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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2008, 3:50 AM CST for 16 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 53 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 25, 2008, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 2:50 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 25 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 25, 3:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 Sse Winslow, IL | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Stockton, IL | |
| Feb 25, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO ALL SNOW. SNOW IS HEAVY. ONLY A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION THUS FAR. |
| Feb 25, 5:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 3 Nw Orangeville, IL | COCORAHS |
| Feb 25, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | |
| Feb 25, 6:17 PM CST | SNOW 1 | E Iowa City, IA | |
| Feb 25, 6:27 PM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Camanche, IA | SNOWFALL BREAKS OLD RECORD FOR THE MONTH THAT WAS SET IN 1974. TOTAL IS .1 HIGHER THAN OLD RECORD OF 23.3. |
| Feb 25, 6:27 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Victor, IA | SNOW STARTED AT 5 PM. STILL MODERATE SNOW. |
| Feb 25, 6:31 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Edgewood, IA | LIGHT SNOW AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 6:47 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sterling, IL | |
| Feb 25, 6:51 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Vinton, IA | |
| Feb 25, 6:51 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sterling, IL | |
| Feb 25, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | North Liberty, IA | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Feb 25, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Brighton, IA | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH NOW AT 7.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Cedar Rapids, IA | MEASURED AT KCRG DOWNTOWN. LT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 25, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | MEASURED BY KCRG. |
| Feb 25, 7:57 PM CST | SNOW 0.9 | 4 W Bettendorf, IA | |
| Feb 25, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Nnw Springville, IA | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 25, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Lowden, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Feb 25, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Cordova, IL | |
| Feb 25, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | SINCE 5 PM. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 25, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Stockton, IL | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 25, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Galena, IL | MEASURED BY WREX METEOROLOGIST. |
| Feb 25, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Stanley, IA | |
| Feb 25, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Freeport, IL | STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Feb 25, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Thomson, IL | STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Feb 25, 8:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Stanwood, IA | |
| Feb 25, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Coal Valley, IL | |
| Feb 25, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 8:49 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Mount Carroll, IL | |
| Feb 25, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 W Elmira, IA | STILL LIGHT SNOW. |
| Feb 25, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Galena, IL | STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 9:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | STILL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mount Carroll, IL | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 9:32 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Sterling, IL | MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | North Liberty, IA | |
| Feb 25, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | |
| Feb 25, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Prophetstown, IL | STILL COMING DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 10:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Pearl City, IL | |
| Feb 25, 10:19 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 6 Wsw Schapville, IL | |
| Feb 25, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Freeport, IL | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 25, 10:41 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Ne Fulton, IL | |
| Feb 25, 11:01 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Se Garrison, IA | SNOW STOPPED. WIND INCREASING BUT MINIMAL BLOWING SNOW SO FAR. |
| Feb 25, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pearl City, IL | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 25, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Galena, IL | SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 25, 11:26 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | MEASURED BY KCRG. VERY LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nw Marion, IA | |
| Feb 25, 11:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | 2.6 IN SINCE 6PM. 5 IN ON GROUND. |
| Feb 25, 11:59 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | SNOWFALL SINCE 6 PM |
| Feb 26, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 W Bettendorf, IA | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 26, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Sse Council Hill, IL | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 26, 2:13 AM CST | SNOW 1 | N Washington, IA | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Feb 26, 2:43 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 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 250950 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 350 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THE STORM CENTER PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA...IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY... WET SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY BECOMING VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-251800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.080225T1800Z-080226T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 350 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO A HEAVY...WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW ...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-251800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.080225T1500Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.080225T2100Z-080226T1800Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 350 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO A WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-251800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.080226T0300Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 350 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MILDER TEMPERATURES AND RAIN INTO THE AREA TODAY. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET THIS MORNING...BUT IT SHOULD SWITCH TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY. THEN...AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE SOUTH AND WINDS SWITCH TO THE NORTHEAST...COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN DOWN INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL SWITCH THE RAIN OVER TO A WET SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ 05/12
