Winter Storm Watch For Pleasant Hill Has Been Changed To A Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...
.A UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL INITIALLY
BRING IN WARMER AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE...PRODUCING RAIN WHERE
TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...BUT PRODUCE A BOUT OF FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING. THE ENTIRE AREA
WILL SWITCH OVER TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD TONIGHT...HOWEVER THERE WILL
THEN BE A RAPID TRANSITION BACK OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...AND
EVENTUALLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WITH THE CHANGE
FROM RAIN TO SNOW SPREADING EAST EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTH KANSAS
CITY SUBURBS NORTHEAST TO UNIONVILLE. AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WILL BE
THE INCREASINGLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL
ALSO GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE
REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE SNOWFALL.
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH
338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE
PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES
ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS
WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR
TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED BEFORE
THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION BACK TO FREEZING RAIN...AND
THEN TO SNOW IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT...AND IN AREAS FURTHER
TO THE EAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. THIS WILL LEAD TO
VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN
ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS
ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...
DOWNING
338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE
PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON
AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED
TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER
LINES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI
SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BURSTS
OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN
ICE LAYER. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD
338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE
PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER
WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE
OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST LATER SUNDAY MORNING.
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. THIS WILL
LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
.A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS TAKING SHAPE OVER TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON.
THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL LIFT OUT OF TEXAS AND MOVE QUICKLY
NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS IOWA INTO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN TO OELWEIN
IOWA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE MAINLY SNOW FROM THIS STORM
SYSTEM. THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM
WILL EXTEND FROM FRIENDSHIP AND MAUSTON THROUGH RICHLAND CENTER
AND LANCASTER IN WISCONSIN WHERE 10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS
POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE.
DUE TO THE RAPID DEEPENING AND STRENGTHENING OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON
SUNDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY
AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED...MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
IF PERSONS HAVE TRAVEL INTERESTS ANYWHERE ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...
WISCONSIN...OR NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
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
339 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE
PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW ALONG
AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MAUSTON AND VIROQUA WISCONSIN TO
DECORAH IOWA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY
MORNING. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS
IN THIS AREA. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW RAPIDLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A BAND OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...THROUGH LA CROSSE AND
BLACK RIVER FALLS...TO NEILLSVILLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH IN INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS ON SUNDAY.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN THE WARNING AREA.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
WINNESHIEK-CHICKASAW-HOUSTON-CLARK-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE
339 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN TO OELWEIN
IOWA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW RAPIDLY BY
MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A BAND OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM
6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...THROUGH LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER
FALLS...TO NEILLSVILLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN
INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM
15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED
IN THE WARNING AREA.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD
339 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO
NORTHERN ILLINOIS SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEDFORD AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...THROUGH LEWISTON AND PRESTON MINNESOTA...TO CRESCO AND
CHARLES CITY IOWA.
IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
DAS
...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 EAST TEXAS
TONIGHT...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
349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A
BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.
|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. AS
TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND
EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AREA LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY
SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF
INCH...WITH SPOTTY THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED
SOUTHEAST OF A BROOKLYN TO MT AYR LINE.
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. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION
OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE POWER LINES TO BEGIN GALLOPING...POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING
THE SITUATION WITH POWER OUTAGES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THE BE SURE
THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS
SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN
EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE.
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.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL
349 PM 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 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 5 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
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
349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 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 5 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.
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
400 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
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. AS
TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN... AND
EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER
TO ONE HALF INCH AREA LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY SOUTHEAST
OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH...WITH
SPOTTY THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A
BROOKLYN TO MT AYR LINE.
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. IN ADDITION...THE
COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER LINES TO BEGIN GALLOPING...POTENTIALLY
EXACERBATING THE SITUATION WITH POWER OUTAGES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THE BE SURE
THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS
SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN
EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE.
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.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-
SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-
AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON
400 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 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 5 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.
...WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...
.LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO CENTRAL
MISSOURI BY EARLY SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WHICH MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL
AS NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS AT TIMES SUNDAY.
MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...
NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
403 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS LATE EVENING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY THIS
EVENING...BUT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN AT THE SURFACE...THE RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY.
UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AND ICE
COVERED POWER LINES...SOME POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES MAY BE
POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
MILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GLENWOOD
403 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY.
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY THIS
EVENING...BUT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN AT THE SURFACE...THE RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY.
UP TO ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR
TONIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ON
TOP OF THE ICE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THE STRONG WINDS
EXPECTED AND ICE COVERED POWER LINES...SOME SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES
AND DOWNED TREES MAY BE POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FAIRBURY
403 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY THIS
EVENING...BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN AT THE SURFACE...THE RAIN MAY
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES SUNDAY.
UP TO ONE TENTH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...WITH
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE THROUGH SUNDAY.
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.
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE
403 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY.
WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN IS
EXPECTED INITIALLY...BUT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY AT TIMES SUNDAY.
UP TO ONE TENTH ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...WITH
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE THROUGH SUNDAY.
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.
$$
DEWALD
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
.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 TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...
AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING.
ALSO...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW CREATING
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING.
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-BUREAU-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...
FORT MADISON...PRINCETON...KAHOKA
413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE MORE IN THE
FORM OF RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...
FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
MEMPHIS
413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
NORTHWEST OF A FAIRFIELD...CLINTON...AND FREEPORT LINE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE LIKELY IN
MOST OF THE WARNING 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 BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY
SUNDAY EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VINTON...TO NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE. AREAS
FROM SIGOURNEY...TO CEDAR RAPIDS...TO ANAMOSA AND SOUTH OF
DUBUQUE CAN EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING.
AMOUNTS OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE
2 TO 5 INCH RANGE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH
STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...ALEDO
413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY IN THE ENTIRE
ADVISORY AREA BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TEMPORARILY TURNS TO
REGULAR RAIN SUNDAY MORNING. THEN...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND
SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO ILLINOIS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BY SUNDAY EVENING.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN
MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE
DRIVING.
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BEGINNING
LATE TONIGHT...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER STORM TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT...LASTING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL INTENSITY OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...AND MOVE NORTHEAST TO JUST
NORTH OF CHICAGO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO LOWER MICHIGAN
BY SUNDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL BE FED INTO THE
STORM SYSTEM WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WEST OF A LINE
FROM MADISON TO FOND DU LAC DURING SUNDAY MORNING.
EAST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO FOND DU LAC...TEMPERATURES WILL
RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY MORNING WITH EVEN SOME RAIN
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTH TO
RACINE AND KENOSHA.
THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IN EASTERN WISCONSIN WILL OCCUR SLOWLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING...ALL OF THE
REGION WILL BE EXPERIENCING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL END LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN COLD AIR.
IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...
MONROE
413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER
MIDNIGHT WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING SUNDAY
MORNING AND LAST INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM
6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WEST OF MADISON AND
MONROE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF
25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY.
TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY