Heavy Snow Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

000 
WWUS43 KARX 131855 AAA
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1255 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...WINTER STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AND ACROSS WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY. A BROAD
AREA OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WITH THIS
SYSTEM...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY.

SNOW WILL MOVE QUICKLY INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...
FINALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGEST THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE MAINLY NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 10...FROM FAIRCHILD AND
NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN...OVER TOWARD THE WISCONSIN RAPIDS AREA.
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED IN THIS AREA...AND A
HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED JUST
TO THE SOUTH...FROM LAKE CITY AND WABASHA MINNESOTA...TO ARCADIA
AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...OVER TO NECEDAH AND FRIENDSHIP.
WITH 3 TO 5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS FROM KASSON AND ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA...TO CALEDONIA AND LA CROSSE...TO VIROQUA...TOMAH...AND
MAUSTON. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS.

AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY LATER IN THE DAY THURSDAY...
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH MAY THEN CREATE SOME
CONCERNS WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.

WIZ017-029-140300-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
1255 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY
MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED FOR AREAS FROM NEILLSVILLE AND STANLEY...UP TO MEDFORD.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND
BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ055-140300-
/O.EXA.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RICHLAND CENTER
1255 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT... THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS FROM
ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA MINNESOTA...TO LA CROSSE AND VIROQUA
WISCONSIN...OVER TO RICHLAND CENTER...BEFORE IT ENDS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO DRIFTING AND
BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ032>034-042>044-140300-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON
1255 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT... THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS FROM
MONDOVI AND INDEPENDENCE WISCONSIN...TO BLACK RIVER FALLS AND
NECEDAH...BEFORE IT ENDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO DRIFTING AND BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-095-096-WIZ041-053-140300-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
VIROQUA
1255 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT... THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW
WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS FROM
ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA MINNESOTA...TO LA CROSSE AND VIROQUA
WISCONSIN...OVER TO RICHLAND CENTER...BEFORE IT ENDS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO DRIFTING AND
BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MW...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE RICHLAND COUNTY WI

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 132340
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
540 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA HEADING THIS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS MINNESOTA AND
THE DAKOTAS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE IN THE
EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY. SNOW
WILL INITIALLY SPREAD INTO AREAS NORTH OF A DODGE CENTER TO
WINONA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS LINE LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN
SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING
AN INCH PER HOUR...ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMMON AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO MUCH OF THE
MORNING RUSH TIMEFRAME FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO THE
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO
TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY.

THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS...FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL FALL MAINLY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT HERE. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO THE
CONFLUENCE OF INTERSTATES 90 AND 94...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...THOUGH SOME DATA SUGGESTS THAT AREAS FROM
LA CROSSE TOWARD BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA...TOMAH...AND BIG
FLATS ARE LIKELY TO BE ON THE HIGHER END OF THIS SPECTRUM. A SNOW
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. THERE MAY BE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. WITH
THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE TIMES ON
THURSDAY...AND CONTINUED SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...ANY
PERSONS WITH TRAVEL INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR SNOWFALL AND
ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING BEFORE DEPARTING HOME.

WIZ017-029-140745-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
540 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS
EVENING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED FOR AREAS FROM NEILLSVILLE AND STANLEY...UP TO MEDFORD.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25
MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING IN
OPEN AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ032>034-042>044-140745-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON
540 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE AFTER...THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR
AREAS FROM MONDOVI AND INDEPENDENCE WISCONSIN...TO BLACK RIVER
FALLS AND NECEDAH...BEFORE IT ENDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION
TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO DRIFTING AND BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-095-096-WIZ041-053-055-140745-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0300Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-VERNON-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
540 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY
MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE AFTER...THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR
AREAS FROM ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA MINNESOTA...TO LA CROSSE AND
VIROQUA WISCONSIN...OVER TO RICHLAND CENTER...BEFORE IT ENDS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST
WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO DRIFTING
AND BLOWING IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED QUITE LOW AT TIMES.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
BINAU
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 140302
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
902 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT...MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT
OF THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...SPREADING OVER MOST AREAS
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT WILL BE
HEAVIEST NORTH OF A LAKE CITY MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS
WISCONSIN LINE...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL. SOME OF
THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE BULK OF
THE SNOW COMING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...NOT MUCH SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT...WITH
OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF LIGHT SNOW LATER IN THE NIGHT ONLY BRINGING AN
INCH...PERHAPS TWO. THIS INCLUDES THE ROCHESTER AND LA CROSSE
AREAS.

DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY...AS THE INITIAL AREA
OF SNOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA...A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...THROUGH THE WINONA
AND LA CROSSE AREAS...INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN TOWARD
THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATES 90 AND 94. THE LONGEST DURATION OF
THIS MODERATE SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS EAST OF LA CROSSE TOWARD
BLACK RIVER FALLS AND NECEDAH...AND THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED
TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM A SNOW ADVISORY. THE BAND OF SNOW
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL SETTLE
SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW COULD BECOME A PROBLEM...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHICH IS PRONE TO HIGHER WINDS.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES
IN THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR BY THE TIME THE SNOW DECREASES LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO LA
CROSSE WISCONSIN...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE
WISCONSIN SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SNOW ADVISORY MAY BE
EXPANDED INTO PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA DEPENDING ON THE
EXACT LOCATION OF THE NARROW BAND OF SNOW ON THURSDAY.

WIZ034-042>044-141115-
/O.UPG.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KARX.HS.W.0002.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/
JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON
902 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM
1 TO 2 INCHES. HEAVIER SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON THURSDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND COME TO AN END BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED DRIFTING AND
BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ017-029-141115-
/O.EXT.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
902 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS
FROM NEILLSVILLE AND STANLEY...UP TO MEDFORD. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ094-141115-
/O.EXB.KARX.SN.Y.0005.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/
MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...AUSTIN
902 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

A FEW BOUTS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND AN INCH. ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY
AS HEAVIER SNOW APPROACHES THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
ON THURSDAY...WITH THIS SNOW CONTINUING MUCH OF THE MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS
MOWER COUNTY BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25
MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-095-096-WIZ032-033-041-053-055-141115-
/O.EXT.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
902 PM CST WED FEB 13 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW REMAINING NORTH OF A LINE
FROM DODGE CENTER TO WINONA TO ARCADIA. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM AN INCH UP TO 2 INCHES. DESPITE THE LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.

EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING...HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AND SINK SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH A FEW HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE ON
THE WISCONSIN SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN
AREAS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
BINAU
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 141030
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
430 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.THE SNOW THAT BROUGHT AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TO NORTHWEST
AND NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN WAS MOVING EAST EARLY THIS MORNING.
MEANWHILE TO THE SOUTH...A BAND OF SNOW HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
AND INTENSIFY IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS BAND WAS GENERALLY CENTERED
AROUND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH RAN FROM A WAUSAU WISCONSIN TO LA
CROSSE TO SIOUX FALL SOUTH DAKOTA LINE. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR SNOW PRODUCTION FOR THE REST OF TODAY.

LOCALLY...MOST MORNING COMMUTERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH
SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES AND HOURLY SNOW
RATES AROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 8 AM
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
CENTERED AROUND A WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO LA CROSSE TO AUSTIN
CORRIDOR.

THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY
EXITING EAST BY EARLY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE DONE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST STORM
TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE FOUND FROM AROUND I-94 TO THE
EAST AND NORTHEAST. FARTHER TO THE WEST...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE LIES THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE I-94...WHICH WOULD INCLUDE
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS LA CROSSE...GALESVILLE...WESTBY AND WINONA.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF THESE CHANCES
BECOME MORE PROBABLE.

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE MORNING
WEARS ON.


WIZ017-141500-
/O.CAN.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080214T1500Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
430 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE
HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME
SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES EXPECTED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A
SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EXPECTED LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ029-034-042>044-141830-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
430 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...BRINGING TOTALS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. 

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041-053-055-141830-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
430 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 141330
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
730 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...NARROW BAND OF SNOW AFFECTING THE AREA...

.A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND OF SNOW WAS RUNNING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE
LATE MORNING HOURS. GENERALLY...THIS SNOW WILL FALL IN ABOUT A 60
MILE WIDE CORRIDOR CENTERED ALONG A WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO BETWEEN
AUSTIN MINNESOTA AND OSAGE IOWA LINE. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES
WILL BE COMMON IN THIS CORRIDOR...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY POCKETS
OF SNOW DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1/2 MILE. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE.

