MORNING, A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS BREAKING OUT ACROSS
THE PLAINS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA
THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH THAT IT WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF
SNOW THIS MORNING, BUT AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA, THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THIS
AFTERNOON, A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING.

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE
SNOW, PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR. PARTS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING
RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS, IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS... BY LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT.

Bulletin 13

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
406 AM 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.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN
2 AND 4 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM
FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO
40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD 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.

Bulletin 14

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
406 AM 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.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS 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...GENERALLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 2 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY
FREEZING RAIN FOR THIS EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN
THIS 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 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY
ON...THEN COULD 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.

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WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM EJECTING OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL HEAD TOWARD THE AREA TODAY...PULLING ABUNDANT
MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. THIS WILL BE
OCCURRING WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN PLACE FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS
ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSOURI. WITH THE BELOW
FREEZING TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL
SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING.
FURTHER SOUTH FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA TO SEDALIA PRE-DAWN
TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FREEZING MARK HAS LED TO A RAIN AND FREEZING
RAIN MIX. WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHWARD. AS A
RESULT THE FREEZING RAIN WITHIN THIS AREA WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND IS
NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT ICING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE
WARMER AIR SPREADING NORTHWARD A BIT FASTER THE GREATER THREAT FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS SHIFTED NORTH AS WELL. AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 36 REMAIN AS THE BEST AREAS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING. ICE
ACCUMULATION OF MORE THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. AS WINDS PICK UP DURING THE DAY...THIS
ICING MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND TREES
UNTIL THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARRIVE.

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ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
413 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER
INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
KANSAS THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN IS SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING BEFORE WARMER AIR ARRIVES
AND CHANGES THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL LIQUID. GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF A
RAPID PRECIPITATION RATE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS COULD
APPROACH A HALF INCH NEAR THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER. IN
ADDITION...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE ICE
COVERED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS TO FALL.
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.

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WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN..JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD
413 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE
MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA...SPREADING
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ROADWAYS IN DE KALB COUNTY HAVE
BECOME ICE COVERED WITH A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS BEING REPORTED.
AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD LATER THIS MORNING...THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
ENDING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WITH A
RAPID PRECIPITATION RATE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30
MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND
TREES.
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.

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PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
413 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH ARE
LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA STARTING
AROUND DAYBREAK. AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING
THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WITH PERIODS
OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING
THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING
TO 30 MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER
LINES AND TREES.
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.

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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
532 AM 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.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL CONTINUE
TO STRENGTHEN BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS BEGINNING TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AROUND
DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY
LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MIDDAY
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A HALF MILE OR
LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK EAST-SOUTHEAST WIND DURING THE
DAY.
WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO
EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH
MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION
TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SCENARIO
AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION WOULD
BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SOME
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY
HAZARDOUS IN THIS AREA. AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM
REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO EAU CLAIRE. SHOULD SLEET
TAKE LONGER TO MOVE IN...SNOW AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 10 OR EVEN 12
INCHES. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH MORA
AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS
FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AREAS. A
RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FROM FAIRMONT TO THE
TWIN CITIES TO RED WING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. WINDS
WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH FROM THE
EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY
ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG
WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY.
INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAPID
ACCUMULATIONS CAUSING HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AREAS WHERE
SNOW TURNS TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS
DUE TO POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

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BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY
804 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...FIRST WAVE OF WINTRY WEATHER...
SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM
THE WEST THROUGH 930 AM. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
WILL START TO MAKE EXPOSED SURFACES SLICK BY MID MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW AT WILLIAMSBURG AND
CEDAR RAPIDS BY 930 AM...WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS UPON IMPACT. SATURDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION OR POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL.

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CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE..ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE
804 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...FIRST WAVE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...
A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LOCATED FROM ALEDO...TO
MONMOUTH...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
REACH THE SOUTHWESTERN QUAD CITY AREA BY AROUND 9 AM. WITH
TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE 20S IN THESE AREAS...THIS FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET WILL START TO MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SLICK UPON
IMPACT. SATURDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION OR POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL.

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KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-
LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
804 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...FIRST WAVE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...
AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD MOST
OF THE AREA THROUGH 930 AM. AREAS FROM WASHINGTON...TO MONMOUTH
WILL QUICKLY RECEIVE A GLAZE OF ICE WITH EXPOSED SURFACES BECOMING
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ALONG
WITH THE FREEZING RAIN FROM FAIRFIELD...TO BURLINGTON THROUGH MID
MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 20S IN THESE
AREAS THROUGH NOON...THIS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MAKE ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS SLICK UPON IMPACT. SATURDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE
URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION OR POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL.

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SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
927 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING AND FURTHER ICING IS NOT
EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER SURFACES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE
TO FALL MUCH OF THE DAY.

