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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2008, 4:13 PM CST for 15 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 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 16, 2008, 4:13 PM CST (22:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:02 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Vinton, IA | JUST A GLAZE ON TREES AND SURFACES. JUST CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 7:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 W Stanley, IA | ICE ACCUMULATIONS 0F 0.1 TO 0.2 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN HAS SWITCH OVER TO ICE PELLETS AND LIGHT SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 7:22 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Galena, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL OF 0.65. ROAD IMPASSABLE. |
| Feb 17, 7:27 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | 0.25 TO 0.50 ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURE OF 30 F. |
| Feb 17, 7:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Victor, IA | PRECIP HAS CHANGED TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 7:38 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | JUST CHANGED OVER TO A GRANULAR SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Nw Shellsburg, IA | HAS SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 7:53 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | 0.4 TO 0.5 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN COMBINED WITH SLEET. JUST TURNED TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | W Norway, IA | 0.54 LIQUID PRECIPITATION PRIOR TO THE FREEZING RAIN. NOW SNOWING BIG FLAKES. ROADS ARE TOTALLY ICE COVERED. |
| Feb 17, 8:16 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 6 Ne Van Horne, IA | HAS SWITCHED TO SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 8:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | FREEZING RAIN HAS NOW TURNED TO ALL SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 8:48 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 3 W Libertyville, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST HOUR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 5 Nw Iowa City, IA | MODERATE SNOW ON NORTH SIDE OF CORALVILLE WITH 3/4 INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 17, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN LAST HOUR. CONTINUES AS MODERATE SNOW WITH ROADS ICE/SNOW COVERED. |
| Feb 17, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Nnw Springville, IA | SNOWFALL SINCE 730 AM. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ssw Vinton, IA | STILL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 9:54 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Marion, IA | STILL SNOWING. ALSO RECEIVED 0.52 INCHES OF RAIN PRIOR TO SNOW START. |
| Feb 17, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Edgewood, IA | SNOW IS FALLING AT 1 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Feb 17, 10:14 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Stanley, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 10:19 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 10:31 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 10:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Washington, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 W Libertyville, IA | SNOWFALL IN LAST THREE HOURS. |
| Feb 17, 11:29 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 3 W Stanley, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 11:39 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Edgewood, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Victor, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 17, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Dubuque, IA | WET SNOW STILL FALLING. TOTAL OF 10 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 17, 12:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Marion, IA | |
| Feb 17, 12:18 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Nne Rutledge, MO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Vinton, IA | WIND GUST MEASURED AT 41 MPH AT 1214 PM. |
| Feb 17, 12:23 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 W Stanley, IA | |
| Feb 17, 12:28 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Dubuque, IA | |
| Feb 17, 12:36 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Sw Center Junction, IA | |
| Feb 17, 12:36 PM CST | SNOW 5 | E Solon, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 1:04 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Anamosa, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 1:27 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 W Stanley, IA | STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 17, 1:48 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 17, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 17, 2:24 PM CST | SNOW 6.3 | Asbury, IA | |
| Feb 17, 2:26 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | SNOW STARTING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 17, 2:34 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Edgewood, IA | 5 INCH STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 W Elmira, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 17, 2:46 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Belle Plaine, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION FROM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 17, 2:46 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO 40 MPH. |
| Feb 17, 2:49 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Belle Plaine, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 17, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Springville, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nne Downing, MO | STORM TOTAL. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SUN VISIBLE AT TIMES. |
| Feb 17, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 17, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 S Galena, IL | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 17, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 6 | E Lisbon, IA | STORM TOTAL. SUN COMING OUT. |
| Feb 17, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Stanwood, IA | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. |
| Feb 17, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Cantril, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 17, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Lowden, IA | SNOW WINDING DOWN. STILL PLENTY OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | W Norway, IA | SNOW ENDED. DRIFTING CONTINUES. |
| Feb 17, 4:16 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nnw Fairfield, IA | |
| Feb 17, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.6 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 17, 4:31 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Independence, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 17, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 7.3 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | SNOWFALL TOTAL BETWEEN 7 AND 7 1/2 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. CURRENTLY SOME FLURRIES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDVN 162213 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A LARGE AND POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TO THE MIDWEST...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ALSO...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ088-089-099-ILZ017-MOZ010-162315- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.A.0003.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-BUREAU-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...PRINCETON...KAHOKA 413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE MORE IN THE FORM OF RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-087-098-ILZ001-002-007-MOZ009- 170615- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0003.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... MEMPHIS 413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTHWEST OF A FAIRFIELD...CLINTON...AND FREEPORT LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE LIKELY IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VINTON...TO NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE. AREAS FROM SIGOURNEY...TO CEDAR RAPIDS...TO ANAMOSA AND SOUTH OF DUBUQUE CAN EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. AMOUNTS OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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-ILZ009-015-016-024-170615- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0003.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...ALEDO 413 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY IN THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TEMPORARILY TURNS TO REGULAR RAIN SUNDAY MORNING. THEN...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO ILLINOIS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BY SUNDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ 05/12
