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Ice Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this ice storm warning at Feb 24, 2007, 11:31 AM CST for 5 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 12 hr. 43 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, 11:31 AM CST (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Warren County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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, 11:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Washington, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 24, 12:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | What Cheer, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE. |
| Feb 24, 12:12 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 5 Ne Fairfield, IA | 0.4 INCHES OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ROADS STARTING TO GLAZE OVER. |
| Feb 24, 12:25 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fort Madison, IA | EST 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. MAIN ROADS SLUSHY. SECONDARY ROADS SLICK. HEAVY FREEZING RAIN STILL FALLING. TEMPERATURE 30 DEGREES. |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Colchester, IL | 1/3 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. 5 TO 6 INCH TREE BRANCHES LITTERED THE YARD. |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | What Cheer, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | ICE STORM | Burlington, IA | TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS. |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | ICE STORM | Denmark, IA | 3 TO 6 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN. POWER OUT. |
| Feb 24, 1:05 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fairfield, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES. |
| Feb 24, 1:10 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Montrose, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN. NO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. ROADWAYS NOT SLICK. |
| Feb 24, 1:10 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Oquawka, IL | 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 1:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 3 N Burlington, IA | MAJOR ICE STORM. 1 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. MAJOR TREE DAMAGE TO FARM. MOST OF TREES HAVE AT LEAST HALF THEIR BRANCHES BROKEN OFF. ONE TREE 100 YEARS OLD. BRANCHES FALLING ON POWER LINES. |
| Feb 24, 1:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Farmington, IA | 3/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TOTAL RAINFALL 1.4 INCHES.TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES SOME MELTING OF ICE. |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM CST | ICE STORM | Sigourney, IA | POWER IS OUT IN PARTS OF SIGOURNEY AND IN RURAL AREAS. |
| Feb 24, 1:57 PM CST | ICE STORM | Burlington, IA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TRANSFORMERS ON FIRE. POWER OUTAGES WIDESPREAD. |
| Feb 24, 2:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Macomb, IL | SIDEWALKS SLUSHY, SMALL BRANCHES BREAKING, AND INTERMITTENT POWER FLUXUATIONS |
| Feb 24, 2:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | What Cheer, IA | TWO TO THREE INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 2:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | What Cheer, IA | TWO TO THREE INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 2:45 PM CST | ICE STORM | Burlington, IA | TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DOWN...SOME BLOCKING ROADS AND SOME ON TOP OF CARS. MOST OF TOWN WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 24, 2:47 PM CST | ICE STORM | Salem, IA | SALEM AND PARTS OF MOUNT PLEASANT ARE WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 24, 2:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Fairfield, IA | COUNTY WIDE- WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. WHOLE TREES 2-3 FEET IN DIAMETER DOWN. MANY 4 TO 6 INCH BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 3 Sse Dallas City, IL | POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN. 0.76 INCHES OF RAIN |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM CST | ICE STORM | Washington, IA | 2 STOP LIGHTS OUT IN TOWN. LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. |
| Feb 24, 2:56 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fort Madison, IA | 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH ICE ON TREES. TREES, LIMBS, POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 2:58 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 N Burlington, IA | MUCH TREE DAMAGE TO 100 YEAR OLD TREES. POWER IS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM CST | ICE STORM | Fort Madison, IA | POWER LINES DOWN. FRANKLIN AND DENMARK WITHOUT POWER. WIDESPREAD NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Macomb, IL | MAJOR TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE 1100 BLOCK E. WASHINGTON. ICING ON POWER LINES, SIGNS, BUILDINGS. SMALL BRANCHES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE CITY. |
| Feb 24, 3:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Brighton, IA | SINCE 7 A.M. 0.95 INCHES OF NEW PRECIPITATION. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION HAS BROUGHT DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. |
| Feb 24, 3:31 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 N New Windsor, IL | FREEZING RAIN HAS TURNED INTO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 3:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Macomb, IL | POWER OUT ON WEST SIDE OF MACOMB AND 0.10 INCH OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON TOP OF THE ICE. |
| Feb 24, 3:57 PM CST | ICE STORM | Burlington, IA | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. 0.87 INCH OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED SINCE 8 AM. |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Donnellson, IA | POWER IS OUT AND NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 4:19 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Fairfield, IA | 1.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. 1/4 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 24, 4:19 PM CST | ICE STORM | Oquawka, IL | MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN AND THROUGHOUT HENDERSON COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 4:24 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | West Burlington, IA | WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE. |
| Feb 24, 4:25 PM CST | ICE STORM | N Hillsboro, IA | LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 4:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Keosauqua, IA | TREE LIMBS 3 TO 4 INCHES DOWN AROUND TOWN. INTERMITTENT POWER OUTAGES. POWER OUT AT FARMINGTON IA WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS. |
