Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this blizzard warning at Feb 24, 2007, 4:20 AM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2007, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:10 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Belle Plaine, IA | 0.4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. WHOLE TREE HAS FALLEN OVER IN SPOTTERS BACK YARD DUE TO WEIGHT OF ICE AND STRONG WINDS. TREE WAS ROTTED. HEAVY FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING. TEMPERATURE 28 DEGREES. |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 1/8 INCH ICE COATING IN SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN. |
| Feb 24, 10:47 AM CST | ICE STORM | 5 W Independence, IA | KWWL AND BUCHANAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS HIGHWAY 20 WESTBOUND BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND JESSUP IS CLOSED DUE TO A DOWNED POWER LINE. |
| Feb 24, 10:54 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 N Van Horne, IA | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON FENCES AND TREES. SOME TREE LIMBS FALLING. |
| Feb 24, 11:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 6 Nw Keystone, IA | HALF INCH OF ICE. POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 12:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Vinton, IA | 0.4 INCHES OF ICE. TREES ARE COVERED. POWER FLASHING OCCASIONALLY. |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Olin, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 1:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Vinton, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE. POWER OUT IN KEYSTONE AND VAN HORNE. |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Mount Vernon, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE. TREES SAGGING. FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SLEET. |
| Feb 24, 1:47 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Olin, IA | 0.3 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 24, 1:47 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Stanley, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 1:54 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Belle Plaine, IA | 1 INCH ICE AND POWER FLICKERING. |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Vinton, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 2:21 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Ely, IA | TREES, ROADS, AND POWERLINES COATED. RAIN HAS BEEN MIXING WITH SLEET. |
| Feb 24, 2:22 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.25 INCHES OF ICE. FREEZING RAIN IS NOW MOSTLY CHANGED TO SLEET. |
| Feb 24, 2:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Vinton, IA | COUNTY WIDE - RAIN CHANGING TO SLEET. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WITH BRANCHES AND LINES DOWN ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. VAN HORNE HAS BEEN WITHOUT POWER SINCE NOON. |
| Feb 24, 2:48 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Stanley, IA | 0.8 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. UP TO 3 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS ARE DOWN. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW WITH VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. |
| Feb 24, 3:01 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Manchester, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE. NOW HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 3:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 3/8 INCH ICE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 3:08 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Edgewood, IA | RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. MEASURED 0.25 INCHES OF ICE AND 0.50 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 3:19 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Mount Vernon, IA | POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 3:19 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Marion, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION IS CAUSING BRANCHES TO BREAK. |
| Feb 24, 3:23 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Walford, IA | |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Maquoketa, IA | COUNTY ROAD CREWS ARE NO LONGER OPERATING ON COUNTY ROADS. UNDER THE SNOW 1/8 INCH OF ICE IS CAUSING SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 24, 3:52 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Cedar Rapids, IA | ESTIMATED 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SNOW BEGINNING TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Feb 24, 3:52 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Anamosa, IA | ICE COVERS WINDOWSM SIDEWALKS, DECKS, GRAVEL ROADS, AND FENCES. SMALL BRANCHES ARE FALLING OFF TREES. |
| Feb 24, 3:54 PM CST | ICE STORM | 4 E Bertram, IA | TREES AND LIMBS UP TO 5 INCH DIAMETER DOWN. SLEET HAS NOW CHANGESD TO SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 4:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Anamosa, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE. TREES DOWN AND POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Onslow, IA | HEAVY SNOW HAS CHANGED BACK TO FREEZING RAIN. ROADS 100 PERCENT SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SOME POWER OUTAGES. VISIBILITY IS NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. |
| Feb 24, 4:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.8 | Olin, IA | LIMBS DOWN AND TREES DAMAGED. |
| Feb 24, 4:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1.6 | Belle Plaine, IA | FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 5:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Mount Vernon, IA | HALF INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 4 E Bertram, IA | CHANGING BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. |
| Feb 24, 5:34 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Stockton, IL | 2 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 3 PM. HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES. 30 MPH MEASURED SUSTAINED WIND AND LOW VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 24, 6:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Preston, IA | ICE ON ROADS, WIND, LOW VISIBILITY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ESTIMATED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Feb 24, 6:08 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Walford, IA | POLES DOWN. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING. |
| Feb 24, 7:05 PM CST | ICE STORM | 6 S Vinton, IA | TREES AND POWERLINES DAMAGED BY FREEZING RAIN. RAIN HAS NOW CHANGED TO SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 7:49 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Feb 24, 9:21 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Stanley, IA | 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN PAST 6 HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 678 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 KDVN 241020 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...POWERFUL...CRIPPLING AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... .A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE AREA WITH VERY HIGH SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. AS THE SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH THIS WINTRY MIXTURE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY...ALONG WITH SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION. THIS EXTENT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TURNS TO HEAVY SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. SOME WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. IAZ040>042-051>053-241830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.070224T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.070224T1020Z-070225T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY MIDDAY. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE SWITCH TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ054-ILZ001-002-007-241830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.070224T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.070224T1020Z-070225T1200Z/ JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY MIDDAY. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE SWITCH TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ063>065-241830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.070224T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070224T1020Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE SWITCH OVER TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ066-ILZ009-241830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.070224T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070224T1020Z-070226T0000Z/ CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE SWITCH OVER TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-241830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.070224T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070224T1020Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ076>078-ILZ024-241830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070224T1020Z-070226T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... ALEDO 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-241830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070224T1020Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...SWITCHING TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH OR GREATER WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE IN FULL SWING BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICING COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-241830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.070224T1020Z-070225T0000Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY..AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ NICHOLS/12
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 241731 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. THIS HEAVY ICING...COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. SOME WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-250000- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.IS.W.0002.070224T1731Z-070225T0000Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN A FEW LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF ICE IS STILL EXPECTED. THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWERS LINES TO COME DOWN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-250145- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE THE SWITCH TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH... WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CAUSE THE DOWNING OF SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ063>066-ILZ009-250145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE THE DOWNING OF SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ015>018-024-250145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS EVENING. UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-250145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH OR GREATER WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION TO PRODUCE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL BE IN FULL SWING BY THIS EVENING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICING COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ MOZ009-010-250000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 242222 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. THIS HEAVY ICING... COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. SOME WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. MOZ009-010-242330- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE AREA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY THEN CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-250630- /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070225T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. TONIGHT...EAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND THE HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NIGHT WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...HOWEVER WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME SUNDAY AS THEY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ IAZ076>078-ILZ024-250600- /O.EXB.KDVN.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070225T0600Z-070226T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... ALEDO 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA PRODUCING ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-250600- /O.EXB.KDVN.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070225T0600Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA PRODUCING ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-250600- /O.EXT.KDVN.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA PRODUCING ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...WITH THE RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ IAZ063>066-ILZ009-250630- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO SNOW BY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE IN THE 7 TO 9 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-250630- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 422 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. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO SNOW BY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... FALLING AT INTENSE RATES AT TIMES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. ALSO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED FROM THE ICE TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE. IF POSSIBLE USE FLASHLIGHTS...NOT CANDLES...FOR LIGHT. $$ DLF/BRP
000 WWUS43 KDVN 250647 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WAS ADVANCING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING...SPREADING BANDS OF SNOW...SOME HEAVY... ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. LOCALLY...THE BULK OF THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SOUTH OF THERE...ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WERE ACCOMPANYING THE STORM...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THAT WAS FALLING...AND HAS ALREADY FALLEN. MORE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-251500- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070225T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 1247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ076>078-ILZ024-251500- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... ALEDO 1247 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. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>066-ILZ009-251500- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-251500- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1247 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. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-251500- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ RIECK
000 WWUS43 KDVN 250946 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 346 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING...BRINGING SNOW...MUCH OF IT HEAVY...TO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...ALONG WITH PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. LOCALLY...MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ROTATED NORTH OF THE AREA FOR THE MOMENT...BUT SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE REGION BY MID MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 AND IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING. CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS THE SNOW STARTS TO MOVE OUT AND THE WINDS LIGHTEN. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-251800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.070225T1200Z-070226T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 346 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ076>078-ILZ024-251800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... ALEDO 346 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>066-ILZ009-251800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 346 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 MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-251800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 346 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-251800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 346 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 MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ RIECK
