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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 3:43 AM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 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
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 2:07 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Nnw Springville, IA | SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2.9 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 5, 2:10 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Prophetstown, IL | QUARTER INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. SLEET HAS BEGUN TO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 5, 2:22 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Muscatine, IA | 0.8 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. |
| Feb 5, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 2:58 PM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Stanwood, IA | 0.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 130 PM. |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Mount Carroll, IL | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Nnw Springville, IA | LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sterling, IL | HEAVY SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 0.6 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 0.6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN PAST HOUR. SNOW REPORTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY IN NATURE. |
| Feb 5, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 5 Ne Fairfield, IA | SNOW ACCUMULATION 1.7 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY. |
| Feb 5, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 W Bettendorf, IA | LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Park View, IA | MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 3:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Vinton, IA | 1.8 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 5, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 Sw Chadwick, IL | INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL DURING PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 5, 3:55 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Princeton, IL | QUARTER INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. SNOW AND SLEET MIX HAS SWITCHED TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 5, 4:07 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nnw Muscatine, IA | |
| Feb 5, 4:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0.9 | 1 Ssw Belle Plaine, IA | |
| Feb 5, 4:25 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 6 Ne Van Horne, IA | VISIBILIITY 3/4 MILE |
| Feb 5, 4:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Stockton, IL | SNOWFALL SINCE 230 P.M. |
| Feb 5, 4:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Massbach, IL | SNOWFALL SINCE 230 P.M. |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 W Dubuque, IA | |
| Feb 5, 4:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.6 | Lowden, IA | SNOWFALL SINCE 1 P.M. |
| Feb 5, 5:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0.5 | 5 Nw Iowa City, IA | SNOWFALL SO FAR TODAY |
| Feb 5, 5:08 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.1 | Muscatine, IA | SNOWFALL IN PAST 4 HOURS. SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES |
| Feb 5, 5:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.8 | Asbury, IA | |
| Feb 5, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING. MEASURED BY KGAN TV. |
| Feb 5, 5:36 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Vinton, IA | |
| Feb 5, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 5, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Eldridge, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 5, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Victor, IA | LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 S Mount Carroll, IL | |
| Feb 5, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Anamosa, IA | SINCE 130 PM. |
| Feb 5, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Brighton, IA | SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION SINCE 10 AM. LIQUID EQUIVALENT SO FAR 0.62. LIGHT ICE GLAZE ON TREES. |
| Feb 5, 6:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Stockton, IL | HEAVY SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 6:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Stockton, IL | HEAVY SNOW FALLING CURRENTLY. |
| Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Vinton, IA | SNOW DEPTH IS 10 INCHES. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 5, 8:07 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.9 | Nnw Springville, IA | SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2.9 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 5, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lowden, IA | |
| Feb 5, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Elmira, IA | HAS NOW COMPACTED TO 1.8. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 5, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | W Cantril, IA | 3 TO 4 INCHES SNOW EARLIER HAS NOW COMPACTED TO 2. |
| Feb 5, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 2 W Dubuque, IA | |
| Feb 5, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Marion, IA | |
| Feb 5, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 S Galena, IL | SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5.0 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 5, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 5, 10:58 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 S Victor, IA | STILL SNOWING. WIND STARTING TO PICK UP. |
| Feb 6, 12:01 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Mount Pleasant, IA | SNOW IN THE PAST 1/2 HOUR. HEAVY SNOW REPORTED. |
| Feb 6, 12:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ne Augusta, IL | FREEZING ON THE TREES. MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME SNOW. |
| Feb 6, 12:44 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Park View, IA | ALSO AN ICE GLAZING ON ALL SURFACES. |
| Feb 6, 1:14 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | JUST ONE INCH IN LAST 6 HOURS. |
| Feb 6, 2:37 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Keosauqua, IA | 0.8 OF NEW IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. |
| Feb 6, 2:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 6 Wnw Rock Falls, IL | |
| Feb 6, 3:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Belle Plaine, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 6, 5:23 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 6, 5:25 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Cedar Rapids, IA | MEASURED DOWNTOWN CEDAR RAPIDS. COURTESY KCRG. |
| Feb 6, 5:26 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nnw Muscatine, IA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. MODERATE SNOW FALLING NOW. |
| Feb 6, 5:28 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Anamosa, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 6, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | North English, IA | SNOWING HARD AT THIS TIME. |
