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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2006, 4:00 AM CST for 10 counties in Illinois; Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 30, 2006, 3:38 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2006, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2006, 3:38 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 6:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Bushnell, IL | FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED. |
| Nov 30, 9:07 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Kahoka, MO | SNOW BEGAN FALLING AT 815 PM. FLAKES THE SIZE OF A NICKEL. |
| Nov 30, 9:32 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | La Harpe, IL | LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALLING.ROADS SLICK. |
| Nov 30, 9:33 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Macomb, IL | 1/2 INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Nov 30, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Colchester, IL | 1/4 TO 1/3 INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Nov 30, 10:10 PM CST | SNOW 0.25 | Keokuk, IA | SLEET CHANGED TO SNOW. VISIBILITY 1/8TH OF A MILE. |
| Nov 30, 10:10 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Keokuk, IA | SLEET CHANGED TO SNOW. VISIBILITY 1/8TH OF A MILE. |
| Nov 30, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Stillwell, IL | SLEET CHANGING TO SNOW. |
| Nov 30, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Tennessee, IL | A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW SINCE 9 PM. |
| Nov 30, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Industry, IL | A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Nov 30, 10:36 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Augusta, IA | SNOW HAS CHANGED BACK TO RAIN AND SLEET MIX AFTER 1/2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Nov 30, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Macomb, IL | A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW. |
| Nov 30, 11:34 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 W Luray, MO | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 1, 12:04 AM CST | SNOW 1.25 | Colchester, IL | ACCUMULATION INCLUDES SOME ICE AND SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 12:46 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Keokuk, IA | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 1, 12:56 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Prophetstown, IL | SNOW STARTED AT 1245AM...ROADS ALREADY COVERED. |
| Dec 1, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 W Luray, MO | |
| Dec 1, 1:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Macomb, IL | 2 INCHES OF COMPACTED SNOW...SLEET AND ICE IN MACOMB. |
| Dec 1, 2:19 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Warsaw, IL | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. VISIBILITY UNDER A 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 1, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Keokuk, IA | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 1, 2:50 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Prophetstown, IL | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT. SOME BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 3:20 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Colona, IL | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 1, 3:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 W Industry, IL | |
| Dec 1, 3:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Sherrard, IL | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST 3 HOURS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 1, 4:13 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | La Harpe, IL | |
| Dec 1, 4:20 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | N Augusta, IL | |
| Dec 1, 4:36 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Donnellson, IA | ESTIMATES AT LEAST 6 INCHES...WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND CONTINUED HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Princeton, IL | VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW PLOWS HAVING TROUBLE OR GETTING STUCK IN DITCHES. |
| Dec 1, 5:35 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Princeton, IL | |
| Dec 1, 5:41 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Granger, MO | SNOW FALLING LIGHTLY. 1/10TH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 1, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 7 | La Harpe, IL | |
| Dec 1, 5:46 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Andalusia, IL | CONTINUES TO SNOW MODERATELY. |
| Dec 1, 5:46 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Andalusia, IL | |
| Dec 1, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Macomb, IL | HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Dec 1, 6:15 AM CST | SNOW 10.5 | 2 N Sterling, IL | HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF STERLING WITH ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. |
| Dec 1, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 9 | 1 N Macomb, IL | THERE IS AN ICE COATING UNDER THE SNOW OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. |
| Dec 1, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Memphis, MO | |
| Dec 1, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 1 N Macomb, IL | SPOTTER REPORTED THAT SNOW HAS STOPPED. |
| Dec 1, 6:39 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Keokuk, IA | SNOW TAPERING OFF. |
| Dec 1, 6:52 AM CST | SNOW 9 | La Harpe, IL | |
| Dec 1, 6:56 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Wnw Hitt, MO | 0.25 ICE ACCUMULATION. 1 INCH SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 6:56 AM CST | SNOW 9 | New Windsor, IL | |
| Dec 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Stronghurst, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Princeton, IL | AROUND 6 AM THERE WAS THUNDERSNOW WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Galva, IL | |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Macomb, IL | ALSO REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 14.5 | Galva, IL | |