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MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR
927 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO
ALL RAIN ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER AROUND NOON OR SO BUT MAY NOT
MAKE THE CHANGE TO RAIN TILL A FEW HOURS LATER 30 TO 50 MILES
NORTH OF THERE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH
ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES...VEHICLES AND POWER LINES.
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS.
EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL HAVE MANY SLICK SPOTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS AND NOT RECOMMENDED UNTIL LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION AND BE PREPARED FOR A CONSTANT GLAZING OF
VEHICLE WINDOWS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO
SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE
DANGER.

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POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...
SIDNEY...CLARINDA...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY
927 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
FREEZING RAIN OR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL OVER
THE AREA THROUGH NOON. TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING TO ABOVE FREEZING
AND WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO JUST RAIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR A BIT MORE ARE LIKELY...
ESPECIALLY ON VEHICLES...TREES AND POWER LINES. UNTREATED ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK AND EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL HAVE
SLICK SPOTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR YOUR
WINDSHIELD TO KEEP ICING UP AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES
AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

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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
927 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
MUCH OF TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MOSTLY
UNDER 1 INCH...BUT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH OR A BIT MORE ARE
LIKELY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF
TREES...VEHICLES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.
EVEN TREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK IN MANY AREAS.
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 IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD
ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND KNOCK DOWN TREE BRANCHES ADDING TO THE
DANGER.

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WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN..JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD
906 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE WARMER
AIR ARRIVES AND SENDS TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. WITH A RAPID
PRECIPITATION RATE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30
MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND
TREES.
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.

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PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
906 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING A QUARTER OF AN INCH...AND
POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH NEAR THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER...
ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THOSE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN...AND KIRKSVILLE SHOULD
AVOID TRAVEL THIS MORNING. BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...AND WITH
SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAINING THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND THE FREEZING
MARK...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTHWARD...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING THE THREAT OF ANY
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE
FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE HEIGHT OF
THE EVENT...SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREES.
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.

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BENTON-LINN-JONES-CEDAR-CLINTON-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
TIPTON...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN
944 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTRY PRECIP SPREADING OVER THE AREA...
A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FROM THE CEDAR RAPIDS TO QUAD CITIES AREA
WAS SPREADING NORTHWARD AND WILL REACH THE CLINTON AND STERLING-
ROCK FALLS AREA BY 11 AM. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH.
THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AN HOUR OR TWO
AFTER IT BEGINS...WITH FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY LATE MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS...AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE DELAYED IF POSSIBLE.

Bulletin 30

IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-
MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...
MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
944 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...FREEZING RAIN CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAVEL...
FREEZING RAIN...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET IN SOME SPOTS...WAS
OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO ICY ROADS AND
SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS OVER
30 MPH BY LATE MORNING ADDING TO THE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

Bulletin 31

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
944 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA...
SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THROUGH LATE MORNING. WHILE ACCUMULATIONS BY NOON WILL BE ONLY AN
INCH OR LESS...THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
IN SOME SPOTS.

Bulletin 32

VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA
1039 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HOVER NEAR FREEZING WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN. THE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE
FREEZING LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED.
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS REPORTED...AND EVEN TREATED
ROADS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE EXTREMELY SLICK. THERE MAY BE SOME
MINOR POWER LINE OR TREE LIMB DAMAGE IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCE THE
HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
...SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA INTO WISCONSIN TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Bulletin 33

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
1044 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH NOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO
TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOUTHERN MOST AREAS
CHANGING TO ALL RAIN FIRST...AND AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN AFTER 3 PM. ONE QUARTER TO
AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH OF ICE HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WHILE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN AREAS WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT AFTER NOON...AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND OVER TOWARD OTTUMWA CAN
EXPECT HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE ON TOP OF THE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TODAY. 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
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.

Bulletin 34

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
1044 AM 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.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SLEET...MIXED AT TIMES WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. BY MID
AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES
BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCRUAL ON TOP OF THE
FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH.
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF THIS WINTRY MIX CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 18. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE
WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MAJOR POWER
OUTAGES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE 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.

Bulletin 35

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
1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES THROUGH THE
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED FREEZING
RAIN BECOMING MORE LIKELY FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA
AND SPENCER IOWA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR
MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT
3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN A TENTH
OF AN INCH...WITH A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 18.
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.

Bulletin 36

PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH AREAS NEAR STORM LAKE MAY BECOME
WARM ENOUGH FOR JUST RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO
THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN TONIGHT...WITH
LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION
TYPE BY LATE EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND A HALF INCH.
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.

