Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 17, 2008, 4:11 PM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin; Clayton County, Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:28 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Clayton County, IA, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 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
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 172357 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 557 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW ENDING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS EVENING... .THE BACK EDGE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WAS MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AND WILL VACATE THE ENTIRE AREA BY 8 PM. UNTIL THEN...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A LANSING IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA THROUGH 8 PM WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME GROUND DRIFTING AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES...BUT DUE TO THE WETNESS OF THE SNOW...WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS...AND LOCALIZED VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...BUT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. 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. DESPITE IMPROVING CONDITIONS...TRAVEL WILL STILL BE SLOW...AND TREACHEROUS...AS ROAD CREWS WORK TO GET THE ROADS TREATED...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY AND LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. IAZ009>011-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ017-029-033-034-041-180100- /O.CAN.KARX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA-FILLMORE- HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 557 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS SNOW ENDS. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY...15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BUT THE WETNESS OF THE SNOW WILL MAINLY CAUSE GROUND DRIFTING AND POCKETS OF LOWERED VISIBILITIES. $$ IAZ030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-180600- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 557 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL STILL FALL ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MILLSTON THROUGH VIROQUA...THROUGH PRAIRIE DU CHIEN THROUGH 8 PM...BUT END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THAT PERIOD. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH A LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW BAND OF 9 TO 12 INCHES GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM STEVENS POINT... TO BIG FLATS...TO MAUSTON THROUGH RICHLAND CENTER...AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN...TO STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA. SHERIFFS REPORT MANY CARS AND TRUCKS OFF THE ROADS IN THESE AREAS AND TRAVEL IS BASICALLY SHUT DOWN. DUE TO THE WETTER CONTENT TO THE SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN LIMITED. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL STILL EXIST THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH CONTINUE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BINAU WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 180128 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 728 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW HAS ENDED...ROAD CONDITIONS IMPROVING... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT IS BEING CANCELLED AS SNOW HAS COME TO AN END OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30...CHEMICALS FROM ROAD CREWS SHOULD BE EFFICIENT AT MELTING SOME OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON THE ROADWAYS...SO TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE...ESPECIALLY MAIN HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND SOME GROUND DRIFTING WILL STILL BE LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS. HOWEVER...LITTLE VISIBILITY RESTRICTION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS WIND AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-180230- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 728 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS COME TO AN END EXCEPT FOR A FEW FLURRIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT REPORTS ARE SUCH THAT THIS WIND IS ONLY CAUSING MINOR GROUND DRIFTING AND LITTLE RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITIES. SLOW TRAVEL IS STILL ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WARNING AREA DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING UNDERNEATH THE SNOW FROM LAST NIGHTS FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...WITH THE MOST SNOW IN A BAND FROM NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF RICHLAND COUNTY INTO EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN ADAMS AND JUNEAU COUNTIES. BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES GENERALLY FELL IN THIS BAND. $$ BINAU WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 17, 3:23 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:23 PM CST, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
323 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
MAIN CONCERN IS WITH THE WINDS TONIGHT AND THE ASSOCIATED IMPACTS.
SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR
KMKE WITH THE COLD FRONT BACK INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. LOCAL AND
REGIONAL RADARS SHOWS THE SNOW FALLING FROM NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. HEAVIEST SNOW BAND NOW OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
CONDITIONS NOT CLEAR CUT ON HOW STRONG THE WINDS ARE GOING TO GET
THIS EVENING. FIRST OF THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGHS OVER
NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH INTO IOWA TONIGHT. AS IT
DOES...THE LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES INCREASE TO BETWEEN 6 AND 7C/KM.
DECENT PRESSURE RISES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND THERE IS
ABOUT 40 KNOTS OF WIND UP THROUGH 850 MB TO POTENTIALLY MIX DOWN.
HOWEVER...SUBSIDENCE IS NOT REAL STRONG DUE TO THE APPROACHING SHORT
WAVE TROUGH AND THE TROPOSPHERIC FOLD IS NOT REAL STRONG AND ONLY
GETS DOWN TO ABOUT 450 MB. WINDS ARE GUSTING TO AROUND 30 KNOTS
NOW AND SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA
INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION...FEEL THAT IF BLOWING
SNOW WAS GOING TO OCCUR IN THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST
AREA IT WOULD ALREADY BE HAPPENING. WITH THE PROS FOR A WIND
INCREASE ABOUT EVEN WITH THE CONS FOR IT HAPPENING...CONFIDENCE
THAT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR IS NOT HIGH AND WILL DROP
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AREAS ROUGHLY WEST OF A
CHARLES CITY TO MONDOVI LINE.
