Winter Storm Winding Down For Iowa

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...LAST SURGE OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE MAJOR WINTER
STORM STARTS TO EXIT THE AREA...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA...
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH
TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...ACCUMULATING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL
END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 6 PM. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...CONTINUING TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND
HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST MID EVENING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND-
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....GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS
315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND END FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. MORE OF A PROBLEM WILL BE THE
BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH . EVEN IN AREAS
WHERE THE SNOW HAS ENDED....THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES THOUGH THE EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE SOME.
THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL
OF THESE LINGERING HAZARDS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR 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.
LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA
315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND END FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. MORE OF A PROBLEM WILL BE THE
BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH . EVEN IN AREAS
WHERE THE SNOW HAS ENDED....THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES THOUGH THE EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE SOME.
THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL
OF THESE LINGERING HAZARDS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR 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.
...THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER CENTRAL IOWA AND THE WIND IS BEGINNING
TO DIMINISH...
.VISIBILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN DROPPING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND THE
SNOWFALL HAS ENDED OVER CENTRAL IOWA. AS A RESULT THE BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORY IS CANCELED.
POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
332 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY.
VISIBILITIES ARE RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 MILES IN SOUTHEAST PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL IOWA. THESE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY DO NOT MEET
BLOWING SNOW CRITERIA HENCE THE ADVISORY IS CANCELED.
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FAB
...WINTER STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA...
.THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHICH BROUGHT THE HEAVY SNOW TO
PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HAS MOVED EAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALLS RANGED FROM 3 TO 14 INCHES. SINCE THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY.
CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
400 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING.
THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY.
BOYNE