Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 23, 2007, 3:44 AM CST for 43 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 48 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2007, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 43 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:30 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | N Clarksville, IA | CONTINUOUS SLEET FROM 3 PM TO 730 PM WITH THUNDER |
| Feb 24, 8:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Estherville, IA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN OVER THE COUNTY. ROADS ICE AND SLUSH COVERED. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fort Dodge, IA | TREE LIMBS DOWN IN FORT DODGE. 1.5 INCH DIAMETER CHUNKS OF ICE FLYING FAST TOWARDS THE GROUND. SPOTTER REPORTS DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AT FORT DODGE. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Jesup Golf Course, IA | TRAINED SPOTTERS BROTHER IS CALLING FOR HIM. POWER LINES DOWN IN JESUP AND POWER POLES ARE SNAPPING IN HALF. POWER AND PHONES OUT IN JESUP. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Chelsea, IA | TREE LIMBS SAGGING FROM ICE WEIGHT AND A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN. ICE ACCRUING ON POWER LINES. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Clear Lake, IA | QUARTER INCH OF ICE AROUND EXIT 193 ON INTERSTATE 35. PRECIP CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Ventura, IA | QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON TREES. WIND AND ICE BREAKING TREE LIMBS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ON INTERSTATE 35. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Waterloo, IA | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AROUND WATERLOO. |
| Feb 24, 11:45 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 4 Ssw New Sharon, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE ACCRUAL. TREE BRANCHES DOWN. POWER OUT. |
| Feb 24, 11:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 4 Nw Des Moines, IA | 1/8 INCH ICE ACCRUAL |
| Feb 24, 1:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Ames, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION IS FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL 1PM SATURDAY. |
| Feb 24, 1:33 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Dallas Center, IA | TREES AND POWER LINES ARE ICE COVERED. FLAT SURFACES COVERED WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/8 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 24, 1:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Gruver, IA | 16 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. SECONDARY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. |
| Feb 24, 1:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Dana, IA | TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 1:53 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Mason City, IA | 1/4-1/2 INCH ICE ACCRUAL. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ROADS VERY ICY. |
| Feb 24, 2:03 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 5 Ese Ottumwa, IA | 0.3-0.4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. MANY TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN...AND POWER IN OUTAGE IN TOWN. |
| Feb 24, 2:06 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ottumwa, IA | OVER ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH MANY POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN OTTUMWA. |
| Feb 24, 2:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ames, IA | 0.50 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 2:35 PM CST | ICE STORM | Marshalltown, IA | NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM CST | ICE STORM | Ames, IA | LARGE TREE DOWNED DUE TO HEAVY ICING ON DUFF AVE. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 24, 4:04 PM CST | ICE STORM | Ames, IA | KCCI TV REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 4:19 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Cedar Falls, IA | 0.30 INCHES ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 4:29 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Hubbard, IA | ONE INCH OF ICE ON ROADS. NOW SNOWING. |
| Feb 24, 4:30 PM CST | ICE STORM | Ames, IA | SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ACROSS EASTERN STORY COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 4:31 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | 3 Sw Mason City Airport, IA | PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 4:37 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 N Mason City, IA | ONE INCH OF ICE. SNOWING NOW. |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Johnston, IA | FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO ICE PELLETS AND SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 4:43 PM CST | ICE STORM | Des Moines, IA | ELECTRICAL LINES DOWN AT THE 4900 BLOCK OF FOREST AVENUE. |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Albia, IA | SNOW AND SLEET WITH ROADS COMPLETELY SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SEVERAL VEHICLES IN DITCH WITH POWER OUTAGES IN ALBIA. |
| Feb 24, 5:34 PM CST | ICE STORM | Clarksville, IA | HIGHWAY 188 NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. |
| Feb 24, 5:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 5 Nne Evansdale, IA | NUMEROUS POWER POLES BROKEN AND LYING ACROSS NORTH RAYMOND ROAD IN DEWAR. |
| Feb 24, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Ames, IA | LARGE LIMBS CONTINUING TO FALL ON ISU CAMPUS WITH WET SNOW WEIGHING HEAVILY ON ICE COVERED BRANCHES. |
| Feb 24, 6:22 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Ames, IA | |
| Feb 24, 6:23 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ames, IA | |
| Feb 24, 6:34 PM CST | ICE STORM | Greene, IA | POWER POLES SNAPPED WITH POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST | ICE STORM | 1 N Ottumwa, IA | POWER LINES DOWNED. |
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | Jewell, IA | MOST OF THE CITY OF JEWELL WITHOUT POWER |
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Jewell, IA | NEW SNOWFALL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. |
| Feb 24, 6:51 PM CST | ICE STORM | N Guthrie Center, IA | MODERATE SLEET WITH STREETS AND SIDEWALKS COVERED. |
| Feb 24, 6:58 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Ottumwa, IA | FROM KCCI TV |
| Feb 24, 7:02 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Albia, IA | FROM KCCI TV |
