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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2008, 3:24 PM CST for 13 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 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
- Dec 17, 2008, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 16 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, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 7:27 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 1 W Elmira, IA | SLEET PELLETS HAVE STARTED JUST NORTHEAST OF IOWA CITY. |
| Dec 18, 7:29 PM CST | SLEET 0 | W Norway, IA | HEAVY SLEET WITH FEW SNOWFLAKES. |
| Dec 18, 7:30 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS STARTED. |
| Dec 18, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | ALL SNOW. |
| Dec 18, 8:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Blue Grass, IA | ABOUT 80 PERCENT FREEZING RAIN AND 20 PERCENT SLEET. |
| Dec 18, 8:10 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0 | Norway, IA | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Dec 18, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | |
| Dec 18, 8:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | ICE GLAZE. ADDITIONAL 0.2 ESTIMATED SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 18, 8:49 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 2 Nnw Muscatine, IA | 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE GROUND. CURRENTLY SLEETING. |
| Dec 18, 8:56 PM CST | SLEET 0.15 | 1 Ssw Belle Plaine, IA | SLEET ACCUMULATION IN RAIN GAGE. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IS 18 DEGREES. |
| Dec 18, 8:57 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | E Lisbon, IA | HEAVY SLEET OCCURING. |
| Dec 18, 9:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 5 Ne Cedar Rapids, IA | ICE GLAZE. FREEZING RAIN OCCURING. |
| Dec 18, 9:10 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 4 S Cedar Rapids, IA | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 18, 9:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | MEASURED 1/16 OF AN INCH. ALL SURFACES COATED. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES WITH SOME SLEET. |
| Dec 18, 9:47 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Victor, IA | ICE COATING ALL SURFACES. ALSO .75 TO 1.0 INCH OF SLEET. MODERATE FREEZING RAIN NOW. |
| Dec 18, 9:47 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Victor, IA | MEASURED .75 TO 1.0 INCH OF SLEET. MODERATE FREEZING RAIN NOW. |
| Dec 18, 9:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.06 | Cordova, IL | 1/16 INCH GLAZE. MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SINCE 8 PM. ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS. |
| Dec 18, 10:20 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | E Solon, IA | ALSO 0.1 INCH COATING OF FREEZING RAIN. CURRENTLY MODERATE SLEET FALLING. |
| Dec 18, 10:42 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Vinton, IA | THUNDERSNOW IN VINTON. HEAVY SNOW OCCURING. |
| Dec 18, 10:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | S Mount Auburn, IA | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW. 1.5 INCHES MAINLY IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Dec 18, 10:52 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | 3/4 INCH SLEET AND 1/4 INCH ICE. MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 18, 10:55 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | 1 Ssw Belle Plaine, IA | HALF INCH ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 18, 11:32 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Stockton, IL | IN THE LAST 1.5 HOURS. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Dec 18, 11:47 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.7 | Belle Plaine, IA | PRECIPITATION HAS NOW SWITCHED OVER TO MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SLEET MIXED IN. |
| Dec 18, 11:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 Sse Moline, IL | FREEZING RAIN ON MOST SURFACES COMBINED WITH HALF TO THREE QUARTERS INCH OF SLEET. SLEET CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 12:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | MODERATE SLEET CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 12:02 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Stockton, IL | SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1.5 INCHES FELL IN 45 MINUTES WITH THE FLAKES THE SIZE OF NICKELS. MODERATE SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 19, 12:03 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Cordova, IL | MODERATE SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 19, 12:14 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Freeport, IL | SLEET MIXED IN. |
| Dec 19, 12:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Victor, IA | ALSO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW. MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 12:17 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 3 | Victor, IA | SLEET COMBINED WITH SOME SNOW. ALSO .20 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 12:20 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Dubuque, IA | |
| Dec 19, 12:31 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1.5 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 12:47 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.9 | 1 Ssw Belle Plaine, IA | JUST UNDER AN INCH OF SLEET. |
| Dec 19, 12:58 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | 2 W Ustick, IL | MODERATE SLEET CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 1:58 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | WATER EQUIVALENT OF 1/2 INCH. |
| Dec 19, 2:35 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 2.6 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 19, 2:56 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1.3 | 1 Ssw Belle Plaine, IA | SLEET HAS CHANGES TO SNOW WITH SOME THUNDERSNOW RECENTLY. |
| Dec 19, 3:28 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Dubuque, IA | ESTIMATED 7 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS CITY. SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 3:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Freeport, IL | MIXED SLEET AND SNOW SO FAR. STILL SNOWING AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 19, 3:32 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Van Horne, IA | THUNDERSNOW ONGOING. SPOTTER REPORTS HEAVIEST SNOW EVER SEEN IN 30 YEARS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 50 FEET. |
| Dec 19, 3:57 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Van Horne, IA | SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES BETWEEN 315 AM AND 4 AM. ALSO HAD 1.7 INCHES OF SLEET AND 1/4 INCH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 19, 4:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | TOTAL OF SNOW AND SLEET. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES. |
| Dec 19, 4:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | 4 Wnw Dubuque, IA | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 19, 5:16 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Edgewood, IA | NEW SNOW. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 19, 5:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | North English, IA | ESTIMATED .50 TO .75 INCHES. TREES BENDING. MIXED WITH .75 INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Dec 19, 5:55 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 Sw Van Horne, IA | ONE INCH IN PAST HOUR. 2 INCHES OF SLEET, 0.25 INCHES OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN, AND 4.3 INCHES OF SNOW. TOTAL ON THE GROUND OF 6.5 INCHES OF ICE/SLEET/SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:08 AM CST | SLEET 2 | 1 W Elmira, IA | ALL SLEET WITH VERY THIN COAT OF ICE. |