NOT AS CLEAR CUT FARTHER EAST AS TO WHAT TO DO. DEFINITELY DO NOT
SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING DUE TO THE LACK OF WIND SPEEDS
AND BLOWING SNOW SO WILL COMPLETELY DROP THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WILL
REPLACE IT WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN AREAS WHERE SNOW
WILL STILL FALL FOR A WHILE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
THIS WILL ROUGHLY BE FROM OELWEIN NORTH THROUGH LA CROSSE TO TO
NEILLSVILLE. WITH SOME FALLING SNOW IN THIS AREA AND WINDS OF 20 TO
25 MPH EXPECT THE FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND TO
MOVE AROUND SOME. FARTHER EAST WHERE THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OCCURRED THIS MORNING THE WIND COULD STILL CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS AS
SOME ADDITIONAL TREES OR TREE LIMBS COME DOWN TO PRODUCE POWER
OUTAGES. WILL HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE EVENING
FOR AREAS EAST OF AN ELKADER TO SPARTA LINE. EXPECT THE EVENING
SHIFT TO CLOSELY MONITOR WHAT THE WINDS DO AND MAKE ANY APPROPRIATE
CHANGES TO THE HEADLINES.
FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WILL MAINTAIN SOME LOW END POPS AS THE
SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES AND INTERACTS WITH THE UNSTABLE LOW
LEVELS. THIS WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR
LIGHT SNOW. ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL DROP INTO
THE MEAN LONG WAVE TROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST FORCING FROM THIS WAVE
WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF WISCONSIN BUT SOME WEAK QG
CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR. INSTABILITY SHOULD AGAIN BE LIMITED TO THE
LOW LEVELS WITH BUFKIT SHOWING UP TO 8C/KM LAPSE RATES THROUGH
800 MB AT KAUW WITH 5 C/KM OR LESS ABOVE THAT. DID RAISE POPS SOME
ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS BUT KEPT THINGS IN THE CHANCE RANGE FOR
NOW. YET ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL COME ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
REGION FOR TUESDAY. VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE
AS WITH THE PREVIOUS WAVES AND HAVE ADDED SOME LOW POPS FOR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
OPERATIONAL MODELS AND GFS ENSEMBLES INITIALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN
THE MEDIUM RANGE. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE
MIDWEST EARLY IN THE PERIOD ALLOWING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO DROP
DOWN OUT OF CANADA AND SET UP OVER THE REGION. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE MODELS START TO SHOW UP LATE IN THE PERIOD AS THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AS TROUGHING MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES. THE GFS
KEEPS THE SURFACE RIDGE IN PLACE LONGER THAN THE ECMWF OR THE GFS
ENSEMBLES. DECIDED TO REMOVE THE MID WEEK POPS AND KEEP SOME LOW
CHANCES FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN LOWER MI/LAKE HURON
AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MN/NORTHEAST IA AND
WI WITH THE LOW...AND WILL BEGIN TO WANE THIS EVENING AT THE
KRST/KLSE TAF SITES. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE EAST
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST MONDAY MORNING AND WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED
-SHSN/AREAS OF -SN. BOTTOM LINE...SOME IFR VSBY DUE TO -SN/BLSN
EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH IFR CEILINGS GRADUALLY
LIFTING TO MVFR AFT 03Z THIS EVENING.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ042-
WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
MN...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
MNZ088-MNZ095-MNZ096.
IA...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ019-IAZ029.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...04
AVIATION...DASHazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:11 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 IAZ030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-181200- ADAMS-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT-JUNEAU-MONROE-RICHLAND-VERNON- 411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING AND THEN SHOULD CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AFTER 6 PM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. WITH ALL THE ICING THAT OCCURRED THIS MORNING...THE WINDS MAY STILL KNOCK SOME TREES OR TREE LIMBS TO PRODUCE SOME POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS THROUGH TONIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ009>011-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ017-029-033-034-041-181200- ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLARK-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON AND OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AFTER 6 PM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS THROUGH TONIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008-018-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-181200- BUFFALO-DODGE-FLOYD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA- 411 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT LITTLE OR ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS THROUGH TONIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. 04
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 17, 10:53 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1053 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 AM FREEZING RAIN STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
02/17/2008 E0.13 INCH CLAYTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER ESTIMATED THAT AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
HAD ACCUMULATED
0330 AM FREEZING RAIN RICHLAND CENTER 43.34N 90.38W
02/17/2008 M0.13 INCH RICHLAND WI EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT AN EIGHTH OF INCH OF ICE
HAD ACCUMULATED IN RICHLAND CENTER
0408 AM FREEZING RAIN DE SOTO 43.43N 91.20W
02/17/2008 M0.13 INCH VERNON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION.
