More Winter Storm Watches, Yuck!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
145 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM AND SLOW TRAVEL MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
.SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STILL APPEAR POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND HAS BEEN
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE CHARLES CITY AND NEW HAMPTON IOWA AREAS.
CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO RUN BELOW AVERAGE WITH THIS WINTER
STORM...DUE TO A VARYING TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE IN THE LATEST FORECAST
DATA. THE CONSENSUS OF THE FORECAST GUIDANCE PLACES THE WINTER
STORM WATCH AREA ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE MAIN AXIS OF
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.
FURTHER COMPLICATING THE PICTURE...IS A WARM LAYER OF AIR ALOFT
WHICH WILL CAUSE THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL
AS EITHER A WINTRY MIX...OR FREEZING RAIN...OR SLEET. IF
PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW MORE RAPIDLY...HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS
MAY BE SEEN. HOWEVER...IF THE CHANGE TO SNOW IS DELAYED...MORE
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY FALL...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CUT
SNOWFALL TOTALS.
CURRENT DATA SUPPORTS A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 4
TO 7 INCHES...ALONG A CHARLES CITY TO WEST UNION TO BOSCOBEL
LINE...WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE START. THE
HEAVIEST RATE OF PRECIPITATION...SHOULD FALL IN THE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FURTHER DATA WILL HOPEFULLY REFINE THIS FORECAST EVEN MORE...WITH
THE WINTER STORM WATCH LIKELY MOVING TO A WINTER STORM WARNING OR
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS TO THE NORTH...SHOULD ALSO MONITOR
THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AS THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THAT WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON OUR
AREA.
FLOYD-CHICKASAW-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
145 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN DURING THE MID TO LATE
MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY...AND BECOME HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON
WEARS ON...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING MONDAY NIGHT. AFTER SOME
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
MPH MONDAY NIGHT...ONLY MINOR GROUND DRIFTING IS
ANTICIPATED...WITH LITTLE REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY EXPECTED.
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.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
145 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY NOON OR A LITTLE AFTER ON
MONDAY...AND BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
OR SLEET...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AS ARE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. WHILE NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY NIGHT...ONLY MINOR
GROUND DRIFTING IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LITTLE REDUCTION TO
VISIBILITY EXPECTED.
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.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
154 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...MORE SNOW ON THE WAY FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ONTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST
IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY. A STRENGTHENING
LOW WILL EMERGE IN KANSAS TONIGHT BEFORE CROSSING MISSOURI MONDAY.
THE STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO TRACK UP THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY
NIGHT. THIS TRACK FAVORS HEAVY SNOW OVER FAR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER.
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
154 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A FAVORABLE TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI
SUNDAY AND THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT. STORMS TAKING THIS
TRACK FAVOR HEAVY SNOW OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.
THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN...RAIN OR SLEET BRIEFLY
MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TOWARD SUNSET.
ALTHOUGH SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE TOWARD THE
ILLINOIS BORDER.
THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT SNOW
TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE MADISON AND MILWAUKEE
AREAS ON SOUTH. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS
BORDER.
OUTSIDE OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF MADISON AND MILWAUKEE AREAS. THIS WOULD
INCLUDE THE WISCONSIN DELLS...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...AND PORT
WASHINGTON.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR
SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO
CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
$$
CRAVEN
...YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM POISED TO AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
.A LARGE AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATER TODAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN
IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A
CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WITH THE ONSET OF THE
PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING TO PRODUCE
SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL SET UP ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WEST UNION AND FARMERSBURG IOWA THROUGH
BAGLEY AND FENNIMORE WISCONSIN.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON
OUR AREA.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
355 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING.
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.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE AREA...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE
WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME
SLEET ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES
IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE
OVER TO HEAVY...WET SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO
FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA..FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
428 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL
CHANGE TO A HEAVY...WEST SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING
TO FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH AREAS ALONG AND 30 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE
FAVORED TO SEE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
...WINTER STORM ON ITS WAY FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
.SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE...JUST COMING ASHORE IN CALIFORNIA...WILL
RACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY AND BRING A BOUT OF PRECIPITATION
BETWEEN INTERSTATES 80 AND 90 ACROSS IOWA AND WISCONSIN.
CONFIDENCE IS STILL LOWER THAN NORMAL ON THE EXACT DETAILS WITH
THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE LATEST TRENDS CONFIRMING THE HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL ACROSS IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
HOWEVER...EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST BAND OF
PRECIPITATION...WHICH WILL BE SIGNIFICANT IN AMOUNT...IS STILL
UNCERTAIN FOR THE LOCAL AREA. FURTHER STILL...ARE UNCERTAINTIES ON
PRECIPITATION
TYPE THROUGH ABOUT THE FIRST 3 TO 4 HOURS OF THE STORM.
