Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Snow And Blowing Snow Advisories, Dangerous Wind Chills As Well

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
845 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008
...HAZARDOUS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...
.INCREASING WINDS COMBINED WITH YESTERDAYS SNOWFALL AND ADDITIONAL
LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL HAMPER TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN
ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...
DROPPING TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF
EXTRA TIME...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND BE PREPARED FOR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW...AND SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
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...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
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
845 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL HAMPER TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN
ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...
DROPPING TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF
EXTRA TIME...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND BE PREPARED FOR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW...AND SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1024 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008
.A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...COUPLED
WITH STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES...WILL GIVE
BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS PRODUCING VERY COLD WIND
CHILLS.
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1024 AM CST TUE JAN 1 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.
WITH ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE
TODAY. EVEN THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ONLY IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THE AIR TEMPERATURE...COUPLED WITH
NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL
READINGS RANGING FROM ABOUT 15 BELOW TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE TODAY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
1024 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
WITH ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE
TODAY. EVEN THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE ONLY FROM
AROUND ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. THE AIR TEMPERATURE...COUPLED WITH
NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL
READINGS RANGING FROM ABOUT 17 BELOW TO 27 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THR0UGH THE EVENING TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

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