Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

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

000 
WWUS43 KARX 231824
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1224 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE GREAT IMPACT THIS WEEKEND...

.LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING OVER COLORADO AND WILL GATHER STRENGTH
AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THIS EVENING...SURGING
MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA. THE LOW WILL THEN
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...WHILE SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THE RIVER.
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WEST
OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA...TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. BY SATURDAY
NIGHT...ALL AREAS WILL SEE SNOW. VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS. THE STORM WILL
SHIFT EAST SUNDAY WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY EVENING.

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-240230-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
1224 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. VERY
STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041-
053>055-061-240230-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1224 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. 

ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.

AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW WITH UP TO ONE-HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEST OF A
DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA...TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE CAN EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATION OF OVER ONE-HALF INCH AND SNOWFALL TOTALS TO BE
SOMEWHAT REDUCED.

VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY NIGHT CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE
SNOW. FOR THOSE AREAS WITH ICING...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 

$$

BAUMGARDT

000 
WWUS43 KARX 232058 AAB
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
258 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS ON TARGET FOR MUCH OF THE
TRI STATE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE
ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS
MOISTURE WILL SPAWN EXPANDING PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH
A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY FOR SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED
SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES
WIDESPREAD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING INTO THE AREA...ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER TO DECORAH TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE...MAY
ALLOW FOR PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...BEFORE RETURNING TO ALL SNOW
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ENTIRE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-240500-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-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
258 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE FIRST
WAVE OF MOISTURE ARRIVES. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF MIX OR CHANGEOVER
TO SLEET ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BUT THE MAJORITY OF
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN VICINITY
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND
OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO
THE AREA...WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS
TONIGHT...AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-240500-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.070224T0000Z-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
258 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
THUNDER MAY ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. AREAS FROM CHARLES CITY
TO OELWEIN STAND THE GREATEST CHANCES OF SEEING MIXED
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...WHICH MAY LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO
1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER THROUGH
WAUKON...A SLEET AND SNOW MIXTURE IS MORE LIKELY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE
AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A
LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE OELWEIN TO
CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...UP TO A HALF
INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. FURTHER
NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY
EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS
TONIGHT...AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS43 KARX 240005
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
605 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS ON TARGET FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW
PRESSURE IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL SPAWN
EXPANDING PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN THE
ACTIVITY FOR SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS...WILL REACH THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR
A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING IN THE FORM OF
SNOW...SLEET AND SNOW PELLETS. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO
DECORAH IOWA...TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE SOME FREEZING
RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-240815-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
605 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND THIS SHOULD BE ALL SNOW.
THIS SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES... AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
THUNDER. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND
OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA...WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-240815-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
605 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. THUNDER MAY
ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
PRESTON MINNESOTA TO ELKADER IOWA STAND THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY
LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER TO THE
NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER THROUGH WAUKON...A SLEET AND SNOW MIXTURE
IS MORE LIKELY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE
AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR
A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE
OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...UP TO
A HALF INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. FURTHER
NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY
EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KARX 240251
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
851 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS ON TARGET FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW
PRESSURE IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL SPAWN
EXPANDING PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN THE
ACTIVITY FOR SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS...WILL REACH THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES.
WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF
PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET AND SNOW
PELLETS. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH IOWA...TO
RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING
CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-241100-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
851 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL
ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL WORK EAST
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...SOME RUMBLES OF
THUNDER WILL BE HEARD AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL
RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN STORM
SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES
TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF
LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH THIS EXPECTED TO
FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-241100-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
851 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS OR SLEET...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
OCCUR EAST OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. SNOWFALL
RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS HEAVY BAND. SOME
RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE HEARD. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY
STILL OCCUR...MAINLY WEST OF AN OSAGE IOWA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE.
WEST OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ARE
EXPECTED TO FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EAST OF
ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE
OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME HEAVY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR
ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...UP TO
A HALF INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. FURTHER
NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY
EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

04

000 
WWUS43 KARX 240513
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1113 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE
IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL SPAWN EXPANDING
PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY FOR
SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION
BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH
THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW
AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING
INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT IN
THE FORM OF SNOW...SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH IOWA...TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE
SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ALL
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-241315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1113 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL WORK EAST
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...SOME
RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE HEARD AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH
OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN
STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS
MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...
WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-241315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1113 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS OR SLEET...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR
EAST OF A KELLOGG MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS HEAVY
BAND. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE HEARD. SOME FREEZING
RAIN MAY STILL OCCUR...MAINLY WEST OF AN OSAGE IOWA TO OELWEIN
IOWA LINE. WEST OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EAST
OF ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
3 TO 7 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH POSSIBLE.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE
OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR
ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST
THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...UP TO A HALF INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY
NIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

