NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
409 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY
EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO ILLINOIS BY
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL INITIALLY BRING IN WARMER
AIR...PRODUCING RAIN...WHICH MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE WATCH
AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THEN THERE WILL BE A RAPID TRANSITION OVER TO
SNOW LATE TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WITH THE CHANGE OVER SPREADING
EAST EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ON SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WILL BE THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WHICH WILL BE PICKING UP SIGNIFICANTLY AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
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
409 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER
TYPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY
NIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE DROPPING TO NEAR OR JUST
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. WHILE ICE 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 EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI OVERNIGHT AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE
EAST ON SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE 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 IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
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 TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INTENSIFY AND
MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CHICAGO AREA AROUND MID AFTERNOON ON
SUNDAY.
THE FORECAST TRACK OF THE LOW MAY CHANGE LEADING UP TO SUNDAY...
BUT BEST INDICATIONS FOR THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND
WILL BE WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA...JUST ON EITHER
SIDE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DARLINGTON...THROUGH MADISON...TO
FOND DU LAC.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXED BAG LATE TONIGHT...BUT
WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY. 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 LATE 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
555 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 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...AS WELL AS LOCATION...WILL LIKELY CHANGE BETWEEN
NOW AND SUNDAY. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS LATE TONIGHT 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.
..WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...
LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST MOVE NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD THEN TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI AND TOWARD THE
GREAT LAKES REGION ON SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING THEN CHANGE
OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
STRONG NORTH OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE
AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF
LOW VISIBILITY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
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
356 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE STARTING THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY
THIS EVENING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME A MIX AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW. SOME SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA.
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 FARTHER
TO THE 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.
$$
MILLER
..ICE STORM AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA...
A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
TODAY...AND PUSH THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SUNDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED
BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT 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
357 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
..BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MID SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MID SUNDAY MORNING.
RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN
IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO
CENTRAL IOWA FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND
AS TEMPERATURES COOL...WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY
SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN
INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID SUNDAY MORNING...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM ATLANTIC...TO DES MOINES...TO WATERLOO.
FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8
INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE-
BOONE-AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...
ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AUDUBON
357 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MID SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.
A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING.
PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL
SPREAD NORTH INTO INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE
THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM AUDUBON...THROUGH FORT DODGE AND
BOONE...TO WAVERLY.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$
KINNEY/MOYER
..SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM A WINTER STORM
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
IT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY A
MAJOR WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTER STORM COULD
POTENTIALLY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS WHICH MAY LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...AND SOME ICE
ACCUMULATIONS.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI
INTO THE CHICAGO AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS
TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRECIPITATION SOUTHEAST OF AN OELWEIN IOWA
TO WISCONSIN DELLS LINE MAY BE INITIALLY BE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW ON
SUNDAY MORNING. BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW...THERE MAY BE SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
SHOULD SEE MAINLY SNOW FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE LOCATION OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM IS STILL A BIT UNCLEAR...AND IT
WILL DEPEND UPON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA.
DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THE WINDS WILL
LIKELY INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE
HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED...THIS MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF A OELWEIN TO VIROQUA TO BIG FLATS WISCONSIN LINE FOR LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE
OF 6 TO 13 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING
SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
OF MOST CONCERN IS THE ARRIVAL OF STRONG WINDS AS THE SNOW COMES
DOWN ON SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA...PERHAPS ACROSS THE RIVER INTO WISCONSIN.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY.
IF PERSONS HAVE TRAVEL INTERESTS ANYWHERE IN EASTERN IOWA...
WISCONSIN...OR NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY...
THEY ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER TRAVEL DUE TO THIS WINTER STORM.
ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
421 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...POSSIBLY AS A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER
TO ALL SNOW RAPIDLY ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A BAND OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION FROM 6 TO 13 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST
OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO VIROQUA AND BIG FLATS WISCONSIN LINE. SNOW
WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING...AND THEN COME TO AN
END EARLY MONDAY MORNING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN
THE WATCH AREA.
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.
..MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...
A LARGE AND POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL
BRING A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TO THE MIDWEST...INCLUDING
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...AND
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ALSO ON
SUNDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW
CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
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
436 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES NORTHWEST OF A FAIRFIELD...MOLINE...FREEPORT LINE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON ...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH
OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING
OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE
BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS THROUGH GALENA. AMOUNTS OVER
THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE
WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
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.
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