Blizzard Warnings, Dangerous Cold And Other Winter Weather Expected

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
829 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BLAST SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF BITTERLY COLD AIR...
AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY.
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
829 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...
FRESH SNOWFALL OF UP TO AN INCH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-BROOKINGS-
LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR..CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
829 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM
CST TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. AS THE NORTHWEST WINDS USHER COLDER AIR
INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY
829 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS ARCTIC
AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED
WITH MUCH COOLER AIR WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...AND MAY CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...STRONG WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
IOWA TUESDAY...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT
TUESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT WITH
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH OR TWO. STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING
SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-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...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
848 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE A NORTHWEST WIND AT 20
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND COMBINED WITH
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
REDUCED TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO THIS...
TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE FROM THE 20S IN THE MORNING TO NEAR ZERO
BY THE EVENING COMMUTE.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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REV
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM ON THE WAY WITH BITTER COLD...STRONG
WINDS AND SNOW...
.A MID EVENING A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA BACK INTO NEBRASKA. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND MOVE UP ALONG
THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR
DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE
EXACT DETAILS REMAIN DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN...SNOW AND COLD WILL
IMPACT THE REGION.
BITTER COLD AIR WAS CURRENTLY INVADING NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE PLUMMETED OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL HOURS...BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. AFTERNOON HIGHS
IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE IN THE MID 50S THIS AFTERNOON AND AS
OF 9 PM THIS EVENING HAVE DROPPED TO 5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO...WITH
TEENS BELOW ZERO IN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS FRONT AND COLD AIR WILL
ARRIVE TUESDAY MORNING.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND APPROACHES THE AREA...IT WILL
DRAW IN THIS COLD AIR...LEADING TO SNOW DEVELOPMENT BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO
6 INCHES POSSIBLE. AND THERE COULD ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SLEET AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME VERY
STRONG AND GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS
AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. FINALLY...WHILE THE DAY MAY DAWN WITH
TEMPERATURES QUITE MILD FOR JANUARY...THE COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY
MOVE IN...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND COLD WILL SEND
WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE IN THE DAY.
THIS POTENT COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD...AND THE TIME
OF DAY FOR THE CHANGING WEATHER...COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. THOSE
LEAVING THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S MAY
NOT BE PREPARED FOR THE EXTREME COLD THAT WILL BE SEEN LATER IN
THE DAY. BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE
ISSUED LATER AS THE DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
909 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY MID-DAY. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE
AREA AS THE FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE. FINALLY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE
FRONT... WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-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
909 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE
AREA AS THE FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE. FINALLY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE
FRONT... WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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RABERDING
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TOMORROW DUE TO SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS AND
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...
.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
TO THE NORTHEAST. THE RESULTANT SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD
941 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTENDED PERIODS OF
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW ZERO BY MID AFTERNOON AND
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 30
BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE WILL BE AT RISK
OF THEIR LIFE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
THE SNOW WILL END BY MID EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TUESDAY
NIGHT.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
941 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE
MORNING. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN
EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND
RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO NEAR ZERO BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. ANYONE STRANDED
OUTSIDE WILL BE AT RISK OF THEIR LIFE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
NICHOLS