Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 3:18 PM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 27 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, 2007, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2007, 3:31 AM CST
- In force
- 22 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 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 1:30 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Victory, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:02 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | 4 Se Strawberry Point, IA | |
| Dec 1, 2:57 PM CST | SLEET 0.7 | 3 Ne Stoddard, WI | |
| Dec 1, 3:13 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 8 Nw Waukon, IA | |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Waterville, IA | |
| Dec 1, 3:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Se Strawberry Point, IA | |
| Dec 1, 3:55 PM CST | SLEET 1.1 | Elma, IA | |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Onalaska, WI | |
| Dec 1, 4:20 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 N Holmen, WI | |
| Dec 1, 4:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Byron, MN | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | West Salem, WI | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SLEET 2 | 4 Nnw La Crosse, WI | |
| Dec 1, 5:20 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 10 W Lewiston, MN | |
| Dec 1, 5:20 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 6 Se Grand Meadow, MN | |
| Dec 1, 5:25 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 5 E Houston, MN | |
| Dec 1, 5:25 PM CST | SLEET 1.9 | 3 Sw Reno, MN | |
| Dec 1, 5:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.9 | 3 E La Crosse, WI | MEASURED 0.90 INCHES OF SLEET AT THE NWS LA CROSSE OFFICE. |
| Dec 1, 5:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Byron, MN | |
| Dec 1, 6:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Osage, IA | 3.0 IN. SNOW AND SLEET COMBINED AS WELL. FZDZ CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 1, 8:29 PM CST | SLEET 3.25 | Victory, WI | 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW EARLIER TODAY PRIOR TO SLEET. NOW FREEZING RAIN WITH A GLAZING ON ALL SURFACES. |
| Dec 1, 8:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Sw Spring Valley, MN | EVERYTHING COATED. |
| Dec 1, 8:58 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Warrens, WI | |
| Dec 1, 9:06 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 S Hammond, MN | CURRENTLY FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 1, 9:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 E Mantorville, MN | |
| Dec 1, 9:13 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | La Crescent, MN | BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.20 INCHES OF GLAZE ICE. |
| Dec 1, 9:17 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 Sw Reno, MN | SINCE 530 PM. |
| Dec 1, 9:24 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 E La Crosse, WI | NWS LA CROSSE |
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, 9.3 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
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 302118 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 318 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO START SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA AT THE START...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THEN TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR...PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIZ017-029-010530- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 318 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-010530- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 318 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-010530- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 318 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN SATURDAY EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 302156 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO START SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA AT THE START...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THEN TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR...PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIZ017-029-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN SATURDAY EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 302205 CCA WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO START SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA AT THE START...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THEN TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR...PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIZ017-029-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-010615- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN SATURDAY EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN MAY CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 010341 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 940 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT MOVES IN SATURDAY MORNING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES...MOVING OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM CENTER...WITH THE PRECIPITATION PUSHING INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON SATURDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA AT THE START...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR...PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS...BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIZ017-029-011145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 940 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-011145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 940 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-011145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 940 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 2 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN SATURDAY EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 011006 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 406 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT SNOW AND ICE EVENT WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...MOVING OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. EARLY THIS MORNING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS BREAKING OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH THAT IT WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW THIS MORNING...BUT AS WARMER AIR ALOFT PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH A SURGE OF WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR...PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE SOME RAIN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS... BY LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. WIZ017-029-011815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 406 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-011815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 406 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THREE TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-011815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 406 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 2 PM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN FOR THIS EVENING. SOME WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN THIS EVENING FOR A CHANGE TO RAIN...MAINLY IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 011653 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1053 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...A DANGEROUS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS THE AREA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS BRINGING A DANGEROUS MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. WHAT STARTED OUT AS SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH A SNOW AND SLEET MIX FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY SHIFT BACK TO JUST SNOW FOR A BIT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO JUST SLEET GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX INTO THE PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TONIGHT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. AS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH...MOSTLY NORTH OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN LINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIZ017-029-020100- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 1053 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED SLEET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES AROUND HIGHWAY 10...TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-020100- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1053 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SLEET ROUGHLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW OF 1/2 MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. 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. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-020100- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1053 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SLEET...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN...WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MIXED IN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW EARLY ON...THEN COULD CREATE PROBLEMS IF TREES AND POWER LINES BECOME ICE COVERED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 012128 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 328 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...THE DANGEROUS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DROP PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET. SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE TO THE NORTH THOUGH...GENERALLY NORTH OF NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE LOCATIONS. FURTHER SOUTH...FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SLEET AT TIMES...MOSTLY FROM A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO LA CROSSE AND TOMAH WISCONSIN LINE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOR WHERE THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...BLUSTERY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ADD ANOTHER DANGEROUS ELEMENT TO THE WINTER STORM. THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE FALLEN AND FALLING SNOW...AND IF ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN BRANCHES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MANY AREAS. WIZ017-029-020530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 328 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW LATE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. ALSO...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-020530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 328 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND COULD MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE FALLEN SNOW...AND IF ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN BRANCHES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-020530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 328 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND COULD MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE FALLEN SNOW...AND IF ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES...THERE WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN BRANCHES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. 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. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 020135 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A MIX OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS BROUGHT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLEET...FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...FELL TODAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO LAKE PEPIN...TO FARIBAULT MINNESOTA LINE. THIS WAS ON TOP OF ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW. FURTHER NORTH WHERE SNOW FELL ALL DAY...AMOUNTS WERE IN THE 6 TO 7 INCH RANGE. FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND ONE-EIGHTH OF AN INCH HAS OCCURRED...WITH AN INCH OF SLEET. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND ICE OVER ALL ROADS. TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS AND SHERRIFS REPORT VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROADS...A SIGN THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DANGER. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10...WITH TOTALS BY MORNING IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. SLEET WILL GIVE WAY TO FREEZING DRIZZLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10 THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND...OR LESS THAN...ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. WITH WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE...AND GLAZING OF ICE ON POWER LINES...SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT...AND MAY PROVIDE RAIN OR DRIZZLE AT TIMES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...THIS WARMER AIR WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THE ALREADY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FROM TODAYS WEATHER. WIZ017-029-020945- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET. STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED BY MORNING. ALSO...WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-020945- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE EVENING. AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE ICE IS EXPECTED BY MORNING FROM THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA MAY CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-020945- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 735 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH IN NORTHEAST IOWA...AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 020359 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 959 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN BUT STILL DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXIST... .IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLEET...FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...FELL TODAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO LAKE PEPIN...TO FARIBAULT MINNESOTA LINE. THIS WAS ON TOP OF ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS EVENING...THAT AREA RECEIVED JUST UNDER ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. FURTHER NORTH ...