Friday, December 28, 2007

Snow Advisories For Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
340 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MID MORNING...AND THEN INTO
LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW
AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED
TO TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PULLS EAST AWAY FROM THE
AREA. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE LOCAL AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FRIENDSHIP AND
MAUSTON...TO VIROQUA AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN WISCONSIN...TO
ELKADER AND STRAWBERRY POINT IN NORTHEAST IOWA.
CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER
340 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING
INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. THE HEAVIER TOTALS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
FRIENDSHIP AND MAUSTON...TO VIROQUA AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN
WISCONSIN...TO ELKADER AND STRAWBERRY POINT IN NORTHEAST IOWA.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES OR DELAYS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLATTEVILLE
340 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING
INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES OR DELAYS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
DAS
...MODERATE SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO OCCUR OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
IOWA AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
TO LAKE MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING A BAND OF SNOW TO
ITS NORTHWEST ALONG THE WAY. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-
MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...
CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
348 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET INITIALLY THIS MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY
BECOMING ALL SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF A TAMA TO DES
MOINES TO BEDFORD LINE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
DONAVON
...ACCUMULATING SNOW ON THE WAY...
.A QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY MIDDAY TODAY...BRINGING
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION. SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE
IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
351 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY
THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM
AND NOON. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY
AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND BE AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE FAIRFIELD...
KEOSAUQUA...AND MOUNT PLEASANT AREAS...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED
FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..MACOMB
351 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY
THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM
AND 2 PM TODAY. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE RATE OF SNOWFALL THIS MORNING
MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR AT TIMES...AND CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. CURRENT INFORMATION
SUGGESTS THAT THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS AND GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR UP
TO 6 INCH AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE ROUGHLY ALONG A
SIGOURNEY IOWA...TO NEAR STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. AREAS FROM
MONMOUTH AND MACOMB...TO SOUTH OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS WILL BE ON
THE LOWER END WITH AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.
...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA...
.A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS MISSOURI WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS
MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PAWNEE
CITY TO AUBURN AND RED OAK...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE. FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA NEAR FALLS CITY SHOULD SEE THE
HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS. SNOWFALL FARTHER WEST IN JEFFERSON...
GAGE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE 2 INCHES OR LESS. THE ADVISORY
FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
412 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH 2
TO 4 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE IT ENDS BY MIDDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FALLS CITY AREA.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
POLLACK
...FAST MOVING WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA...
.A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN
KANSAS AND INTO MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE...THIS
MORNING TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE LATE MORNING TO
AFTERNOON HOURS. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE A RELATIVELY SHORT
DURATION EVENT...QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FARTHER SOUTH TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSOURI
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-
BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
701 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF BY NOON.
MODERATE SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN
HALF OF MISSOURI THIS MORNING. AREAS FROM ST JOSEPH TO DOWNTOWN
KANSAS CITY HAVE PICKED UP TWO INCHES TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF
SNOW THIS MORNING. SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY AN INCH OF SNOW HAS
ACCUMULATED.
SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH 11 AM. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS IF 3
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS THROUGH
MARSHALL MISSOURI ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5
INCHES IN A NARROWER SWATH FROM FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY TO ST
JOSEPH NORTHEAST THROUGH BETHANY AND KINGSTON. SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO
THE SOUTH IN AREAS FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS...TO FAYETTE
MISSOURI...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
...SNOW FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM MISSOURI TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN
AND LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SURFACE LOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
SNOW OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
FRIDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY.
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
311 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY.
A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN 12 HOURS OR LESS...WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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