AT THE CURRENT TIME...POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR A BAND OF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET AS WELL AT THE ONSET...WHICH BRING LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. IF HEAVIER ICING DEVELOPS...SNOW AMOUNTS
CONSEQUENTLY WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS...AND VICE VERSA.
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEST
UNION IOWA TO BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN LINE...HOWEVER...OTHER AREAS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR
INCLUSION INTO THIS WATCH AS DATA CONTINUES TO BE ANALYZED.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON
OUR AREA.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
953 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY...AND
BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AS ARE SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY NIGHT...ONLY MINOR GROUND DRIFTING
IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LITTLE REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY EXPECTED.
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.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE AREA...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI
INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER
AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY... WET SNOW
MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA..FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
1038 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE
TO A HEAVY...WEST SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO
FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO
8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH AREAS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A
CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE FAVORED TO SEE THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING CREATING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING FOR IOWA MONDAY...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA MONDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS RAIN OR A
RAIN...SNOW MIX ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA WHILE REMAINING
MAINLY SNOW OVER THE NORTH. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST IOWA BY MONDAY EVENING.
STRONG WINDS ARE WILL FOLLOW THE STORM CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-
ADAIR-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...
ALLISON...WAVERLY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN..TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET
1152 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BE IMPACTING CENTRAL IOWA MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. THOUGH RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE IS EXPECTED
FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS OF THE STORM...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A 6 TO 8 INCH BAND OF SNOW EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR AUDUBON TO AMES TO NEAR WATERLOO. WITHIN THIS
CORRIDOR ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
IN WESTERN IOWA BY SUNRISE WITH THE RAIN SNOW CHANGEOVER REACHING
CENTRAL IOWA BY THE NOON HOUR AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH TWO INCHES OF
SNOWFALL PER HOUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE ROAD CONDITIONS TO
DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
AS THE STORM CONTINUES MOVING EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH DRIFTING SNOW STILL IMPACTING THE AREA
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
355 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM POISED TO AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
.A LARGE AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATER TODAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
MONDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN
IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A
CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WITH THE ONSET OF THE
PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING TO PRODUCE
SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL SET UP ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WEST UNION AND FARMERSBURG IOWA THROUGH
BAGLEY AND FENNIMORE WISCONSIN.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON
OUR AREA.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
355 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING.
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.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE AREA...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE
WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME
SLEET ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES
IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE
OVER TO HEAVY...WET SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO
FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA..FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
428 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL
CHANGE TO A HEAVY...WEST SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING
TO FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH AREAS ALONG AND 30 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE
FAVORED TO SEE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
...WINTER STORM ON ITS WAY FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
.SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE...JUST COMING ASHORE IN CALIFORNIA...WILL
RACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY AND BRING A BOUT OF PRECIPITATION
BETWEEN INTERSTATES 80 AND 90 ACROSS IOWA AND WISCONSIN.
CONFIDENCE IS STILL LOWER THAN NORMAL ON THE EXACT DETAILS WITH
THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE LATEST TRENDS CONFIRMING THE HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL ACROSS IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
HOWEVER...EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST BAND OF
PRECIPITATION...WHICH WILL BE SIGNIFICANT IN AMOUNT...IS STILL
UNCERTAIN FOR THE LOCAL AREA. FURTHER STILL...ARE UNCERTAINTIES ON
PRECIPITATION
TYPE THROUGH ABOUT THE FIRST 3 TO 4 HOURS OF THE STORM.
AT THE CURRENT TIME...POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR A BAND OF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET AS WELL AT THE ONSET...WHICH BRING LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. IF HEAVIER ICING DEVELOPS...SNOW AMOUNTS
CONSEQUENTLY WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS...AND VICE VERSA.
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEST
UNION IOWA TO BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN LINE...HOWEVER...OTHER AREAS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR
INCLUSION INTO THIS WATCH AS DATA CONTINUES TO BE ANALYZED.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON
OUR AREA.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
953 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY...AND
BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AS ARE SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY NIGHT...ONLY MINOR GROUND DRIFTING
IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LITTLE REDUCTION TO VISIBILITY EXPECTED.
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.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE AREA...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI
INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER
AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY... WET SNOW
MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA..FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
1038 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE
TO A HEAVY...WEST SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO
FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO
8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH AREAS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A
CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE FAVORED TO SEE THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING CREATING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.