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 251712 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1112 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS THE STORM CENTER PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA...IT WILL DRAW IN COLDER AIR CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-260115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.080225T1800Z-080226T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1112 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY RESULT IN MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM IOWA CITY TO DUBUQUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW ... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REMEMBER TO CARRY YOUR WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-260115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.080225T2100Z-080226T1800Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1112 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN...AND LOCAL AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO A WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REMEMBER TO CARRY YOUR WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-260115- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1112 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MILD TEMPERATURES AND RAIN INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 252147 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 347 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... .SNOW WAS OVERSPREADING PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS WESTERN IOWA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE RANGE OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...ROUGHLY CENTERED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AS THE ST0RM SYSTEM EXITS...SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH BRISK WINDS CONTINUING TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-260600- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.SB.Y.0002.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 347 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-260600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 347 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND SUNSET AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL WET AND HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES EARLY TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS...CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REMEMBER TO CARRY YOUR WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-260600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 347 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. RAIN...AND LOCAL AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO A WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REMEMBER TO CARRY YOUR WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-260600- /O.NEW.KDVN.SB.Y.0002.080226T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 347 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 260310 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 910 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI WAS SPREADING SNOW OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING. SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-015-024-261115- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-ROCK ISLAND-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...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 910 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ ILZ009-016>018-261115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 910 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS...CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REMEMBER TO CARRY YOUR WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261115- /O.CON.KDVN.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ 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 910 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 260850 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 250 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING TAKING THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WITH IT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WISCONSIN DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. ILZ009-016>018-261000- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 250 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED...AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. DESPITE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS...THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL PRECLUDE ANY WIDESPREAD BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 015-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261000- /O.CAN.KDVN.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080226T1800Z/ 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- ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND- CLARK- 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....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 250 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. DESPITE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS...THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL PRECLUDE ANY WIDESPREAD BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 24, 10:20 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:20 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1020 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008
.UPDATE...
QUICK LOOK AT INCOMING NEW 00Z MODEL RUNS...INCLUDING A FRESH LOOK
AT THE NEW 00Z GFS SUGGESTS ANOTHER SOUTHWARD JOG FROM PREVIOUS
RUNS OF BOTH THE SFC LOW AND H85 MB LOW PATHS AS SYSTEM GETS SAMPLED
OVER CA-NV THIS EVENING BY NEW UPPER AIR DATA. THE NEW NAM IS
TROUBLING BY ITS MORE SOUTHERN AND WETTER TREND...AND WOULD MEAN
EASY WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA SNOWS ALONG AND A COUNTY SOUTH NOW
OF THE I80 CORRIDOR. HAVE ADJUSTED THE WINTER STORM WATCH A TIER OF
COUNTIES SOUTHWARD...BUT WITH PRE-SYSTEM WARM DRAW AND MAINLY RAIN
ON MONDAY IN THESE AREAS IF SFC TEMPS HOLD ABOVE FREEZING EVEN IN
THE EARLY MONDAY MORNING PERIOD/LIMITING MUCH OF ANY FREEZING RAIN
THREAT/...HAVE DECIDED TO NOT START THE NEW WATCH AREAS UNTIL 03Z
TUE WHEN WINDS SWITCH TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE FOR SOME COLD
CONVEYOR TO SWITCH RAIN TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE
THESE NEW WATCH COUNTIES COULD GET ANYWHERE FROM 2-6 INCHES OF WET
SNOW...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING TROUBLE LATE MON NIGHT INTO TUE.
WILL MAKE A MORE DETAILED LOOK/ANALYSIS OF NEW MODEL DATA AND HAMMER
OUT THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS FOR THE 4 AM MON MORNING PACKAGE.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BENTON-
BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-
JOHNSON-JONES-LINN-MUSCATINE-SCOTT.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-
JACKSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-
WASHINGTON.
WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR DES MOINES-HENRY-JEFFERSON.
IL...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK
ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR HENDERSON-WARREN.
MO...NONE.
&&
12Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 5:03 AM CST, 22 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 503 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251115- 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- 503 AM CST SUN FEB 24 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 PATCHY AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. MOST OF THE FOG WILL BE LIGHT...BUT A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALLY DENSE FOG AROUND SUNRISE...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THE DENSE FOG WILL BE MORE PRONE IN RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS. MILDER AND MOIST AIR MOVING UP OVER THE AREA AND THE SNOWPACK IN PLACE...MAY FORM LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TONIGHT. THE FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AGAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. THERE WILL BE A LOW CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS A LARGE STORM SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY...TO BURLINGTON MAINLY AFTER 2 AM CST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES ALONG THE IOWA...MISSOURI BORDER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY MORNING... WITH MAINLY RAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34... AND A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET TO THE NORTH. AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES MONDAY AFTERNOON THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. CURRENT DATA SUGGESTS THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. THUNDER SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF HEADING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH AROUND AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS THAT SEE A COUPLE INCHES OF MORE OF ACCUMULATION. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:47 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.