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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 8, 2008, 4:14 AM CST for 15 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 8, 2008, 12:46 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr. 35 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
- Dec 8, 2008, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2008, 12:46 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Fort Dodge, IA | SNOW DEPTH OF 1 INCH...WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1 TO 2 MILES. |
| Dec 8, 8:10 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Clarion, IA | 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW COVERING GROUND AND ROADS IN CLARION. |
| Dec 8, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 Ese Clarion, IA | 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 8, 8:23 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Hampton, IA | 1 INCH ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET |
| Dec 8, 8:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Allison, IA | |
| Dec 8, 8:31 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wsw Fort Dodge, IA | SOME SLEET MIXED IN WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 8, 8:42 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ssw Mason City, IA | AROUND 3 INCHES SINCE 530 PM CST THROUGHOUT MASON CITY |
| Dec 8, 8:46 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 E Clear Lake, IA | 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 218 BETWEEN MASON CITY AND CLEAR LAKE. |
| Dec 8, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 E Ventura, IA | 2 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN VENTURA AND CLEAR LAKE. |
| Dec 8, 8:58 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Garner, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Fort Dodge, IA | 2.2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN 90 MINUTES. |
| Dec 8, 10:42 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 E Mason City, IA | VISIBILITY A HALF MILE OR LESS |
| Dec 9, 1:16 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Dec 9, 1:18 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Pocahontas, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 9, 1:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Clarion, IA | |
| Dec 9, 1:25 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Estherville, IA | |
| Dec 9, 1:26 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Forest City, IA | |
| Dec 9, 1:58 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | BLOWING SNOW |
| Dec 9, 4:28 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | |
| Dec 9, 6:24 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Estherville, IA | 1 MILE VISIBILITY. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 6:26 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Emmetsburg, IA | 1 MILE VISIBILITY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 9, 6:29 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Algona, IA | O VISIBILITY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 6:33 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Humboldt, IA | SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 6:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Emmetsburg, IA | 20-30 MPH WIND CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SLICK ROADS. |
| Dec 9, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Lake Mills, IA | BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITES TO AROUND A MILE. |
| Dec 9, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Garner, IA | 15-20 MPH WIND |
| Dec 9, 6:47 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Mason City, IA | |
| Dec 9, 6:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Clarion, IA | 15-20 MPH WIND WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 9, 6:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Garner, IA | 15-20 MPH WIND |
| Dec 9, 6:52 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Dec 9, 6:53 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Rockwell City, IA | 15 MPH WIND CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 7:04 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hampton, IA | |
| Dec 9, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lake Mills, IA | |
| Dec 9, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Allison, IA | |
| Dec 9, 9:38 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Ringsted, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 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 081014 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 414 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS AND MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. FARTHER SOUTH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND GREATLY HAMPER TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT THE BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ017-025>028-081815- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0004.081208T2100Z-081210T0000Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...WAVERLY 414 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ004>007-015-016-024-081815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0004.081208T2100Z-081210T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...HUMBOLDT 414 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023-033-081815- /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-SAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY 414 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ IAZ034>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-081815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 414 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE FROM GUTHRIE CENTER AND JEFFERSON THROUGH AMES...MARSHALLTOWN AND WATERLOO. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MOYER
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDMX 081648 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1048 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. FARTHER SOUTH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND GREATLY HAMPER TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT THE BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-090100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.081208T2100Z-081210T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 1048 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY DIMINISHING AFTER 6 AM TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-090100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1048 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS43 KDMX 081849 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1249 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. FARTHER SOUTH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND GREATLY HAMPER TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT THE BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-090300- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0004.081208T1846Z-081210T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 1249 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PRODUCE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CREATE ICY CONDITIONS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISHING TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THEN QUICKLY DIMINISHING AFTER 6 AM TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-090300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1249 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS43 KDMX 082218 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY... .A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WILL CONVERGE ON IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY AND PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER. FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY ONGOING OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW. BY TUESDAY MORNING...LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS WILL SHIFT THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHEAST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LAST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES. IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-090630- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING BUT NOT BEFORE SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OCCUR. SNOWFALL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023-033>039-090630- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081208T2218Z-081209T2100Z/ POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ044>050-057-058-090630- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ IAZ059>062-070>075-081>083-092-093-090630- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T0600Z-081209T2100Z/ DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ084-094-090630- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T0600Z-081209T2100Z/ LUCAS-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...LEON 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-090630- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T1000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 418 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AFTER LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS43 KDMX 090312 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 912 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY... .A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WILL CONVERGE ON IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY AND PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER. FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY ONGOING OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW. BY TUESDAY MORNING...LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS WILL SHIFT THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHEAST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LAST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES. IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 912 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOWFALL SHOULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ023-033>039-044>050-057-058-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER 912 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG NEAR THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ059>062-070>075-081>084-092>094-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T0600Z-081209T2100Z/ DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON 912 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T1000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 912 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. EXPECT A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AFTER LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ REV
000 WWUS43 KDMX 090752 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT IOWA THROUGH TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NEAR KANSAS CITY EARLY THIS MORNING TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY ONGOING OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW. A BAND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE PRECIPITATION...INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LAST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES. IAZ023-034-035-091600- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ POCAHONTAS-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 152 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...EARLY THIS MORNING WITH HOURLY RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING DAYLIGHT HOURS...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-091600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 152 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOWFALL SHOULD BE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ033-036>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>084-092>094-091600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ SAC-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 152 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST OF AN ATLANTIC TO TAMA LINE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. IF NOT ALREADY...FREEZING RAIN AND A LITTLE SLEET WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ELSEWHERE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY SUNRISE. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE.TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THESE AREAS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MID MORNING. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THE WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY ADD STRESS TO POWER LINES AND TREES BRANCHES THAT ARE COATED IN ICE. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-091600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.081209T1000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 152 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AFTER LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW THIS MORNING. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 091010 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 410 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT IOWA THROUGH TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT. MOISTURE NORTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST SECTIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHERE NOT ALREADY SNOWING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY 9 AM. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES WILL HAVE A FEW MORE HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WHICH WILL LAST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034-035-091800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 410 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BY MID MORNING AS IT TRANSLATES EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ033-036>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>084-092>094-091815- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ SAC-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 410 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRESTON TO INDIANOLA...NEWTON AND TAMA LINE WILL HAVE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THROUGH 9 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...FREEZING RAIN AND A LITTLE SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW. ICE ACCRUAL OF UP TO TWO TENTHS ON ALL SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADS...WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WHEN HIDDEN BY A THIN LAYER OF SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO 2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...AND RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. THE WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY ADD STRESS TO POWER LINES AND TREES BRANCHES THAT ARE COATED IN ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-091815- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 410 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY 9 AM. