More Info Regarding Mid West Snow Storm

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1041 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD
SNOWFALL. THIS STORM MAY BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...
KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...MEMPHIS
1041 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WHEN SNOW MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS A POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH SNOW AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
MEMPHIS MISSOURI...THROUGH TIPTON IOWA...TO GALENA ILLINOIS.
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA. LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY
REACH 8 INCHES OR MORE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR
IN IOWA FROM INDEPENDENCE TO DUBUQUE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE STORM EXITS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM
15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HEADING FOR IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AND THEN TRACK NEAR THE IOWA...ILLINOIS BORDER THURSDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ESPECIALLY
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-
ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
ELDORA...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON..
BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR
1050 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM
CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
LATER THIS EVENING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST
OF AN ATLANTIC TO FORT DODGE TO MASON CITY LINE.
A NORTH WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...MAINLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
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.
BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-
DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...
WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...
GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...
BLOOMFIELD
1050 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THROUGH MID MORNING
THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE
MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH HEAVIER TOTALS LIKELY TO BE
ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMONI...TO DES MOINES...TO THE WATERLOO LINE.
A NORTH WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...MAINLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.
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.
CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL
1050 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM
CST THURSDAY.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
LATER THIS EVENING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST
OF AN ATLANTIC TO FT DODGE TO MASON CITY LINE.
A NORTH WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...MAINLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
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.
$$
REV
...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW
MUCH SNOW...
.LOW PRESSURE WAS STRENGTHENING ACROSS MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND
SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. THIS SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING FRESH SNOW
TO THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTERS HAVE SPENT THE
MORNING REVIEWING THE LATEST WEATHER DATA TO PROVIDE DETAILS ON
THE SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE LOCAL AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. IT APPEARS THAT WHILE SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MOST TOTALS BY THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE IN
THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. IT DOES STILL APPEAR THAT THE HIGHER TOTALS
IN THAT RANGE WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST IOWA...OR SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO...DECORAH...LA
CROSSE...TOMAH...AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE REPLACED
BY EITHER ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS DEPENDING ON THE FINAL SNOW
TOTALS EXPECTED. THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD CHECK
FORECASTS AND UPDATES AFTER THAT TIME FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
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
1057 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
THE HIGHEST TOTALS WITHIN THAT RANGE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF
WATERLOO...DECORAH...LA CROSSE...TOMAH...AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
BAUMGARDT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
304 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE REGION...
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST
IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE
ROCKIES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
REGION BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SEWARD-LANCASTER-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
304 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
MODERATE TO EVEN OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD
DEVELOP BEFORE THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE A BIT
DURING THE EVENING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LINCOLN AND SEWARD AREAS...TO
3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH TOTALS FROM BEATRICE TOWARD
FALLS CITY.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
HARRISON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WAHOO...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH
304 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
ESPECIALLY AFTER MID AFTERNOON. OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD HINDER THE EVENING RUSH HOUR
AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST TO AROUND 25 MPH. EVEN THOUGH SNOW
INTENSITIES WILL DECREASE A BIT LATER IN THE EVENING...GUSTY WINDS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MUCH OF THE NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN
THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...
RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA
304 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...
MAINLY AFTER MID AFTERNOON. OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY
SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EVENING
AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST TO AROUND 25 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE
DECREASING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS FORECAST WITH
ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BY THIS
EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THEN FOR MUCH OF
THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
SOME LOCATIONS. THE CULPRIT FOR THE SNOW WILL BE A STRENGTHENING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...SLATED TO MOVE FROM THE PLAINS TO ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT. CURRENTLY...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS LOOK TO
FALL FROM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO EASTERN IOWA. LOCALLY...THIS
WOULD LIE ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN
TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW
CENTER...HOWEVER...WILL CAUSE A SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN WHERE THE
GREATER AMOUNTS FALL. THE WINTER STORM WILL TRANSITION INTO
SOUTHEAST CANADA THURSDAY NIGHT...TAKING THE SNOW WITH IT. AS
THIS IS AN EVOLVING WINTER STORM...STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES
FOR WHERE AND HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL. UPGRADES TO THE WATCH ARE
LIKELY BY THIS EVENING.
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
336 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
RIECK
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HEADING FOR IOWA...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AND THEN TRACK NEAR THE IOWA ILLINOIS BORDER THURSDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ESPECIALLY
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-TAMA-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...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO..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
337 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE SNOW
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE LATE
MORNING TO AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN
THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF
IOWA...WITH THE HEAVIEST BAND LIKELY TO BE FROM THE ATLANTIC
AREA...THROUGH DES MOINES...TO THE WATERLOO AREA.
A NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...MAINLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...STRONGER
WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE OF
A PROBLEM WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW IN THIS CASE...
THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
KINNEY
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL.
THIS STORM MAY BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EASTERN IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...
KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...MEMPHIS
431 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WHEN SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS A POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD 4
TO 6 INCH SNOW AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS
MISSOURI...THROUGH TIPTON IOWA...TO GALENA ILLINOIS. PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA. LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY REACH 8 INCHES OR
MORE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR IN IOWA FROM
INDEPENDENCE TO DUBUQUE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVER
MOST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE STORM EXITS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15
TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POOR
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...OSBORNE...
BELOIT...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
610 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH AROUND 3 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
HEBRON TO STOCKTON.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...WINTER WEATHER TO EFFECT THE REGION TODAY INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...
.A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN IOWA THROUGH NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL KANSAS WILL SHIFT EAST-SOUTHEAST TODAY. IT EDGED INTO THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI AT SUNRISE...AND BE NEAR A KIRKSVILLE
TO CARROLLTON AND BUTLER MISSOURI LINE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. POCKETS
OF RAIN WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON
HOURS WHILE THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE COLDER AIR BEHIND
THE FRONT. THERE WILL BE A FEW HOURS OF A RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW MIX AS
THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH BEFORE ENOUGH COLD AIR FILTERS IN TO CONVERT
ANY LIQUID PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW. LOCATIONS IN THE COLDER AIR
ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL BE IN POSITION TO
SEE THE MOST SNOWFALL WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH OF
AN ATCHISON KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER TO 1
TO 2 INCHES FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA TO MACON WITH AN INCH OR LESS
FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO MOBERLY. AREAS FROM CLINTON TO SEDALIA AND
BOONVILLE ARE LIKELY TO SEE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH OF SNOW. NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
914 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY.
A WINTER STORM WILL BE EFFECTING EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN OR SLEET MAY
BRIEFLY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW AT THE START BUT BY MID AFTERNOON THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD PICK UP IN
INTENSITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...CONTINUING ON
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS AND ST JOSEPH TO GALLATIN
AND ALBANY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
334 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE
STRENGTH OF THE STORM. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW MAY COMBINE WITH
STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.