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 170200 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 800 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A LARGE AND POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TO THE MIDWEST...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ALSO... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-087-098-ILZ001-002-007-MOZ009- 171000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... MEMPHIS 800 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTHWEST OF A FAIRFIELD...CLINTON...AND FREEPORT LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE LIKELY IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS IOWA INTO ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VINTON...TO NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE. AREAS FROM SIGOURNEY...TO CEDAR RAPIDS...TO ANAMOSA AND SOUTH OF DUBUQUE CAN EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. AMOUNTS OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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-ILZ009-015-016-024-171000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...ALEDO 800 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY IN THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN TEMPORARILY TURNS TO REGULAR RAIN SUNDAY MORNING. THEN...SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO ILLINOIS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BY SUNDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 170938 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 338 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A LARGE AND POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER TO THE AREA...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLY TODAY...AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ALSO... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-076-077-087-098-ILZ001-002-007-MOZ009- 171745- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... MEMPHIS 338 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE IOWA...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE IOWA...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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-ILZ009-015-016-024-171745- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...ALEDO 338 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN THIS MORNING MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BRIEFLY THIS MORNING...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THIS AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO ILLINOIS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BY SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAYES/DLF
000 WWUS43 KDVN 171643 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IOWA INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IAZ054-066-ILZ001-180045- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.080217T1900Z-080218T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ002-007-171745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION. $$ ILZ009-016-024-171745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...ALEDO 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-180045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....MEMPHIS 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE IOWA...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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. $$ IAZ088-089-099-MOZ010-180045- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...KAHOKA 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ067-068-ILZ015-180045- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ078-180045- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAPELLO 1043 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 172116 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 316 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW WINDING DOWN... .A POTENT WINTER STORM OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS THIS EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-180530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....MEMPHIS 316 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING WITH ROADS ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 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. $$ IAZ078-088-089-099-MOZ010-180530- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...KAHOKA 316 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING WITH ROADS ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ054-066>068-ILZ001-015-180530- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 316 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING WITH ROADS ICE AND SNOW COVERED...AND VISIBILITIES GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 180102 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 702 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM HAS ENDED... .THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW HAS MOVED INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...ENDING THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PATCH BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-180215- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....MEMPHIS 702 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER HAS PASSED. $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-015-MOZ010-180215- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KAHOKA 702 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER HAS PASSED. $$ 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 16, 3:12 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:12 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
312 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
.DISCUSSION...
QUICK DISCUSSION FOR UPDATED HEADLINES. STORM WILL BE LIFTING N/E
TRACKING NEAR TO JUST S/E OF QUAD CITIES SUN AFTN. THIS WILL
PUT THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS...ESPECIALLY N/W OF DBQ-CID LINE. ALSO...SIGNIFICANT
ICING POTENTIAL WITH WARM ADVECTION MAINLY NORTH OF I 80 OVRNGT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING WHERE DEEP SNOW COVER TO KEEP BL TEMPS
NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING. BOTTOM LINE...HAVE UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A FREEPORT TO
CLINTON TO WASHINGTON TO MEMPHIS LINE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND
OR SNOW ACCUMS. NARROW WINTER WX ADVISORY TO THE S/E OF WARNING TO
INCLUDE QUAD CITIES...STERLING...KEWANEE...ALEDO...WAPELLO
FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET TNGT BEFORE GOING TO RAIN SUN
MORNING. ALSO...FLOOD WATCH FOR QUAD CITIES AND BURLINGTON AND MOST
POINTS TO THE S/E. PLAN TO ISSUE ANOTHER DISCUSSION AFTER PRODUCTS
ARE OUT.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-
DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-
VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR DES MOINES-HENRY IA-LEE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR BUREAU-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-
PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR HENRY IL-MERCER-ROCK ISLAND-WHITESIDE.
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR SCOTLAND.
FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CLARK.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 11:45 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1145 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-171145- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 1145 AM CST SAT FEB 16 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S. TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL SEND A SURGE OF WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION. THE SURGE OF WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CAUSE RAIN TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH NEAR THE GROUND TO CAUSE FREEZING RAIN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY. SUNDAY MORNING AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL HAVE PERIODS OF RAIN. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND MELTING SNOW MAY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON TRIBUTARIES IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...ANY LINGERING RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING WITH THE SNOW SPREADING INTO ILLINOIS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GALENA ILLINOIS THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH ANY SNOW THAT IS FALLING WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY MOVE THE REGION AT THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AN EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 2 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. BUT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF RAIN...SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DURING THIS WINTER STORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:44 AM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 33 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 27 hr |
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.