Significant Winter Storm To Impact Mid West Saturday Night And Sunday

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
312 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE
FROM NORTHWEST TEXAS THROUGH EASTERN MISSOURI SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY. AN INITIAL MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
TRANSITION TO SNOW AS THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS TO THE EAST. SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST
SUNDAY NIGHT.
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON..
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
312 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE
PRECIPITATION INTO THE WATCH AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY
BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. WHILE
ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS MAY NOT BE TREMENDOUS GIVEN THE
EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON
TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY DURING THE LATE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW ON SUNDAY
MORNING...WITH BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES
OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE THIN ICE LAYER...LEADING TO
VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN
ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT DOES
FALL...AS WELL AS REDUCING VISIBILITIES.
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.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WITH VARIOUS PRECIPITATION TYPES FOR
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE LOW
WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
INTENSIFY AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CHICAGO AREA AROUND
MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK OF THE LOW MAY CHANGE LEADING
UP TO SUNDAY...BUT BEST INDICATIONS FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE
WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA...AND MORE SO FROM
MONROE...TO MADISON...TO FOND DU LAC...AND LOCATIONS TO THE WEST.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXED BAG LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
BUT QUICKLY CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY
EVEN RAIN IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...AND WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY. BY MID AFTERNOON ON
SUNDAY ALL OF THE REGION WILL BE EXPERIENCING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL
END SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN COLD
AIR.
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
249 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 8 TO 12
INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SINCE SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA IS NEAR THE
RAIN SNOW LINE...UPCOMING FORECASTS OF ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY CHANGE THERE. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...
.A LARGE AND POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS SATURDAY TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM
WILL BRING A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TO THE MIDWEST...WITH
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY RAIN...AND HEAVY SNOW
LIKELY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS
TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOWS...POTENTIALLY GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CREATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
ENTIRE AREA. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CREATE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
EVENING.
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-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...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...
MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE..MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
133 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH HEAVY FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN
ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. SUNDAY
MORNING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...A BROAD AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCH
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY OVER EASTERN IOWA AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT
TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
$$
ERVIN
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...
.A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST SATURDAY...AND LIFT THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.
BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-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...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...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
255 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AS RAIN...BUT AS TEMPERATURES COOL A CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN...AND FINALLY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...WITH LIGHTER
AMOUNTS AS YOU MOVE NORTH AND WEST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS DUE TO AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITH
THIS SYSTEM COULD TOTAL 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY GREATER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE AREA EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS
CURRENTLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMONI...TO CHARITON...TO OSKALOOSA
LINE.
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.
$$
ALBRECHT
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT THE AREA...
.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL
TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY THIS
WEEKEND. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL TRACK FROM MISSOURI INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. WITH THIS TRACK...
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO
6 INCHES FOR AREAS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN AND WAUKON
IOWA...THROUGH VIROQUA..SPARTA AND BIG FLATS WISCONSIN. SOME SLEET
MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN TO OELWEIN IOWA. IN ADDITION TO
THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20
MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND
POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND WHERE THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL.
ALLAMAKEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...SPARTA/TOMAH
324 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM OELWEIN IOWA TO BIG FLATS WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS
WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING
SNOW.
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-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
324 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM OELWEIN AND WAUKON IOWA TO VIROQUA...SPARTA AND BIG FLATS
WISCONSIN. SOME SLEET MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN TO OELWEIN
IOWA. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH
BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND
POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW.
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.
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...
.LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SATURDAY EVENING THEN CHANGE OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR COMES
INTO THE REGION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD AIR
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EXTENDING INTO
SUNDAY MORNING.
MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...
NEBRASKA CITY...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
325 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH
RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY SATURDAY EVENING...COLDER AIR WILL
SWEEP INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE RAIN CHANGING TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLDER AIR. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE FOR
THE MAIN BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE AREA BUT THE
EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS
TIME AND COULD SHIFT FURTHER NORTH AND WEST.
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.
FOBERT