Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill warning at Dec 21, 2008, 3:40 AM CST for 13 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 hr. 2 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 21, 2008, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 11:33 AM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 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
10 follow-up statements
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. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 220302 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 902 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221115- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0011.081222T0302Z-081222T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 902 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 28 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 221115- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 902 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 220942 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE SNOW WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA LINE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TUESDAY. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW ADDING TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 221745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. 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 STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-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 342 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 28 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A MONMOUTH TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ NICHOLS/HAASE
000 WWUS43 KDVN 221000 CCA WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 359 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...THEN MORE SNOW TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY... .TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE SNOW WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA LINE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TUESDAY. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW ADDING TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 221745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 359 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. 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 STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-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 359 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 28 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A MONMOUTH TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ NICHOLS/HAASE
000 WWUS43 KDVN 221621 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1021 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...THEN MORE SNOW TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY... .A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE SNOW WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA LINE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TUESDAY. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW ADDING TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 230030- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1021 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. 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 STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-230030- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ 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 1021 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND BITTERLY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A MONMOUTH TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 221733 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1133 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...MORE SNOW TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY... .A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE SNOW WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA LINE LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TUESDAY. THEN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW ADDING TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 230145- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1133 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND WIND CHILLS ARE NOW RUNNING 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-230145- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0017.081223T0600Z-081224T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0011.081224T0000Z-081224T2100Z/ 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 1133 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND WIND CHILLS ARE RUNNING 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A MONMOUTH TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. SNOW WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ON TOP OF THE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE WATCH AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Dec 21, 3:15 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:15 AM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
315 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
TRUE ARCTIC AIR WILL BE OVER THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
BRUTAL CONDITIONS TO SAY THE LEAST. AS THE HEART OF THE ARCTIC AIR
PUSHES EAST...RETURN FLOW OF GULF MOISTURE WILL BRING ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT TO POSSIBLY MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT
AND LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP
TROUGH COMING OUT OF THE WEST. WINTER-WEARY MIDWESTERNERS WILL HAVE
TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER DEEP TROUGH COMING OUT OF THE WEST WHICH
PROMISES TO BRING A SIGNIFICANT WINTER EVENT TO THE REGION SOMETIME
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK OR BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND TIME FRAME.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT CORE OF THE
TRUE ARCTIC AIR...WHICH YOU DON/T SEE TOO OFTEN IN OUR REGION...WILL
BE OVER THE AREA IN THE SHORT TERM. 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS HAD RAPID
CITY SD WITH A 500 MB TEMP OF -44C THE HEART OF THE COLDEST AIR
COMES RIGHT ACROSS THE DVN CWA TODAY. OPERATIONAL MODELS HAVING A
HARD TIME DEALING WITH THIS EXTREME SITUATION AND TEMPERATURE
GUIDANCE WAY TOO WARM. WILL KEEP MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO
TODAY AND HAVE LOWERED READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. SOME AREAS
IN THE NORTHERN CWA MAY REACH -20 AND POSSIBLY COLDER.
ADDING TO THE DANGER WILL BE THE HOWLING WINDS WITH 850 MB WINDS AT
LEAST 50 KNOTS TODAY. EXPECT SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THEREFORE WILL KEEP BLIZZARD WARNING GOING
REMAINDER OF TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. FREQUENT
WHITEOUTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY REPORTED AND IDOT WEBSITE
INDICATES TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED IN THOSE AREAS. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT SO EVEN AFTER THE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS END THERE SHOULD STILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS.
WITH THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO...WIND
CHILL FACTORS WILL BASICALLY BE BELOW -30F WHICH IS IN THE WARNING
CRITERIA. HAVE ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA WHICH
RUNS THROUGH NOON MONDAY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST...WITH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES TODAY AND SHORT
WAVE DROPPING INTO THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON THERE
SHOULD BE AT LEAST SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WITH SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. FLURRIES SHOULD LINGER INTO THIS
EVENING. AND BEING THIS IS TRUE ARCTIC AIR SHOULD ALSO SEE ICE
CRYSTALS/ICE NEEDLES ZIPPING ACROSS THE SKY. ..HAASE..
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...
...CONTINUED SEASONABLY COLD AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WITH SNOW AND SOME
SLEET MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
BY WEEKEND...
MODEL INITIALIZATION AND VERIFICATION GOOD EXCEPT ALL SOLUTIONS
UNDERPLAYING ARCTIC AIR OVER CENTRAL US BY 3 TO 8 PLUS DEGREES. GFS
REMAINS MOST CONSISTENT AND PRIMARY GUIDANCE USED WITH INPUTS FROM
HI-RES ECMWF CLOSEST ON INTENSITY OF ARCTIC AIR. THEN 70/30 MIX OF
GFS AND HI-RES ECMWF AFTER TUESDAY INTO SATURDAY.
