Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 3:44 AM CST for 11 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 3:55 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 53 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2007, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 3:55 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 3:35 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 11, 2:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 2 S Urbana, IA | FREEZING RAIN IS MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 3:07 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cedar Rapids, IA | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN. ROADS REPORTED TO BE BAD. SIDEWALKS COATED WITH ICE. |
| Dec 11, 4:09 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:09 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ene Clinton, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Edgewood, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:14 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Edgewood, IA | 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 5:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 6 Ne Van Horne, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:36 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 1 W Elmira, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:47 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | North English, IA | QUARTER INCH OF ICE. 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS .87 |
| Dec 11, 6:04 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Ladora, IA | 0.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 6:05 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Dubuque, IA | 0.40 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES REPORTED HEAVILY ICED UP. REPORT FROM OFFICIAL DUBUQUE OBSERVER. |
| Dec 11, 6:34 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Stockton, IL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 6:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Mount Carroll, IL | |
| Dec 11, 6:57 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 W Maquoketa, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | German Valley, IL | ROADS...TREES AND POWER LINES ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 7:35 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Belle Plaine, IA | .25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 11, 7:35 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Belle Plaine, IA | .20 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 11, 7:59 AM CST | ICE STORM | Lowden, IA | JUST OVER 1/3 IN ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 11, 8:00 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Anamosa, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE COATING. |
| Dec 11, 8:02 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Marengo, IA | 0.4 TO 0.5 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. |
| Dec 11, 8:05 AM CST | ICE STORM | Cascade, IA | 0.3 IN ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 11, 8:05 AM CST | ICE STORM | N Solon, IA | 0.40 IN ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 11, 8:20 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Marion, IA | 1/4 INCH ICE COATING. |
| Dec 11, 8:28 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | N Norway, IA | 0.5 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TREES SAGGING. |
| Dec 11, 8:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 E Cedar Rapids, IA | TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN AND NO POWER. ALSO WATER POOLING IN DRAINAGE AREAS. |
| Dec 11, 8:49 AM CST | ICE STORM | E Victor, IA | 0.75 IN ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 11, 8:51 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.25 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 11, 9:08 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 S Marengo, IA | UP TO .50 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 9:08 AM CST | SLEET 0.4 | 5 Sse Council Hill, IL | 3/8 INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 9:12 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Stanley, IA | 0.8 INCH OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. HALF INCH OF THIS .8 TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OCCURRED DURING PAST HOUR. MODERATE SNOW WITH INCREASING FLAKE SIZE AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 11, 9:15 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Dubuque, IA | IT HAS BEEN SLEETING FOR THE PAST 30 MINUTES. ROADS 100 PERCENT COVERED. |
| Dec 11, 9:25 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Vinton, IA | 1/2 INCH ICE COATING FROM FREEZING RAIN. CURRENTLY A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 11, 10:07 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Marion, IA | .20 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. NOTICEABLE ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN BACK TO 30 DEGREES AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 11, 10:30 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Shannon, IL | .25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN AND AROUND SHANNON ON TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. ROADS MAINLY WET OR SLUSH COVERED WITH TEMPERATURES AT TIME OF REPORT JUST ABOVE FREEZING. |
| Dec 11, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dubuque, IA | TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 10:40 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 2 Ne Cedar Rapids, IA | .25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AT TIME OF REPORT...WITH MANY TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES BROKEN OR DOWN. AREA POWER LINES ALSO REPORTED TO BE STRAINING FROM WEIGHT OF ICE. |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 3 N Shellsburg, IA | .75 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECIPITATION HAS NOW SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW STARTING TO ACCUMULATE AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 11, 11:21 AM CST | ICE STORM | Lanark, IL | AT LEAST 0.25 IN ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| Dec 11, 11:26 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.2 IN NEW ICE IN LAST 4 HRS. 0.4 INCHES TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. TREE LIMBS ARE BENDING. |
| Dec 11, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 1 E Dubuque, IA | COCORAHS OBSERVER. 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST 65 MIN. |
| Dec 11, 1:17 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 3 Ssw Center Junction, IA | 0.6 INCHES ICE ACCUMULATION. TREE BRANCHES UP TO 6 IN DIAMETER BREAKING. FROZEN WATER PONDING IN DITCHES AND LOW AREAS. |
| Dec 11, 1:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Stanley, IA | SNOW HAS STOPPED. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH NOW 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 2:49 PM CST | ICE STORM | Marion, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION 0.40. TRACE OF NEW SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 2:51 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.5 | 3 E Cedar Rapids, IA | HALF INCH OF ICE ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIMBS UP TO 4 INCH DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 2:51 PM CST | ICE STORM | 3 E Cedar Rapids, IA | HALF ICH OF ICH ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIMBS UP TO 4 INCH DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 2:56 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 11, 3:05 PM CST | ICE STORM | Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.5 IN ICE ACCUMULATION WITH 1 IN SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 11, 3:27 PM CST | ICE STORM | 5 Sse Council Hill, IL | ABOUT 7/8 IN TOTAL ICE AND SNOW ACCUM. ABOUT 0.5 IN ICE ACCUMULATION AND ABOUT 0.25 IN REMAINING ON BRANCHES. ABOUT 3/8 IN SNOW ON TOP OF ICE. |
