Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Yes, More Snow!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
222 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007
...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT.
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR INDICATE THAT SNOW RATES OF A HALF
INCH TO ONE INCH ARE CURRENTLY FALLING FROM ALONG THE INTERSTATE
94 CORRIDOR WEST TO A LINE FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO BOSCOBEL
WISCONSIN.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BE FOUND FROM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EAST
TO THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE AREA
WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. MEANWHILE 2 TO 4 INCHES
WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE..
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
222 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WEST TO A LINE FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA
TO BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN BY 4 PM. ELSEWHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE
GENERALLY LESS THAN INCH DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BE FOUND FROM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EAST
TO THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE AREA
WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. MEANWHILE 2 TO 4 INCHES
WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
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.
BOYNE
BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-
LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
309 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007
...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...
A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL
MOVE THROUGH AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 6 PM. NORTH
OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO WAPPELLO...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WHILE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THIS LINE THE MIX WILL BE MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET.
THIS MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE SOME SLIPPERY DRIVING
CONDITIONS DURING AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A CEDAR RAPIDS...QUAD CITIES LINE. A SNOW
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-SCOTT-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN
310 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION
AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A MANCHESTER
IOWA TO CLINTON IOWA TO HENNEPIN ILLINOIS LINE. NORTH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH TOWARD DAYBREAK MAY RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
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.
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-
WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
338 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR INDICATE THAT SNOW RATES
OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE CURRENTLY FALLING FROM ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WEST TO A LINE FROM KASSON MINNESOTA TO
STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA. THESE AREAS MAY SEE A TOTAL OF 2 TO
4 INCHES BY 6 PM.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BE FOUND FROM THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WEST TO
A LINE FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO DUBUQUE IOWA. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE.
MEANWHILE 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
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.

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