Monday, February 4, 2008

Significant Winter Storm To Effect Northern Missouri And Eastern Kansas

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
222 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
EASTERN KANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS
THOUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL HAVE PASSED BY THE REGION TONIGHT...ENSURING THAT
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.
AT THE SAME TIME...AN UNSEASONABLY MOIST AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE COLD
FRONT WILL SURGE OVER TOP OF THE COLD AIR TO THE NORTH. CONDITIONS
ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
MORE THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION...BEFORE THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL MATERIALIZES...THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE...AS WELL AS ACCUMULATING SLEET EXISTS OVER
MOST OF THE WATCH AREA.
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
222 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS LATE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT. DURING THE
DAY...A BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND
ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING
SIX INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE ENDING BY
DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...
LANCASTER...DOWNING...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE
222 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A
PASSING COLD FRONT. LATER IN THE DAY...A BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
OVERSPREAD NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...WITH SNOW
BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS IT
HEADS TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A RUMBLE OR TWO
OF THUNDER CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER.
MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING
SIX INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BEFORE ENDING
WEDNESDAY 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 AND STATEMENTS.
...SNOW AND SLEET ALMOST GONE...
.SNOW...MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AT TIMES...CONTINUES TO EXIT
NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD BE ACROSS NORTHERN
WISCONSIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD
CONFINE ITSELF TO POINTS NORTH OF THE NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN
AREA...AND GENERALLY STAY UNDER 1 INCH. ELSEWHERE...SOME PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING.
MEANWHILE...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF THE MAIN
LOW TRACK...WITH SOME APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
CURRENTLY...THE HIGHER LIKELIHOOD FOR HEAVY SNOW RESTS FROM
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO EASTERN IOWA. LOCALLY...THIS WOULD BE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LYNDON STATION WISCONSIN TO WEST UNION IOWA
LINE. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST
IOWA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW THREAT.
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
316 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE ACCUMULATING WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED NORTHEAST
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELED. SOME PATCHY LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING.
ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT THE REGION STARTING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
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.
WABASHA-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
316 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
THE ACCUMULATING WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS EXITED NORTHEAST
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELED. SOME PATCHY LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING.
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
316 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT THE REGION STARTING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
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
POTTAWATTAMIE-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...WAHOO...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE
331 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE LIKELY...BUT SHOULD CAUSE ONLY MINOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS IF
CAUTION IS NOT TAKEN WHILE DRIVING.
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...
AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
331 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND EVENING. BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW ARE
LIKELY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS NEAR 6 INCHES
AROUND THE FALLS CITY AND CLARINDA AREAS.
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.
...MORE HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
IOWA...
.ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING YET
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA.
BREMER-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...WAVERLY...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
340 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF IOWA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE
THE INITIAL PRECIPITATION TYPES IN THE FAR SOUTH...BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTIC...TO DES
MOINES...TO WATERLOO...WHERE 6 TO 10 INCH AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY. SOME
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. LESSOR
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST...ALONG AN
AXIS FROM AUDUBON...TO BOONE...TO WAVERLY. AN INCREASING NORTHERLY
WIND WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...ADDING TO THE TRAVEL HAZARD. MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES.
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.
$$
KINNEY
WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-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...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO..GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA..OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...
CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
340 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
WIDESPREAD FOG WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FOG MAY
BE DENSE AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THIS EVENING HOWEVER...AROUND 600
PM...WHEN VISIBILITIES SHOULD REACH SEVERAL MILES.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
.YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM ON THE MIDWEST FOR
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED
TO BE STRONG AND WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY
NIGHT. THIS POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH INCREASING
WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
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
348 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY NIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE ROUGHLY ALONG AN OTTUMWA IOWA
TO NEAR FREEPORT ILLINOIS LINE. SNOWFALL STORM TOTALS ARE STILL IN
QUESTION. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME SUPPORT A POTENTIAL 40
TO 80 MILES SWATH OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
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.
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
357 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING IN MOST
OF THE ADVISORY AREA. EXPECT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER
MILE OR LESS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE DENSE
FOG WILL BE MORE PATCHY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI...TO
CARTHAGE ILLINOIS.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISIBILITIES IS EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST
BY MID EVENING AS WINDS SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE. HOWEVER...
AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAY HAVE TO HAVE THE ADVISORY
EXTENDED PAST 9 PM.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
...SNOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...WILL RANGE AROUND AN INCH OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR LADYSMITH AND RICE LAKE
OR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 8 COULD VARY FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES DURING
THE EVENING.
THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.
SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY YET OCCUR DURING THE EVENING
SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THUS...THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT
WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED.
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER MISSOURI...WILL MOVE OVER THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES TONIGHT.
TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE..BURNSVILLE...
ST. PETER...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
359 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY EVENING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH OR TWO
OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
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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