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER TODAY. 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. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 091310 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 710 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SNOW ENDING...BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL TRACK INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT. MOISTURE NORTHWEST OF THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST SECTIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF CHARITON AND OSKALOOSA WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY 9 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...WHICH WILL LAST SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES. IAZ033-036-044>047-057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-091415- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ SAC-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 710 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHERE MORE THAN AN INCH FELL...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034-035-091800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 710 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING...LEAVING ONLY FLURRIES FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ZERO VISIBILITY WAS REPORTED BY KOSSUTH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SHORTLY BEFORE 7 AM. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ037>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-083-084-094-092100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...LEON 710 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES...FOR STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...AND RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. THE WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY ADD STRESS TO POWER LINES AND TREES BRANCHES THAT ARE COATED IN ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-092115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 710 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY 9 AM. AN ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER TODAY. 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. $$ MOYER
000 WWUS43 KDMX 091655 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1055 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034-035-091800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 1055 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. ONLY SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH MIDDAY. HOWEVER...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA REPORT NO PROBLEMS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ IAZ037>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-083-084-094-092100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...LEON 1055 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. HOWEVER...BLOWING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT VISIBILITIES AND THE ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. THE WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY ADD STRESS TO POWER LINES AND TREES BRANCHES THAT ARE COATED IN ICE. 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. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-100000- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1055 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. A NORTH WIND WILL GUST NEAR 40 MPH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS43 KDMX 091806 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034-035-091915- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081209T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A MILE OR TWO AT TIMES. THIS WILL NOT HAMPER TRAVEL. HOWEVER...A GUSTY NORTH WIND WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...AND ROADS REMAIN SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SECONDARY ROADS ARE ESPECIALLY SLICK. $$ IAZ037>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-083-084-094-092100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081209T2100Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...LEON 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. HOWEVER...BLOWING SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT VISIBILITIES AND THE ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. THE WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY ADD STRESS TO POWER LINES AND TREES BRANCHES THAT ARE COATED IN ICE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ085-086-095>097-100000- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. A NORTH WIND WILL GUST NEAR 40 MPH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. $$ KINNEY
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 Dec 8, 3:41 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:41 AM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 341 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SITUATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA...WITH EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWA. HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BEEN STREAMING NORTHWARD WITH WAA ALOFT...AND THUS SFC TEMPS HAVE BEEN NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING THROUGH THE NIGHT. BIGGEST ISSUES TODAY CENTER AROUND HOW FAR WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH...AND ON MOISTURE RETURN AND HOW FAST THE COLUMN WILL SATURATE. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND TIME-HEIGHT SECTIONS INDICATE LARGE AREA OF DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS TO OVERCOME WITH SATURATION OCCURRING WITH COOLING ALOFT TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...THEREFORE MAY END UP WITH MORE OF A DZ/FZDZ SCENARIO ACROSS THE CWA BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON SFC TEMP. COND PRES DEFICITS APPROACH 0 MB BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO TO THREE TIERS OF COUNTIES...SO EXPECT A QUICK TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW. GREATEST ISENTROPIC LIFT LOCATED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IOWA AS WELL AT THIS TIME...SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW RATIOS INITIALLY TO BE NEAR A 10:1 RATIO...AND WITH MODELS PROJECTING NEARLY A TENTH OR SLIGHTLY MORE QPF...EXPECT NEARLY AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW NEAR KEST TO KMCW THROUGH 00Z. SFC TEMPS TRICKY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH COLD AIR ENTRENCHED AT THE SURFACE...AND TRYING TO NAIL DOWN PROGRESSION OF THE WARM FRONT. CURRENTLY EXPECT FRONT TO PUSH TO AROUND THE HWY 20 TO HWY 30 CORRIDOR WHICH SHOULD KEEP ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF FZDZ MAINLY NORTH OF HWY 20...WITH DZ OR LIGHT RAIN SOUTHWARD. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT-SUNDAY/... THE MAIN EVENT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY IS COMING INTO BETTER FOCUS AND MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW BETTER AGREEMENT. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST CONSISTENT...WHICH IS WHAT THE PREVIOUS FORECASTS WERE HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARD. THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE...THOUGH THERE IS BETTER SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER MODELS. AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS...AN INVERTED TROUGH/FRONT WILL BE WELL INTO CENTRAL IOWA KEEPING AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THIS ZONE ABOVE FREEZING WELL INTO THE NIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...COLDER AIR WRAPS IN AND DYNAMICAL COOLING TAKES PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AND PRECIP THAT WAS RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW. THERE MAY BE A SMALL WINDOW AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION INITIALLY RAIN TO EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN ON THE WAY TO SNOW. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE ENTIRE COLUMN JUMPS BELOW FREEZING OR THE SURFACE GOES FIRST. ITS TOO HARD TO TELL AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...NO SOUNDING SUPPORTS MUCH SLEET. IT WILL PROBABLY BE A QUICK TRANSITION TO SNOW. THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN. THE FIRST IS ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE SNOW WILL BE ONGOING UNDER 600-500 MB FRONTOGENETICAL ZONE TO START THE NIGHT. THIS FORCING ZONE HAS SUPPORT FROM ALL MODELS AND ENSEMBLES...AND IS PERHAPS THE AREA THAT WILL RECEIVE THE MOST SNOW. WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE WATCH AND/OR ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN 3 TIERS OF COUNTIES BEGINNING AT 21Z TODAY. COULD HAVE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW UP THERE...AND WITH WIND PICKING UP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH. THE PLACEMENT OF THE WATCH IS STILL GOOD. HOWEVER...THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IS STILL IN QUESTION. THE ECMWF HAS NOW BACKED OFF ON TOTAL QPF OVER ITS LAST 2 RUNS...BUT THE GFS IS NOW SHOWING MORE TOTAL QPF. THE ECMWF WANTS TO WEAKEN THE DEF ZONE/TROWAL/FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING ZONE INITIALLY OVER NRN IOWA AS IT PIVOTS AND WRAPS IN BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO OUR SOUTH. THE GFS...RATHER...MAINTAINS OR RE-INVIGORATES THE FORCING RIGHT OVER CENTRAL IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND POINTS SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SO WHILE THE ECMWF SUPPORTS LIGHTER QPF...THE GFS STILL IS A REASON FOR PAUSE...AND OUR QPF IS A BLEND OF THE HPC GUIDANCE...ECMWF AND GFS. THE GFS DOES SHOW A PERFECT CROSS HAIRS DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE SIGNATURE OVER CENTRAL IOWA EARLY TUESDAY WHICH COULD YIELD 2 TO 4 HOURS OF 1 INCH SNOWFALL RATES. STILL LOOKING FOR ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH ONLY A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. WHILE OUR TOTAL SNOWFALL FORECAST IS A LITTLE LOWER NOW IN THE WATCH AREA...WILL MAINTAIN THE WATCH BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED WIND FACTOR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. SINCE THE IMPACT OF SNOW IN THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THE DAY SHIFT CAN REASSESS AND MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION AND STILL HAVE PLENTY OF LEAD TIME ON A WARNING/ADVISORY. IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR ZONES WILL REQUIRE SOME SORT OF ADVISORY OR WARNING IN PLACE FOR TUESDAY. THE WIND WILL BE A MAJOR FACTOR AND WILL RESULT IN BORDERLINE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS AS GUSTS COULD REACH CLOSE TO 40 MPH. SAC AND POCAHONTAS COUNTIES ARE BEING ADDED TO THE WATCH IN ORDER TO BLEND IN WITH HEADLINES FROM SURROUNDING OFFICES. THEY ALONG WITH OTHER COUNTIES IN THE WATCH MAY VERY WELL BE CONVERTED TO AN ADVISORY RATHER THAN A WARNING LATER TODAY...BUT I DID NOT WANT TO ISSUE A TWO COUNTY SECOND PERIOD ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP EXITS TO THE BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...BUT SOME SNOW MAY LINGER IN THE FAR EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE COLD WITH HIGHS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SYSTEMS CLIPPER SYSTEMS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO TRACK FARTHER NORTH WHICH PUTS US INTO THE WARM SECTOR OR EACH AND REDUCES THE CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW. A FEW TWEAKS WERE MADE TO DAYS 3 THROUGH 5. NEXT WEEK IS STILL LOOKING ACTIVE AND INTERESTING. && .AVIATION...08/09Z DUE TO AMOUNT OF DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF LOW CLOUD COVER AND CHANCES FOR FZRA THROUGH ABOUT 15Z. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL UNTIL SOME LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWARD TOWARD MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CHANCES FOR FZDZ STILL REMAIN AT MAINLY KALO AND KMCW BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHERE PRECIP SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY AT KMCW TOWARD 21Z. OTHERWISE CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AT KALO AND KFOD. CIGS TO LOWER TO IFR/LIFR...WITH VSBYS IN THE IFR/MVFR RANGE TOWARD 00-06Z MONDAY EVENING. CHANGEOVER TO SNOW EXPECTED AT KOTM...AND KDSM AFTER THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS- CLARKE-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HARDIN- JASPER-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-POCAHONTAS-POLK-POWESHIEK- RINGGOLD-SAC-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-WARREN-WEBSTER. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR BREMER-BUTLER-CERRO GORDO-EMMET-FRANKLIN-HANCOCK-HUMBOLDT- KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. && SHORT TERM...ALBRECHT LONG TERM...MOYER AVIATION...ALBRECHT
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 3:55 PM CST, 12 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 355 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 IAZ004>007-015-016-023-024-033-082200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT-SAC- 355 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. LIGHT TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY AND HAMPERING TRAVEL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IAZ017-025>028-034>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>083-092-093- 082200- CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- 355 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 ON MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY AND HAMPERING TRAVEL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IAZ084>086-094>097-082200- LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 355 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IN THE RANGE OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. AN INCREASING NORTH WIND LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DONAVON
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more | 26 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.