| Dec 11, 3:32 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.5 | 2 Ene Cedar Rapids, IA | A HALF INCH OF ICE ON EVERYTHING. 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 3:40 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Springville, IA | 0.2 INCH ICE WITH A TRACE OF SLEET. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 11, 3:43 PM CST | ICE STORM 6 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.25 TO 0.5 IN ICE ACCUMULATION. TREE BRANCHES UP TO 4-6 INCHES DOWN IN CEDAR RAPIDS. |
| Dec 11, 3:44 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.4 | Marion, IA | 0.4 INCH TOTAL ICE. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 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 100944 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 344 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR ICE STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SOME SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO NEARLY 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-101745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0007.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 344 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO SUNSET. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. 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. $$ IAZ051>054-063>066-ILZ007-101745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0007.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MOUNT CARROLL 344 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ILZ001-002-101745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT 344 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ040>042-101745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0008.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 344 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 101659 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR ICE STORM STILL ON TARGET TO IMPACT THE AREA... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SOME SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO NEARLY 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-110100- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. 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. $$ IAZ051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-110100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW AND SLEET. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ040>042-110100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0008.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ 12
000 WWUS43 KDVN 102155 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH MAJOR AMOUNTS OF ICE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING AND SLEET WITH SOME SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF I-80 WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>066-ILZ007-110600- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MOUNT CARROLL 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-110600- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0008.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MANY TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER THE AREA. SNOW TOTALS COULD BE HIGHER LOCALLY IF MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. ON THE OTHER HAND...IF MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS FREEZING RAIN...THEN ICE AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH LOCALLY NEAR A HALF INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-089-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-110600- /O.EXT.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ051>054-ILZ001-002-110600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-110600- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ NICHOLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 102209 CCA WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH MODERATE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF ICE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING AND SLEET WITH SOME SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF I-80 WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>066-ILZ007-110600- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MOUNT CARROLL 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-110600- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0008.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MANY TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER THE AREA. SNOW TOTALS COULD BE HIGHER LOCALLY IF MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. ON THE OTHER HAND...IF MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS FREEZING RAIN...THEN ICE AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH LOCALLY NEAR A HALF INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-089-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-110600- /O.EXT.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ051>054-ILZ001-002-110600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-110600- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 405 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ NICHOLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 110215 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 815 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH MODERATE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF ICE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING AND SLEET WITH SOME SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>068-076>078-089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-111015- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-DES MOINES-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 815 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-111015- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 815 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-111015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0006.071211T0600Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 815 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 110949 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>068-076>078-089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-111800- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-DES MOINES-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-111800- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-111800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 111006 CCA WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 400 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>068-076>078-089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-111815- /O.COR.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-DES MOINES-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 400 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-111815- /O.COR.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 400 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER INTERRUPTIONS... POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-111815- /O.COR.KDVN.