Winter Weather Slated To Impact Wisconsin And Michigan

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1214 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM AFFECTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...
LASTING INTO THIS EVENING.
THE LOW MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIFT INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE
WILL BE FED INTO THE STORM SYSTEM WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
THE PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY FALLING AS RAIN EAST OF A LINE
FROM MONROE TO MADISON TO OSHKOSH...WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE IN
THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEST OF THAT
LINE...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
A 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
TONIGHT...WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN COLD AIR.
THE BRISK WINDS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS LOCATIONS
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MADISON.
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON
1214 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
ANY LINGERING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY 1 OR 2 PM.
THE SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT ICING OF
UNTREATED SURFACES. WET AND SLUSHY UNTREATED SURFACES FROM GREEN
LAKE TO COLUMBIA AND DANE COUNTIES WILL LIKELY REFREEZE...WITH
SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THIS ICE. OBVIOUSLY TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT.
SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN IOWA...LAFAYETTE...
SAUK...AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED
IN GREEN LAKE...COLUMBIA...AND DANE COUNTIES. SNOW TOTALS WILL BE HIGHEST
IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF COUNTIES AND LOWEST IN EASTERN PORTIONS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
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.
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH
1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 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.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THROUGH 9 AM...RIDGEWAY REPORTED
3 INCHES ON THE GROUND...2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW HAS FALLEN IN GRANT
CITY AND MARYVILLE WITH 1 INCH IN ALBANY. ALTHOUGH LESS THAN AN INCH
OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN ATCHISON COUNTY THE COMBINATION OF EARLIER
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COMBINED WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH HAS
RESULTED IN NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN...AND POWER IS OUT ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MANY ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI.
THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE MORNING BUT NOT
BEFORE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. COUPLE THE SNOW ON TOP OF A
GLAZE OF ICE RECEIVED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND VERY SLIPPERY
AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND
GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY
HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...
DOWNING
1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE ENTIRE REGION HAS NOW
CHANGED OVER TO SNOW WITH 2 INCHES REPORTED IN PRINCETON AND 1.5
INCHES IN UNIONVILLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS
HAVE REPORTED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON MANY ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...DUE
TO A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI
THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...INCREASING
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON..CONCORDIA...
MARSHALL
1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
A HEAVY WET SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS SNOW HAS CAUSED ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLUSH TO SNOW
COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY...ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS.
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.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...
HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY.
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.
.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN
ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
BY TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN IOWA.
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...
ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON
1222 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES... WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
AROUND AN INCH OR LESS.
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.
BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-
MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...
OSKALOOSA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE..
BLOOMFIELD
1222 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE IT
BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END BY 3 OR 4 PM. A
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A
NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE 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 COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO 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 WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN-
CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...ROCKWELL CITY...CARROLL
1222 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS. EXPECT
SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT
TIMES... WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING
SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN
OPEN AREAS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
LIGHT.
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.