| Dec 1, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 9.3 | 1 Sw Colchester, IL | SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Dec 1, 7:24 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 Sw Morrison, IL | AVERAGE OF 8 INCHES AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 1, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 15 | Princeton, IL | MEASURED SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND AVERAGED TO 15 INCHES. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 1, 7:42 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Nne Charlie Heath Mem, MO | 3 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 1, 7:42 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 Nne Charlie Heath Mem, MO | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 1, 7:46 AM CST | SNOW 11 | N Monmouth, IL | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 1, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 W Rutledge, MO | SNOW ENDED |
| Dec 1, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Erie, IL | HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Dec 1, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Prairie City, IL | LIQUID PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 1.14 INCHES. |
| Dec 1, 7:51 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Burlington, IA | OFFICIAL MEASUREMENT FOR BURLINGTON. SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Cordova, IL | SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | 1 N Fort Madison, IA | EVENT TOTAL. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 11.5 | Warsaw, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 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 301000 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR SEEING THE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO BURLINGTON IOWA. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ089-099-ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON...TO BURLINGTON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ IAZ066>068-078-088-ILZ007-015-301800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-CARROLL-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND 400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. DUE TO DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A SHARP CUTOFF TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT...TO QUAD CITIES ARE MOST FAVORED FOR SEEING THE HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THIS STORM OR THE EXTENT OF DRY AIR WILL IMPACT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ054-065-098-ILZ001-002-301800- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...KEOSAUQUA.... GALENA...FREEPORT 400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ MCCLURE/MAYES
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 301749 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1149 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ089-099-ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1149 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON...TO BURLINGTON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ IAZ054-065>068-078-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-015-010200- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND 1149 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA... UP TO NEAR 5 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST...WITH A RATHER SHARP DIVISION CUT OFF EXPECTED IN BETWEEN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 302115 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 315 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT ALONG A MACOMB TO HENNEPIN ILLINOIS LINE. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN AXIS FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO STERLING ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ089-099-ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010515- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 315 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN EARLY EVENING AND MIDNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KEOKUK IOWA...TO MONMOUTH...TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ IAZ054-065>068-078-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-015-010515- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND 315 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND 3 AM TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...UP TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...WITH A RATHER SHARP GRADIENT EXPECTED IN-BETWEEN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ NICHOLS/SHEETS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 302138 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 338 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT ALONG A MACOMB TO HENNEPIN ILLINOIS LINE. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN AXIS FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO STERLING ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ILZ015-010545- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 338 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN EARLY EVENING AND MIDNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 338 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN EARLY EVENING AND MIDNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KEOKUK IOWA... TO MONMOUTH...TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ IAZ054-065>068-078-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-010545- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 338 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND 3 AM TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...UP TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...WITH A RATHER SHARP GRADIENT EXPECTED IN- BETWEEN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NICHOLS/SHEETS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 010253 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 853 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING SPREADING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO STERLING ILLINOIS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF RAPIDLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ089-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 853 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KEOKUK IOWA...TO MONMOUTH...AND STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. $$ IAZ054-065>068-078-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-011100- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 853 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 3 AM...AND CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...WITH A RATHER SHARP GRADIENT EXPECTED IN BETWEEN. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 010850 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. THIS AREA WILL SEE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ON TOP OF TREACHEROUS SLIPPERY ROADS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KAHOKA MISSOURI TO STERLING ILLINOIS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF RAPIDLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ054-065-ILZ001-011000- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ JACKSON-CEDAR-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...GALENA 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW...WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH IS EXPECTED. $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011700- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KAHOKA MISSOURI...TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR EAST OF GENESEO ILLINOIS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER IN THE NIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ066>068-078-088-098-ILZ002-007-011700- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-STEPHENSON- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 250 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS WEST OF A LINE FROM KEOSAUQUA IOWA...TO MUSCATINE...TO GALENA ILLINOIS. THERE WILL BE A SHARP INCREASE IN SNOW TOTALS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF COUNTIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN EXTREME EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IOWA AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY ILLINOIS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 011503 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 903 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO GENESEO THROUGH MID MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS DUE TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND VERY SLICK SURFACES UNDER THE SNOW DUE TO FREEZING RAIN THAT IMPACTED PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXIT EAST OUT OF THE WARNING AREA BY 1030 AM. HOWEVER...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY UNTIL MIDDAY IAZ089-099-MOZ009-010-011615- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 903 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT HAS EXITED TO THE EAST AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. $$ IAZ066>068-078-088-098-011615- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA. 903 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT THE FIRST MAJOR SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON OVER MUCH OF THE AREA HAS SHIFTED EAST THIS MORNING AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER... NORTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 MPH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING OVER OPEN COUNTRY. $$ ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-011800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 903 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL UNTIL ABOUT 10 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO GENESEO THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 INCHES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO WELL OVER 12 INCHES IN BUREAU COUNTY. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ALONG WITH AN UNDERLYING LAYER OF ICE FROM OVERNIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL KEEP ROADS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ILZ002-007-011800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 903 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...UP TO 6 INCHES IN FREEPORT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. 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. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 011808 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1208 PM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...MAJOR SNOW STORM HAS EXITED THE AREA... .THE MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER A LARGE PART OF THE REGION HAS EXITED NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES. SNOW ENDED LATE THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH. THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT NO FURTHER SNOW IS EXPECTED AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-011915- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1208 PM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. $$ ILZ002-007-011915- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061201T1800Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1208 PM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ENDED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AT MID MORNING AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW UNTIL NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH DIMINISH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. $$ SHEETS
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 Nov 30, 3:10 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 3:10 AM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 310 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... CWA SITS IN A BREAK BETWEEN STORMS THIS MORNING...WITH RA/ZR/IP PULLING E OUT OF THE AREA AND THE NEXT SYSTEM REARING ITS HEAD SW. SUBJECTIVE 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES UPPER LOW DEEPENING NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...WITH 500MB HEIGHT FALLS PEAKING IN NM INDICATING SOME ESEWD PROGRESSION. UPPER LEVEL JET WAS STRONG BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH A 130KT SSWLY JET STREAK OVER ERN KS/NWRN MO/WRN IA AND 125KT JET DIVING SWD THROUGH ID/UT. 850MB MOISTURE RIBBON EXTENDED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM HUDSON BAY THROUGH WI/IA/KS/OK/TX...WITH A MID-LEVEL LOW OVER WRN TX. 08Z ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL E OF THE CWA...WITH STRONG TEMP/MOISTURE GRADIENT RESIDING ACROSS CWA. FORECAST FOCUS THIS PACKAGE HAS BEEN ON SNOW POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SIGNAL FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IN NERN MO/WRN IL/FAR SERN IA...WITH SOME DIFFERENCES REMAINING IN INTENSITY AND TIMING. HAVE FAVORED 00Z NAM SOLUTION AS IT HAS INITIALIZED THE SWRN UPPER LOW BETTER. 