Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 4:19 AM CST for 22 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 45 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
- Dec 10, 2007, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 3:42 PM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 22 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 10, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Lincoln, IA | ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ICY, PHONE AND CABLE LINES STARTING TO SAG FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. |
| Dec 10, 11:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | N Guthrie Center, IA | ROADS AND WALKWAYS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 12:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Ames, IA | 0.05 TO 0.10 ICE WITH TREES COMPLETELY COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 12:32 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 N Earlham, IA | 0.20 ICE IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. ROADS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 12:32 AM CST | ICE STORM | 4 Se Redfield, IA | ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH ICE WITH HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ONGOING. |
| Dec 11, 1:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 W West Des Moines, IA | RESIDENTIAL SIDE STREETS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Dec 11, 2:27 AM CST | ICE STORM | Waterloo, IA | KWWL REPORTS MODERATE FREEZING RAIN IN CEDAR FALLS AND WATERLOO. ROADS BECOMING ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. |
| Dec 11, 2:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | West Des Moines, IA | WHO RADIO REPORT. 60TH STREET IS MAINLY SLUSH COVERED WITH SIDE STREETS 100 PERCENT ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 3:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Ankeny, IA | WOI REPORTS 1/8 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON VEHICLES |
| Dec 11, 3:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Se Adel, IA | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON VEHICLES |
| Dec 11, 3:52 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 S Evansdale, IA | ROADS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED WITH ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND VEHICLES |
| Dec 11, 4:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:50 AM CST | ICE STORM | Bedford, IA | SIGNIFICANT ICING WITH POWER OUTAGES IN PARTS OF BEDFORD...BLOCKTON...AND CLEARFIELD. |
| Dec 11, 5:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 5 Sse Atlantic, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:52 AM CST | ICE STORM | Osceola, IA | SMALL LIMBS DOWN WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. FROM WOI TV. |
| Dec 11, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Johnston, IA | AMOUNT THROUGH 6 AM AT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON. |
| Dec 11, 6:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Nnw Stuart, IA | HALF INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL ON CARS AND TREES IN STUART. |
| Dec 11, 7:08 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Montezuma, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Indianola, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 N Grimes, IA | ESTIMATED 0.2 INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION AS WELL. |
| Dec 11, 7:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 3 Wsw Adel, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 5 N Earlham, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Dallas Center, IA | ONE HALF INCH ICE ON THE SURFACE WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Dec 11, 7:41 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Brooklyn, IA | 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL. |
| Dec 11, 7:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Garwin, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Ankeny, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:54 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 10 Ssw Indianola, IA | REPORTED 1 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Ames, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:02 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Lorimor, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mount Ayr, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Bussey, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:19 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | Beaconsfield, IA | BETWEEN 0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL AND POWER OUT IN BEACONSFIELD. |
| Dec 11, 8:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | N Guthrie Center, IA | 0.3 TO 0.4 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL ON EVERYTHING. |
| Dec 11, 8:52 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 11 S Indianola, IA | MEASURED 0.75 TO 1.00 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL WITH SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 8:53 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 10 Ssw Indianola, IA | REPORTED 1 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 9:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | Hartford, IA | 3/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL. |
| Dec 11, 9:25 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Clutier, IA | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Grimes, IA | |
| Dec 11, 9:34 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Johnston, IA | |
| Dec 11, 9:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 1 N Redding, IA | MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN...WITH POWER OUT. |
| Dec 11, 10:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Garwin, IA | 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.35 | 4 N Grimes, IA | TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ACCRUAL FOR THE EVENT |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 N Grimes, IA | COMBINED SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATION FOR THE EVENT |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Ames, IA | |
| Dec 11, 3:03 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.88 | 1 N Pleasantville, IA | 3/4 TO 7/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. MANY 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 KDMX 101019 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 419 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-101830- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0009.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 419 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...LIKELY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IAZ070>075-081>083-092-093-101830- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0009.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0012.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 419 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT. DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES. LOCATIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 92 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO LAMONI LINE CAN EXPECT AROUND ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION...BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM UNDER AN INCH NEAR THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER...UP TO 4 TO 5 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 92. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-101830- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0012.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL 419 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS...EAST OF A GUTHRIE CENTER TO OGDEN LINE...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MOYER/KINNEY
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDMX 101712 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1112 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-102300- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1112 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...LIKELY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-102300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 1112 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS...EAST OF A GUTHRIE CENTER TO OGDEN LINE...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CC