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 400 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 111656 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1056 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ063>068-076>078-089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-120100- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-DES MOINES-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1056 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY AROUND FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THUS ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES...INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES MEANWHILE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THUS THE PRECIPITATION THERE WILL BE RAIN. HOWEVER...BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK BELOW FREEZING...AND A RENEWED THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. SO...WHILE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...CONDITIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES SLIP BELOW FREEZING. POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE REFREEZING OF WATER AND ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT FOR SOME LOCATIONS OVER EASTERN IOWA WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-120100- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1056 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY AROUND FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THUS ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES...INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES MEANWHILE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THUS THE PRECIPITATION THERE WILL BE RAIN. HOWEVER...BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK BELOW FREEZING...AND A RENEWED THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. SO...WHILE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...CONDITIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES SLIP BELOW FREEZING. POWER INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE REFREEZING OF WATER AND ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-120100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 1056 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A DUBUQUE TO VINTON LINE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT FOR SOME LOCATIONS OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TREES. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 112135 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 335 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM SLOWLY WINDING DOWN... .FREEZING RAIN WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-112245- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT 335 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED...THE IMPACTS OF THE WINTER STORM MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A VINTON IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS LINE. IN ADDITION...MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN ICE AND SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING TONIGHT YOU ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$ IAZ063>068-076>078-089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-120545- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-DES MOINES-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 335 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A CLINTON TO WASHINGTON LINE. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES DROP TO OR BELOW FREEZING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS WITH NEAR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CAMBRIDGE TO CARTHAGE LINE. IN ADDITION...STANDING WATER FROM THE MELTING EARLIER TODAY IN MANY AREAS WILL FREEZE INTO SHEETS OF ICE...MAKING WALKING AND TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EVEN AFTER THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES THIS EVENING...THE IMPACTS OF THE ICE STORM MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. 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 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-120545- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 335 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A CLINTON TO WASHINGTON LINE. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES DROP TO OR BELOW FREEZING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS WITH NEAR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CAMBRIDGE TO CARTHAGE LINE. IN ADDITION...STANDING WATER FROM THE MELTING EARLIER TODAY IN MANY AREAS WILL FREEZE INTO SHEETS OF ICE...MAKING WALKING AND TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. EVEN AFTER THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES THIS EVENING...THE IMPACTS OF THE ICE STORM MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 10, 3:10 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 3:10 AM CST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
310 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007
SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WAS CENTERED FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS
THROUGH WESTERN IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. STRATUS/STRATOCU
COVERED THE ENTIRE CWA WITH THE BACK EDGE MOVING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH
CENTRAL IOWA. SOME LIGHT SNOW WAS ONGOING OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING NORTH AND WEST OF KMLI. VSBYS AT SITES WHERE THE SNOW HAS
MOVED THROUGH WERE GENERALLY AROUND 2SM HOWEVER SOME OF THE
RESTRICTION WAS DUE TO BR THAT IS WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION THIS
MORNING. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE CUTOFF LOW STILL
DIGGING S OFF THE COAST OF BAJA AS ADDITIONAL S/W ENERGY DIVES SOUTH
FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LONG SWLY FETCH
OUT OF THE ERN PACIFIC TROF WAS STREAMING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE/CI
INTO THE CENTRAL U.S.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY...
THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TRENDS AS THE SURFACE RIDGE
MOVES EAST OF THE REGION AND MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE STREAM
NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE BAJA UPPER LOW WHICH SHOULD
TURN THE CORNER AND HEAD NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. OVERALL WILL GO ON
THE PESSIMISTIC SIDE OF THE CLOUD FORECAST DESPITE THE SHORT RANGE
MODELS SCOURING OUT THE LOW LEVEL RH BY 18Z. THE EASTWARD
PROGRESSION OF THE CLEARING IN CENTRAL IOWA IS RATHER SLOW AND SINCE
AXIS OF THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL BE OVER MS RIVER BY 18Z FEEL THE
MODELS ARE TOO FAST MOVING THE LOWER CLOUDS EAST. ALSO WITH THE SW
SYSTEM EJECTING OUT TODAY...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO
STREAM NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. THE LIGHT PCPN CURRENTLY OVER EAST
CENTRAL IOWA AND NRN IL SHOULD DISSIPATE THIS MORNING WITH LOWEST
LEVELS OVER THE ATMOSPHERE DRYING OUT. WENT WITH A DRY FORECAST
AFTER 12Z...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE FREEZING RAIN MOVING
NORTHEAST THROUGH MO THIS MORNING. MODEL QPF PROGS KEEP THIS PCPN
SOUTH OF OUR CWFA...HOWEVER THE NAM WAS SHOWING SOME LIFT BRUSHING
OUR SERN COUNTIES BEFORE 18Z. LIGHT WINDS IN THE SURFACE RIDGE
...CLOUDS OVER THE AREA...AND A WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL KEEP
TEMPS FROM WARMING MUCH...SO KEPT HIGHS A FEW DEGREES UNDER THE
COLDER GUIDANCE. ...DLF..