| Feb 24, 5:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Keosauqua, IA | |
| Feb 24, 5:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Keosauqua, IA | |
| Feb 24, 5:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Macomb, IL | 3/16 INCH ICE COVERING ALL SURFACES |
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Fairfield, IA | PRECIPITATION CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. SHELTERS OPEN. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES/POWER OUTAGES THROUGOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 8:45 PM CST | ICE STORM | Roseville, IL | POWER OUTAGE. |
| Feb 24, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | 7 N Mount Pleasant, IA | POWER LINES AND 3 POWER POLES DOWN AT JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 218 AND 160TH STREET. DELAYED REPORT. |
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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 570 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 654 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 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. $$ MOZ009-010-250000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
1 follow-up statement
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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Feb 24, 3:15 AM CST, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:15 AM CST, 8 hours 16 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 24, 5:20 AM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 520 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009 -015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251100- 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- 525 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...POWERFUL...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TODAY INTO SUNDAY... 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 AND TONIGHT A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE AREA WITH VERY HIGH SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH THIS WINTRY MIXTURE SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH...UP TO A HALF INCH ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TODAY FROM A CEDAR RAPIDS...TO STERLING LINE...DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OR MORE IS EXPECTED FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...DOWN TO A FAIRFIELD TO MONMOUTH LINE. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TURNS TO HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THESE VERY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL LAST WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE ROUTE 20 CORRIDOR CAN EXPECT 10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME WHITEOUT AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AN AXIS FROM IOWA CITY...TO CLINTON AND STERLING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...DOWN TO A FAIRFIELD TO MONMOUTH LINE. SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD...TO MONMOUTH LINE...FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS FOR TODAY FOR THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY FOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...ROUGHLY FROM MARENGO TO STERLING...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO A FAIRFIELD TO MONMOUTH LINE. SEE LOCAL WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 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. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...THEN EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ANY ICE AND SNOW REPORTS THIS WEEKEND DURING THE EVENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 12/NICHOLS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 8:58 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
858 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0851 AM ICE STORM WHAT CHEER 41.40N 92.35W
02/24/2007 KEOKUK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND ROADS. TEMPERATURE
29 DEGREES. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:35 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
935 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 AM ICE STORM BELLE PLAINE 41.90N 92.27W
02/24/2007 BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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.
0915 AM ICE STORM FORT MADISON 40.62N 91.35W
02/24/2007 LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SMALLER TREE BRANCHES
BEGINNING TO SAG FROM WEIGHT OF ICE. HEAVY FREEZING RAIN
CURRENTLY FALLING. TEMPERATURE 30 DEGREES.
0915 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 W RUTLEDGE 40.31N 92.13W
02/24/2007 M0.10 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER
1/10TH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. NO ICE ON ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY
FALLING. TEMPERATURE 31.5 DEGREES.
0915 AM FREEZING RAIN DONNELLSON 40.64N 91.56W
02/24/2007 M0.13 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:01 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1001 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM FREEZING RAIN NAUVOO 40.55N 91.38W
02/24/2007 M0.20 INCH HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
JUST UNDER 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES.
FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET CURRENTLY. TEMPERATURE 32
DEGREES.
0952 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 N MACOMB 40.50N 90.68W
02/24/2007 M0.20 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
JUST UNDER 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. TEMPERATURE
30.3 DEGREES.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:23 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1023 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FREEZING RAIN CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.67W
02/24/2007 E0.13 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/8 INCH ICE COATING IN SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN.
&&
14Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:24 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1024 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 S FAIRFIELD 40.93N 91.97W
02/24/2007 M0.13 INCH JEFFERSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. HEAVY
FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:39 AM CST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1039 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1038 AM FREEZING RAIN 1 W INDUSTRY 40.33N 90.63W
02/24/2007 M0.13 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. JUST
BEGINNING TO MELT SOMEWHAT.
&&
JH2The 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 | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:20 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 26 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.