Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

000 
WWUS43 KARX 170051
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
651 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH MULTIPLE THREATS JUST HOURS AWAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY
NORTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING...AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEGINNING
WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS...HIGH IMPACT...WINTER STORM.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
A NEW HAMPTON TO LA CROSSE TO BLACK RIVER FALLS LINE...WITH SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES FROM CHARLES CITY TO WINONA AND EAU
CLAIRE.

THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT...AND OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT A HEAVY RATE
THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH LIGHTER
PRECIPITATION TO WEST OVER THE ADVISORY AREA.

OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE TRI-STATE REGION...THE PREDOMINATE
PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT A
RATE UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE
AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE WARNING AREA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE AREAS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS HEAVY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEST UNION TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO HEAVY
SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH.
FURTHER NORTH...AND WEST...ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING
AREA...WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO SEE UPWARDS OF A FOOT TO 14
INCHES OF SNOW. IN THE ADVISORY AREA...ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
OF SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL. 

WORST OF ALL...WILL BE INCREASING WINDS FROM SUNDAY MORNING INTO
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INDICATIONS ARE...THAT AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING MAY VERY WELL BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS 25 TO 30 MPH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON COINCIDENT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW.
THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN
NEAR WHITEOUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH
THAT POTENTIAL EVEN EXISTING IN OPEN AREAS THAT SEE LESSER SNOWS.
THE BOTTOM LINE...IS THAT TRAVEL ON SUNDAY WILL BECOME
DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE VERY QUICKLY.

IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ029-034-041>044-053>055-061-
170900-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-CLARK-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
651 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AND
COVER THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A WEST UNION TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE...HEAVY FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET IS LIKELY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND A HALF AN INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY
MORNING. THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL SEE ALL SNOW...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 1O INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE HEAVIEST
SNOW BANDS WILL NO DOUBT SEE GREATER THAN A FOOT OF A SNOW.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD AS THE DAY WEARS ON...WITH POTENTIAL NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AS WINDS GUST TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN
THE WARNING AREA...AND PERSONS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AT ALL ON
SUNDAY. FOR THOSE THAT SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING...THE STRONG WINDS
MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER
LINES...EXTENDED LOSS OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS THIS EVENING BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-032-033-170900-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD
651 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IF WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER SNOWS DEVELOP...SO
THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THIS AREA COULD BE UPGRADED TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING AS THE STORM DEVELOPS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO
REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING ON SUNDAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
BINAU
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 170341
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
941 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY
NORTHWARD OVER IOWA...MISSOURI...AND KANSAS...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEGINNING WHAT
WILL BE A DANGEROUS...HIGH IMPACT...WINTER STORM. LATEST FORECAST
DATA REINFORCES THE IDEA OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING
NORTHEAST IOWA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

PERHAPS THE MOST NOTABLE CHANGE IN THINKING THIS EVENING IS FOR
AN EVEN GREATER CONCERN OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BECOMING
WIDESPREAD BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY MORNING...AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HEAVY SNOW COMBINES WITH NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. INDICATIONS
ARE...THAT AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY VERY WELL BE
NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN AT SOME POINT TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM HAS THE
CAPABILITY TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN NEAR WHITEOUT OR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...WITH THAT POTENTIAL
EVEN EXISTING IN OPEN AREAS THAT SEE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS. THE BOTTOM
LINE...IS THAT TRAVEL ON SUNDAY WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE VERY QUICKLY.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF A NEW HAMPTON TO LA CROSSE TO BLACK RIVER FALLS LINE...WITH
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES FROM CHARLES CITY TO WINONA AND
EAU CLAIRE.

OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE TRI-STATE REGION...THE PREDOMINATE
PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT A
RATE UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE
MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE WARNING AREA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS HEAVY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEST UNION TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO HEAVY
SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF AN
INCH. FURTHER NORTH...AND WEST...ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA...
WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO SEE UPWARDS OF A FOOT TO 14 INCHES
OF SNOW. IN THE ADVISORY AREA...ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL.

IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ029-034-041>044-053>055-061-
171145-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-CLARK-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
941 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND
COVER THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A WEST UNION TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE...HEAVY FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET IS LIKELY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND A HALF AN INCH...BEFORE CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY
MORNING. THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL SEE ALL SNOW...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 1O INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE HEAVIEST
SNOW BANDS WILL NO DOUBT SEE GREATER THAN A FOOT OF A SNOW.

INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD AS THE DAY WEARS ON...WITH POTENTIAL NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AS WINDS GUST TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN
THE WARNING AREA...AND PERSONS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AT ALL ON
SUNDAY. FOR THOSE THAT SEE SIGNIFICANT ICING...THE STRONG WINDS
MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...
EXTENDED LOSS OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS THIS
EVENING BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-032-033-171145-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD
941 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO
5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IF WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER SNOWS
DEVELOP...SO THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THIS AREA COULD BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AS THE STORM DEVELOPS. PERSONS
ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING ON SUNDAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
BINAU
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 170819
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
219 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM. LATEST
FORECAST DATA CONTINUES TO REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT A MAJOR WINTER
STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST IOWA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING.

THE PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM
OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE
GREATEST THREAT LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON
IOWA TO WAUTOMA WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS
WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THIS
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 9 AM THIS
MORNING.

HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST 
6 PM TODAY. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL BE COMMON. 
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 
10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH SOME LOCATIONS
CERTAIN TO SEE UPWARDS OF A FOOT TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW. 

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. IT CONTINUES TO LOOK MORE
AND MORE LIKELY THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL... AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. AS A RESULT...WE ARE PLANNING ON UPGRADING MUCH OF THE
WINTER STORM WARNING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING AROUND 4 AM THIS
MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE SOUTH OF A LINE WHICH RUNS FROM CHARLES CITY
IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THIS WILL COMPLETELY
SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IN THE AREAS
THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING. 

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A CHARLES CITY
IOWA AND EAU CLAIRE LINES...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT
IN OCCASIONAL WHITE CONDITIONS. WE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FURTHER WEST INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ029-034-041>044-053>055-061-
171630-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-CLARK-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
219 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE GREATEST THREAT
LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO WAUTOMA
WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE UP TO A
HALF OF AN INCH. THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY 9 AM THIS MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW BY 9 AM.
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST 
6 PM TODAY. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL BE COMMON. 
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 
10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH SOME LOCATIONS
CERTAIN TO SEE UPWARDS OF A FOOT TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SEE SIGNIFICANT
ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO
INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS OF
POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-032-033-171630-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.080217T0900Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD
219 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER 5 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES
SUNDAY EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IF WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER SNOWS DEVELOP...SO
THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THIS AREA COULD BE UPGRADED TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING AS THE STORM DEVELOPS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO
REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING ON SUNDAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

BOYNE

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 171102
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT
WINTER STORM. IN FACT...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE
FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA
TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE
AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THIS
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY ABOUT 9 AM
THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABOUT 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST 6
PM THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...AND
NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL BE
COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO
10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN.
THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION...
STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IN
THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES
CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI WISCONSIN...STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

IAZ009-171915-
/O.UPG.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
HOWARD-
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-171915-
/O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST
OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF
AN INCH. THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
BY ABOUT 9 AM THIS MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW BY ABOUT 
9 AM. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM THROUGH AT
LEAST 6 PM THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5
TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE UPWARDS OF
12 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SEE
SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS
OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ018-171915-
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/O.EXT.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
FLOYD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ033-171915-
/O.UPG.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-TREMPEALEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINONA
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM
TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ029-034-171915-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
CLARK-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM
THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM
THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR WILL BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY
RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERSONS ARE
URGED TO REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-171915-
/O.EXA.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF PLANNING
TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WIZ017-032-171915-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
502 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF
PLANNING TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

THOMPSON

000 
WWUS43 KARX 171133
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT
WINTER STORM. IN FACT...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE
FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA
TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE
AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THIS
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY ABOUT 9 AM
THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABOUT 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST
6 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
AND NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS
WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM
CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

IAZ009>011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-171945-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST
OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF
AN INCH. THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
BY ABOUT 9 AM THIS MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW BY ABOUT
9 AM. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM THROUGH AT
LEAST 6 PM THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE UPWARDS
OF 12 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SEE
SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS
OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ018-171945-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
FLOYD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES
THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-171945-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF OF AS MUCH AS 7 TO 10
INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF A LINE FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS TO
NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS
EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM
TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-171945-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
OSAGE IOWA...TO WABASHA MINNESOTA...TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF THAT LINE...AS
WELL AS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING MEDFORD...BY
THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF
PLANNING TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