00Z GFS WAS DEEPER WITH THE UPPER LOW AND A BIT FASTER WITH ITS NERLY MOTION. MODEL TRENDS HAVE BEEN TO PULL SUPPORT FURTHER N AND W AND HAVE TRENDED IN THAT DIRECTION WITH POPS AND SNOW TOTALS. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE STRONG /THOUGH NOT IDEAL/ SYNOPTIC SUPPORT FOR SNOW EVENT BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND OVERSPREADING THE ERN CWA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. STRONG QG VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS INDICATED AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NEWD OUT OF THE SW...WITH DEEP DIP IN TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT TO BETTER THAN 650MB MOVING ACROSS ERN MO/CTRL IL. TROWAL FEATURE WAS ALSO NOTED IN AN E-W AXIS MOVING ACROSS MO/IL ALONG AND E OF THE MS RIVER. MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS PEAKS AROUND 750MB ALONG AND E OF THE MS RIVER...WHICH FALLS BELOW FREEZING IN THE CWA BEFORE SNOW ONSET BUT WILL REMAIN WARMER THAN BEST DENDRITIC GROWTH TEMPS UNTIL AROUND THE TIME WHEN PRECIP SHUTS DOWN. SATURATED EPV VALUES INDICATE A STABLE LAYER NOT TOO FAR ABOVE THE BEST FGEN AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS AWAY 06-18Z FRI...THUS NOT IDEAL FOR DEEP FRONTOGENETIC FORCING...BUT EPV VALUES UNDER 1 ARE STILL WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA E OF THE MS RIVER THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. HIGHER EPV VALUES LIKELY THE RESULT OF A DRY PUNCH ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM BECOMING WRAPPED INTO IT AS IT PROGRESSES NEWD...AND IMPACT OF THIS DRY AIR PUNCH ON SNOW ACCUM WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. EXPECT A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOW TOTALS E TO W...WITH MAX SNOW TOTALS IN A WSW-ENE ORIENTED BAND LIKELY JUST CLIPPING SERN CWA ALONG A LINE FROM QUINCY TO MACOMB TO PRINCETON. HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND WIND ROUGHLY SE OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS TO STERLING-ROCK FALLS WITH A BAND OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO THE NE OF THAT. SNOW TOTALS IN THE STRONGEST FGEN AREA COULD EXCEED A FOOT EVEN WITH LOW SNOW-WATER RATIOS GIVEN STRENGTH OF QG SUPPORT AND FGEN FORCING...WITH WIDESPREAD 6-10IN POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE THIS A WINTER STORM RATHER THAN HEAVY SNOW HEADLINE. TRICKY FACTORS FOR LATER SHIFTS TO MONITOR WILL BE LOCATION OF CUTOFF ON BACK SIDE AS WELL AS EVOLUTION OF SYSTEM TRACK. OTHER THAN WX...KEPT FORECAST FIELDS CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. DID DROP MIN TEMPS SAT MORNING QUITE A BIT WITH EXPECTED SNOWPACK AND MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMP GRIDS TODAY AND TOMORROW. MADE NO CHANGES TO DAY 3 AND BEYOND EXCEPT TO TWEAK A FEW TEMP GRIDS FOR COLLABORATION. THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR COLLABORATION AND DISCUSSION && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...WINTER STORM WARNING 6PM TODAY TO NOON FRIDAY FOR DES MOINES AND LEE COUNTIES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 6PM TODAY TO NOON FRIDAY FROM JACKSON COUNTY SOUTHEASTWARD TO VAN BUREN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES. IL...WINTER STORM WARNING 6PM TODAY TO NOON FRIDAY INCLUDING WHITESIDE COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO HANCOCK/MCDONOUGH COUNTIES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 6PM TODAY TO NOON FRIDAY FOR ROCK ISLAND COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. MO...WINTER STORM WARNING 6PM TODAY TO NOON FRIDAY FOR SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES. && MAYES
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 4:00 PM CST, 12 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 400 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301030- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA- JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA- STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 400 PM CST WED NOV 29 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...TONIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND SOME SNOW THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF INCH MAY ACCUMULATE OVER THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH NW OF A DUBUQUE TO OTTUMWA LINE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REGION TONIGHT AND FOR THE SE PORTIONS INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IF TEMPERATURES FALL MORE RAPIDLY TONIGHT THAN FORECAST SOME SECTIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. A ICE STORM WARNING OR WINTER STORM WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO LATER STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE SE 1/2 OF THE AREA OR SE OF A FREEPORT TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. THE INTENSE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE STORM WILL PRODUCE INTENSE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW. CURRENTLY...4 TO 11 INCHES OR SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY NEAR A PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO QUINCY ILLINOIS LINE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SE 1/2 OF THE REGION. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO LATER OUTLOOKS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES...WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. NICHOLS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 29, 11:34 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1134 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1132 PM FREEZING RAIN BURLINGTON 40.81N 91.12W
11/29/2006 E0.12 INCH DES MOINES IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1/8 IN ICE ACCUM ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
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MAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.