Winter Just Will Not Leave The Mid West Alone!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
415 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION TONIGHT...
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-
OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...BLAIR...
DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
415 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 AM CST MONDAY.
RAIN IS FORECAST TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BEHIND
A STRONG COLD FRONT. A NARROW BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WHICH COULD PRODUCE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHICH COULD ALSO CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY.
AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT...ANY MELTING OF SNOW
COULD FREEZE ON ROADWAYS CREATING SLICK CONDITIONS.
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
...MORE WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT...
.ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE QUITE MILD TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S OR
50S...THE WEATHER WILL TAKE A SHARP TURN BACK TOWARD WINTER TONIGHT.
A LOW PRESSURE AREA AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL
CLOSE BEHIND WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXED
WITH SLEET AT TIMES.
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-
UNION-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...
ALLISON...WAVERLY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN..AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...
CRESTON...BEDFORD
421 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST MONDAY.
CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW LATER IN THE
EVENING HOURS HOWEVER...AND MAY EVEN MIX WITH SLEET FROM CRESTON
TOWARD DES MOINES...MARSHALLTOWN AND WAVERLY. TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TONIGHT BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES
TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD VERY WELL
OCCUR AS WELL. THE SNOW MAY BE QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH MUCH OF
THE ACCUMULATION FALLING IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS DURING THE PERIODS OF MORE
INTENSE SNOWFALL.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...OR
IN THIS CASE SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
SMALL
...MORE WINTRY WEATHER HEADED FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS...
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH
426 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST MONDAY.
RAIN FALLING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON WILL MIX WITH SNOW AFTER SUNSET BEFORE CHANGING
OVER COMPLETELY TO A WET SNOW BY LATE EVENING. AROUND 2 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE
TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE PRE- DAWN HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING.
AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE FREEZING AT FIRST...THE SNOW
WILL INITIALLY MELT AS IT FALLS. WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO SURFACE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL SUFFICIENTLY THAT THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO
QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON GRASSY SURFACES WHILE ROAD SURFACES WILL MORE
LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
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.