Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this blizzard warning at Feb 24, 2007, 3:41 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 hr. 3 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 8:41 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 S Le Roy, IA | 24 TOTAL...1.5 INCHES OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION FROM SLEET AND GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN. AROUND 0.75 INCHES WAS GLAZE ICE. |
| Feb 24, 6:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | New Hampton, IA | COUNTY SUMMARY...MUCH OF COUNTY HAD AROUND 1.0 INCHES OF GLAZE ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN ON FEB 24 6 AM TO 3 PM CST. 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF SLEET ICE ACCUMULATION FEB 23 6 PM TO 6 AM. OVER 1000 POWER POLES ESTIMATED DOWN. NO DEATHS. |
| Feb 24, 7:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Charles City, IA | COUNTY SUMMARY...1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES OF GLAZE ICING MAINLY FEB 24 6 AM TO 3 PM CST. 0.25 TO 0.50 INCES OF SLEET ICE ACCUMULATION MAINLY FEB 23 6 PM TO FEB 24 6 AM. MUCH OF COUNTY WITHOUT POWER. MANY POWER POLES/LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 785 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 KARX 242141 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 341 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE IMPACTING THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... ..A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING A LOCATION NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW AS COLD AIR WRAPS IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-250545- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.070224T2141Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 341 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BECOME COMMON LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITE-OUTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLATTER...OPEN TERRAIN AREAS AND THE RIDGE-TOPS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SNOW TOTALS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY REACHING AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE LONGEST...BUT THERE WILL BE MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-250545- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.070224T2141Z-070226T0000Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 341 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BECOME COMMON LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITE-OUTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLATTER...OPEN TERRAIN AREAS AND THE RIDGE-TOPS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES. SNOW TOTALS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACHING AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOW FELL FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ RRS
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 250104 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 704 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IN EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING A LOCATION NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW AS COLD AIR WRAPS IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-250900- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 704 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS ROUND OF SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITE-OUTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLATTER...OPEN TERRAIN AREAS AND THE RIDGE-TOPS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SNOW TOTALS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY REACHING AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING NEAR 20 INCHES. THIS STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS43 KARX 250300 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM NEAR KANSAS CITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING A LOCATION NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW AS COLD AIR WRAPS IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-251100- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 900 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW BANDS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOURS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION... EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BE COMMON. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITE-OUTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLATTER...OPEN TERRAIN AREAS AND THE RIDGE-TOPS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REACH AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING NEAR 20 INCHES. THIS STORM WILL HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS43 KARX 250539 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1139 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM LOCATED ALONG THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY...REACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AND AROUND THE LOW AS COLD AIR WRAPS IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-251345- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1139 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. BANDS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ROTATING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOURS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH...WILL BE COMMON PLACE...PRODUCING FREQUENT WHITE-OUTS. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FREQUENT WHITE-OUTS AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLATTER... OPEN WIND-PRONE AREAS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REACH AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING AROUND 20 INCHES. THIS STORM WILL DEFINITELY HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ DAS
000 WWUS43 KARX 250905 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA THROUGH TODAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM LOCATED NEAR DES MOINES IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...REACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AND AROUND THE LOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TODAY. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE AS THE LOW PULLS CLOSER TO THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING BY LATE MORNING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-251715- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF SNOW...WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS...ALONG WITH EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL REACH AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET. THIS STORM WILL DEFINITELY HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE IN THE MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL AND WIND DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ DAS
000 WWUS43 KARX 251154 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 554 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA THROUGH TODAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...REACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AND AROUND THE LOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TODAY. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE AS THE LOW PULLS CLOSER TO THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING BY LATE MORNING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-252000- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 554 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THIS...ALONG WITH STRONG EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL REACH AT LEAST 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET. THIS STORM WILL DEFINITELY HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY LATE IN THE MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL AND WIND DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS43 KARX 251441 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 841 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST...REACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AND AROUND THE LOW. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN TODAY. A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SOME WARMER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. WITH THE STORM SLOWLY WEAKENING THE EAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOW...CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED A BIT AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-252245- /O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0003.070225T1441Z-070226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 841 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT RAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS...ALONG WITH BRISK EAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 3O MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER FLATTER...OPEN TERRAIN AREAS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL REACH AT LEAST 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET. THIS STORM WILL DEFINITELY HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH. 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. $$ RRS
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2007Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every blizzard warning in 2007
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.