Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2008, 3:43 AM CST for Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa; Grant County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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 25, 2008, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2008, 2:34 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Grant County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 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 250943 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 343 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A WHILE TODAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI TODAY. AS THE LOW TRACKS EAST...IT WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. WITH RECENT TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT CONTINUES TO APPEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-251745- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0006.080225T1500Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0005.080225T1500Z-080226T1200Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 343 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENOUGH COLD AIR ARRIVES TO CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. 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. $$ IAZ018-019-251745- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0006.080225T1500Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T1200Z/ FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY 343 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENOUGH COLD AIR ARRIVES TO CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ008>011-WIZ054-251745- /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 343 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENOUGH COLD AIR ARRIVES TO CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 251312 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 712 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW TRACKS EAST...IT WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SPREADING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AFTER 9 AM. COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON CHANGING ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT CONTINUES TO APPEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-252115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0005.080225T1500Z-080226T1200Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 712 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN. COLD AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON TO CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. 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>011-018-019-WIZ054-252115- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 712 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA THIS MORNING. AREAS WEST OF A CRESCO TO NEW HAMPTON LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON TO CHANGE ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 251614 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1014 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO KENTUCKY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW TRACKS EAST...IT WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING AROUND 32 DEGREES...AND SOME WARMER AIR ALOFT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON CHANGING ALL THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF A SAINT ANSGAR AND CALMAR IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN LINE. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT CONTINUES TO APPEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. WITH THE CONTINUED SOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE LOW TRACK... THE HEAVIER SNOW MAY YET FALL SOUTH OF EVEN OELWEIN IOWA TO CUBA CITY WISCONSIN. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-260015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 1014 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED SOUTH OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. 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>011-018-019-WIZ054-260015- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 1014 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND NOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW WILL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 251845 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT NOON WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL BRING A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES EAST AND COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A FAYETTE IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF A SAINT ANSGAR AND CALMAR IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN LINE. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT CONTINUES TO APPEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. WITH THE CONTINUED SOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE LOW TRACK... THE HEAVIER SNOW MAY YET FALL SOUTH OF EVEN OELWEIN IOWA TO CUBA CITY WISCONSIN. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-260245- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A FAYETTE IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. 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>011-018-019-WIZ054-260245- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS NOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LATEST TRENDS INDICATE THE SNOW BAND MAY REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND THE ADVISORY MAY BE CANCELLED AT MID AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF SAINT ANSGAR AND CALMAR IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN...BUT ARE STARTING TO LOOK LESS AND LESS LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 251852 CCA WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT NOON WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL BRING A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES EAST AND COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A FAYETTE IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. NORTH OF THIS AREA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF A SAINT ANSGAR AND CALMAR IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN LINE. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT CONTINUES TO APPEAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. WITH THE CONTINUED SOUTHWARD SHIFT IN THE LOW TRACK... THE HEAVIER SNOW MAY YET FALL SOUTH OF EVEN OELWEIN IOWA TO CUBA CITY WISCONSIN. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-260245- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A FAYETTE IOWA TO LANCASTER WISCONSIN LINE. 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>011-018-019-WIZ054-260245- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 1245 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS NOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR SHOULD BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LATEST TRENDS INDICATE THE SNOW BAND MAY REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND THE ADVISORY MAY BE CANCELLED AT MID AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF SAINT ANSGAR AND CALMAR IOWA TO STEUBEN WISCONSIN...BUT ARE STARTING TO LOOK LESS AND LESS LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 252034 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 234 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO SHIFT SOUTHWARD... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AT MID AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND END UP IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL BRING SOME SNOW TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME DRIER BEING DRAWN IN FROM THE NORTH...COMBINED WITH A FURTHER SOUTH TRACK OF THE LOW THAN EARLIER THOUGHT...HAS CONTINUED TO SHIFT THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. DUE TO THE SOUTHWARD SHIFT OF THE LOW...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHARLES CITY TO WAUKON IOWA AND STEUBEN WISCONSIN LINE. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAYETTE AND ELKADER IOWA TO PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW EXPECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SNOW ADVISORY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-260445- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.SN.Y.0006.080225T2034Z-080226T0600Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 234 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES SOUTH OF FAYETTE AND ELKADER IOWA TO PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AND INCH OR LESS FROM WAUCOMA AND MCGREGOR IOWA TO BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN...UP TO 5 INCHES FROM OELWEIN AND STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA TO CUBA CITY WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE IN THE EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-252145- /O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 234 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO SHIFT SOUTH...WITH THE THREAT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ RRS 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 25, 3:00 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:00 AM CST, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MAIN FOCUS OF CONCERN LIES ON STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT.
DATA ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING HAD AREA ENGULFED IN STRATUS AND
WIDESPREAD FOG AS A RESULT OF LOW LEVEL INVERSION AND MOISTENING
BOUNDARY LAYER FROM SNOWMELT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WEAK
SURFACE FLOW ALLOWED SOME OF THE FOG TO GET RATHER THICK ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IA AND SOUTHEAST MN WHERE WIDESPREAD
VISIBILITIES WERE A HALF MILE OR LESS. EVEN HAD SOME EARLIER REPORTS
OF -FZDZ...BUT RADAR SHOWS A DIMINISHING TREND IN THIS. OTHERWISE...
THE THICK BLANKET OF LOW CLOUD HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN
NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT IN THE 30-35 DEGREE RANGE. MEANWHILE...
SURFACE ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HAD DEEPENING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. AREA OF FRONTOGENESIS AND
ISENTROPIC LIFT NORTH OF THE LOW WAS PRODUCING SOME -RA ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SD. RADAR MOSAIC WAS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF ECHO RETURNS
ALOFT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN SD THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO
WESTERN IA.