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Estherville, IA | ALSO 0.25 INCHES TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. CURRENTLY MODERATE SNOW WITH ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED AND DOWNED TREES CONTINUING. |
| Feb 24, 7:22 PM CST | ICE STORM | Oskaloosa, IA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 63 CLOSED NORTH OF MONTEZUMA. |
| Feb 24, 7:23 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Denison, IA | HEAVY SLEET BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE. |
| Feb 24, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ames, IA | FROM KCCI TV. |
| Feb 24, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 E Barnum, IA | AT LEAST 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ON A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 7. |
| Feb 24, 8:28 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Denison, IA | |
| Feb 24, 8:28 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Massena, IA | SNOWFALL IN PAST 20 MINUTES. ALSO 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION EARLIER. |
| Feb 24, 8:29 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Des Moines, IA | AT KCCI STUDIO. |
| Feb 24, 8:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Estherville, IA | FROM KCCI TV. |
| Feb 24, 8:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 40 W Waterloo, IA | MOBILE SPOTTER ESTIMATES 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW ON HIGHWAY 20. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 1 | N Guthrie Center, IA | CURRENTLY HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 24, 8:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | Ames, IA | IN WESTERN AMES |
| Feb 24, 8:48 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Massena, IA | 1 NEW INCH SNOW IN LAST HALF HOUR. |
| Feb 24, 8:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Estherville, IA | HEAVY SNOW AT THE RATE OF AT LEAST 1 INCH PER HOUR. POWER OUTAGES ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 8:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 2 E Dike, IA | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 24, 8:51 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Massena, IA | AND 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION EARLIER. |
| Feb 24, 8:51 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mason City, IA | FROM KIMT TV. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | Ames, IA | NORTH END OF ISU CAMPUS. |
| Feb 24, 9:09 PM CST | ICE STORM | Ottumwa, IA | LARGE TREE DOWNED IN OTTUMWA. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 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 230944 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 344 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY AND PULL EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE STORM PULLS TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-231730- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0004.070224T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 344 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST ON AND OFF DURING THE OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE BY DAYBREAK. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO SATURDAY WITH TOTAL ICE AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS THE STORM PROGRESSES AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP EARLY IN THE STORM MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER TRANSMISSION 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. $$ IAZ044>048-057>062-070-071-231730- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD 344 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE WATCH AREA AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. OTHERWISE...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ COGIL
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDMX 231647 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1047 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES TODAY AND SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AND MISSOURI FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS WEEKEND. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-240100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1047 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON DURING THE OVERNIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO SATURDAY WITH TOTAL ICE AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS THE STORM PROGRESSES AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP EARLY IN THE STORM MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER TRANSMISSION 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. $$ IAZ044>048-057>062-070-071-240100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD 1047 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE WATCH AREA AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS FORECAST TO FALL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ FAB
000 WWUS43 KDMX 232155 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 355 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN WYOMING WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THEN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THEN WESTERN ILLINOIS OVER THE WEEKEND. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS WEEKEND. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 355 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE UP TO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THE PRECIPITATION LATER THIS EVENING EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO SATURDAY WITH TOTAL ICE AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS THE STORM PROGRESSES AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP EARLY IN THE STORM MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER TRANSMISSION 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. $$ IAZ044>048-057>062-070-071-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD 355 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MID DAY ON SATURDAY. COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS FORECAST TO FALL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ FAB