MONDAY...ALL SOLUTIONS SHOW SURFACE ARCTIC HIGH RIDGE OVER REGION TO
LIMIT BL MIXING AND WITH THICK EXISTING SNOW COVER...HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW COLDEST GUIDANCE. LOCAL TECHNIQUES
CONTINUE TO SUGGEST HIGHS NORTH OF I-80 TO STRUGGLE TO REACH ZERO
DEGREES DESPITE CLEAR SKIES. MONDAY NIGHT...UPPED POPS TO HIGH
CHANCE TO LIKELY CATEGORIES WITH GOOD WARM FRONT OVERRUNNING THE
RETREATING ARCTIC AIR WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED DUE
TO 20-25:1 RATIOS. MINS TO OCCUR MOST LOCATIONS EARLY TO MID EVENING
WITH RISING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AS SOUTH WINDS KICK IN WITH MID TO
UPPER TEENS BY DAYBREAK.
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...LIKELY POPS WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES
INTO 20S TO AROUND 30F FAR SOUTH AS MOISTURE RIDES OVER RETREATING
ARCTIC AIR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE WITH SOME SLEET
SOUTHEAST OF A PRINCETON TO GALESBURG TO KEOSAUQUA LINE. AS WEAK
SURFACE LOW PASSES ARCTIC AIR TO MOVE BACK TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING.
DAY SHIFT MAY NEED TO RAISE MIN TEMPERATURES SE SECTIONS DUE TO
MOISTURE AND CLOUDS.
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER ARCTIC HIGH MOVES IN WITH
CLEARING SKIES DROPPING TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS TO
REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OR FALL MOST LOCATIONS INTO TEENS DURING THE DAY
WITH MINS SINGLE DIGITS WITH BELOW ZERO TO 5 BELOW NW SECTIONS. EVEN
COLDER MIN TEMPS TO NEAR -10F POSSIBLE PER LOCAL ANALYSIS IN NORTH
MANY LOCATIONS FOR LATER SHIFTS TO CONSIDER.
THURSDAY...ARCTIC AIR RETREATS TO EAST AS SW UPPER LEVEL FLOW
CONTINUES ALLOWING FOR WARMING TEMPERATURES WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
FOR SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AS NEXT SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. BEST GUIDANCE
TECHNIQUES SUGGEST ANY PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR TOWARD DAYBREAK.
FRIDAY...NO CHANGES MADE BUT DEEPENING SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
INDICATING A MODERATE TO STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT REGION BY
SATURDAY. LOCAL TOOLS SUPPORT THIS SYSTEM SHOULD TAKE A FURTHER NORTH
TRACK. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION OR JUST RAIN OVER
PORTIONS OF AREA. TIMING AND IMPACTS OF PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD BE
CLARIFIED NEXT 48 HOURS. ..NICHOLS..
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH
AREAS OF BLSN ELSEWHERE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED 20-30
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND POSSIBLY HIGHER. THE WIND WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. ..HAASE..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY
FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES-
LINN.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BENTON-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES-LINN.
WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR CEDAR-DES MOINES-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-LEE-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-
SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY
FOR CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CARROLL-JO
DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR BUREAU-HANCOCK-
HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-
WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
HAASE/NICHOLSHazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 3:29 PM CST, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 329 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 329 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING RESULTING IN 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND AN INCH OR LESS TO THE SOUTH. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...EXITING THE EASTERN COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ALL THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT THAT TREES AND POWER LINES STILL HAVE A HEAVY COATING OF ICE FROM THURSDAYS ICE STORM. THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT MAY CAUSE MORE POWER LINES TO BREAK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SUNDAY...VERY STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THIS AREA WILL SEE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING. THE STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO NORTH OF I-80 AND THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS SOUTH WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. NORTH OF I-80...WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -35 ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-80 HAVING WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH SOME BY SUNDAY EVENING DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT. HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WHEN COMBINED WITH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES OF -5 TO -15 DEGREES. PLEASE SEE LOCAL OFFICE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TUESDAY. SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED...BUT IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING AS WELL AS REPORTS CONCERNING THE BLOWING SNOW AND EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. DLF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 20, 9:49 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
949 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM SNOW EDGEWOOD 42.64N 91.40W
12/20/2008 M2.5 INCH DELAWARE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 7:20 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Whiteside | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 5 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.