00Z 25FEB08 MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT NOW WITH HANDLING OF
CENTRAL PLAINS LOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. DIFFERENCES ARISE IN QPF
EXTENT ACROSS THE AREA. WENT PRETTY MUCH WITH A BLEND AT THIS POINT
WITH NO REAL CONFIDENCE IN ONE MODEL VERSUS THE OTHER.
THE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES
INTO CENTRAL MO TODAY....AND THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. GFS
AND NAM BRING SHOW FAIRLY STRONG 700-500MB FRONTOGENETIC BAND NORTH
OF THE LOW CLIPPING FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH
3-3.5G/KG OF SPECIFIC HUMIDITY. THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY CONSISTENT
SIGNAL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MODEL RUNS NOW. OF CONCERN WILL BE
PRECIPITATION TYPE AT ONSET THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW THERE WILL LIKELY BE A MIXED BAG OF
PRECIPITATION DURING THE MORNING HOURS OVER THE SOUTHERN COUPLE TIER
OF COUNTIES BEFORE DYNAMIC COOLING THROUGH THE COLUMN TURNS
PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW. FURTHER NORTH...PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL
SNOW. BASED ON CONSISTENT MODEL FORCING SIGNALS...WILL HOIST A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR GRANT COUNTY IN WI AND CLAYTON/FAYETTE
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA WHERE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM 15Z TODAY THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. HAVE ALSO OPTED TO GO WITH A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TIER OF COUNTIES NORTH OF THIS FOR
SNOWFALL OF 3-4 INCHES THROUGH SAME PERIOD ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED
MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. ALSO OF CONCERN WILL BE INCREASING
WINDS INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE TONIGHT BEHIND THE DEEPENING LOW
AS IT PASSES THROUGH IL. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW...BUT NOT LOOKING FOR BLOWING SNOW CONSIDERING HIGHER MOISTURE
CONTENT OF THE SNOW.
BACK EDGE OF DEFORMATION SNOW BAND WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES FOR THE REMINDER OF TUESDAY AS THE LOW PULLS
INTO OHIO.
HIGH PRESSURE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT AND REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF
QUIET WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE WITH
LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGIT TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE TEEN TO LOWER 20S.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
00Z 25FEB08 GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING GOOD RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY WITH
NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGING A LOW ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES
REGION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FORCING WITH THIS WAVE LOOKS
RESPECTABLE. HAVE THEREFORE RAISED SNOW CHANCES FOR
THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
OVER THE AREA SATURDAY FOR MODERATING TEMPERATURES. NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE KICKS OUT OF THE
PLAINS TOWARD THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL LIKELY BE A RA/SN OR
POSSIBLY ALL RAIN BASED ON MILDER AIR IN PLACE. CURRENT EXTENDED
GIRDS HAVE THIS HANDLED WELL...SO NO CHANGES MADE FOR THIS TIME
FRAME.
&&
.AVIATION...TONIGHT AND MONDAY
LARGE EXPANSE OF STRATUS AND FOG OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING NOT
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE VERY RAPIDLY TODAY. AREA CURRENTLY IN BETWEEN
SYSTEMS WITH THE DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
AND APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS
HAS ALLOWED FOR WINDS TO GO LIGHT OR HAVE A LIGHT SOUTH FLOW WHICH
CONTINUES TO BRING SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR UP AND OVER THE SNOW PACK.
THESE CONDITIONS ALLOWED THE IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AND NOT
MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY. THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS WHICH WILL SWITCH
THE WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST BUT SPEEDS WILL STILL BE LIGHT.
THE LOW WILL TRACK CLOSE ENOUGH TO SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA AND
SOME OF THIS MAY FALL AT BOTH TAF SITES BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON. ONCE THE SNOW ENDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING...THE VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO VFR BUT CEILINGS
WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE AND SHOULD REMAIN IN MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE NIGHT.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR WIZ054.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
FOR WIZ061.
MN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR MNZ079-MNZ086-
MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-
IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
FOR IAZ029-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...DAS
AVIATION..........04Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 11:16 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1116 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-251200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-DODGE-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-OLMSTED- TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WABASHA-WINONA- 1116 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA....WHERE VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. ELSEWHERE... VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO... OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FOG AND CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO GLAZING OF ICE ON SURFACES... ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS. ROADS MAY ALSO CONTAIN PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY REPORTS OF GLAZING FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW SHOULD IT OCCUR IS APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-251200- ALLAMAKEE-CRAWFORD-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-RICHLAND- VERNON-WINNESHIEK- 1116 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ....WHERE VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FOG AND CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO GLAZING OF ICE ON ON SURFACES...ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS. ROADS MAY ALSO CONTAIN PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE IT WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA MONDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THOSE ACCUMULATIONS FALLING TOWARD THE WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY AND IN NORTHEAST IOWA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED BY 6 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR THIS STORM IN THESE AREAS IF HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ018-019-029-030-WIZ061-251200- CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT- 1116 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 9 AM WITH VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ZERO THERE. ELSEWHERE...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FOG AND CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO GLAZING OF ICE ON ON SURFACES...ESPECIALLY SIDEWALKS. ROADS MAY ALSO CONTAIN PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE MONDAY MORNING MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE IT WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA MONDAY. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...BUT MAY STILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR THE AREA MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE REPLACED BY EITHER WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BY 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY ICING REPORTS AND SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. BAUMGARDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:34 PM CST | Snow Advisory | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 7 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.