Other Blizzard Warnings

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...CONTINUING SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON...
.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND
GOODHUE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA WHERE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARDS THE TWIN
CITIES AND INTO THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WISCONSIN. AS MUCH
AS THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE U.S. HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT
TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE THE
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS HAS
GENERATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE BRIEFLY
BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS PORTION OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND
THESE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND PERSIST INTO
MID-AFTERNOON ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTHWARD TO THE
IOWA BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARDS RED WING. THEREFORE A BLIZZARD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FREEBORN...STEELE...AND GOODHUE
COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE
90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE
IOWA BORDER.
IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR
CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW
ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 IN
MINNESOTA. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION
TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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.
GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30
MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION
AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS
HAS GENERATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE
BRIEFLY BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS AREA OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING
AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND PERSIST INTO
MID-AFTERNOON ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTHWARD TO THE
IOWA BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARDS RED WING. THEREFORE A BLIZZARD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE COUNTIES.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE
90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 35 FROM MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE
IOWA BORDER.
IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR
CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW
ZERO WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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.
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1053 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARDS THE TWIN CITIES
AND INTO THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WISCONSIN. AS MUCH AS
THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94
IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE U.S. HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT
TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AND THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THESE
WIND SPEEDS. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS...BITTERLY COLD AIR
CONTINUES TO FLOOD INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW
ZERO WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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.
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY DUE TO SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS AND
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...
.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT IS MOVING THE REGION THIS MORNING. PERIODS
OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
WILL CAUSE SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS. TEMPERATURES PLUNGING INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CREATE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. THIS
WILL CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WHERE STRANDED PERSONS
MAY FREEZE TO DEATH WHILE VISIBILITIES REMAIN VERY POOR IN BLOWING
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
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
1031 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA...WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY ALREADY TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY COMBINE WITH 1 TO
2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN
EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND
RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW ZERO BY
SUNSET 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 EARLY EVENING WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OR WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT.
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
1031 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING...WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT. VERY
STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
COMBINE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW ZERO AFTER SUNSET 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 EARLY EVENING WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OR WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT.
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.
$$
MAYES
...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS TODAY...SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TONIGHT...
..A SNOW BAND...CAPABLE OF DROPPING AN INCH OF SNOW PER HOUR...WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS BAND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL DROP A QUICK 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA.
MEANWHILE...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND THE FALLING
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED
TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THOSE AREAS AS A RESULT. OTHER OPEN AND
UNSHELTERED AREAS...SUCH AS AREA RIDGE-TOPS...CAN ALSO EXPECT
VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES.
IN ADDITION TO THE HAZARDS FROM THE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO TUMBLE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH TEENS BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. COMBINE THIS
WITH THE STRONG WINDS AND WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL
FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO LATER TONIGHT. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN
AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND IT
IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MEANWHILE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING WORSE BY TONIGHT. VENTURING OUT TONIGHT
IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED.
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1055 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO VISIBILITIES 1/4 MILE OR LESS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS
BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY STRONG
WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW THIS
AFTERNOON...TO 30 TO 40 BELOW TONIGHT.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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.
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1055 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND
SOME OF THIS SNOW...AND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES ON AREA RIDGE-
TOPS TO UNDER 1 MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...FALLING
TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...IN COMBINATION
WITH THE VERY STRONG WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO
20 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON...TO 30 TO 40 BELOW TONIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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.
$$
RIECK
...WINTRY WEATHER TO RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT EXITING THE STATE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SHARPLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES ON A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON.
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...
FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY
1058 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40
TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO CREATE AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE FREQUENTLY. A BAND
OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE A PERIOD
OF ABOUT 2 HOURS WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WITH
LOCAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY COMBINED WITH
THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BY
THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.
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.
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.
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO
1058 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OF 40
TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE
AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY COMBINED WITH
THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BY
THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.
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.
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.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC
1058 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH AT HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A BAND
OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING
A PERIOD OF AN HOUR OR TWO WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN OPEN AREAS AT
TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH
TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 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.
STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
1058 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
CST THIS EVENING...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH AT HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A BAND
OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING
A PERIOD OF AN HOUR OR TWO WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN OPEN
AREAS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE
AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 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.
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA..OTTUMWA...
BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1058 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW BY MID DAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH AT
HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND BRING A PERIOD OF AN HOUR OR TWO WITH VISIBILITIES
AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD
RESULT IN OPEN AREAS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
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.