000 WWUS43 KDMX 240307 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 907 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS ON SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THEN WESTERN ILLINOIS OVER THE WEEKEND. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS WEEKEND. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-241115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 907 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS FROM THESE WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AN AREA OF DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION...THUS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. BY MORNING...THE NEXT ROUND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT WILL BE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN . AN ACCUMULATION OF ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO SATURDAY WITH TOTAL ICE AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS THE STORM PROGRESSES AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IN ADDITION...ICE BUILDUP EARLY IN THE STORM MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES FROM TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER TRANSMISSION 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. $$ IAZ044>048-057>062-070-071-241115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD 907 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AS THEY PASS. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TOWARD MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY MAY AGAIN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS FORECAST TO FALL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDMX 240957 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST AND INTENSIFY TODAY. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO MISSOURI TONIGHT BEFORE CLIPPING SOUTHEAST IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS INTENSE STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. IAZ044>048-059>062-241800- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T1000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS MIXTURE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TENTHS TO ONE HALF INCH PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. 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. $$ IAZ057-058-070-071-241800- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0005.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T1800Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO MIX WITH A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ073>075-241800- /O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T1000Z-070225T1800Z/ WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS MIXTURE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TENTHS TO A HALF AN INCH PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. 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. $$ IAZ072-081-082-241800- /O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T1800Z-070225T1800Z/ MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO MIX WITH A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-241800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS MIXTURE WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY LATE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT WITH THE WINDS BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. 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. $$ IAZ084>086-096-097-241800- /O.NEW.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.070224T1000Z-070225T0000Z/ LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO A TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ083-092>094-241800- /O.NEW.KDMX.SB.Y.0004.070225T0300Z-070225T1800Z/ CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 357 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TODAY. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ CC
000 WWUS43 KDMX 241634 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST AND INTENSIFY TODAY. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO MISSOURI TONIGHT BEFORE CLIPPING SOUTHEAST IOWA BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS INTENSE STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. IAZ085-086-242230- /O.UPG.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE MAY BE A MIXTURE WITH OR TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO RAIN OVERNIGHT...BEFORE GOING BACK TO SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TENTHS TO ONE HALF INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF ICE TO CAUSE DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE AN INCH OR LESS...BUT UP TO 3 MORE INCHES IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ALONG WITH CONTINUED VERY GUSTY WINDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-242230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS MIXTURE WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY LATE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT WITH THE WINDS BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. 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. $$ IAZ044>048-059>062-073>075-242230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BUT A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-242230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070224T1800Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS THEN FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...WINDS FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. 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. $$ IAZ095-242230- /O.EXA.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CORYDON 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO A TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ084-096-097-242230- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ LUCAS-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1034 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