THOMPSON

000 
WWUS43 KARX 171349
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
749 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND INTO SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL
BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM. IN FACT...DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 9 AM. SNOW
WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABOUT 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM
THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...AND
NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL BE
COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO
10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS
WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM
CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

IAZ009>011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-172200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
749 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

THROUGH AROUND 9 AM...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING
AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR
WILL BE COMMON...WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN A MILE. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SAW
SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS
OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ018-172200-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
FLOYD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
749 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...
REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-172200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
749 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL
BE COMMON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF OF AS MUCH AS 7 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF A
LINE FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN BY THE TIME
THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM
TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-172200-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD
749 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL
BE COMMON ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE IOWA...TO WABASHA
MINNESOTA...TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF THAT LINE...AS WELL AS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING MEDFORD...BY THE TIME THE SNOW
DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF
PLANNING TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

THOMPSON

000 
WWUS43 KARX 171535
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
935 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.A VERY DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE
AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN FACT...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY...AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW EAST OF A NEILLSVILLE
WISCONSIN TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE UP
TO AN INCH AN HOUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO
THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD
WARNING AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 
14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS
WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
EARLIER THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
WITH THE AREAS BETWEEN ELKADER IOWA AND ARKDALE WISCONSIN.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM
CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

IAZ009>011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-172345-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
935 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL GENERALLY EAST OF A NEILLSVILLE
WISCONSIN TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA. SNOW RATES WILL BE UP TO AN INCH
AN HOUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...
WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES
OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SAW
SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS
OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.  AT THIS TIME...WE ARE PARTICULARLY 
CONCERNED WITH THE AREAS BETWEEN ELKADER IOWA AND ARKDALE
WISCONSIN.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ018-172345-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1800Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080217T1800Z/
FLOYD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
935 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...
REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THE TIME THE
SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-172345-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
935 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 
TODAY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF OF AS
MUCH AS 7 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF A LINE FROM BLACK RIVER
FALLS TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES
THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM
TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-172345-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD
935 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE IOWA...TO WABASHA
MINNESOTA...TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 
6 INCHES WILL OCCUR EAST OF THAT LINE...AS WELL AS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING MEDFORD...BY THE TIME THE SNOW
DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF
PLANNING TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

BOYNE

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 171850
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1250 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA
THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EVOLVE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...INTO SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED JUST EAST OF
MOLINE ILLINOIS AT NOON...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW EAST OF A
NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE WHERE SNOW RATES
HAVE BEEN APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE LETTING UP THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS
RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM MAUSTON THROUGH PRAIRIE DU CHINE AND STRAWBERRY POINT.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY NEAR 40 MPH. AT THIS
TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...THROUGH LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN
RAPIDS IN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICKED UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS EARLIER THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE AREAS BETWEEN ELKADER IOWA AND
ARKDALE WISCONSIN.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM
CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-180300-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1250 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM 
NEILLSVILLE...THROUGH LA CROSSE WISCONSIN IN WISCONSIN...TO NEW
HAMPTON IOWA. SNOW RATES IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM MAUSTON THROUGH PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND STRAWBERRY
POINT RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR
THOSE THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS
MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER
LINES...EXTENDED LOSS OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES. AT THIS
TIME...WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE AREAS BETWEEN
ELKADER IOWA AND ARKDALE WISCONSIN.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-180300-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
1250 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL APPROACH AN INCH AN HOUR.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE
WINTER STORM WARNING AREA. 

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40
MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING
TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-180300-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD
1250 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSAGE IOWA...THROUGH WABASHA MINNESOTA...
TO MONDOVI AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN. 

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO RECONSIDER IF PLANNING
TRAVELING TODAY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 172038
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
238 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW RATES DIMINISHING ALONG AND WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BUT
WINDS ON THE INCREASE...

.RADAR TRENDS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED THAT THE
SNOWFALL RATE IS DECREASING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND IOWA.
HOWEVER...WINDS HAVE INCREASED AT THE SAME TIME OVER THAT AREA
WITH 20 TO 30 MPH SPEEDS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. SOME GUSTS WERE UP TO
40 MPH. FORECASTERS ARE MONITORING THIS AREA CLOSELY FOR LOW
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP...AS THE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WETTER SNOW THAT
HAS FALLEN MAY BE TOO HEAVY TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
SLOWLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. A LOCALLY
HEAVIER SNOW BAND OF 12 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE
FROM STEVENS POINT...TO BIG FLATS...TO MAUSTON THROUGH RICHLAND
CENTER...AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN...TO STRAWBERRY POINT
IOWA. SHERIFFS REPORT MANY CARS AND TRUCKS OFF THE ROADS IN THESE
AREAS AND TRAVEL IS BASICALLY SHUT DOWN. IN WISCONSIN...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 OR 35 MPH THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL FURTHER IMPACT TRAVEL AND CAUSE POCKETS
OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