THE SNOW WILL LESSEN IN AREAL EXTENT AND INTENSITY BY LATE
MORNING...BUT MORE REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE

ALSO THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS.
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST STORM
TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND I-94 TO THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST. FARTHER TO THE WEST...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE LIES THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HIGHER
AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE I-94...WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COMMUNITIES
SUCH AS LA CROSSE...GALESVILLE...WESTBY AND WINONA. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF THESE CHANCES BECOME MORE
PROBABLE.

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON.

WIZ017-141430-
/O.CAN.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080214T1500Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
730 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW THAT PROMPTED THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF TODAY...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. THEREFORE...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

$$

WIZ029-034-042>044-142130-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
730 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...BRINGING TOTALS OF 5 TO
8 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF EARLY THIS EVENING.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041-053-055-142130-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
730 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS START TO INCREASE. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 141452
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...BAND OF SNOW AFFECTING THE AREA...

.AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...ROUGHLY 75 MILES WIDE...WAS
LOCATED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE DAY. VISIBILITIES
OF 1 TO 2 MILES WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND...WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY POCKETS OF SNOW DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1/2 MILE.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND NORTH OF OSAGE...CRESCO...
DECORAH AND WAUKON IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS.
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST STORM
TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND I-94 TO THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST. FARTHER TO THE WEST...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE LIES THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HIGHER
AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE I-94...WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COMMUNITIES
SUCH AS LA CROSSE...GALESVILLE...WESTBY AND WINONA. THE HEAVY SNOW
WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED IF THE BAND REMAINS STATIONARY AND
A NARROW STRIPE OF HEAVIER SNOW BECOMES MORE PROBABLE FURTHER WEST.

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON.

WIZ029-034-042>044-142300-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...BRINGING TOTALS OF 5 TO
8 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF EARLY THIS EVENING.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

IAZ008>011-WIZ054-142300-
/O.EXA.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIER TOTALS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO
THE GAYS MILLS WISCONSIN AREA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START TO
INCREASE.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041-053-055-142300-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-
TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...
LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
852 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE
HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS START TO INCREASE.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
RRS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 141704
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...BAND OF SNOW AFFECTING THE AREA...

.AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...50 TO 75 MILES WIDE...WAS LOCATED
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE DAY. VISIBILITIES OF
1 TO 2 MILES WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1/2 MILE. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND NORTH OF OSAGE...
CRESCO...DECORAH AND WAUKON IOWA TO RICHLAND WISCONSIN.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AND UNSHELTERED
AREAS. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING
WITH THE HIGHEST STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM AROUND
CALEDONIA MINNESOTA TO LA CROSSE AND VIROQUA WISCONSIN...TO THE
TOMAH...MAUSTON AND ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP AREAS. FARTHER TO THE WEST
AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE BAND...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. 

IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD FURTHER DETERIORATE AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON.

WIZ029-034-141815-
/O.CAN.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CLARK-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING. 

THE HEAVY SNOW BAND HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA AND ACCUMULATING
SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

$$

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ032-033-141815-
/O.CAN.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

THE HEAVY SNOW BAND HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA AND ACCUMULATING
SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

MNZ096-WIZ041-053-150000-
/O.UPG.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE
HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH OF CALEDONIA TO SOUTH OF LA
CROSSE INTO THE VIROQUA AREAS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIDGETOPS THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST
WINDS START TO INCREASE.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ042>044-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...BRINGING TOTALS OF 5 TO
8 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF EARLY THIS EVENING...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TO ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

IAZ008>011-MNZ094-095-WIZ054-055-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-MOWER-FILLMORE-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...AUSTIN...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
1104 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIER TOTALS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO
THE GAYS MILLS AND RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN AREAS. SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS START TO INCREASE.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
RRS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 141846
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1246 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...BAND OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO SIT OVER THE AREA...

.A ROUGHLY EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...50 TO 75 MILES WIDE...
CONTINUED TO SIT OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BAND
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AND
MID AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES
WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND. IN THE CORE OF THE BAND...FROM AROUND
CRESCO IOWA TO VIROQUA AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW WAS DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE
IN THIS SNOW BAND...ESPECIALLY IN THE CORE FROM CRESCO TO VIROQUA
AND MAUSTON. 

