All About Mid West Weather: Winter Cold Hits Mid West Once Again

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
3:55 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR INTO
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. FALLING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING...FROM
EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS
3:55 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO
25 BELOW ZERO.

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.
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
COMBINE WITH THE COLDER SURFACE AIR TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WITH PERIODS OF SNOW....MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20...TO THE MINNESOTA LINE...THROUGH NOON.

EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...
FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY
400 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
BE ONGOING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SLICK ROADS AND
WALKWAYS. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL END AROUND NOON...AS THE
ATMOSPHERE BECOMES CONDUCIVE TO SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
..SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

THE SNOW THAT BROUGHT AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TO NORTHWEST

AND NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN WAS MOVING EAST EARLY THIS MORNING.

MEANWHILE TO THE SOUTH...A BAND OF SNOW HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP

AND INTENSIFY IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS BAND WAS GENERALLY CENTERED

AROUND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH RAN FROM A WAUSAU WISCONSIN TO LA

CROSSE TO SIOUX FALL SOUTH DAKOTA LINE. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE

FOCUS FOR SNOW PRODUCTION FOR THE REST OF TODAY.

LOCALLY...MOST MORNING COMMUTERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH

SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES AND HOURLY SNOW

RATES AROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 8 AM

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS

CENTERED AROUND A WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO LA CROSSE TO AUSTIN

CORRIDOR.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY

EXITING EAST BY EARLY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE

ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE DONE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST STORM

TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE FOUND FROM AROUND I-94 TO THE

EAST AND NORTHEAST. FARTHER TO THE WEST...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6

INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE LIES THE POTENTIAL FOR

SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE I-94...WHICH WOULD INCLUDE

COMMUNITIES SUCH AS LA CROSSE...GALESVILLE...WESTBY AND WINONA.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF THESE CHANCES

BECOME MORE PROBABLE.

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND

HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE MORNING

WEARS ON.
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-

TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...

LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER

430 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS

AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 6

INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.
..BAND OF SNOW AFFECTING THE AREA...

AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...ROUGHLY 75 MILES WIDE...WAS
LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE DAY. VISIBILITIES
OF 1 TO 2 MILES WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND...WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY POCKETS OF SNOW DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1/2 MILE.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND NORTH OF OSAGE...CRESCO...
DECORAH AND WAUKON IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS.
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST STORM
TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND I-94 TO THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST. FARTHER TO THE WEST...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE LIES THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HIGHER
AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE I-94...WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COMMUNITIES
SUCH AS LA CROSSE...GALESVILLE...WESTBY AND WINONA. THE HEAVY SNOW
WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF THE BAND REMAINS STATIONARY AND
A NARROW STRIPE OF HEAVIER SNOW BECOMES MORE PROBABLE FURTHER WEST.

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIER TOTALS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO
THE GAYS MILLS WISCONSIN AREA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START TO
INCREASE.

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.
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE
HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS START TO INCREASE.

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.

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA TODAY.
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20
CORRIDOR...WITH SNOW EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR THROUGH NOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES IN
THE SNOW. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...FURTHER
REDUCING VISIBILITIES. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE GREATEST
ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA BORDER...WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AREAS
ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 CAN EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND AND INCH OR TWO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH.

ALBRECHT
..BAND OF SNOW AFFECTING THE AREA...

AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...50 TO 75 MILES WIDE...WAS LOCATED
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE DAY. VISIBILITIES OF
1 TO 2 MILES WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1/2 MILE. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND NORTH OF OSAGE...
CRESCO...DECORAH AND WAUKON IOWA TO RICHLAND WISCONSIN.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED
AREAS. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING
WITH THE HIGHEST STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND
CALEDONIA MINNESOTA TO LA CROSSE AND VIROQUA WISCONSIN...TO THE
TOMAH...MAUSTON AND ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP AREAS. FARTHER TO THE WEST
AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE BAND...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED.

HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE
HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH OF CALEDONIA TO SOUTH OF LA
CROSSE INTO THE VIROQUA AREAS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIDGETOPS THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST
WINDS START TO INCREASE.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-MOWER-FILLMORE-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...AUSTIN...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

..SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIER TOTALS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO
THE GAYS MILLS AND RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN AREAS. SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS START TO INCREASE.

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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