IT APPEARS THAT WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD OR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY NOT
OCCUR AS EARLIER THOUGHT...DUE TO SOMEWHAT REDUCED WINDS SPEEDS
AND WETTER SNOW FALLING TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS MAY NOT OCCUR IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING...STRONG
WINDS...DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADS...AND MORE PATCHY WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL STILL BE
DIFFICULT. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO
TREES AND POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICKED UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING...GENERALLY FROM ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP
WISCONSIN...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO ELKADER IOWA.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY 6 PM. WINDS WILL
REMAIN STRONG THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. 

IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-180445-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
238 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...TO TOMAH...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO OELWEIN IOWA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL
PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT 4 OR 5 PM. JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS
AREA...LIGHTER SNOW WILL OCCUR BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10
INCHES... WITH SOME LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MAUSTON
THROUGH PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND STRAWBERRY POINT RECEIVING 12 TO 16
INCHES OF SNOW.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON GUSTING FROM 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS
MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN
DOWNED POWER LINES... EXTENDED LOSS OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.
AT THIS TIME...WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE AREAS
BETWEEN ELKADER IOWA AND ARKDALE WISCONSIN.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE. IF YOU COME ACROSS A DOWNED POWER LINE...CALL 911 TO
REPORT IT...AND DO NOT TOUCH THE LINE...BUT STAY FAR FROM IT.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-180445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
238 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AREA. 

NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
POCKETS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES. PERSONS ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM
TRAVELING TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-180445-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD
238 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL BE ENDING BY LATER AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH PATCHY LOW VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE MORE
DIFFICULT TODAY SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 172211
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW CONTINUES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BUT SNOW RATES
SHOWING A DIMINISHING TREND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

.RADAR TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED THAT THE SNOW IS ON THE
DECREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. HOWEVER...
AT THE SAME TIME...WINDS HAVE INCREASED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
ACROSS THAT AREA WITH 20 TO 30 MPH SPEEDS FAIRLY COMMON. SOME
GUSTS WERE NEARING 40 MPH. MEANWHILE...EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS STILL FALLING ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS THROUGH LA CROSSE...TO NEAR
ELKADER IOWA. WITH THE WETTER CONTENT OF THE SNOW THAT HAS
FALLEN...BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS HAS BEEN RATHER
LIMITED. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRENGTHENING WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MEDFORD WISCONSIN
THROUGH WINONA MINNESOTA...TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WISCONSIN INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN INTENSITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN THROUGH LA CROSSE TO NEAR NEW
HAMPTON IOWA. A LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW BAND OF 10 TO 13 INCHES FORM
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM
STEVENS POINT...TO BIG FLATS...TO MAUSTON THROUGH RICHLAND
CENTER...AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN...TO STRAWBERRY POINT
IOWA. SHERIFFS REPORT MANY CARS AND TRUCKS OFF THE ROADS IN THESE
AREAS AND TRAVEL IS BASICALLY SHUT DOWN.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICKED UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING...GENERALLY FROM ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP
WISCONSIN...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO ELKADER IOWA.

THE SNOW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH
THIS EVENING WITH WINDS REMAINING STRONG THROUGH AT LEAST THE
EVENING HOURS.

IAZ030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-180600-
/O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0004.080217T2211Z-080218T0600Z/
CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS REPLACED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS STILL FALLING ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS THROUGH LA CROSSE...TO NEAR
ELKADER IOWA.

5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE
WARNED AREA...WITH A LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW BAND OF 10 TO 13 INCHES
IS EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM STEVENS POINT...TO BIG
FLATS...TO MAUSTON THROUGH RICHLAND CENTER...AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
WISCONSIN...TO STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA. SHERIFFS REPORT MANY CARS
AND TRUCKS OFF THE ROADS IN THESE AREAS AND TRAVEL IS BASICALLY
SHUT DOWN.

DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT TO THE SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
HAS BEEN LIMITED. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL STILL EXIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 30 MPH CONTINUING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ009>011-019-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-180600-
/O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS REPLACED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM FROM 5
TO 10 INCHES. 

DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT TO THE SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
HAS BEEN LIMITED. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL STILL EXIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 30 MPH CONTINUING. 

