Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 15, 2006, 2:26 PM CST for 9 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 15, 2006, 8:55 PM CST. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 15, 2006, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2006, 8:55 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2006, 9:20 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 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
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 160255 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 855 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 THURSDAY. SNOW WILL 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 ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AT THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FOR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. FARTHER SOUTH...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION. IAZ051>053-065-066-ILZ009-161100- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0005.060316T0600Z-060317T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0003.060316T0600Z-060317T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... TIPTON...CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 855 PM CST WED MAR 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 WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN AND SLEET...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSNOW EXISTS...LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 7 INCHES. AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. 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. $$ IAZ040>042-054-ILZ001-002-007-161100- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0003.060316T0600Z-060317T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 855 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OR GREATER IN THIS AREA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSNOW ALSO EXISTS...LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 7 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ063-064-067-068-ILZ015>018-161100- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.060316T0600Z-060317T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 855 PM CST WED MAR 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...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN AND SLEET...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 160927 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 327 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER TODAY INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA TOWARD DAYBREAK AND OVER SPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AT THIS TIME...HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. FARTHER SOUTH...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION OF RAIN AND SLEET WITH THE SNOW. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-161730- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 327 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVER SPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BY LATE MORNING INTO MID 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. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW 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. $$ IAZ063-064-067-068-ILZ015>018-161730- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 327 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF WET SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN AND SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BY LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 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. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. 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. $$ NICHOLS/SHEETS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 161437 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 837 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER TODAY INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA TOWARD MID MORNING AND OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY LATE MORNING. AT THIS TIME...HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. FARTHER SOUTH...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY 3 INCHES OR LESS. IAZ051>054-065-066-ILZ007-009-161545- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS 837 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. $$ IAZ063-064-067-068-ILZ015>018-161545- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 837 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. $$ IAZ040>042-ILZ001-002-162245- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... GALENA...FREEPORT 837 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW OVER THE AREA BY MID MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BY LATE MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OR GREATER IN THIS AREA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSNOW ALSO EXISTS... LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 161520 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 920 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTERY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED WITH LESS THAN 3 INCHES ACCUMULATION... .WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN POORING INTO THE AREA TODAY...LIMITING SNOW TOTALS THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. NEW SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE WET...AND SHOULD ONLY AMOUNT TO LESS THAN 3 INCHES. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IAZ040>042-ILZ001-002-161630- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060317T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... GALENA...FREEPORT 920 AM CST THU MAR 16 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 200355 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 955 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIT THE HIGH PLAINS MONDAY AND MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION. THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP SENDING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-201200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0003.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 955 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 200918 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 318 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MISSOURI ON MONDAY. THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP SENDING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION... RESULTING IN A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. STRONG WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-201730- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0003.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 318 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW MAY CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. 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. $$ MAYES
000 WWUS43 KDVN 201611 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD MISSOURI TODAY. THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP SENDING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION... RESULTING IN A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. STRONG WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-210015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0003.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW MAY CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BARDOU
000 WWUS43 KDVN 202055 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 255 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP SENDING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION...RESULTING IN A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ALONG WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-210500- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.060321T0300Z-060321T1800Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 255 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS PUSHING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT AND HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KEOSAUQUA IOWA TO MACOMB ILLINOIS LINE. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. 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. $$ IAZ076-077-087>089-ILZ025-026-210500- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.060321T0300Z-060321T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 255 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS PUSHING DRY AIR INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR A SHARP CUTOFF BETWEEN LIGHT AND HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO ROSEVILLE ILLINOIS LINE. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARDOU/12
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 Mar 15, 6:03 AM CST, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:03 AM CST, 8 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 603 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... FOCUS THIS MORNING IS ON WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL SETTING UP FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY PUSHING ACROSS NORTHERN CA INTO NV EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHTNING NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES LATE LAST EVENING TESTIFYING TO ITS STRENGTH. SHORT TERM FORECAST MODELS COMING INTO CLOSER AGREEMENT WITH PATH AND STRENGTH OF SURFACE CYCLONE THAT EMERGES LEE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY AND TRACKS EAST TO OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY THU NIGHT...TRACKING ACROSS SOUTHERN CWFA LATE TONIGHT INTO THU AM. 00Z AND 06Z RUNS HAVE SHOWN CONTINUED TREND OF SLOWING AND SHIFTING SURFACE LOW FURTHER SOUTHWARD. UKMET AND ECMWF MODELS HAVE SHOWN MOST STABILITY PAST FEW RUNS WITH THIS MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK...WHICH 06Z MODELS HAVE FURTHER ADJUSTED TOWARDS. HAVE USED BLEND OF GFS AND UKMET IN FORECAST...ANTICIPATING HEAVIEST SNOW IN CWFA ALONG HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR WHERE WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THU AFTERNOON. VARIOUS TECHNIQUES POINT TOWARD POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 8 INCHES...AND POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AXIS FROM ALO TO MAQUOKETA TO STERLING IF A SOLUTION CLOSER TO LATEST UKMET VERIFIES...WHICH WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED TODAY. ONE ASPECT TO WATCH WILL BE MOISTURE RETURN FROM OPENING GULF BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTHWARD ON STRONG LOW LEVEL JET. IN NEAR TERM...CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS START OUT TODAY UNDER SURFACE RIDGE AXIS. TRENDED HIGHS CLOSEST TO WARMEST MAV NUMBERS THAT PERFORMED REASONABLY WELL YESTERDAY. MORNING SUNSHINE WILL BE FILTERED BY INCREASING CI CURRENTLY SEEN SPILLING INTO UPSTREAM WEAK RIDGE. ISENTROPIC LIFT COMMENCES TONIGHT...WITH SATURATION AND ONSET OF SNOW INITIALLY OVER NORTH LATE EVENING. THERMAL FIELDS SUPPORT INITIALLY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH THAT WILL TRANSITION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER MOST OF AREA TO SNOW. WITH CONFIDENCE HIGH...RAISED POPS TO CATEGORICAL ACROSS NORTHERN THIRD...WITH LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL CWFA FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THU. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THU NIGHT AND BEYOND. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BECOMING MORE BULLISH ON SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCER FOR SOME PART OF REGION BY TUESDAY. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...WINTER STORM WATCH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE TO MAQUOKETA. IL...WINTER STORM WATCH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM FULTON TO STERLING LINE. MO...NONE. && DLS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:21 AM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 521 AM CST WED MAR 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 MAR 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 STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR IN EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FULTON TO STERLING IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FOR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THIS AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH... WITH SOME ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS HIGHWAY 34...WHERE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST PATH AND STRENGTH OF THIS WINTER STORM. CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE SOME SOUTHWARD ADJUSTMENT OF THE EXPECTED HEAVY SNOWFALL AXIS MAY BE NEEDED. THIS MAY BE REFLECTED IN UPDATED FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OR WINTER STORM WARNINGS LATER TODAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA LATE NEXT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. DLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Jones, Linn | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.