000 WWUS43 KDMX 242145 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA... .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AND BE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW EVENT WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-250500- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.070224T2145Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL ABATE SOME LATER TONIGHT...BUT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...EXPECT DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ084-250500- /O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.SB.Y.0004.070225T0300Z-070225T1800Z/ LUCAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARITON 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...THEN LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. WINDS BLOWING 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH MUCH OF THAT OCCURRING TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ095>097-242245- /O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS RAIN. THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-250500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY EARLY THIS EVENING A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME LATE TONIGHT...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ044>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-250500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY EARLY THIS EVENING A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME LATE TONIGHT...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER MUCH OF THE AREA EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. 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. $$ IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-250500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BY EARLY THIS EVENING A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME LATE TONIGHT...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST NOON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 1 TO 2 FOOT RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ083-092>094-250500- /O.CON.KDMX.SB.Y.0004.070225T0300Z-070225T1800Z/ CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 250313 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AND BE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW EVENT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-251115- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH AROUND 300 AM OR SO. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PREDAWN HOURS. WINDS WILL ABATE SOME LATER TOWARD MORNING...BUT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES ARE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE 8 TO 11 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...EXPECT DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-251115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME BEFORE MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. 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. $$ IAZ044>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-251115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF MIXED FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT OR SO AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 400 AM. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TOWARD MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER MUCH OF THE AREA EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-251115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TOWARD MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST NOON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 1 TO 2 FOOT RANGE. 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. $$ IAZ083-084-092>094-251115- /O.CON.KDMX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON 913 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF MIXED FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH 2TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDMX 250905 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY TODAY IS FORECAST TO BE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-251700- /O.CAN.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WS.W.0009.070225T1000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR INTO THE MORNING HOURS. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TIME THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 11 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. 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. $$ IAZ083-084-092>094-251015- /O.CAN.KDMX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND BRISK WINDS TODAY AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-251700- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 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. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR INTO THE MORNING HOURS. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TIME THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. 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. $$ IAZ044>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-251700- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RATES AT TIMES...AND EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TIME THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WILL OCCUR AFTER MUCH OF THE AREA EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-251700- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 305 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL ABATE SOME TIME THIS MORNING...BUT LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST NOON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WILL OCCUR AFTER MUCH OF THE AREA EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ON SATURDAY. 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. $$ FORSTER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 251701 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE SLOW MOVEMENT EAST THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A GENERAL LIGHT SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH SOME LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME FROM MASON CITY TO WATERLOO. IAZ044-045-251815- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPORTED TO OCCUR. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY. $$ IAZ046>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-251900- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE STEADIEST SNOW FALLING FROM NEAR JEFFERSON...THROUGH THE DES MOINES METRO AREA SOUTHEAST TO OTTUMWA. UNDER THIS BAND...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF THE DAY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...THOUGH A LITTLE LESS IN THE SOUTHEAST NEAR OTTUMWA. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS 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. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-251900- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE STEADIEST SNOW FALLING FROM ESTHERVILLE TO SAC CITY AND FORT DODGE. UNDER THIS BAND...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF THE DAY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 12INCHES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-251815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE COMING TO END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON TODAY WILL BE 5 TO 8 INCHES. 