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10...WHERE SNOW FELL ALL DAY...AMOUNTS WERE IN THE 6 TO 7 INCH RANGE. FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND ONE-EIGHTH OF AN INCH OCCURRED...WITH AN INCH OF SLEET. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND ICE OVER ALL ROADS. TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS...AND SHERIFFS REPORT VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROADS...A SIGN THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DANGER. AT 10 PM...RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS SHIFTING EAST INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN...EXCEPT FOR A FEW AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS BEING REPLACED BY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE. SOUTH WINDS CONTINUED TO WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EVENING WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90 REACHING 32 TO 34 DEGREES. WITH THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING TO DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND WITH SOME TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING... ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. NORTH OF I-90 TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER WHICH MAY PROVIDE A BIT MORE GLAZING THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIZ017-029-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 959 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DIMINISH...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. TOTAL SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 959 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE MAJOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 959 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE MAJOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 020633 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1233 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM SHIFTING EAST BUT STILL HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS EXIST... .IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLEET...FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...FELL TODAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO LAKE PEPIN...TO FARIBAULT MINNESOTA LINE. THIS WAS ON TOP OF ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS EVENING...THAT AREA RECEIVED JUST UNDER ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. FURTHER NORTH...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10...WHERE SNOW FELL ALL DAY... AMOUNTS WERE IN THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE. FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...A GLAZING OF ICE AROUND ONE-EIGHTH OF AN INCH OCCURRED...WITH AN INCH OF SLEET. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND ICE OVER ALL ROADS. TRAVEL IS DANGEROUS...AND SHERIFFS REPORT VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROADS...A SIGN THAT MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DANGER. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT AND COME TO AN END. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF I-90. BY DAWN...ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A FEW FLURRIES. WIZ017-029-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 1233 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. TOTAL SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1233 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. VERY MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-021200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1233 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. DRIZZLE WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 020931 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 331 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA... .THE WINTER STORM THAT DROPPED ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO ALMOST 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE REGION. THERE WILL STILL SOME LINGERING PATCHES OF LIGHT DRIZZLE THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS...BUT VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THERE WILL STILL BE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ICE OR SNOW COVERED THROUGH THIS MORNING...SO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-021045- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ 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 331 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM THAT DROPPED ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO ALMOST 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE REGION. THERE WILL STILL SOME LINGERING PATCHES OF LIGHT DRIZZLE THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS...BUT VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THERE WILL STILL BE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ICE OR SNOW COVERED THROUGH THIS MORNING...SO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 30, 2:30 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 2:30 PM CST, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
230 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...IMPENDING WINTER STORM...
PRECIP TYPES AND AMOUNTS SAT/SAT NIGHT.
DATA ANALYSIS AT 18Z SHOWED HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR OMAHA WITH
RIDGING TO THE NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST. VIS IMAGERY SHOWED GENERALLY
CLEAR/SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
AND SHOWED THE BAND OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA FROM THU NIGHT/S SYSTEM
QUITE NICELY. AIRMASS OVER THE AREA QUITE DRY...WITH SFC DEWPOINTS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE/BELOW ZERO. TEMPS QUITE COOL ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION AS WELL...EVEN UNDER THE SUNNY SKIES.
NO ERRORS NOTED WITH 30/12Z NAM/GFS INITIALIZATIONS...WITH MODELS
PRESENTING QUITE SIMILAR SOLUTIONS TO EACH OTHER AND THEIR PREVIOUS
RUNS FOR TONIGHT INTO MON NIGHT. DPROG/DT OF 500MB HGTS AT 30/12Z
SHOWED GFS WITH THE BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY WITH ITS 28/12Z
AND 29/12Z RUNS...WITH NAM TRENDING TOWARD IT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE
SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER NORTHERN CA AND OFF THE BC COAST. GFS
MAINTAINS THE BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY THRU 84HRS. OVERALL
TREND IS A BIT STRONGER WITH THE SHORTWAVE INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
AT 36HRS...ESPECIALLY NAM...AND STRONGER WITH THE NEXT SHORTWAVE
TROUGH OVER BC IN THIS TIME-FRAME. THE STRONGER NAM AT 36-60HRS DOES
CREATE SOME DIFFERENCES OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR SUNDAY. CHECK OF
OBS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY VS. MODEL DATA AT 18Z SHOWED BOTH NAM/GFS
WITH GOOD DEPICTIONS OF THE SFC MASS FIELDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS
AND SHORTWAVE FEATURES OVER NOAM/EASTERN PAC. A BLEND OF NAM/GFS
APPEARED BEST WITH THE 12Z-18Z PRECIP ACROSS THE CONUS. WITH MODELS
DOING WELL AT 18Z AND SOLUTIONS/ENSEMBLES ALL QUITE SIMILAR FAVORED
A MODEL BLEND/COMPROMISE. FORECAST CONFIDENCE REMAINS RATHER GOOD
FOR THE SHORT TERM...DESPITE DEPENDENCE OF FORECAST OUTCOME ON
MESO-SCALE THERMAL/SOUNDING DETAILS.
IN THE NEAR TERM...FORECAST FOCUS REMAINS ON SAT/SAT NIGHT PERIODS.