000 WWUS43 KDMX 102202 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-110500- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...LIKELY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THAT MAY LAST FOR SOME TIME. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-110500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 92 AND WEST OF AN OSKALOOSA TO MOUNT AYR LINE. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SLEET OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ035>039-044>046-057-110500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.071211T0300Z-071212T0000Z/ WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... AUDUBON 402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN TENTH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW PRIOR TO SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS THE FORECAST INTO TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CC
000 WWUS43 KDMX 110312 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 912 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-111100- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 912 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND BRIEFLY SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...LIKELY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THAT MAY LAST FOR SOME TIME. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-111100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 912 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92 AND EAST OF AN OSKALOOSA TO MOUNT AYR LINE. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SLEET OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ035>039-044>046-057-111100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... AUDUBON 912 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN TENTH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW PRIOR TO SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS THE FORECAST INTO TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMALL
000 WWUS43 KDMX 110756 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-111600- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 156 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND ONE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-111600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 156 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WITH A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH...WHERE THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED UP TO ONE HALF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET COMBINED CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023>028-033-034-111600- /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY 156 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ035>039-044>046-057-111600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... AUDUBON 156 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... EXPECT SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDMX 111013 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 413 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH THE PLAINS TODAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-111815- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 413 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-111815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 413 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TODAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...OVER LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. EXPECT LESSOR AMOUNTS OF ICE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET COMBINED CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL VARY FROM A HALF INCH UP TO TWO INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023>028-033>039-044>046-057-111815- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...AUDUBON 413 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS43 KDMX 111555 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 955 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ038-039-120000- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 955 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME INSTANCES. $$ IAZ084>086-094>097-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 955 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 955 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TODAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...OVER LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. EXPECT LESSOR AMOUNTS OF ICE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET COMBINED CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL VARY FROM A HALF INCH UP TO TWO INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023>028-033>037-044>046-057-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...AUDUBON 955 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ REV
000 WWUS43 KDMX 111817 AAA WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1217 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ023>026-033>037-044>046-057-111930- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... ELDORA...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...AUDUBON 1217 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA HAS DIMINISHED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THIS MORNING. THOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A CLARION TO BOONE LINE...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. PERSONS TRAVELING TODAY AND THIS EVENING ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ IAZ084>086-094>097-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1217 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ038-039-047>050-058>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 1217 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TODAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...OVER LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. EXPECT LESSOR AMOUNTS OF ICE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET THIS WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET COMBINED CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL VARY FROM A HALF INCH UP TO TWO INCHES WHERE MORE ICE HAS FALLEN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ027-028-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY 1217 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE YET THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS REMAIN SLICK AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ REV
000 WWUS43 KDMX 111947 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 147 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SEVERE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTHERN IOWA... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS TRACKING ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IAZ038-039-047>050-058>061-070-071-081-112100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...CORNING 147 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ IAZ027-028-112100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY 147 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IAZ084>086-094>097-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 147 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. $$ IAZ062-072>075-082-083-092-093-120000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 147 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ REV
000 WWUS43 KDMX 112142 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 342 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SHIFTING EAST WITH ONE MORE ROUND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION ON THE WAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA... .ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEADING INTO SOUTHERN IOWA YET THIS EVENING FROM KANSAS AND MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. IAZ084>086-094>097-120300- /O.CAN.KDMX.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.071211T2200Z-071212T0300Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 342 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET OR POSSIBLE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH IS EXPECTED. DUE TO THE EARLIER SEVERE CONDITIONS TODAY...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLIER TODAY HAVE CAUSED DOWNED POWER LINES... POWER OUTAGES...AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ083-093-120300- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.071211T2200Z-071212T0300Z/ CLARKE-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...MOUNT AYR 342 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE SLEET WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH IS EXPECTED. DUE TO THE EARLIER SEVERE CONDITIONS TODAY...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLIER TODAY HAVE CAUSED DOWNED POWER LINES... POWER OUTAGES...AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ062-072>075-082-092-112245- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...BEDFORD 342 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ REV