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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 050943 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 343 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-ILZ001-002-007-051745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 343 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDER SNOW LATE TONIGHT. IF THUNDER SNOW DOES DEVELOP...SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 OR 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL DEVELOP HALFWAY BETWEEN OSKALOOSA AND OTTUMWA IOWA...TO HALFWAY BETWEEN FREEPORT AND ROCKFORD ILLINOIS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THIS AXIS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE ADDITION OF ANY THUNDER SNOW WOULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF OVER 12 INCHES. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-051745- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T2100Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-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...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 343 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY AND CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY LATE AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE SEEN THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE SEEN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDER SNOW LATE TONIGHT. IF THUNDER SNOW DOES OCCUR...SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL DEVELOP HALFWAY BETWEEN OSKALOOSA AND OTTUMWA IOWA...TO HALFWAY BETWEEN FREEPORT AND ROCKFORD ILLINOIS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THIS AXIS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE ADDITION OF ANY THUNDER SNOW WOULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF OVER 12 INCHES. AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 051622 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1022 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. STRONG WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-ILZ001-002-007-060030- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1022 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL ROUGHLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS. SNOW TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AXIS...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FOR LONGER. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WHICH WOULD INCREASE SNOW TOTALS LOCALLY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-060030- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T2100Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1022 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL ROUGHLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS. SNOW TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AXIS...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FOR LONGER. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WHICH WOULD INCREASE SNOW TOTALS LOCALLY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ MAYES
000 WWUS43 KDVN 052153 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 353 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO SLAM THE AREA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH NEAR RECORD SNOW TOTALS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS BY THE TIME IT WINDS DOWN LATER WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-060600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 353 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FOR A WHILE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AND WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUGGESTS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR NEAR RECORD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 15 INCHES TO LOCALLY NEAR 18 INCHES ALONG AN AXIS ROUGHLY FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS WITH THUNDERSNOW POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL RATES AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE SNOW REMOVAL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-060600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T2100Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 353 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 12 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL RATES AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE SNOW REMOVAL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ MCCLURE/SHEETS/HLADIK
000 WWUS43 KDVN 060226 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 826 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO SLAM THE AREA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH NEAR RECORD SNOW TOTALS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS BY THE TIME IT WINDS DOWN LATER WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-061030- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 826 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM. AFTER 10 PM...THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AND WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUGGESTS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR NEAR RECORD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 15 INCHES TO LOCALLY NEAR 18 INCHES ALONG AN AXIS ROUGHLY FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA...TO THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS WITH THUNDERSNOW POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL RATES AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE SNOW REMOVAL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-061030- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T2100Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 826 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 12 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOWFALL RATES AND THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE SNOW REMOVAL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 060955 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 355 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA BY THE TIME IT WINDS DOWN WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-061800- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 355 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE TWO SEPARATE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT ONE BAND WILL RUN FROM OTTUMWA IOWA TO NORTH OF STERLING ILLINOIS. THE SECOND BAND SHOULD RUN FROM OSKALOOSA TO DUBUQUE IOWA. OVERALL...GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WITHIN THE TWO HEAVIER BANDS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 3 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WIND COMBINED WITH THE NEW SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-061800- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 355 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE TWO SEPARATE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE SOUTHERN BAND WILL RUN FROM OTTUMWA IOWA TO NORTH OF STERLING ILLINOIS. SINCE THIS BAND IS FURTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE LESS. OVERALL...GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 3 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THOUGHT THE DAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WIND COMBINED WITH THE NEW SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 061721 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1121 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO CLOBBER THE AREA... .A STRONG WINTER STORM CURRENTLY OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-070000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 1121 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH PERIODICAL BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON FROM SIGOURNEY AND WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTWARD TO MAQUOKETA...AND TO STOCKTON AND FREEPORT. OVERALL...GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WITHIN THE HEAVIER BAND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...TO SOUTH OF DUBUQUE...AND TO FREEPORT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 5 PM. BRISK NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-070000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 1121 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. OVERALL...GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 5 PM. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ 12