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. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-251900- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1101 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...MIXING AT TIMES WITH DRIZZLE...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE TODAY WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 251803 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1203 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE SLOW MOVEMENT EAST THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A GENERAL LIGHT SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH SOME LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME FROM MASON CITY TO WATERLOO. IAZ057-058-070>072-081-082-251915- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON 1203 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-252230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 1203 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE STEADIEST SNOW FALLING FROM ESTHERVILLE TO SAC CITY AND FORT DODGE. UNDER THIS BAND...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF THE DAY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 12INCHES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ046>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-252230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1203 PM CST SUN FEB 25 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. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE STEADIEST SNOW FALLING FROM NEAR JEFFERSON... THROUGH THE DES MOINES METRO AREA SOUTHEAST TO OTTUMWA. UNDER THIS BAND...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF THE DAY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES...THOUGH A LITTLE LESS IN THE SOUTHEAST NEAR OTTUMWA. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES...LIMBS 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. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-252230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1203 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...MIXING AT TIMES WITH DRIZZLE...WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONAL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE TODAY WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH... CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 252106 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 306 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WINDING DOWN... .POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE SLOW MOVEMENT EAST TONIGHT. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A GENERAL LIGHT SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...WHILE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ046>048-059>062-073>075-085-086-252215- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 306 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT SNOW OF FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW UP TO 25 MPH AND COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-260000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 306 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 8 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END AND WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-260000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 306 PM CST SUN FEB 25 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. OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE HALF INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE HEAVY LADEN WITH ICE FROM YESTERDAY AND SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ANY INCREASE IN WIND WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THESE OBJECTS AND COULD RESULT NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES...LIMBS 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. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 252358 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 558 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 .THE MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT HAS AFFECTED IOWA FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE STATE. IT WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AWAY FROM IOWA. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-260100- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY 558 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING AWAY FROM IOWA THIS EVENING. OUTSIDE OF A FEW BANDS OF FLURRIES...ALL OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. SOME DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...HOWEVER NO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-260100- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 558 PM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING AWAY FROM IOWA THIS EVENING. A FEW BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED WITH NO MORE THAN AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW AND SPOTTY BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. $$
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 Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 352 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT IOWA THIS WEEKEND. LG WV TROUGH JUST COMING ONSHORE INTO WRN CONUS. IN THE MEAN TIME...LITTLE WX THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW WITH HIGH PRESSURE CROSSING THE STATE SWITCHING WINDS TO THE SE BY MORNING. MODELS SEEM TO BE IN BETTER AGREEMENT BUT ARE STILL FLOATING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CENTRAL IA/NRN MO FOR ULTIMATE PATH. GFS HAS SHOWN BEST CONSISTENCY AND WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE MOST PART...BUT WILL ALSO BLEND WARMER NAM THERMAL FIELDS INTO MIX AS 12Z ECMWF IS NOW BACK TO ITS NWD SUGGESTION. UNFORTUNATELY...THIS THERMAL SITUATION QUITE PROBLEMATIC AT BEST WITH SFC TEMPS HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH HEART OF FCST AREA AND WARM LAYER ALOFT FLOATING AROUND CRITICAL 0-4C VALUES WHICH MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD REGARDING PCPN TYPE. THIS DOES NOT EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SPOTTY ICE INTRODUCTION TO COLUMN AT TIMES. EVENT SEEMS TO BEGIN FRI WITH STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING. ALTHOUGH NAM/GFS MOS STILL JUST SHOWING CHANCES