04

000 
WWUS43 KARX 240515 CCA
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1114 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE
IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL SPAWN EXPANDING
PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY FOR
SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION
BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH
THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW
AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING
INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT IN
THE FORM OF SNOW...SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH IOWA...TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE
SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ALL
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1114 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL WORK EAST
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...SOME
RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE HEARD AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH
OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN
STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS
MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...
WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1114 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS OR SLEET...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR
EAST OF A KELLOGG MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS HEAVY
BAND. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE HEARD. SOME FREEZING
RAIN MAY STILL OCCUR...MAINLY WEST OF AN OSAGE IOWA TO OELWEIN
IOWA LINE. WEST OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EAST
OF ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
3 TO 7 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH POSSIBLE.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE
OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR
ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST
THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...UP TO A HALF INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY
NIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

04

000 
WWUS43 KARX 240747
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
147 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE
IN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS MOISTURE WILL SPAWN EXPANDING
PRECIPITATION AREAS TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY FOR
SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION
BEGINS LATER SATURDAY AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH
THEIR PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW
AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT
SURGING INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION
TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET. SOUTH OF A
ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH IOWA...TO RICHLAND CENTER
WISCONSIN LINE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-241600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
147 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES WITH
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR. ALONG WITH THE
SNOW...SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE HEARD AT TIMES. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8
INCHES...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES. ANY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD
REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN
STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS
MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...
WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-241600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
147 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES
WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR. SOME RUMBLES OF
THUNDER WILL ALSO BE HEARD. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY
MORNING WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 INCHES UP TO 7 INCHES. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE A RENEWED SURGE
OF PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR
ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS SEE THE GREATEST
THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...UP TO A HALF INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY
NIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...
AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KARX 241019
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
419 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE
FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPAWN
AREAS OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. ANOTHER RENEWED
SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOMES
WIDESPREAD TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR A
MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TODAY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SNOW PELLETS
AND SLEET. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH IOWA...TO
RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TODAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-241830-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
419 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER
ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA... WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE
FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-241830-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
419 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS
WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM ROCHESTER TO
WAUKON...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

RABERDING

000 
WWUS43 KARX 241313
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
713 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE
FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPAWN
AREAS OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. ANOTHER
RENEWED SURGE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. INCREASING
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...WILL REACH THEIR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITIES. WARM AIR ALOFT SURGING INTO THE AREA MAY ALLOW FOR
A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TODAY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SNOW
PELLETS AND SLEET. SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO DECORAH
IOWA...TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN LINE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-242115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
713 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION...WILL MOVE INTO
THE AREA... WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-242115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
713 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO
THE AREA LATER TODAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN TODAY... PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO ADJACENT
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
THE OELWEIN TO CHARLES CITY AREAS WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...UP TO
ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT. FURTHER
NORTH... FROM ROCHESTER TO WAUKON...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
OR SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

RABERDING

000 
WWUS43 KARX 241615
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1015 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES...

.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE
MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND STRENGTHENS. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-250015-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1015 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT DO NOT
BE FOOLED BY THIS AS MORE SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM
GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS
STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-250015-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
1015 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO
ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD
CAUSE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES.

AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...A RENEWED SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATER TODAY. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME COMMON LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET PERSIST THE
LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS
STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

THOMPSON

000 
WWUS43 KARX 241912
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
112 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION...

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS KANSAS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WERE BEING PULLED NORTHWARD
AHEAD OF THIS LOW...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE AND
INCREASING AREA OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS
MINNESOTA...IOWA AND WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.
STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL CREATE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM
WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-250315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
112 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

MORE SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL SPREAD NORTH
AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN STORM
SYSTEM OVER KANSAS SLOWLY MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND FOR TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT IS
ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY OF AT
LEAST 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 20 INCHES...ARE
EXPECTED. THIS STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-061-250315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
112 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY CHANGES TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH INCREASING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE DOWNED POWER LINES AND
TREES.

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 CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW SHOULD
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL BECOME COMMON LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS
TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OF
AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE
EXPECTED. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY WHERE FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET
PERSIST THE LONGEST...BUT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ICE
ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM WILL CREATE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ON TRAVEL
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

$$

RRS

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-
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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-
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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