BY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED
AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING
WITH THE HIGHEST STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES FROM
NORTH OF DECORAH IOWA TO NEAR VIROQUA AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN. TO
THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE BAND...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN CORE OF THE SNOW BAND.

IF TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS SLIPPERY
AND HAZARDOUS. 

IAZ009>011-150000-
/O.UPG.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON
1246 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH TOTALS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES EXPECTED TO BE QUITE COMMON. AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM CRESCO TO BLUFFTON AND DORCHESTER. SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA
1246 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH TOTALS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES EXPECTED TO BE QUITE COMMON. AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN A NARROW BAND FROM AROUND DE SOTO TO VIROQUA...
HILLSBORO AND MAUSTON. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN AREAS AS NORTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ094-095-WIZ054-055-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
MITCHELL-MOWER-FILLMORE-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER
1246 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF TODAY...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIER TOTALS APPEAR LIKELY ALONG THE MINNESOTA-IOWA
BORDER...AND NORTH OF GAYS MILLS AND RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN
AREAS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
RRS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 142133
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
333 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...BAND OF SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA...

.THE ROUGHLY EAST TO WEST BAND OF SNOW...50 TO 75 MILES WIDE...
HAD WEAKENED AND DRIFTED SOUTHEAST DURING THE MID AFTERNOON
HOURS. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES WERE STILL THE RULE IN THIS
BAND. IN THE CORE OF THE BAND...FROM AROUND DECORAH IOWA TO
VIROQUA AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN...THE SNOW HAD BECOME LIGHTER WITH
VISIBILITIES IN THE 1/2 TO 1 MILE RANGE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF AN INCH OR SO REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THIS SNOW BAND...ESPECIALLY
FROM DECORAH IOWA TO VIROQUA AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT NOT
AS MUCH AS EARLIER EXPECTED. BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN MINIMAL...BUT
DRIFTING SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED
AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ACROSS AREA
RIDGE TOPS.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF AND END LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WHERE THE SNOW HAS ALREADY ENDED OR TAPERED TO FLURRIES THE SNOW
ADVISORIES AND HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WHERE THEY
CONTINUE...STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM NORTH OF DECORAH IOWA TO NEAR VIROQUA...MAUSTON
AND ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP WISCONSIN. TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS
HEAVIEST BAND...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

IF TRAVELING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...TAKE IT SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE SNOW WILL MAKE ROADWAYS
SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.

IAZ009-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-142245-
/O.CAN.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
HOWARD-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH
333 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

IAZ008-MNZ094-095-142245-
/O.CAN.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
MITCHELL-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...AUSTIN
333 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IAZ010-011-WIZ043-044-053-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
333 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF
5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE COMMON. AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NORTH OF DECORAH IOWA TO VIROQUA...
MAUSTON AND ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP WISCONSIN. SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS AND ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ054-055-150000-
/O.CON.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
333 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES. SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY NORTH OF THE LOCK AND DAM
9 TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN AREAS. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THESE AREAS
WILL MAINLY BE 2 TO 3 INCHES. SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS AND ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
RRS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 150008
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
608 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...

.A BAND OF SNOW WHICH BROUGHT ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8
INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE
WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS. A VERY NARROW BAND OF SNOW EXCEEDING
10 INCHES FELL ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. WHILE NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...ONLY LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE SEEN IN
OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TOWARD 20 BELOW ZERO LATER
TONIGHT AS AIR TEMPERATURES TUMBLE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO.

IAZ010-011-WIZ043-044-053-150115-
/O.EXP.KARX.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
608 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA. ROADS MAY STILL BE
SLIPPERY UNTIL CREWS CAN TREAT AND PLOW THE ROADS...SO SLOW TRAVEL
IS STILL ENCOURAGED THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$

WIZ054-055-150115-
/O.EXP.KARX.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
608 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA. ROADS MAY STILL BE
SLIPPERY UNTIL CREWS CAN TREAT AND PLOW THE ROADS...SO SLOW TRAVEL
IS STILL ENCOURAGED THROUGH THE EVENING.

$$
BINAU
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
305 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

FORECAST FOCUS IS SQUARELY ON THE WINTER STORM FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...AMOUNTS...HEADLINES.