000 WWUS43 KDVN 062115 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...LAST SURGE OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE MAJOR WINTER STORM STARTS TO EXIT THE AREA... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA... WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...ACCUMULATING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 6 PM. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CONTINUING TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST MID EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-070000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. MORE OF A PROBLEM WILL BE THE BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH . EVEN IN AREAS WHERE THE SNOW HAS ENDED....THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THOUGH THE EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE SOME. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL OF THESE LINGERING HAZARDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-070000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. MORE OF A PROBLEM WILL BE THE BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH . EVEN IN AREAS WHERE THE SNOW HAS ENDED....THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THOUGH THE EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS DECREASE SOME. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL OF THESE LINGERING HAZARDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ 05/12
000 WWUS43 KDVN 070001 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 601 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXITING THE AREA... .THE POTENT WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES OF SNOW TO PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI IS MOVING EAST. THUS ITS IMPACT ON THE AREA IS ON THE DECREASE. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>017-024- 070300- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BS.Y.0004.080207T0001Z-080207T0300Z/ 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-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...ALEDO 601 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN GOOD THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...NEAR THE GROUND...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...CREATING RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES OF ROAD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...SNOW WILL BLOW BACK OVER PREVIOUSLY CLEARED ROADS...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY 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...AND ON EAST WEST ROADS. $$ IAZ087>089-098-ILZ018-MOZ009-070115- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-PUTNAM-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....HENNEPIN...MEMPHIS 601 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN GOOD THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT $$ IAZ099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-070115- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/ LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 601 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN GOOD THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT $$ ERVIN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 5, 3:30 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:30 AM CST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
330 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
WEATHER RELATIVELY QUIET ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...WITH NORTH FLOW BRINGING IN COLDER AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR
IN AHEAD OF THE STRONG SYSTEM BREWING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE
SYSTEM THAT HIT US YESTERDAY MORNING IS NOW OVER MICHIGAN WITH A
COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INTO MISSOURI...CREATING MORE
THUNDERSTORMS THERE. THIS FRONT EXTENDS BACK TO A SURFACE LOW IN
THE VICINITY OF LUBBOCK TEXAS...WHICH HAS BEEN SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST
OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. UPPER LEVEL FEATURES SHOW A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES...WITH A NICE VORT MAX CURRENTLY
EJECTING OUT OF IT AROUND SRN COLORADO/NEW MEXICO...AND ANOTHER
ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND COMING ON SHORE OVER NORTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY...
THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH TODAY ARE THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION...
AND ITS TYPE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MUCH IS GOING TO DEPEND ON
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...AS IT DID YESTERDAY. COLD AIR IS NOT COMING
IN AS QUICKLY AS IT COULD THIS MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA STILL AT OR ABOVE FREEZING AS OF 09Z. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO COLD AIR ADVECT ALL DAY WITH THE DEVELOPING SYSTEM DOWN SOUTH
KEEPING OUR WINDS NORTH AND WITH LITTLE OR NO REASON TO RISE EXCEPT
A NORMAL DIURNAL TREND WITH SUN TRYING TO PENETRATE A RATHER THICK
OVERCAST. THUS...HAVE GONE WITH STRAIGHT RAIN FOR THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING....WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN
OR SLEET FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF. THINGS GET COLDER FROM THEN ON AS
PRECIPITATION MOVES IN QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE
AREA OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT SNOW WILL STILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET EVEN IN
THE CENTRAL CWA BY EVENING...WITH ONLY THE NORTHWEST HAVING GONE
OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SHOULD BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN
THE SOUTHEAST WILL BE MORE SIGNIFICANT WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH
POSSIBLE. THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE OUT
FOR NOW...WITH LATER SHIFTS ADDING IN LATER AS SPECIFICS BECOME MORE
CLEAR. THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS THIS
MORNING...WITH THE GFS HAVING INITIALIZED POORLY AND BEING TOO FAST
WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW LEVEL FEATURES. THE NAM HAS FEWER
INITIALIZATION PROBLEMS...BUT SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH
QPF BULLSEYES THAT ARE SUSPICIOUS. LATER SHIFTS WILL HOPEFULLY BE
ABLE TO NAIL DOWN A FEW MORE DETAILS WITH PERHAPS A BETTER
INITIALIZATION. ...LE...
