Winter Weather Advisories, Snow, Cold And Dangerous Wind Chills

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
938 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY...
.WINDS CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AS A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES.
FIRST THOUGH...THIS LOW WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
REGION TODAY...BRINGING SOME LIGHT SNOW WITH IT. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE MINOR...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL
BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AS THE DAY WEARS ON...FROM THE NORTHWEST
AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AND
DRIFT THE FALLING AND ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. SOME WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A RESULT.
TONIGHT...COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. ADD IN THE
STRONG WINDS AND WIND CHILLS OF -35 TO -45 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
IF TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS FROM THE
BLOWING SNOW. SOME SLICK SPOTS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ON AREA
ROADWAYS. TONIGHT...VENTURING OUT IS NOT RECOMMEND...BUT IF YOU
HAVE TO...DRESS FOR THE COLD. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES AND
PROTECT ANY EXPOSED SKIN.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-
WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...
WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
LA CROSSE
938 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM TODAY...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND
FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN...AS AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. SOME WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...INCLUDING
AREA RIDGE-TOPS DUE TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
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
938 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM TODAY...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND
FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN...AS AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. SOME WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...INCLUDING
AREA RIDGE-TOPS DUE TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION
ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL
OCCUR OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT..MOUNT CARROLL
1041 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1041 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ..HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THESE STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS FAR
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA
REDUCING VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AS FALLING TEMPERATURES APPROACH ZERO
BY SATURDAY EVENING.
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU
1046 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW
ONE MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS
AFTERNOON...WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH 20 BELOW
ZERO. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING
THE THREAT OF BLOWING SOW TO AN END...BUT THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILL READINGS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO.
BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY WHEN
DRIVING IN OPEN AREAS. BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY AND COVER ALL
EXPOSED SKIN.
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR..CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1046 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY.
BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN
AREAS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH THIS EVENING...ENDING THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW.
HOWEVER...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW ZERO WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY WHEN
DRIVING IN OPEN AREAS. BE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY AND COVER ALL
EXPOSED SKIN.
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...
HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE
1046 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS FALLING TEMPERATURES APPROACH ZERO BY EARLY
EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO.
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE SUNDAY MORNING...AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
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.
...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...
.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
18...ALTHOUGH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A
STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT SNOW PACK AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT
WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH
SOME GRADUAL DECREASE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND
CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-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...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...AUDUBON...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
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY.
A NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH
SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE AROUND ZERO IF NOT SLIGHTLY BELOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL PUSH WIND CHILL INDEX
VALUES TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS SOME
SLIGHT WARMING OCCURS ALONG WITH THE GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$
MOYER
...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
.WINDS CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...AS A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES.
FIRST THOUGH...THIS LOW WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
REGION TODAY...BRINGING SOME LIGHT SNOW WITH IT. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE MINOR...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL
BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AS THE DAY WEARS ON...FROM THE NORTHWEST
AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AND
DRIFT THE FALLING AND ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. SOME WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A RESULT.
TONIGHT...COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. ADD IN THE
STRONG WINDS AND WIND CHILLS OF -35 TO -45 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
IF TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS FROM THE
BLOWING SNOW. SOME SLICK SPOTS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ON AREA
ROADWAYS. TONIGHT...VENTURING OUT IS NOT RECOMMEND...BUT IF YOU
HAVE TO...DRESS FOR THE COLD. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES AND
PROTECT ANY EXPOSED SKIN.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-
WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...
WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
LA CROSSE
1146 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
THROUGH 3 PM TODAY...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AS AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...
WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. SOME WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...INCLUDING AREA RIDGE-TOPS...
DUE TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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
1146 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM TODAY...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND
FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN...AS AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...
WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. SOME WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS COULD
DEVELOP IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...INCLUDING AREA RIDGE-TOPS
DUE TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
...BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BLAST OF ARCTIC
AIR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL OCCUR IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RESULTANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE FRONT
MOVES PAST...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW
AND 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE
BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT HARSH WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE
TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW TO 50
BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL
WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON
SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONAMIA TO
LITCHFIELD TO MONTEVIDEO TO DAWSON...AND FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1144 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH... WILL OCCUR IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE RESULTANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE FRONT
MOVES PAST...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW
AND 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE
BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT HARSH WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL ARRIVE
TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW TO 50
BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL
WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON
SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
.STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS TODAY. SOME WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...ESPECIALLY IF
PLANNING CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL.
IN ADDITION...WINDS CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. FROST BITE CAN
DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
TONIGHT...VENTURING OUT IS NOT RECOMMENDED EITHER...BUT IF YOU
HAVE TO...DRESS FOR THE COLD. WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES AND
PROTECT ANY EXPOSED SKIN.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE..
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
117 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THROUGH 4 PM TODAY...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT THEIR
WORST. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT
ADVANCES EASTWARD. SOME WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN
AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...INCLUDING AREA RIDGE- TOPS...DUE TO WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...ESPECIALLY IF
PLANNING CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL.
WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FROST BITE CAN DEVELOP IN AS
LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS THIS COLD.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.