BY FRI AFTERNOON...HAVE RAISED POPS INTO LIKELIES AS GEFS/SREF ARE NOW SUGGESTING CATEGORICALS. THIS CONTINUES INTO FRI NIGHT AS DEF ZN MATURES UPSTREAM. GFS VERY BULLISH WITH SNOW AMOUNTS NRN PORTIONS BUT NAM ALL LIQUID...SO HAVE PLAYED A MIDDLE GROUND FOR NOW WITH A BROAD MENTION OF PCPN TYPES AND 1-4 SNOW ACCUMS. WHATEVER PCPN TYPES DOES FALL WILL BE WIND BLOWN WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. MIXED PCPN LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE SWD DURING THE DAY SAT. THIS LOOKS TO BE WHEN UVM SHOULD PEAK. 310K ISENT SFC LOOKS TO BE KEY DURING THIS EVENT. GFS DEPICTS INITIAL SURGE FRI AND THEN IMPRESSIVE UVM AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN LOW STATIC STABILITIES SAT. AIDED BY FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND DIVERGENCE AHEAD OF TROUGH AS WELL. UVM CONTINUES AREA WIDE SAT NIGHT WITH TROWAL ACROSS NRN PORTIONS. HOWEVER DRY SLOT ENTERS THE PICTURE TOO AND MAY DIMINISH OUR SNOW PRODUCTION...ESPECIALLY SERN PORTIONS...WITH SWITCH FROM SNOW BACK TO FRZG RAIN/DRZL. THUS HAVE KEPT FREEZING RAIN MENTION GOING ALONG AND SE OF KCNC-KGGI LINE. WE SHOULD FINALLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SUN. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW IN LINGERING DEF ZN MAY PRODUCE 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND N OF KFOD-KMIW LN...PRECEDED BY FRZG RAIN AND/OR SLEET. ICE ACCUMS BEFORE FINAL SWITCH TO SNOW MAY BE SEVERAL TENTHS. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. WILL CERTAINLY KEEP WINTER STORM WATCH GOING AND EXTEND INTO SUN MORNING...AND ALSO EXTEND TOWARD FSD. ADDITIONAL HEADLINES IN OTHER LOCATIONS MAY BE NEEDED LATER...BUT THIS SHOULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AREA AND WILL NARROW IT TO THIS FOR TIME BEING AND SIMPLICITIES SAKE. TEMP WISE...COULD SEE SOME COOLING INITIALLY AS HIGH TRAVERSES STATE BUT THEN MODERATE OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE BLEND SEEMS TO CAPTURE THIS FINE AND FRI TEMPS AS WELL. FOR FRI NIGHT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND PCPN STAYED TOWARD HIGHER END OF GUIDANCE WHICH LEADS INTO ANOTHER MINIMAL DIURNAL SWING SAT AND LOW END OF GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM...MON THROUGH THU ALTHOUGH SEEMINGLY AN OUTLIER...GFS HAS BEEN PERSISTENT WITH ITS HANDLING OF TUE SHRT WV. STILL NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INTRODUCE ANY PCPN QUITE YET. MUCH LIKE PRESENT SITUATION STARTED...MODELS LOCKING INTO SIGNIFICANT STORM AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK BUT DETAILS UP IN THE AIR. 12Z ECMWF FASTER AND FARTHER N THAN GFS WHICH IS JUST ALL LIQUID ALREADY SO KEPT THIS EVENT RAIN FOR THE TIME BEING...AND HAVE ADDED THUNDER MENTION AS WELL. && .HYDROLOGY... CONTINUED ESF THIS TODAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL SCENARIO THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTIVE RAINFALL WILL END UP SOUTH OF THE STATE. STILL SOME CONCERNS REGARDING RUNOFF ISSUES. NCRFC STILL HAS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IN RIVER FLOOD OUTLOOK WITH POTENTIAL FOR 1-2 INCHES OF QPF. FROST DEPTH HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT AT THE OFFICE...BUT STILL EXPECT PLENTY OF RUNOFF IN AREAS THAT SEE HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS DUE TO RECENT SNOWMELT. ICE JAMS IN SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR AS WELL AND COULD CAUSE VERY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...BUT SMALLER RIVERS AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS ARE PRIMARY CONCERN. THIS DOES NOT LOOK TO BE SIGNIFICANT EVENT HOWEVER AS RFC CONTINGENCY RUNS WITH 72HR QPF ONLY DEPICT MINOR FLOODING...JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH PORTIONS OF NRN IA IAZ005>007-016>017-024>028-035>039-049>050 00Z SAT THROUGH 18Z SUN. && SMALL/BOKSA
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 4:41 PM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 441 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-049-050-232200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- 441 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTH PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING THEN IS FORECAST TO MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. THE SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL COME SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ATOP OF THE ICE ACCRUAL. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS IF ICE IS STILL ON POWER LINES AND TREES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT REPORTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE APPRECIATED. IAZ044>048-057>062-070>073-232200- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- 441 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING AN INCH OR MORE. SOME RIVERS MAY REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH CONTINUED SNOW MELT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FOLLOWED BY WHAT MAY BE AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN. ADDITIONALLY...AS THE STORM HEADS AWAY FROM THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WITH MODERATE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE OUTLOOK AREA. ADDITIONALLY... STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SHOULD ANY ICE ACCRUAL OCCUR AND REMAIN ON TREES AND POWER LINES ON SUNDAY THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS DUE TO THE STRONG WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT REPORTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE APPRECIATED. IAZ074-075-081>086-092>097-232200- MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 441 PM CST THU FEB 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. A NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED AN INCH AND MAY APPROACH TWO INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING. SOME RIVERS MAY REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONALLY...AS THE STORM HEADS AWAY FROM THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP CAUSING MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT MAY BE NEEDED IF THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHEN TO ABOVE SEVERE LIMITS FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. FAB/71
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 19 min |
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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.