Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2008, 3:49 PM CST for 29 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 19 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2008, 3:49 PM CST (21:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 29 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:19 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Marshalltown, IA | VERY THIN COAT OF ICE ON GROUND. |
| Feb 17, 5:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Waterloo, IA | THIN COAT OF ICE. |
| Feb 17, 6:26 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Chariton, IA | ICY BUT LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATIONS. |
| Feb 17, 6:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Corydon, IA | ICE ON SIDEWALKS ESTIMATED LESS THAN .10 INCHES |
| Feb 17, 6:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Lamoni, IA | SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS...ESTIMATED LESS THAN .10 INCHES |
| Feb 17, 6:32 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Osceola, IA | SLICK TO ICY...GRAVEL ROADS SLICK |
| Feb 17, 6:35 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Creston, IA | LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION...NOW CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 6:38 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Mount Ayr, IA | FREEZING RAIN COVERING MOST EVERYTHING...SLEET NOW |
| Feb 17, 6:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Winterset, IA | GRAVEL 100 ICE COVERED...STEETS ICY. NO CURRENT DEPTH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 17, 6:44 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Newton, IA | ONE EIGHTH INCH OF ICE AND SLUSH...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING |
| Feb 17, 6:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Dysart, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTED TO BE NEAR .25 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY. |
| Feb 17, 6:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Tama, IA | ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF INCH REPORTED FROM TAMA AREA SOUTH TO COUNTY BORDER...SNOWING PRESENTLY |
| Feb 17, 7:22 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Lorimor, IA | VERY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 17, 7:34 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Albia, IA | 1/10TH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION COATING TREES AND POWER LINES. SNOWING NOW. |
| Feb 17, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 12 Ese Knoxville, IA | TRACY...IOWA IN MARION COUNTY REPORTS .50INCHES ICE/SLEET COMBINATION OVERNIGHT. REPORTED BY WARREN CO EM. |
| Feb 17, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 S Lamoni, IA | 1/16 MILE VISIBILITY ALONG INTERSTATE 35 NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER. |
| Feb 17, 8:42 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Johnston, IA | |
| Feb 17, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Jamaica, IA | |
| Feb 17, 8:49 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Albia, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 KDMX 162149 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...ICE STORM AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...AND PUSH THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-170600- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.080217T0600Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0002.080217T0600Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. |RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AREA LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH...WITH SPOTTY THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A BROOKLYN TO MT AYR LINE. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER LINES TO BEGIN GALLOPING...POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE SITUATION WITH POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THE BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ IAZ016-023-024-033-034-044-045-170600- /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ IAZ017-025>027-035>037-046-047-057-170600- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE- BOONE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AUDUBON 349 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM AUDUBON...THROUGH FORT DODGE AND BOONE...TO WAVERLY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDMX 162200 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 400 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...ICE STORM AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...AND PUSH THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-170600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.080217T0600Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 400 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN... AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AREA LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH...WITH SPOTTY THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A BROOKLYN TO MT AYR LINE. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER LINES TO BEGIN GALLOPING...POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE SITUATION WITH POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THE BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ IAZ016-017-023>027-033>037-044>047-057-170600- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER- SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON 400 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM AUDUBON...THROUGH FORT DODGE AND BOONE...TO WAVERLY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDMX 170304 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 904 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...ICE STORM AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...AND PUSH THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171030- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.080217T0600Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 904 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT...AND THEN NORTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN... AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AREA LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH...WITH SPOTTY THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A BROOKLYN TO MT AYR LINE. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 600 AM AND 900 AM SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER LINES TO BEGIN GALLOPING...POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE SITUATION WITH POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. $$ IAZ016-017-023>027-033>037-044>047-057-171030- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER- SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON 904 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING ALONG WITH AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ACROSS AREAS FROM AUDUBON...THROUGH FORT DODGE AND BOONE...TO WAVERLY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDMX 170946 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING FOLLOWED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN IOWA. IAZ033-044-171100- /O.CAN.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ SAC-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...DENISON 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. EXPECT A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND TODAY. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171800- /O.UPG.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1500Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH...AND LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS 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. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ017-025>027-035>037-046-047-057-171800- /O.UPG.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0600Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE- BOONE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AUDUBON 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. T A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ016-023-024-034-045-171800- /O.UPG.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.SB.Y.0003.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... ROCKWELL CITY...CARROLL 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ALONG WITH AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ IAZ005>007-171800- /O.NEW.KDMX.SB.Y.0003.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD 346 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ALONG WITH AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS43 KDMX 171037 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 437 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING FOLLOWED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN IOWA. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171845- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 437 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH... AND LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS 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. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ017-025>027-035>037-046-047-057-171845- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0600Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE- BOONE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AUDUBON 437 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ005>007-016-023-024-034-045-171845- /O.CON.KDMX.SB.Y.0003.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD... GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...ROCKWELL CITY...CARROLL 437 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING ALONG WITH AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES... WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS43 KDMX 171502 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 902 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY INTO THE EVENING. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-172315- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 902 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW OVER THE AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE IT BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCRETION ON POWER LINES AND THE HIGH WINDS COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE SURE THEY HAVE A SUPPLY OF BATTERIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS. ALSO IT IS SUGGESTED TO HAVE PORTABLE RADIOS AND BLANKETS ON HAND AS AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT POWER IS POSSIBLE. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ017-025>027-035>037-046-047-057-172315- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE- BOONE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AUDUBON 902 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ005>007-016-023-024-034-045-172315- /O.CON.KDMX.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD... GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...ROCKWELL CITY...CARROLL 902 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES... WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 16, 6:25 AM CST, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 6:25 AM CST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 625 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING TONIGHT FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY... .UPDATED FOR 16/12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM HEADING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE WILD WEATHER HOLDING OFF UNTIL THIS EVENING FOR OUR FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SUBSTANTIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH RELATIVELY COLD START TO THE DAY AND LINGERING SNOW COVER HAVE STAYED NEAR COOL END OF GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT-FRIDAY/... VERY COMPLEX AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO STILL EVOLVING FOR OUR AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SYNOPTIC PLAYERS STILL MOVING ALONG AS PLANNED WITH POTENT SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS TONIGHT...TAKING ON A SLIGHT NEGATIVE TILT BY SUNDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES OVER THE MID MS VLY...AND THEN BECOMING ABSORBED IN DEVELOPING LONG WAVE TROUGH BEING CARVED OUT BY NORTHERN STREAM WAVE CURRENTLY CROSSING THE NRN ROCKIES. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PATH OF STRENGHTENING SFC LOW PRESSURE FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN TO VICINITY OF LOWER LAKE MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTH INTO THE MID MS VALLEY AND EVENTUALLY GET PULLED BACK IN OVER IOWA. TRENDS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF RUNS INCLUDE STRENGTHENING THE MID LEVEL WARM NOSE AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL IOWA AND TRACKING THE WHOLE SYSTEM A LITTLE FARTHER NORTHWEST. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING...BUT WILL LIKELY FALL AS JUST RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO TIERS INITIALLY...WITH FREEZING RAIN TO THE NORTH. FREEZING RAIN WILL EXPAND NORTH TOWARD MIDNIGHT...AND THE RAIN ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS COLDER SURFACE AIR IS ADVECTED INTO REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA IN A CORRIDOR FROM BEDFORD TO DES MOINES TO WATERLOO...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST WHERE IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO COOL BACK BELOW FREEZING. MODEL SOUNDINGS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH CRASHING SOUNDINGS BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE ENTIRE COLUMN BY 12Z AT DES MOINES AND POINTS NORTHWEST...AND THEN BY 15Z AT OTTUMWA. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES EAST OF CENTRAL IOWAS LONGITUDE SUNDAY MORNING...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS DRAMATICALLY ALLOWING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO BLOW 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AT LEAST 45 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH EXPECTED SNOWFALL...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY SOUTHEAST OF A FROM WATERLOO TO DES MOINES...THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...ASSUMING CURRENT FORECAST TRACK HOLDS. IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION...HAVE OPTED TO CUT THE WINTER STORM WATCH SHORT AT 15Z SUNDAY WHEN THE THREAT OF WINTER HAZARDS WILL CHANGE FROM AN ICE AND SNOW THREAT TO THAT OF A PURE BLIZZARD...AND ISSUE A BLIZZARD WATCH FOR A LARGER AREA. WITH A GOOD PORTION OF THE QPF OCCURRING DURING THE WARMER PHASE OF THE STORM...HAVE INCREASED ICE ACCRUAL FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH...AND MASSAGED EXPECTED SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...STILL APPEARS THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR POSSIBILITY OF A CONTINUED NORTHWESTWARD SHIFT IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM WHICH COULD MOVE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW FARTHER INTO CENTRAL IOWA. BEST DYNAMICS AND TROWAL FEATURE MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SO EXPECT SNOWFALL TO TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ONGOING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...A BIT OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY CROSSES THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...AND COMBINED WITH A DEEP NEARLY SATURATED AND ADIABATIC PROFILE TO 700 MB...EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT. NO CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST BEYOND MONDAY...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WINTER STORMS LATER IN THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...16/12Z QUIET WEATHER TODAY WITH AN INCREASING SOUTH WIND. LOW CLOUDS WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG WITH WINTRY MIX OF PRECIP. THROUGH 17/12Z...WILL KEEP PRECIP ALL -SN AT FOD...-FZRA AT ALO/DSM...AND -RA TRANSITIONING TO -FZRA AT OTM. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-APPANOOSE-AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER- CASS-CERRO GORDO-CLARKE-DALLAS-DAVIS-DECATUR-FRANKLIN-GREENE- GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA- MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR- UNION-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-APPANOOSE-BLACK HAWK-BREMER-CASS-CLARKE-DALLAS-DAVIS- DECATUR-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION- MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION- WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...KINNEY LONG TERM...MOYER
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 10:29 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1029 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 IAZ028-038-039-048>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171100- BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 1029 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND UP TO A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH AND BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL ICING IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL AND ICING REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED...ESPECIALLY WITH A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL IS PLANNED FOR 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ017-025>027-035>037-046-047-057-171100- CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE- BOONE-AUDUBON- 1029 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF BOTH ICE AND SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL IS PLANNED FOR 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015-016-023-024-033-034-044-045-171100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- 1029 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:57 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 40 more | 24 hr |
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