.LONG TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...
WINTER STORM GETS GOING IN ERNEST TUESDAY NIGHT. FIRST PART OF THE
EVENING SHOULD SEE FZRA/PL OVER ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST THIRD WITH
MAINLY SNOW OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. DYNAMIC COOLING TO ALLOW
THE PRECIP TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 06Z. ALTHOUGH I CANNOT
PINPOINT THE AREA...THUNDERSNOW WILL BE SEEN AT TIMES IN THE 06-12Z
TIME FRAME. LIFT IS VERY STRONG WITH AN UNSTABLE LAYER ALOFT. WINDS
WILL ALSO INCREASE ALLOWING BLOWING SNOW TO START. WIDESPREAD SNOW
TO CONTINUE THE FIRST PART OF WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE RAPIDLY
TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE A BIG
PROBLEM FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
AMOUNTS WILL BE THE REALLY TRICKY PART. ADDING TSSN TO EVERYTHING
WILL GUARANTEE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW
CRITICAL AS WELL. BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW WOULD BE HALFWAY BETWEEN
OSKALOOSA AND OTTUMWA TO HALFWAY BETWEEN FREEPORT AND ROCKFORD.
WITHIN THIS BAND AMOUNTS OF 8-12 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE SEEN. IF
THUNDERSNOW OCCURS WITHIN THIS BAND...LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 12+ COULD
BE SEEN.
THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...A WEAK SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA
PRODUCING SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW. AMOUNTS FOR THIS EVENT SHOULD ONLY
BE ABOUT AN INCH OR SO. FRIDAY ON...MADE NO CHANGES AS ATTENTION WAS
FOCUSED ON THE MAJOR WINTER STORM. ...08...
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR CIGS SLOWLY LIFTING THIS MORNING...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST MID MORNING. CID IS ALREADY MVFR...AND KDBQ AND KMLI
SHOULD BOTH HAVE ALSO RISEN TO MVFR BY 12Z...WITH BRL FOLLOWING A
LITTLE LATER. HOWEVER...WITH THIS NEXT BIG STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN
THIS AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE BACK TO IFR AND THEN
LIFR DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH ALL SITES LIKELY DOWN INTO LIFR IN
SNOW BY 00Z WED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.
...LE...
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LEE-
LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
BUREAU-CARROLL-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-
MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WARREN-
WHITESIDE.
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
CLARK-SCOTLAND.
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LE/08Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 5:00 AM CST, 22 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-051100- 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- 500 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TODAY. WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...IT WILL BE FREEZING RAIN. THIS FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY TO DUBUQUE IOWA. IT WILL CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO FORM... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED OR EXPOSED SURFACES. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE WHERE THIS FREEZING RAIN FALLS. IN ADDITION...FOG HAS DEVELOPED FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AROUND A HALF MILE. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE VISIBILITIES OF ONLY A QUARTER MILE. THIS FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE UNTIL WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LOOKS TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS...AND HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS STORM. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS THE STORM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...IT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LOOKING AT FRIDAY AND BEYOND...THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT AN ALBERTA CLIPPER STORM SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
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.