QUESTION IS NOT IF PRECIP IS GOING TO FALL...BUT HOW MUCH OF WHAT
TYPES. WILL CUT TO THE CHASE RIGHT AWAY...WILL BE ISSUING WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR SAT/SAT NIGHT...DUE EXPECTED
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE SURGE AND LOW/MID
LEVEL THERMO-DYNAMIC FORCING/LIFT COME TOGETHER ACROSS THE AREA FOR
SAT INTO SAT EVENING. P-WAT/S STILL PROGGED TO BE SOME 3 TO 5
STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...WITH SPECIFIC HUMIDITY OF THE
AIRMASS FEEDING INTO THE FORCING/LIFT ZONE IN THE 6 TO 8 G/KG RANGE.
GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT /ESPECIALLY SAT/ AS WELL...IN RIGHT ENTRANCE
REGION OF THE 150-180KT 300MB JET NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. ALL THIS
POINTS TO A SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENT ACROSS THE AREA SAT/SAT NIGHT
WITH MODELS/ENSEMBLES RATHER CONSISTENT PRODUCING ON THE ORDER OF
ONE INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT QPF ACROSS THE AREA. THERMAL PROFILE
OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA INITIALLY SUPPORTS PRECIP AS ALL
SNOW SAT MORNING. ABOVE 0C AIR IN THE 800-650MB LAYER SURGES NORTH
ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA THE AREA SAT
AFTERNOON. APPEARS MOST AREAS TO SEE AT LEAST A 3 TO 4HR PERIOD OF
SNOW...BEFORE THE TYPE CHANGE OCCURS. STILL INDICATIONS OF SOME WEAK
ELEVATED CAPE IN THE AIRMASS BEING LIFT ACROSS THE AREA AND
POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION/THUNDER WITH PRECIP ON SAT. SNOWFALL RATES
IN THE INITIAL SURGE OF MOISTURE/PRECIP COULD BE 1-2 INCHES/HR IF
CONVECTION OCCURS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE THE PRECIP TYPE
CHANGE OCCURS. GIVEN THE DEPTH OF THE LOW LEVEL COLD AIR...SFC TO
AROUND 800MB...PRECIP EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SLEET...WITH AS MUCH
AS A 3 TO 5HR PD OF SLEET BEFORE THE NEXT PRECIP TYPE CHANGE. THE
SLEET PERIOD COINCIDES WITH THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST/DEEPEST LIFT AND
GREATEST QPF PRODUCTION...WITH POTENTIAL FOR UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF
SLEET WHERE IT WOULD LAST THE LONGEST OR CONVECTION WOULD OCCUR.
CONTINUED WARM ADVECTION AND LIQUID PRECIP PARTICLES FALLING INTO
THE LOWER LEVEL COLD AIRMASS ERODE THIS AIRMASS SO THAT IT APPEARS
WARM/SHALLOW ENOUGH FOR FZRA AT THE SFC ACROSS ROUGHLY THE SOUTHERN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE SAT AFTERNOON. ADJUSTED WEATHER
TYPE FORECAST GRIDS TO REFLECT THIS LATEST WARM LAYER/TOP-DOWN
PRECIP TYPE APPROACH THINKING. WARM AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO SURGE
NORTH INTO/ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 3/4 OF THE FORECAST AREA SAT
EVENING...WITH A CONTINUED CHANGE-OVER FROM SNOW/SLEET TO MORE FZRA.
FAR NORTH END OF THE FORECAST AREA LOOKS TO REMAIN ALL SNOW...MAYBE
MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET THRU SAT EVENING. DEPENDING ON EXACT TRACK
OF THE SFC LOW...THE WARM SECTOR/BOUNDARY LAYER WARM AIR MAY NOSE
INTO THE FAR SOUTH/ SOUTHEAST ENDS OF THE FORECAST AREA SAT EVENING.