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ018-172315-
/O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
FLOYD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

THE SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AND DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT
OF THE SNOW OF THAT HAS FALLEN...BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN LIMITED.
THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

MNZ088-095-WIZ029-033-034-180600-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
WINONA-FILLMORE-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS REPLACED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES.

DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT TO THE SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
HAS BEEN LIMITED. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL STILL EXIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 30 MPH CONTINUING. 

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-172315-
/O.CAN.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

.THE SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AND DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT
OF THE SNOW OF THAT HAS FALLEN...BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN LIMITED.
THEREFORE...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

WIZ017-180600-
/O.CON.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY STILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
PATCHY LOW VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING SO
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
307 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY

FOCUS OF THIS PERIOD IS ON THE STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A DEPARTING RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WITH THE RIDGE AXIS WEST
INTO THE AREA. THE STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE REGION WAS OVER
CENTRAL TEXAS AT MID-DAY.

THE 12Z OPERATIONAL MODELS WERE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT AND SHOWED
LITTLE DEVIATION FROM THE 09Z SREFS. THE SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER
LEVEL LOW AND SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW SHOULD BE FILLING AS IT LIFTS OUT BUT THE SHORT WAVE
TROUGH WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG. THE RAPID NORTHEAST MOVEMENT WILL
OCCUR AS A STRONG NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPS OUT OF
WESTERN CANADA. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY
PHASING OF THE TWO SYSTEMS WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE
TROUGH ACTING AS A KICKER TO THE SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE.

THE FIRST CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM IS WITH THE PRECIPITATION TYPE.
BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY VERY STRONG AND OVER THE DEEP
SOUTH...IT WILL BE BRINGING PLENTY OF WARM AIR NORTHWARD WITH IT.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND
LITTLE DROP OFF IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH READINGS
SLOWLY WARMING AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM SHOW
THE WARM AIR ALOFT AS WELL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE WARM LAYER
WARMING TO AROUND 4C AT KDBQ AND 2C AT BLUE RIVER. THIS WARM LAYER
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CREATE TOTAL MELTING OF THE FALLING
HYDROMETEORS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A OELWEIN TO RICHLAND CENTER
LINE. FREEZING RAIN LOOKS TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD OCCUR AND HAVE
RAISED ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS TO ABOUT .4 OF AN INCH. FARTHER TO
THE NORTH WHERE THE WARM LAYER IS NOT QUITE AS WARM...SHOULD SEE A
MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPE FROM SNOW TO SLEET TO FREEZING
RAIN. HAVE TRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY FOR AREAS SOUTH
OF A CHARLES CITY TO MAUSTON LINE. INITIAL FEELING IS THAT THIS
MAY BE TOO FAR NORTH AND WEST BUT HAVE TRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
SOLUTIONS OF THE SREFS AND GFS WHICH ARE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH
WITH FREEZING RAIN AREAS THAN THE NAM.

THE WARM AIR LOOKS TO GET SCOURED OUT RAPIDLY AFTER 12Z SUNDAY AS
THE 850 MB LOW LIFTS INTO ILLINOIS DRAWING COLDER AIR BACK ACROSS
THE AREA. STILL COULD SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SUNDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS UNTIL THE COLD AIR OVER
SPREADS THAT AREA. ONCE ALL THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO
SNOW...THE FORCING REALLY GETS GOING. AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH
SWINGS BY...THE NAM IS SHOWING BETWEEN 8 AND 20 PVU/S OF VORTICITY
ADVECTION IN THE 500 TO 300 MB LAYER. A COUPLE JET STRUCTURE AT
300 MB SHOULD BE IN PLACE AS WELL TO PRODUCE GOOD AGEOSTROPHIC
MOTIONS. DEEP AND MODERATE TO STRONG QG CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR
ABOVE 850 MB AND THIS WILL BE COUPLED WITH MODERATE TO STRONG
FRONTOGENESIS AND FN VECTOR CONVERGENCE IN THE 700-600 MB LAYER.
THIS SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A VERY DEEP SATURATED COLUMN WILL BE IN
PLACE WITH OMEGAS AROUND 15 MICROBAR/S ON THE -15C SURFACE OVER
THE REGION OF MAXIMUM FORCING. MOISTURE AMOUNTS WITH THE SYSTEM
WILL BE PLENTIFUL AS PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE FORECAST LOOK TO BE ABOUT 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL.
WITH ALL THIS...WILL INDICATE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS
SUNDAY FOR AREAS EAST OF A CHARLES CITY TO MEDFORD LINE. CURRENT
EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR ACCUMULATIONS TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 12 INCHES IN
THIS AREA AND WILL PUT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS IN PLACE.

ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE WINDS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW. HAVE MAINTAINED CONTINUITY WITH
PREVIOUS DATABASE AND SHOWED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. THIS WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
SOME BLOWING SNOW OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA. FARTHER EAST THE CONFIDENCE FOR BLOWING SNOW GOES
DOWN RAPIDLY DUE TO THE AFFECTS OF MORE TERRAIN AND TREES. HAVE
MAINTAINED THE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WORDING BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT
HIGH THAT MUCH WILL OCCUR.

AS THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA
HAVE MAINTAINED SOME LOW CHANCE POPS FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TYPE THURSDAY
INTO SATURDAY. THE 00Z SATURDAY GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
IN MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. INTO THE
NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN...AND DEVELOPING WEST TO EAST ZONAL UPPER
LEVEL SPLIT FLOW ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S. MAIN DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN BOTH MODELS IS TIMING AND STRENGTH OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
EJECTING OUT IN THE CENTRAL U.S. IN SOUTHERN STREAM THURSDAY INTO
SATURDAY. THE 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
DETERMINISTIC RUNS WITH OVERALL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN THROUGH PERIOD.
THE ENSEMBLES DO INDICATE TIMING AND AMPLIFICATION ISSUES WITH THE
EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. WILL INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS FORECAST AREA
THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. BOTH THE 00Z SATURDAY GFS AND ECMWF
OPERATIONAL RUNS DO INDICATE 850MB TEMPERATURES TWO TO THREE DEGREES
CELSIUS BELOW ZERO ACROSS FORECAST AREA FRIDAY. THE 00Z SATURDAY GFS
ENSEMBLE MEAN INDICATES 850MB TEMPERATURES OF PLUS TWO TO THREE
DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE ZERO ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF FORECAST
AREA....WITH SEVERAL ENSEMBLE MEMBERS INDICATING 850MB TEMPERATURES
SLIGHTLY ABOVE ZERO. WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF RAIN OR SNOW
POSSIBILITIES ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF FORECAST AREA FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...

HIGH PRESSURE THAT GAVE THE AREA QUIET VFR CONDITIONS WILL SLIDE
INTO THE EASTERN U.S. BY THIS EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
HEADING EAST OUT OF THE DAKOTAS AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD MORE CLOUDS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...VFR CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM 17/00Z THROUGH
17/06Z.

CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AFTER 17/09Z AS A POTENT WINTER
STORM HEADS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY
SUNDAY 18Z. IT  APPEARS BOTH KRST...AND ESPECIALLY THE KLSE TAF
SITES WILL BE PICKING UP SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY.
RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE KRST TAF SITE WILL SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL THROUGH SUNDAY...WHILE KLSE HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PICKING
UP 5 TO 7 INCHES. THIS WILL DEFINITELY PUT A HAMPER ON AIRPORT
OPERATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW...PILOTS PLANNING ON
ROUTES THROUGH NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL HAVE TO
WATCH OUT FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN FROM 17.06Z THROUGH 17.12Z.

INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY COMBINED WITH THE FRESH
SNOWFALL WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR WIZ029-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053-
     WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     SUNDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ017-WIZ032-WIZ033.

MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR MNZ096.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MNZ088-MNZ095.

IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     SUNDAY NIGHT FOR IAZ009-IAZ018.

&&

SHORT TERM...04
LONG TERM...DTJ
AVIATION...DAS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
600 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041-
171200-
BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-DODGE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WABASHA-
WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
600 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO
THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY
LESS THAN AN INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...FROM EASTERN IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL
AND EASTERN WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ANY NORTHWARD SHIFT COULD BRING HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW TOTALS WILL BE
LESS IN THESE AREAS...THE STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOW REPORTS FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OR
A WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS THAT A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
FOUND GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO WISCONSIN DELLS
LINE. THESE AREAS MAY SEE UP TO A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION. MEANWHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE UP TO
2 INCHES BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...
AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO
11 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
THIS WILL RAISE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS INTO THE 6 TO 13 INCH RANGE.
AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY EAST OF AN
OELWEIN IOWA TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS LINE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH
AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW. AT TIMES...THERE MAY BE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW AND
POTENTIAL WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS LATE TONIGHT...AND SNOWFALL
TOTALS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

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