500 MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS MOVING INTO THE PAC NW EARLY THIS
MORNING...WITH THE ENERGY SPLITTING AS IT MOVES EASTWARD. ONE PACKET
WILL TRACK INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY THIS EVENING...BEARING DOWN
ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WHILE THE OTHER WILL DROP
SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. AT THE SFC...CYCLOGENESIS
WILL RESULT IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LEVEL FORCING...WITH LOWS
DEVELOPING WITH BOTH PIECES OF ENERGY...AND THE NORTHERN ONE DRIVING
INTO THE LOCAL AREA BY 12Z THU. A WARM FRONT WILL RUN EAST/NORTHEAST
OF THE SFC LOW...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE
WARM FRONT WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR THE MAIN...DEFORMATION-TYPE
BAND OF EXPECTED SNOW. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER SNOWBAND WILL DEVELOP
WITH THE COLD FRONT. THESE TWO BANDS WILL IMPACT THE LOCAL
AREAS...AND WILL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT SEPARATELY.

FIRST...THE BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT. THIS BAND WILL HAVE
THE BENEFITS OF DEEPER QG CONVERGENCE AND 2-D FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING...THE BULK OF THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY...OVERRUNNING WARM/MOIST
AIR INTO DEEPER COLD AIR...AND A WEST TO EAST RUNNING BAND LEADING
TO A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW. ALSO...NORTH-SOUTH RUNNING
X-SECTION PLACES MUCH OF THE RESULTING OMEGA IN THE FAVORED
DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE OF -12 TO -18 C...PROMOTING SNOW TOTALS. THIS
BAND IS WHERE THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR APPRECIABLE...6+ INCH SNOW
TOTALS SHOULD FALL. THIS BAND OF SNOW SHOULD BE MOVING IN IN EARNEST
AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...MOSTLY EXITING ACROSS NORTHEAST WI AFTER 18Z
THU.

SECOND...THE BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. THIS BAND WILL TAP
INTO PRETTY GOOD FRONTOGENETIC LIFT...ESPECIALLY IN THE 900 MB
LAYER...GOOD QG CONVERGENCE IN THE 850-700MB LAYER...WARM AIR
ADVECTION IN THE 925-700 MB LAYER...FAVORABLE ISENTROPIC LIFT
THROUGH THE 280-295 K SFCS...AND A FLUX OF MOISTURE FROM THE
SOUTH...PER THE 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS. IT DOESN/T SEEM
TO HAVE AS STRONG DYNAMICS AS THE EXPECTED BAND TO THE
SOUTH...RELYING MORE ON THE THERMODYNAMICS/FRONTAL FORCING ALONG
WITH FLUX OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION...AND PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST LIMITED FACTOR...WILL BE THE QUICK TRANSITION OF THIS BAND.
BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT...IT WILL MOVE THROUGH RATHER FAST
AND IN A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTATION...WITH THE BEST CHANCES
LIKELY FALLING BETWEEN A 15-21Z THU TIME FRAME. THIS SHOULD KEEP
TOTALS LOWER THAN TO THE NORTH...WITH 3 TO 6 INCH LOOKING MORE
PROBABLE. ONE CAVEAT TO ALL THIS THOUGH IS THAT TIME/HEIGHT
X-SECTIONS INDICATE SOME -EPV THROUGH THE TOP OF THE FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING ALONG THE COLD FRONT...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SOME ENHANCED
BANDING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SNOW. THINK THIS WILL BE FACTOR
IN SNOW AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WI...AND WILL ADJUST
TOTALS TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.

CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH THAT PARTS OF THE AREA WILL SEE SOME 6
OR MORE INCH TOTALS BY THU NIGHT...MOSTLY NORTH AND EAST OF I-94.
LESSER AMOUNTS SHOULD BE FOUND TO THE WEST AND SOUTH...WITH THE
SMALLEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST IA/FAR SOUTHWEST WI.
HOWEVER...NOT ENOUGH AGREEMENT WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES ON THE
WARNING POTENTIAL...AND STILL HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE WARNINGS/ADV
WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED. SO...WILL HAVE TO LET THE DAYSHIFT MAKE THE
CALL ON THIS.