CONTINUED/EXPANDED RA/FZRA A BIT FURTHER WEST/NORTH IN FORECAST
GRIDS FOR SAT EVENING. ALL MODELS/SOUNDINGS INDICATE DEEP MOISTURE
PUSHES NORTH/EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 06Z SUN...WITH LOSS OF
ICE CRYSTALS IN THE TOPS OF THE CLOUDS. PRECIP AFTER 06Z SUN STILL
LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DZ/FZDZ AND THIS WELL TRENDED IN PREVIOUS GRID-
SET. ALL STACKS UP TO BE A SIGNIFICANT EARLY SEASON WINTER-WEATHER
EVENT...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
SAT/SAT NIGHT. SYSTEM EXITS SUN...WITH SOME LINGERING WRAP-AROUND
MOISTURE AND SMALL -SN/FLURRY CHANCES. COLD...DRY HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES ACROSS THE AREA FOR MON.
WITH COLD TEMPS TODAY...FAVORED COOLER OF GUIDANCE LOWS TONIGHT
ESPECIALLY OVER THE MINOR SNOW COVER AREAS. FAVORED BLEND OF
GUIDANCE HIGHS/LOWS FOR SAT THRU SUN. WITH EXPECTED SNOW COVER...
LEANED TOWARD COLDER OF GUIDANCE LOWS/HIGHS SUN NIGHT THRU MON
NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
30/00Z GFS/ECMWF IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR
PREVIOUS RUNS THRU WED /ECMWF MORE-SO THAN GFS/ AND WELL SUPPORTED
BY GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AND UKMET. GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS THEN DIVERGE
FROM THEIR PREVIOUS 29/00Z RUNS THRU THU/FRI BUT DO REMAIN RATHER
SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER AS A POLAR VORTEX SETS UP SHOP OVER NORTH
CENTRAL CAN AND BROAD TROUGHING DEVELOPS OVER MUCH OF THE CONUS.
THESE SOLUTIONS GET SOME SUPPORT FROM THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN BUT
ENSEMBLE MEAN HOLDS ON TO MORE RIDGING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THRU
FRI. PLENTY OF MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE SHORTWAVE DETAILS BY
THU/FRI...BUT AGAIN THIS PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED GIVEN AN ACTIVE AND
TRANSITIONAL TYPE FLOW PATTERN. GOOD MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS
DEVELOPING FOR A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TO DROP THRU THE NORTHWEST FLOW
TUE INTO WED AND PRODUCING A SWATH OF LIGHT/MDT SNOW SOMEWHERE
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. WITH GOOD FORECAST CONFIDENCE...RAISED
SNOW CHANCES FOR TUE INTO WED. WITH UNCERTAINTY OF SHORTWAVE DETAILS
FOR THU INTO FRI...FORECAST CONFIDENCE LOWERS TOWARD THE END OF THE
PERIOD. LOOSE MODEL CONSENSUS SLIDES WEAK HIGH PRESSURE INTO/ACROSS
THE AREA FOR THU/FRI AND WILL LEAVE THESE PERIODS DRY FOR NOW. WITH
GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW AND WHAT SHOULD BE SNOW/SLEET/ICE COVERED
GROUND...COLDER GFS ENSEMBLE MOS/HPC GUIDANCE PREFERRED FOR THE TUE-
FRI PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. IN FACT...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER BURSTS OF PRECIPITATION
DURING THE EVENT COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AIRPORT
OPERATIONS...SUCH AS DEICING AIRCRAFT. FORECAST CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH
THAT HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 18Z SATURDAY
UNTIL AROUND 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION AT BOTH KLSE AND KRST
TAF SITES SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET. PLEASE REFERENCE LATEST TAFS...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-
WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...RRS
AVIATION..........THOMPSONHazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1205 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-011200- ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOWARD- MITCHELL-RICHLAND-WINNESHIEK- 1205 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...BUT AS WARMER AIR IS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING OF ICE...WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AROUND AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL PICK UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER...SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053-011200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE- MOWER-OLMSTED-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA- 1205 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ON SATURDAY...BUT AS WARMER AIR IS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION AND UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE GLAZING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL PICK UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER...SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WIZ017-029-011200- CLARK-TAYLOR- 1205 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ON SATURDAY...BUT AS WARMER AIR IS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT THE SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL PICK UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER...SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THOMPSON
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every winter storm 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.