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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 10, 3:35 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 3:35 AM CST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 335 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON TRACK TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING ALLOWING A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS. DESPITE THE WAA...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER SREF GUIDANCE FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS WITH IMPACTS OF SNOW COVER. MID LEVEL MOISTURE SURGE WILL BE UNDERWAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA WITH INCREASING CLOUDS LATE. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT-SUNDAY/... ALL ATTENTION THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS FOCUSED ON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A MAJOR ICE STORM APPEARS ALMOST A CERTAINTY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SECTIONS FROM OTTUMWA OVER TO LAMONI...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN...BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND NEARLY ONE INCH. THE CULPRIT HAS BEEN WELL ADVERTISED FOR A FEW DAYS NOW. THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF POLAR WESTERLIES WILL SEND A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE NRN CONUS PROVIDING A REINFORCING SHOT OF MODERATED ARCTIC AIR AND HELPING TO TIGHTEN BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER OR JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CWA...DEPENDING ON WHAT LEVEL YOU ARE AT. MEANWHILE...ENERGY EJECTING FROM DEEP WRN CONUS TROUGH IN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES WILL BRING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISENTROPIC PROGS INDICATE A QUICK SATURATING THROUGH A DEEP COLUMN EARLY THIS EVENING FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH. SLOPING FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING FAIRLY STRONG OVER THE AREA 06-18Z ALONG WITH ELEVATED INSTABILITY. MODEL SOUNDINGS CAME IN THIS EVENING WITH A LESS PRONOUNCED WARM NOSE IN CENTRAL IA...WHICH WILL MAKE PRECIPITATION TYPE VERY DIFFICULT...EXCEPT IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WHERE ITS PRACTICALLY A LOCK TO SEE ALL FREEZING RAIN UNTIL THE END WHEN SOME SLEET AND SNOW MIXES IN TUESDAY AFTN. FEELING IS THAT EVEN WITH WARMER NAM SOUNDINGS OVER DSM METRO AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS...STRONG LIFT WILL COMPENSATE FOR SMALL AREA ABOVE FREEZING AND ACTUALLY KEEP VERTICAL PROFILE AT OR BELOW FREEZING BY LATE TONIGHT...SIMILAR TO GFS PROFILES. 00Z MODELS AND ENSEMBLES HAVE COME IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TRENDING HEAVY PRECIPITATION FIELD FARTHER NORTHWEST. THE QUESTION IS JUST HOW HEAVY WILL THE PRECIPITATION BE AND HOW FAR NORTHWEST WILL IT EXTEND. SOUNDINGS APPEAR TO SUPPORT ANY LIGHT PRECIP ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF IA EARLY TONIGHT TO BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. BUFR SOUNDINGS AND COBB TECHNIQUE PRECIP TYPE DO SUGGEST THAT THERE WILL BE A ZONE BETWEEN OTM AND DSM WHERE PRECIP WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FAIRLY QUICKLY LATER TONIGHT AS STRONG OMEGA MOVES OVERHEAD AND COOLS COLUMN. IN FACT...THERE WILL BE PERIODS WHEN DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE IS TAPPED FOR HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES AND RATIOS ACROSS CENTRAL IA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW FAVORABLE 3-8KM VERTICAL WIND PROFILE FOR HEAVY BANDED SNOW ORIENTED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE INSTABILITY SHOWN IN SOUNDINGS AND IN CURRENT UPSTREAM LIGHTNING PLOTS GIVE CONCERN FOR THUNDER TO ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION FROM DSM SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER...RECENT EVENTS HAVE ALSO SHOWN THIS POTENTIAL AND IT DID NOT MATERIALIZE. IN COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES...HAVE LEFT THUNDER MENTION OUT FOR NOW. THE RESULT IS THAT WE WILL ISSUE AN ICE STORM WARNING FROM LAMONI OVER TO OTTUMWA AND POINTS SOUTHEAST FOR HEAVY ICE ACCRUAL FROM FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSEUD NORTHWEST OF THAT AREA UP TO THE HWY 30 CORRIDOR IN THE EAST AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR IN THE WEST...FOR THE COMBINED HAZARDS OF SLEET ACCUMULATIONS NEAR OR MORE THAN 1/2 INCH AND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. THERE IS ALSO THE LIKELIHOOD OF LIGHT GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENT IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA. THERE WILL BE A GRADIENT THROUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...TO THE SOUTHEAST OF WHICH WILL BE MORE SLEET THAN SNOW...AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF WHICH WILL BE MORE SNOW THAN SLEET. TOYED AROUND WITH ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH OR SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF WARNING AREA...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH THAT EITHER CRITERIA WILL BE MET AT THIS TIME. THE DAY SHIFT CAN SEE LATEST TRENDS AND MAKE A DECISION ON ANY POTENTIAL ADVISORY WHICH WOULD NOT NEED TO BEGIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EVENT SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN IN THE WEST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND IN THE SOUTHEAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FINALLY COMES NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY KEEP ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIP SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. LITTLE TO NO CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST BEYOND WEDNESDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL HANG ON TO THE REGION. && .AVIATION...09/06Z LOW CIGS WITH OCNL FZDZ OR -SN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BALANCE OF TNT THROUGH 11Z...A BRIEF BREAK EXPECTED PRIOR TO NEXT WAVE APPROACHING FOR THE LATE MORNING HOURS. SOME -SN FOLLOWED BY MORE FZDZ FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SOUTHEAST MAY SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT -FZRA AS OVERRUNNING STRONGER THERE. SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST MORE FZDZ AFT 23Z THROUGH 10/06Z AND WILL MAINTAIN LOW CIGS WITH POSSIBLE FZDZ./REV && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-BOONE-CASS-CLARKE-DALLAS-GUTHRIE-JASPER-MADISON- MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA- TAYLOR-UNION-WARREN. ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR APPANOOSE-DAVIS-DECATUR-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE. && SHORT TERM...KINNEY LONG TERM...MOYER AVIATION...REV
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:17 PM CST, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 317 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-102130- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK- 317 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTH. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH BEST CHANCES FROM THE U.S. HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR SOUTH WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ALSO OCCUR. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW CAN BE RESPECTED NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 30...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-102130- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 317 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE APPRECIATED. FAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:19 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 11 more | 22 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.