LONG TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...
THE ICE STORM ADVERTISED BY THE MODELS WILL BECOME REALITY.
IMPRESSIVE FORCING/WAA TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. CURRENT WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED
TO ICE STORM WARNING OR WINTER STORM WARNING DEPENDING UPON
LOCATION. HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO BE PLACED
UNDER A WATCH WITH THE IDEA THAT THE DAY SHIFT WILL TRANSITION IT
INTO AN ADVISORY.
MOISTURE AVAILABILITY POINTS TO A LARGE AREA OF THE CWFA SEEING 0.50
TO 0.75 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE MODELS
ARE NEAR CLASSIC FOR FREEZING RAIN. ELEVATED INSTABILITY IN THE
MODELS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED THUNDER ACROSS THE SOUTH
LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...AS WAS SEEN SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS
MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUS SOME AREAS COULD SEE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE. THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS
STORM COULD BE COMPARABLE TO THE ICE STORM THIS PAST FEBRUARY.
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWFA TO BE IN THE TRANSITION FROM FZRA TO SN
WITH SLEET MIXED IN. NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWFA TO SEE SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOW WITH THE NORTHWEST QUARTER SEEING ABOUT 2 TO 3
INCHES. STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR AND LOW LEVEL FLOW SUGGESTS THAT
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING OR JUST GET TO
FREEZING.
FREEZING PRECIP AND SNOW TO RAPIDLY SHUT OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST TUESDAY EVENING WITH ONLY LINGERING SNOW EXPECTED AFTER
MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY ON...REALLY DID NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DUE TO
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EXPECTED ICE STORM.
&&
.AVIATION /FOR KCID KDBQ KMLI KBRL TAFS/...
IFR CONDITIONS AT KDBQ/KMLI/KBRL EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO AT LEAST
MVFR BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MOVES THROUGH AND LOW
STRATUS GETS SHUNTED EAST BY INCREASING SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. AS LONG
AS THE LOW CIGS REMAIN OVER THESE SITES...THERE WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOME -SN/FZDZ. LOW CIGS HAVE ALREADY MOVED EAST OF
KCID AND EXPECT CIGS TO REMAIN AOA 3KFT FOR MOST OF THE DAY...VSBYS
THIS MORNING SHOULD RUN BETWEEN 4SM AND 6SM BR. FZRA WILL SPREAD
INTO KBRL BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z WITH +FZRA POSSIBLE BY 12Z IN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. KMLI/KDBQ/KCID SHOULD SEE THE FZRA MOVING IN AFTER
06Z WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITIES. THE FZRA AT KCID AND KDBQ
MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW. ...DLF...
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR BENTON-CEDAR-CLINTON-IOWA-JACKSON-
JOHNSON-JONES-LINN.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR DES MOINES-HENRY IA-JEFFERSON-KEOKUK-
LEE-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
FOR BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR BUREAU-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-
MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
DLF/08Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST, 11 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 356 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-102200- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 356 PM CST SUN DEC 9 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TONIGHT...PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND CONTRIBUTE TO SLICK SPOTS ALREADY OBSERVED ON PAVED SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR ICE STORM AND A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA AND INTERSTATE 88 IN ILLINOIS. A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. THIS MAY RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A HALF TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. FURTHER NORTH...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WHERE MINOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DLS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 9:48 PM CST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 948 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 IAZ042-052>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-100600- DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 948 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. THOUGH MOST ROADS HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR ICE...ANY UNTREATED ROADWAY...SIDEWALK...OR STAIRS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...CARS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A THIN CRUST OF ICE FORM WHEN DRIVING. USE CAUTION WHEN OUTSIDE THIS TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:44 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 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.