THE SNOW WILL EXIT BY THU EVENING...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
POST LOW SERVING TO BLOW AROUND MUCH OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. THIS
COULD BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE OPEN/UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MN/NORTHEAST IA...ALONG WITH AREA RIDGE-TOPS. IN ADDITION TO THE
WINDS...COLD AIR WILL FUNNEL BACK INTO THE REGION...WITH 850 MB
TEMPS FALLING FROM AROUND -2 C AT 12Z...TO -18 C BY 12Z FRI. WILL
LIKELY HAVE FALLING TEMPS DURING THE AFTERNOON ON THU AS THE FRONT
PASSES...THEN PLUMMETING THU NIGHT. SOME CLEARING THU NIGHT
WILL AID FALLING LOWS WILL RADIATIONAL COOLING.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DROPPING A 500 MB
SHORTWAVE TROUGH SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA TO ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SAT NIGHT. CURRENTLY...THERE
APPEARS TO BE A DECENT SHOT OF QG CONVERGENCE WITH THIS SHORTWAVE
ENERGY...AND SHOULD RESULT IN SOME SNOW CHANCES AS IT PASSES
THROUGH. THE BETTER LIFT LOOKS TO LIE ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF
MN/WI...AND WOULD EXPECT A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AS THE SYSTEM
ZIPS THROUGH. MORE LOCALLY...ITS OBVIOUSLY A TAD EARLY TO TRY AND
REFINE ANY SNOW AMOUNTS...LET ALONE CHANCES...BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE
1-3 INCH BALLPARK FOR THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE FORECAST AREA WOULD BE
REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. SOME SPOKES OR ENERGY MOVING DOWN THE
BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING 500 MB TROUGH...ALONG WITH A SFC TROUGH
AND COLD...CYCLONIC FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE SNOW SHOWER/FLURRY
CHANCES INTO SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST FOR MONDAY NIGHT/TUES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
REBOUND TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS BY SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING IS RESULTING IN A LARGE STRATUS SHIELD ACROSS
MINNESOTA...INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE CLOUDS WERE PUSHING INTO BOTH THE LSE AND RST TAF SITES AT 09Z.
THIS LEADING EDGE HAS CEILINGS IN THE 4K-5K RANGE...BUT FARTHER
NORTHWEST MVR CEILINGS IN THE 015K-025K RANGE PERSIST OVER MUCH OF
MINNESOTA. EXPECT MVR CEILINGS TO MAKE INTO THE TAF SITES AND
PERSIST FROM 11Z-19Z. IMPROVEMENT BACK INTO THE VFR RANGE IS
EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT THIS POINT SNOW AND MOST LIKELY IFR
CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES LOOK TO IMPACT THE TAF SITES SOMETIME AFTER
06Z THURSDAY.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-
     WIZ042-WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053.

MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-
     MNZ096.

IA...NONE.
&&

RIECK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1050 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-141200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA-
1050 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY BRING A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES...WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION. A STRONGER LOW
PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW
INTO THE REGION AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
COULD ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND BY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CLARK
AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AS THIS STRONGER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS
LOOK TO BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 94. AS THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF THURSDAY EVENING...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP...
GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...COLDER AIR WRAPPING IN
BEHIND THE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WILL COMBINE
WITH THE STRONG NORTH WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO
30 BELOW ZERO.

ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW ENTERS THE PICTURE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT
IT REMAINS TO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OT NOT THERE WILL BE ANY
ACCUMULATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-141200-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOWARD-
MITCHELL-RICHLAND-WINNESHIEK-
1050 AM CST WED FEB 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY BRING A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES...WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION...IF THAT. A
STRONGER LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA TONIGHT...
SPREADING SNOW INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER AND ADJACENT
AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AS THIS STRONGER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS
LOOK TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY
ALONG THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THURSDAY EVENING...THE WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO PICK UP...GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...COLDER AIR WRAPPING IN BEHIND
THE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WILL COMBINE WITH THE
STRONG NORTH WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
ZERO.

ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW ENTERS THE PICTURE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT
IT REMAINS TO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OT NOT THERE WILL BE ANY
ACCUMULATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

MW