Bulletin 37

WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION
1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 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.
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH AREAS NEAR SIOUX CITY MAY BECOME
WARM ENOUGH FOR JUST RAIN AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S. COLD
AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE BY LATE
EVENING. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER. FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ALSO POSSIBLE.
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.
...A DANGEROUS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS THE
AREA...
.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS BRINGING A DANGEROUS MIX OF PRECIPITATION
TO THE REGION. WHAT STARTED OUT AS SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET
FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH A SNOW
AND SLEET MIX FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY SHIFT BACK
TO JUST SNOW FOR A BIT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER
TO JUST SLEET GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX
INTO THE PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TONIGHT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE
DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. AS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH...MOSTLY NORTH OF A
WABASHA MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN LINE. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY
AREAS...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

Bulletin 38

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
1053 AM 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.
SLEET...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN...WILL FALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MIXED IN EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. ADDITIONAL
SNOW AMOUNTS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A
QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD 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.

Bulletin 39

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
1053 AM 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.
SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY
CHANGING OVER TO ALL SLEET ROUGHLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM.
VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW OF 1/2 MILE OR LESS CAN BE
EXPECTED...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. A MIX OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A
QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME
BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD 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.

Bulletin 40

HARRISON-MERCER-GRUNDY-LINN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...PRINCETON...TRENTON...
BROOKFIELD
1106 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS FROM
BETHANY...TO PRINCETON...AND EVEN AS FAR SOUTH AS TRENTON.
HOWEVER...WARM AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD AND IN THE NEXT
HOUR CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SO THAT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL
BECOME UNLIKELY AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE COMPLETELY TO RAIN. ROAD
SURFACES WILL REMAIN ICY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE
STEADILY INCREASING TEMPERATURES MELT ANY ICE WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED.
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.

Bulletin 41

PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
1106 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
WARM AIR CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD LATE THIS MORNING...PUSHING THE
FREEZING LINE IN AREAS FROM PRINCETON TO MACON. THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING
THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WITH PERIODS
OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...AN ADDITIONAL GLAZE OF ICE CAN
BE EXPECTED. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING
THIS MORNING...AS ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. IN
ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREES.
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.

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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
1208 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MOSTLY UNDER 1
INCH...BUT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE
LIKELY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF TREES...VEHICLES...
POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. EVEN TREATED ROADS
WILL BE SLICK IN MANY AREAS.
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 IS
NOT RECOMMENDED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO SNAP
POWER LINES AND KNOCK DOWN TREE BRANCHES ADDING TO THE DANGER.

Bulletin 46

PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
1205 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
WARM AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD...PUSHING THE FREEZING LINE TO AREAS
FROM UNIONVILLE TO MACON. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
RAIN BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ENDING THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL
ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO...AN ADDITIONAL GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED. TRAVELERS
ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AS
ROADS
WILL REMAIN ICY INTO THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION... STRONG
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREES.
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.

Bulletin 47

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
1233 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.
WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS OF NOON...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES WERE COMMON...INCLUDING THE MANKATO...TWIN
CITIES...FARIBAULT...AND MENOMONIE WISCONSIN AREAS. THE SNOW WAS
ALSO MIXING WITH SLEET ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET WILL BE THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER TYPE
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING. THE AREA OF
SLEET WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH AND EAST TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY REACH AS FAR
NORTH AS REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO CHIPPEWA
FALLS WISCONSIN.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION
TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW...AS DRIER AIR ALOFT
WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN THIS
EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WORK
EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED FROM EARLIER
PREDICTIONS...DUE TO THE EARLIER ARRIVAL OF THE SLEET...AND THE
QUICKER SYSTEM PROGRESSION. BY LATE TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM BETWEEN 5 AND 8
INCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ALEXANDRIA...TWIN CITIES..AND EAU CLAIRE
WISCONSIN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES FROM CAMBRIDGE TO LADYSMITH.
ALTHOUGH LOWER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH
RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CREATE
TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATES 90
AND 35.

Bulletin 48

CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...
GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1235 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID
AFTERNOON...BUT TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM THE SOUTH AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES CREEP JUST ABOVE FREEZING. AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF
SLEET AND SNOW HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY TO ACCRUE THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO JUST RAIN.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON. 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
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.

Bulletin 49

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
1235 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.
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SLEET...MIXED AT TIMES WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. BY
MID AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO
3 INCHES BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCRUAL ON
TOP OF THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY...MAINLY
AROUND ONE HALF INCH. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF THIS WINTRY MIX CAN
BE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 18. A TRANSITION TO RAIN IS LIKELY
DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20...AND ALL PRECIPITATION
WILL TAPER OFF TO PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND
GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
THAT ARE WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MAJOR POWER
OUTAGES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE 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.

Bulletin 50

CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DECATUR-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...ATLANTIC...
GREENFIELD...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...
LEON...CORYDON
1235 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE ICE
STORM WARNING.
WARMER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION AND CHANGED THE PRECIPITATION
TO RAIN. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION TODAY
OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE
DID ACCRUE ON SURFACES THIS MORNING. TRAVELERS SHOULD STILL USE
CAUTION AS ICE MAY STILL COVER SOME ROADS. AS THE ICE MELTS...BE
ALERT FOR FALLING ICE FROM ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE TREES AND POWER
LINES.