0645 AM FREEZING RAIN GREENWOOD 43.56N 90.42W
02/17/2008 E0.10 INCH VERNON WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
0653 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 SE LANSING 43.32N 91.17W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED TREES TO BEGIN BENDING FROM
WEIGHT OF ICE.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN MILLVILLE 42.70N 91.08W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 SE LANSING 43.32N 91.17W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN ARKDALE 44.03N 89.88W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH ADAMS WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN VALLEY 43.65N 90.53W
02/17/2008 E0.38 INCH VERNON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND ONE QUARTER
INCH OF SLEET
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH GRANT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 N WESTGATE 42.81N 92.00W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH FAYETTE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN OSSIAN 43.15N 91.76W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH WINNESHIEK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0808 AM ICE STORM DECORAH 43.31N 91.79W
02/17/2008 WINNESHIEK IA BROADCAST MEDIA
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES HAVE CAUSED POWER
OUTAGES IN PARTS OF DECORAH. IN ADDITION...ABOUT 50 CARS
HAVE WENT INTO DITCHES DUE TO ICY ROADS.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 N BAGLEY 42.95N 91.10W
02/17/2008 E1.00 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN BLUE RIVER 43.19N 90.57W
02/17/2008 E0.75 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES THREE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 43.04N 91.14W
02/17/2008 E0.40 INCH CRAWFORD WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES FOUR TENTHS OF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET MIX OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
ICE ACCUMULATION WAS ALL FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN CLAYTON CENTER 42.88N 91.32W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
&&
DTJLocal storm report, Feb 17, 11:41 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1141 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 E DECORAH 43.31N 91.69W
02/17/2008 M0.10 INCH WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC
&&
DTJLocal storm report, Feb 17, 11:43 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1143 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM FREEZING RAIN VIROQUA 43.56N 90.89W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH VERNON WI PUBLIC
&&
DASLocal storm report, Feb 17, 12:53 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1253 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN LANCASTER 42.85N 90.71W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
&&
DTJLocal storm report, Feb 17, 12:58 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1258 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 8 S WATERVILLE 43.09N 91.29W
02/17/2008 E0.33 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC MEASURED 0.33 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN.
&&
DTJLocal storm report, Feb 17, 1:07 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
107 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 AM FREEZING RAIN STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
02/17/2008 E0.13 INCH CLAYTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER ESTIMATED THAT AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
HAD ACCUMULATED
0330 AM FREEZING RAIN RICHLAND CENTER 43.34N 90.38W
02/17/2008 M0.13 INCH RICHLAND WI EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT AN EIGHTH OF INCH OF ICE
HAD ACCUMULATED IN RICHLAND CENTER
0408 AM FREEZING RAIN DE SOTO 43.43N 91.20W
02/17/2008 M0.13 INCH VERNON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION.
0645 AM FREEZING RAIN GREENWOOD 43.56N 90.42W
02/17/2008 E0.10 INCH VERNON WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATION FROM A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
0653 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 SE LANSING 43.32N 91.17W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED TREES TO BEGIN BENDING FROM
WEIGHT OF ICE.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN STRAWBERRY POINT 42.68N 91.54W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN MILLVILLE 42.70N 91.08W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES.
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 SE LANSING 43.32N 91.17W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 8 S WATERVILLE 43.09N 91.29W
02/17/2008 E0.33 INCH ALLAMAKEE IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC MEASURED 0.33 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN.
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN LANCASTER 42.85N 90.71W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 E DECORAH 43.31N 91.69W
02/17/2008 M0.10 INCH WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN ARKDALE 44.03N 89.88W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH ADAMS WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN VALLEY 43.65N 90.53W
02/17/2008 E0.38 INCH VERNON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND ONE QUARTER
INCH OF SLEET
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN OSSIAN 43.15N 91.76W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH WINNESHIEK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 N WESTGATE 42.81N 92.00W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH FAYETTE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH GRANT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0808 AM ICE STORM DECORAH 43.31N 91.79W
02/17/2008 WINNESHIEK IA BROADCAST MEDIA
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES HAVE CAUSED POWER
OUTAGES IN PARTS OF DECORAH. IN ADDITION...ABOUT 50 CARS
HAVE WENT INTO DITCHES DUE TO ICY ROADS.
0830 AM FREEZING RAIN VIROQUA 43.56N 90.89W
02/17/2008 M0.25 INCH VERNON WI PUBLIC
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 43.04N 91.14W
02/17/2008 E0.40 INCH CRAWFORD WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES FOUR TENTHS OF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET MIX OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
ICE ACCUMULATION WAS ALL FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN BLUE RIVER 43.19N 90.57W
02/17/2008 E0.75 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES THREE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 N BAGLEY 42.95N 91.10W
02/17/2008 E1.00 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN.
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN CLAYTON CENTER 42.88N 91.32W
02/17/2008 E0.25 INCH CLAYTON IA PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
&&
DTJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:02 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.