More Snow For Iowa And Illinois Thursday Night And Friday

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
244 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.A STRONG...BUT FAST MOVING STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW
LATE THURSDAY EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SNOW IS
EXPECTED...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER-SNOW AT
TIMES...RESULTING IN SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW ACCUMULATION. BY
FRIDAY EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES
OF SNOW IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
244 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
FRIDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...PRODUCING LOW
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
..HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
.SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS
A WIDE SWATH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO
CHASKA...TO HASTINGS AND RED WING. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE
MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...
FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON... AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THURSDAY EVENING.
IT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME
AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE
EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW
SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE.
IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS.
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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
300 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS
A WIDE SWATH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO
CHASKA...TO HASTINGS AND RED WING. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE
MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...
FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON... AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THURSDAY EVENING.
IT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME
AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES WHILE ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVE
EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN SNOW
SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE.
IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS.
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.
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE AREA FROM THE PLAINS ON
THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BEGINNING
THURSDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. AS AMPLE MOISTURE
LOOKS TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...A BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...LOOKS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH
AREA BY THE END OF THE DAY FRIDAY.
DUE TO DRIER AIR TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM...AND WARMER AIR TO THE
SOUTH OF THE AREA...THE BAND OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE
NARROW. AS THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR THE TRACK OF THE STORM
SYSTEM TO SHIFT...IT IS UNCERTAIN THE EXACT LOCATION OF WHERE THE
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL. LOOK FOR FUTURE FORECASTS TO REFINE THE AREA
MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE HEAVY SNOWFALL.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
323 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AS A BAND OF 6
TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH A PORTION OF 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.
BROOKS/RRS
...EARLY SPRING STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW POTENTIAL...
.SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LOOKING MORE AND MORE
POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA GIVEN THE LATEST FORECAST
TRENDS.
SEVERAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIPPLE THROUGH THE AREA
BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MUCH OF FRIDAY. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND BLOSSOM OVERNIGHT AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA.
THE BAND OF SNOW WILL SLOW ITS NORTHEAST PROGRESS OVER THE AREA ON
FRIDAY AS IT PIVOTS AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE...BRINGING A SUSTAINED
PERIOD OF SNOW TO THE AREA...LASTING FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY EVENING.
GIVEN VERY WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH...AND VERY DRY AIR TO THE
NORTH...THE BAND OF HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH COULD EXCEED 6
TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE NARROW AND DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT UNTIL
CLOSER TO THE TIME OF THE STORM. HOWEVER...IT DOES APPEAR THIS
BAND WILL BE LOCATED THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA...SO PERSONS WITH
TRAVEL INTERESTS BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT...EXTENDING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SHOULD MONITOR
LATER STATEMENTS...FORECASTS...AND POTENTIAL WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES FOR THE LATEST ON WHERE...AND HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
850 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AS A BAND OF
6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED
THROUGH A PORTION OF 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.
$$
BINAU
...HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.A STRONG...BUT FAST MOVING STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THURSDAY
EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 IN IOWA AND
ILLINOIS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER OCCURRING WITH
HEAVY SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
859 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
FRIDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...PRODUCING LOW
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
$$
DLS
...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS
A WIDE SWATH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO
CHASKA...TO HASTINGS AND RED WING. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE
MORRIS...CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS...
FAIRMONT...MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON... AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THURSDAY
EVENING. IT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON
FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES WHILE ISOLATED
SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW
PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.
IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS.
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...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
951 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS
A WIDE SWATH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO CHASKA...
TO HASTINGS AND RED WING. SOME OTHER CITIES INCLUDED ARE MORRIS...
CANBY...WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS... FAIRMONT...
MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...AND NORTHFIELD.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON... AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THURSDAY
EVENING. IT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON
FRIDAY. SOME AREAS MAY PICK UP ONLY FOUR INCHES WHILE ISOLATED
SPOTS RECEIVE EIGHT INCHES OF WET SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A FEW
PERIODS WHEN SNOW SHOWERS BECOME HEAVY...RESULTING IN
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.
IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS...AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. MAKE SURE YOU SLOW DOWN...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND RAMPS.
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.