Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2006, 3:37 PM CST for 11 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 16, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2006, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2006, 5:52 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDVN 152137 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 337 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...SNOW...SLEET AND ICE TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MAKE IT TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A FIRST WAVE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THEN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL ROUND OF SNOW... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 6 INCHES OR MORE IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THERE WILL BE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR ON SOUTH TO MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY THURSDAY EVENING...CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-160545- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.060216T0600Z-060217T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.060216T0600Z-060217T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 337 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS...TO MAQUOKETA...AND TO FREEPORT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THESE AREAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW THEN OCCURRING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS FROM MARENGO...TO TIPTON WILL RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS FROM CLINTON TO MOUNT CARROLL WILL RECEIVE ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...THEN ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATION MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY THURSDAY EVENING...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP BY THURSDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-160545- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.060216T0600Z-060217T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 337 PM CST WED FEB 15 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVER SPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT... SWITCHING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH SOME LOCALLY THICKER ICE GLAZE POSSIBLE. SOME SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATION MAY ALSO OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY THEN ACCMULATE IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LE/12
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 161032 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 432 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...ICE AND SNOW STORM TO IMPACT AREA TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY REACHING LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE LINE. TO THE SOUTH...FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCHES WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. A WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT AREAS FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH LIGHTER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW IN MOST AREAS WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA. MEASURABLE SNOW WILL END AROUND SUNSET OVER THE AREA...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING. IAZ053-054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-161845- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.IS.W.0001.060216T1032Z-060217T0000Z/ JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 432 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY NOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING AFTER SUNSET. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IAZ076-077-161845- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.IS.W.0001.060216T1032Z-060217T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON 432 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY NOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SNOW ENDS AFTER SUNSET. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IAZ040>042-051-052-161845- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 432 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY EVENING...BUT THERE MAY STILL BE SOME BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ067-068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-161845- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 432 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH. PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW TOWARD EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SHEETS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 161728 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1128 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON REACHING LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE LINE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF AN OTTUMWA TO ROCK ISLAND TO DIXON LINE. LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL SOUTH OF THIS AREA. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. IAZ053-054-063>066-076-077-ILZ001-002-007-170000- /O.CAN.KDVN.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1128 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. $$ IAZ040>042-051-052-170000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 1128 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ067-068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-170000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-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...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1128 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. AN INCH OR 2 OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ KUHL/LE
000 WWUS43 KDVN 162206 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 406 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT AREA THIS TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO NORTHEASTERN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FARTHER SOUTHEAST. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHERN OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ALONG A CEDAR RAPIDS TO ANAMOSA LINE. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN AROUND 1 INCH WILL FALL SOUTH OF THIS AREA. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SOME CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-162315- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 406 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE A DUSTING TO LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. $$ IAZ040>042-051-052-170600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 406 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ONE TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. ALSO...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ053-054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-170600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 406 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GENERALLY AN INCH OF LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BRINGING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TO THE REGION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 162242 CCA WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 439 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO NORTHEASTERN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FARTHER SOUTHEAST. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHERN OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ALONG A CEDAR RAPIDS TO ANAMOSA LINE. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH WILL FALL SOUTH OF THIS AREA. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SOME CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-162345- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 439 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE A DUSTING TO LESS THAN AN INCH TONIGHT. $$ IAZ040>042-051-052-170600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 439 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ONE TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. ALSO...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ053-054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-170600- /O.COR.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 439 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BRINGING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TO THE REGION. 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. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 162352 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 552 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORMS IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING... ..A WINTER STORM IMPACTED THE ARE LAST NIGHT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION...AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH. IAZ040>042-051-052-170100- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 552 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW...AND SOME BLOWING A DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH AN INCH OR LESS ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. $$ IAZ053-054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-170100- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060217T0600Z/ JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 552 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT...WITH A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 151614 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1014 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-054-ILZ001-002-007-160015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0002.060316T0600Z-060316T2200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1014 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER IN THIS AREA. THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND THERE EXISTS A CERTAIN DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE STORM. FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOW AMOUNTS AND AREAS MOST IMPACTED WILL BE MADE IN LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WARNINGS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ERVIN/BARDOU
000 WWUS43 KDVN 152026 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 226 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND OVER-SPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AT THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FARTHER SOUTH...ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION. IAZ040>042-054-ILZ001-002-007-160430- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.060316T0600Z-060316T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0003.060316T0600Z-060317T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 226 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OR GREATER IN THIS AREA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSNOW ALSO EXISTS...LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 7 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ051>053-065-066-ILZ009-160430- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0005.060316T0600Z-060317T0000Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... TIPTON...CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 226 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN AND SLEET...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSNOW EXISTS...LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES. AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ERVIN/BARDOU
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 15, 6:03 AM CST, 9 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 6:03 AM CST, 9 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 603 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... WINTER STORM WITH POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY IS MAIN ISSUE. WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED TUESDAY AFTERNOON REMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMING...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND STORM TOTALS MADE WITH MORNING PACKAGE. COLD FRONT THAT SETTLED SOUTH ACROSS CWFA OVERNIGHT EXTENDED FROM 1003 MB SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN OK NORTHEAST TO NEAR SOUTH BEND AT 11Z. AT UPPER LEVELS...SHORTWAVE WAS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING INTO SW KS WITH LARGE LEAF CLOUD EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS INITIAL WEAKENING SURFACE LOW RIPPLING ALONG THE NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH SHOWN BY LATEST MODELS TO PRODUCE A QUICK SHOT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT THIS EVENING OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF CWFA. GFS QPF LOOKS WAY OVERDONE AND THIS APPEARS LINKED TO ITS OVERESTIMATION OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN FROM THE GULF. LIGHT QPF SHOWN OVER EASTERN TX AT 12Z HAS YET TO DEVELOP WITH STRATUS HAVING FORMED THERE ONLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. WITH THIS IN MIND...FAVOR NAM DEPICTION OF THIS LEAD WAVE...WITH QUICK SHOT OF LIGHT QPF THIS EVENING OVER MAINLY THE EAST HALF WITH THE MID LEVEL QG FORCING AND ISENTROPIC LIFT. TOP DOWN APPROACH FOLLOWING FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORTS MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF CWFA DURING EVENING...WHILE LOW LEVELS REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING IN FAR SOUTH WILL KEEP IT MAINLY RAIN. LEFT SNOW IN ACROSS THE NORTH...BUT IF NAM PROFILE VERIFIES...TEMPERATURES NOT FAVORABLE FOR CRYSTAL FORMATION THERE. OVERALL...DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS AND BRISK NE WINDS WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WITH THIS LEAD WAVE. ONCE THIS INITIAL LIFT HAS PASSED AFTER MIDNIGHT...DEEP SATURATED LAYER CAPPED BY DRY MID LEVELS LOOKED FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CENTRAL AND NORTH UNTIL STRONGER LIFT RESUMES THU MORNING. MAIN PRECIPITATION EVENT COMMENCES THURSDAY MORNING AS MUCH STRONGER CIRCULATION CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO INTERMOUNTAIN WEST INTENSIFIES LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY. 00Z AND 06Z FORECAST MODELS...EXCEPT FOR NGM WHICH WAS SHOWING TYPICAL NORTHERN BIAS...HAVE SETTLED ON SOLUTION SIMILAR TO CONSISTENT GFS AND ECMWF RUNS WITH SURFACE LOW PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL IL ON THURSDAY. THOUGHTS FROM 00Z UPPER ANALYSIS INDICATING IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM DEVELOPING BASED ON THERMAL FIELDS AND DYNAMIC FORCING. PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWED HPC THINKING WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AXIS JUST NORTH OF FORECAST AREA AND TONED DOWN TOTALS A TOUCH TO 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 20 ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FAVORABLE FREEZING RAIN PROFILE EXISTS IN THU MORNING FROM SE IA TO W CENTRAL IL BEFORE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TAKES PLACE IN AFTERNOON. COLLABORATED FORECAST THIS MORNING KEPT INITIAL WINTER STORM WATCH COVERAGE INTACT...BUT SOME SOUTHWARD TWEAKS TO COVER NEAR HIGHLIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER FORECASTS. WITH LATEST MODELS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND MAIN LOW LIKELY IN SE LOWER MI BY 00Z FRI...MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO END SNOW QUICKER THU NIGHT. ALSO ADDED BLOWING SNOW TO NORTH AS STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES. BEYOND...COLDEST AIRMASS SINCE EARLY DECEMBER LOOKS TO DESCEND INTO AREA AS 850 MB -30 DEG C AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL CANADA ADVECTS SOUTH BUT UNDERGOES CONSIDERABLE MODIFICATION. STILL LOOKS LIKE SUBZERO OVERNIGHT LOWS FOR SUNDAY. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG...TO CLINTON. IL...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR JO DAVIESS...FREEPORT AND CARROLL COUNTIES. MO...NONE. && DLS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 5:21 AM CST, 10 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 521 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-161130- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 521 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH...ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. FROM THERE SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 34...MIXED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY FORM A THIN COATING OF ICE IN THE EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. IN THE FAR SOUTH...PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND NO ICE IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CENTER OF A WINTER STORM WILL PASS SOUTH DURING THE DAY...RESULTING IN WINTRY MIX ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS. AS WINDS PICK DURING THE AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTH OF THIS AXIS...CONSIDERABLE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ROUGHLY BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 34 AND 30 IN THE MORNING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SPOTTERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SHEETS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson and 10 more | 26 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.