These Are More Updates on The Current Winter Storm

SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-YORK-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-
THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...OSBORNE...
BELOIT...YORK...GENEVA...RED CLOUD..SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
546 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OR SO POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS FROM MANKATO SOUTH THROUGH MITCHELL COUNTY...MAY PICK UP
ANOTHER 2 INCHES.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN 2 MILES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. MOTORISTS SHOULD
ANTICIPATE THE POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROAD CONDITIONS.
...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. THE CENTER OF A LOW
PRESSURE AREA WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS
EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST
TONIGHT...REACHING THE GREEN BAY AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
WAS TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING AND THERE WILL BE BREAK
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...MORE SNOW IN CENTRAL
IOWA WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. THIS WILL SPREAD INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA LATER THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE DAY.
IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE IN A BAND
FROM WATERLOO IOWA...TO NEAR PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN...TO
TOMAH...FRIENDSHIP...AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. AMOUNTS IN THIS BAND
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL FALL OVER A 24 TO 30 HOUR PERIOD FROM
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST...
SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL FALL ON MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.
THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
605 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH TOTAL STORM
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WITHIN
THAT RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A LINE FROM WATERLOO AND
GUTTENBERG IOWA...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND RICHLAND CENTER
WISCONSIN...TO MAUSTON...TOMAH...AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
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.
TAYLOR-CLARK-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...MAUSTON
605 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
NIGHT...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
NIGHT.
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER AN
AREA OF SNOW IN CENTRAL IOWA WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE REGION BY
LATE EVENING OVERSPREADING THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL
STORM ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS
WITHIN THAT RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A LINE FROM TO PRAIRIE
DU CHIEN AND RICHLAND CENTER...TO MAUSTON... TOMAH... AND
WISCONSIN RAPIDS.
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.
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RABERDING
CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-
MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...CLARINDA...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...FAIRBURY...FALLS CITY...GLENWOOD...HARLAN...
LINCOLN...LOGAN...NEBRASKA CITY...OMAHA...PAWNEE CITY...
PLATTSMOUTH...RED OAK...SEWARD...SIDNEY...TECUMSEH...WAHOO
632 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. WITHIN THE
LIGHT SNOW...EXPECT POCKETS OF BRIEF MODERATE SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 PM SHOULD AVERAGE A FEW MORE TENTHS...AND
CLOSER TO ONE INCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AS A NEW
BATCH OF HEAVIER SNOW MOVES OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. USE CAUTION
AND SLOW DOWN IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED FOR
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.
CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-WINNESHIEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...CHARLES CITY...DECORAH...OELWEIN
659 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
THROUGH 8 PM...EXPECT AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA
ONCE AGAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS VISIBILITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 1 TO
2 MILE RANGE. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM.
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WAUKON...WINONA
659 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
A FEW FLURRIES OR PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH 8 PM. EXPECT ONLY A TRACE OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN 7 PM AND
8 PM. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM BRINGING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE
AREA.
BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...
WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
712 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY...
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH PER
HOUR THROUGH 10 PM...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDNIGHT OF
1 TO 2 INCHES. HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...CLARION...
HAMPTON...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES
712 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY...
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH PER
HOUR THROUGH 10 PM...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDNIGHT OF
UP TO 1 INCH. HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON..BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR
712 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY...
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM.
HOWEVER...SOME HIGHER INTENSITY SNOW WILL MOVE OVER AREAS
SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD AND OSCEOLA AFTER 8 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL
GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE THIRD INCH PER HOUR...THOUGH COULD BE
AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY
MIDNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
FALLING FROM ATLANTIC TO WINTERSET AND SOUTH TO BEDFORD AND MOUNT
AYR.
POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-
WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...
OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
712 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008
.NOW...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY...
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM.
HOWEVER...SOME HIGHER INTENSITY SNOW WILL MOVE OVER AREAS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AFTER 8 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL
GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE THIRD INCH PER HOUR...THOUGH COULD BE
AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY
MIDNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
FALLING FROM NEWTON TO DES MOINES AND SOUTH TO LAMONI.
MOYER