000 WWUS43 KDVN 251204 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 604 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING...BRINGING SNOW...MUCH OF IT HEAVY...TO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...ALONG WITH PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. LOCALLY...MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ROTATED NORTH OF THE AREA FOR THE MOMENT...BUT SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE REGION BY MID MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 AND IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING. CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS THE SNOW STARTS TO MOVE OUT AND THE WINDS LIGHTEN. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-252015- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 604 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. $$ IAZ076>078-ILZ024-252015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... ALEDO 604 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 MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>066-ILZ009-252015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 604 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-252015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 604 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 MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-252015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 604 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE ALREADY FALLEN SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ RIECK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 24, 3:15 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:15 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 315 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 .DISCUSSION... ...INTENSE AND EXTREME WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA NEXT 24-36 HOURS... WILL TEND TO BE CONCISE DUE TO STRENGTH AND COMPLEXITY OF SYSTEM. KEY IS HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ONLY QUESTION TRANSITION ZONES FROM SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...ROUGHLY 20-30 NM EITHER WAY AS SYSTEM DEVELOPS. FOR MORE SPECIFICS ON METEOROLOGY ISSUES PLEASE REVIEW LAST NIGHT/S FORECAST DISCUSSION...CHIAFDDVN AS ALL STILL APPLY. EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL TRANSITION INTENSE FORCING OF RAIN TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. VERY STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50+ MPH TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80. STILL MOST AREAS TO RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION TO KEEP FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT GOING. ONE ITEM NOT INCLUDED IN FORECAST IS ISOLATED THUNDER DUE TO INTENSE UVVS. REASON LEFT OUT IS MAKES FORECAST TOO COMPLEX AND SECONDARY TO WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR...WENT 12 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BY PM WITH WINDS. THUS WENT WITH BLIZZARD WARNING. COULD SEE INITIALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITION. HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR...ICE UP TO A QUARTER INCH WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH AGAIN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE PM. WENT WINTER STORM WARNING EXCEPT NEAR CID WHERE INCLUDED IN BLIZZARD WARNING. THIS ENTIRE AREA MAY NEED UPGRADING TO BLIZZARD WARNING LATER TODAY. ALONG I-80...MAJOR ICE OF QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING TO SNOW LATE PM INTO EVENING HOURS. SNOW AMOUNTS TO VARY FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES DUE TO CONVECTIVE NATURE...MAINLY HIGHER NORTH OF I-80 AND LOWER SOUTH OF I-80. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES. WENT WITH WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGHWAY 92...SIGOURNEY TO MONMOUTH...MAJOR ICE EVENT WITH HALF INCH OR MORE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED IN. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES. WENT WITH WINTER STORM WARNING. ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. FIVE SEGMENTS...FOUR WARNINGS...BLIZZARD WARNING ALONG HIGHWAY 20... THREE WINTER STORM WARNINGS TIERED BASED ON SNOW/ICE DISTRIBUTION AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FAR SOUTH. WILL EMPHASIZE GRAVITY AND STRENGTH OF WINTER WEATHER IN WSW PRODUCTS. MINOR CHANGES MADE BEYOND SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO STRENGTH OF SYSTEM. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG HIGHWAY 20 UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 34 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IL...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG HIGHWAY 20 UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 34 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. && NICHOLS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 9:03 AM CST, 19 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 903 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-241100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA- JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA- STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 903 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AN INTENSE AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ALONG WITH 3 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOUTH OF I-80...RAIN WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY WITH MINOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH LIQUID AMOUNTS FALLING ON PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND PLUS THICK ICE ON AREA RIVERS WILL CREATE A SITUATION FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY STRONG EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLEN TREE BRANCHES IN AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE. IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE MAINLY SNOW...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80...SEE LOCAL WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AN EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ANY ICE AND SNOW REPORTS THIS WEEKEND DURING THE EVENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 05/12/NICHOLS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:35 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1035 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM ICE STORM WALFORD 41.88N 91.84W
02/23/2007 LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0.1 ICE ACCUMULATION TREES AND POWERLINES.
&&
ERVINLocal storm report, Feb 23, 11:05 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1105 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1103 PM SLEET DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.69W
02/23/2007 E0.50 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/2 INCH ACCUMULATION SO FAR OF COMBINED SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN GLAZE...AND SNOW ON WEST SIDE OF DUBUQUE. THIS HAS
PRODUCED A GLAZE COATING ON ALL OBJECTS.
&&
ERVINLocal storm report, Feb 23, 11:19 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1119 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM SNOW DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.69W
02/23/2007 M3.0 INCH DUBUQUE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
OBSERVER IS LOCATED ON NORTHWEST EDGE OF DUBUQUE.
0830 PM SNOW DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.69W
02/23/2007 M3.0 INCH DUBUQUE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
OBSERVER IS LOCATED ON NORTHWEST EDGE OF DUBUQUE. RELAYED
BY KWQC TV.
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ERVINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:31 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2007Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every blizzard warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.