Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this blizzard warning at Dec 20, 2008, 3:12 PM CST for 16 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 15 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 20, 2008, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 25 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 20, 7:29 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Galena, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wsw Sherrard, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | W Norway, IA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 20, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:54 PM CST | BLIZZARD | W Norway, IA | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE. DRIFTS OVER 2 FEET DEEP. |
| Dec 20, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | E Lisbon, IA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 20, 8:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | |
| Dec 20, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Nw Kewanee, IL | 5 PM MEASUREMENT. |
| Dec 20, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Cordova, IL | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Edgewood, IA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 20, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 N Sterling, IL | |
| Dec 20, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Galena, IL | |
| Dec 20, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Lowden, IA | |
| Dec 21, 1:45 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Cambridge, IL | FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH PRODUCING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. |
| Dec 21, 3:37 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Sw Keystone, IA | GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY BELOW 1/4 MILE. ALSO SIGNFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW TO AT LEAST 6 FT ALONG HIGHWAY 30. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 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 KDVN 202112 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 312 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW OCCURRING WITH THE FRONT WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-210515- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.A.0001.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 312 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO MOVE IN OVERNIGHT DROPPING TEMPERATURES TO 0 TO -5 BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF TODAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS SNOWS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT BUT TEMPERATURES OF -5 TO -15 WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-MOZ009-010-210515- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.081221T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 312 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ICE IS STILL COATING POWER LINES AND TREES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/S ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MAY CAUSE MORE OF THE POWER LINES TO BREAK. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ DLF
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210120 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 720 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW OCCURRING WITH THE FRONT WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-210930- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 720 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO MOVE IN OVERNIGHT DROPPING TEMPERATURES TO 0 TO -5 BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF TODAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS SNOWS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT BUT TEMPERATURES OF -5 TO -15 WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF - 20 TO -30 THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-210930- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0015.081221T0120Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 720 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND... WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A PERIOD THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED ONCE THE FALLING SNOW ENDS...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING AND CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ICE IS STILL COATING POWER LINES AND TREES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/S ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MAY CAUSE MORE OF THE POWER LINES TO BREAK. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-210930- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 720 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ICE IS STILL COATING POWER LINES AND TREES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/S ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MAY CAUSE MORE OF THE POWER LINES TO BREAK. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210346 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 946 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. THIS ALONG WITH LARGE DRIFTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-211200- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 946 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 4O MPH AT TIMES ALONG WITH FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING WILL ALSO OCCUR. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT BUT TEMPERATURES OF -5 TO -15 WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF - 20 TO -30 THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-211200- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 946 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 4O MPH AT TIMES ALONG WITH FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING WILL ALSO OCCUR. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO HIGHWAY 34...THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ICE IS STILL COATING POWER LINES AND TREES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/S ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MAY CAUSE MORE OF THE POWER LINES TO BREAK. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211200- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 946 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS INDICATE THAT ICE IS STILL COATING POWER LINES AND TREES FROM THURSDAY NIGHT/S ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MAY CAUSE MORE OF THE POWER LINES TO BREAK. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210940 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 340 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OCCASIONALLY TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THIS ALONG WITH LARGE DRIFTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-211745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081221T0940Z-081222T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 340 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH TODAY WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-211745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.081222T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 340 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF TODAY. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN FACT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WC.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081221T0940Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 340 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR OR BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ HAASE
000 WWUS43 KDVN 211649 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1049 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OCCASIONALLY TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-220100- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1049 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF TODAY. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN FACT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-MOZ009-010-220100- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1049 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH TODAY WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES AS WELL CREATE DRIFTS ON SOME ROADS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 211806 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1206 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OCCASIONALLY TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ015>018-024-220215- /O.EXA.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... ALEDO 1206 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE REPORTING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIME IN RURAL AREA AS WELL AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS DRIFTED SHUT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ ILZ009-220215- /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1206 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH TODAY WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES AS WELL CREATE DRIFTS ON SOME ROADS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-220215- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1206 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN FACT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220215- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1206 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH TODAY WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES AS WELL CREATE DRIFTS ON SOME ROADS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 211909 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 109 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... REISSUED TO INCLUDE WHITESIDE COUNTY WHICH WAS OMITTED FROM THE PREVIOUS UPDATE. .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OCCASIONALLY TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. ILZ009-220315- /O.EXA.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 109 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN FACT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-220315- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 109 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN FACT...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ015>018-024-220315- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... ALEDO 109 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE REPORTING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIME IN RURAL AREA AS WELL AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS DRIFTED SHUT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220315- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 109 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 45 MPH TODAY WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING CREATING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES AS WELL CREATE DRIFTS ON SOME ROADS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 212146 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET BUT WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING WELL INTO THE EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP OFF INTO THE -5 TO -15 RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING. ILZ009-220600- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.081222T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THE DECREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THROUGH THE EVENING TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREA. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO -15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-220600- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.081222T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THE DECREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THROUGH THE EVENING TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREA. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO -15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ015>018-024-220600- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.081222T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... ALEDO 346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THE DECREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THROUGH THE EVENING TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREA. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO -15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220600- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ DLF
000 WWUS43 KDVN 220004 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 604 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-066-ILZ001-002-007-220815- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 604 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO - 15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF - 30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ063>065-067-068-076>078-ILZ015>018-024-220815- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... ALEDO 604 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO - 15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF - 30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ ILZ009-220815- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 604 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING INTO THE -10 TO - 15 RANGE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF - 30 TO -35. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE DANGEROUS CATEGORY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220815- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 604 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.