URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
312 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...
.ARCTIC COLD AIR...AND NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 10 TO 15 MPH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO
5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AS THEY
DO...TEMPERATURE WILL CRASH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO. EVEN THE LIGHTER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WIND CHILL
VALUES INTO THE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
312 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY.
10 TO 15 MPH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH LATER
TONIGHT...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES PLUNGING TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO...
WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUSLY COLD. THESE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS
BECOME CALM.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
316 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT...WITH
A WARM FRONT DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW PRESSURE INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF FLUFFY SNOWFALL
FROM NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO IOWA SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
316 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY.
SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY...AND
WILL CONTINUE FROM AROUND VERMILLION AND SIOUX CITY...EAST TOWARD
STORM LAKE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
DUE TO THE LIGHT AND FLUFFY NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL...SOME
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
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.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
346 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
...WIND CHILLS STILL COLD LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
.AT MID-AFTERNOON...WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE AREA REMAINED IN THE
15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WITH THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN
THE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO RANGE AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH...THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
WINDS WILL DROP BELOW 10 MPH BY THIS EVENING...AND ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL NOT
BE ISSUED. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN WIND SPEEDS OF
10 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES LOWER
THAN 20 BELOW ZERO.
APPROPRIATE CLOTHING IS A MUST IF VENTURING OUT THIS WEEKEND.
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
346 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE
OCCURS IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN AT THOSE VALUES.
DRESS APPROPRIATELY WHEN OUTDOORS IN THIS COLD WEATHER. BE
PREPARED SHOULD CAR PROBLEMS ARISE AND HEAT IS NOT AVAILABLE. MAKE
SURE LIVESTOCK AND PETS OUTDOORS HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE
WIND AND COLD AS WELL.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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