| Dec 19, 6:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 4 Se Vinton, IA | RELAYED FROM KWWL TV. |
| Dec 19, 6:16 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Littleton, IA | RELAYED BY KWWL-TV IN WATERLOO. |
| Dec 19, 6:23 AM CST | ICE STORM | Carbon Cliff, IL | CURRENTLY REPORTING THUNDER WITH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 19, 6:34 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Sse Le Claire, IA | 2 INCHES OF NEW SLEET WITH ICE COVERING. THUNDER WITH FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME. 0.50 INCHES OF ICE. |
| Dec 19, 6:38 AM CST | SLEET 2 | E Solon, IA | 2.0 INCHES OF NEW SLEET AND SNOW WITH 0.10 INCHES OF ICE. TOTAL ON GROUND OF 3.8 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 W Maquoketa, IA | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW, MOSTLY SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 6:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 6 Ne Van Horne, IA | SNOW HAS ENDED. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. |
| Dec 19, 6:58 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.6 | Muscatine, IA | COVERING ALL SURFACES. |
| Dec 19, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Stanley, IA | 10.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW, TEN ON THE GROUND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH DRIFTS OF 30 INCHES MEASURED. |
| Dec 19, 7:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 5 Ne Independence, IA | 7.8 NEW SNOW, 8.0 ON GROUND. DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW NOW. |
| Dec 19, 7:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Muscatine, IA | |
| Dec 19, 7:16 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ssw Center Junction, 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 109 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 172124 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 324 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND ICE WILL BE SEEN WITH THIS STORM BY THE TIME IT ENDS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 180530- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0009.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.IS.W.0001.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 324 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SOME TIME BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER ICE AMOUNTS. THE ICE IS EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-180530- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0009.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 324 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL FOR THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO NEAR 1 INCH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING AND ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-180530- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0009.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 324 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE...ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE HALF INCH. A MIXTURE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. A WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 180235 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 835 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND ICE WILL BE SEEN WITH THIS STORM BY THE TIME IT ENDS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THE STORM MAY PRODUCE MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MORE LIKELY FARTHER SOUTH. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 181045- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0001.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 835 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SOME TIME BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER ICE AMOUNTS. THE ICE MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING. HOWEVER... IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND LOWER ICE AMOUNTS...HOWEVER ICE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-181045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 835 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL FOR THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO NEAR 1 INCH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING AND ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER OR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-181045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 835 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE... ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE HALF INCH. A MIXTURE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND LOWER ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OR POSSIBLY MORE ICE AND LESS SNOW. A WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 181045 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 445 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND ICE WILL BE SEEN WITH THIS STORM BY THE TIME IT ENDS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THE STORM MAY PRODUCE MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LIKELY TO THE SOUTH. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-181845- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 445 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO NEAR 1 INCH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING AND ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER OR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-181845- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 445 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE THE EVENING COMMUTE... ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE HALF INCH. A MIXTURE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND LOWER ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OR POSSIBLY MORE ICE AND LESS SNOW. A WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW LATE THIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 181845- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0001.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 445 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SOME TIME BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY THE THE EVENING COMMUTE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIOD OF HEAVY FREEZING RAIN... WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER ICE AMOUNTS. THE ICE MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND LOWER ICE AMOUNTS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 181138 CCA WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 449 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER A LARGE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THE STORM WILL PRODUCE MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-181900- /O.COR.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 449 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO NEAR 1 INCH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER OR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-181900- /O.COR.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 449 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. BY THE EVENING COMMUTE...ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE HALF INCH. A MIXTURE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CLOSER TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 181900- /O.COR.KDVN.IS.W.0001.081218T1800Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 449 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH BY THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 1 INCH OR MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND RAPID ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WOULD CAUSE DANGEROUS AND RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE ICE MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM LEAVES THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ ...CORRECTED AND UPDATED WORDING... DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 181631 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1031 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER A LARGE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THE STORM WILL PRODUCE MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 190045- /O.EXT.KDVN.IS.W.0001.081218T2100Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1031 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO POSSIBLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH BY THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 1 INCH OR MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND RAPID ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WOULD CAUSE DANGEROUS AND RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE ICE MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM LEAVES THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-190045- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 1031 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK OF THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER OR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-190045- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 1031 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. A MIXTURE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CLOSER TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 182118 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 318 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER A LARGE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 190530- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 318 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIER ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE WILL BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM LEAVES THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-190530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 318 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-190530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 318 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE SNOW AND SLEET WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A SHARP SNOW GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE SEEN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 190304 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 904 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER A LARGE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 191115- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 904 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THE ICE COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR FREEZING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF KAHOKA TO MACOMB. HOWEVER...IT WILL CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM LEAVES THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. THE PROBABILITY OF EXTENDED POWER FAILURES IS HIGH WITH THIS STORM. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH FOR A TIME FRIDAY MORNING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-191115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 904 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-191115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 904 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A SHARP SNOW GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE SEEN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 190935 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 335 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO GRADUALLY WIND DOWN LATER THIS MORNING... .OCCASIONAL SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE ENDING BY NOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY THIS MORNING. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND VERY TREACHEROUS. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 191745- /O.CON.KDVN.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 335 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WITH POWER OUTAGES AND BRANCHES DOWN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-191745- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 335 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING OR ENDING BY NOON. ISOLATED THUNDER SNOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 8 TO 13 INCHES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN HEAVY SNOW BANDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015-191745- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 335 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ HAASE
000 WWUS43 KDVN 191600 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1000 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM ENDING... IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 191700- /O.CAN.KDVN.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK- MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1000 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS EITHER ENDED OR TAPERED TO FLURRIES. WINDS ARE CURRENTLY STRONG BUT WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ROADS ARE STILL REPORTED ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DOWNED POWER LINES AND BRANCHES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-191700- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 1000 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS EITHER ENDED OR TAPERED TO FLURRIES. WINDS ARE CURRENTLY STRONG BUT WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$
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 Dec 17, 3:18 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:18 PM CST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
318 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS
STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO SOME AREAS WHILE OTHERS SEE
SIGNIFICANT ICE. THE COLD AND ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
INTO NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND
AND ANOTHER JUST PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
QUIET WX TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR THURSDAY. NEW
SNOW COVER WILL PUSH TEMPERATURES DOWN TONIGHT BUT INCOMING CLOUDS
SHOULD OFFSET THE DROP SOMEWHAT. THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE QUIET AS
FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL SATURATING.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SATURATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE COMPLETED
SHORTLY AFTER 18Z THURSDAY. FORCING IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AS IS THE
WAA. PRECIP TO BREAK OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH PRECIP BEING WIDESPREAD
BY 21Z. AS FOR HEADLINES...THE WATCH IS BEING UPGRADED TO WARNINGS.
ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA WILL GO TO WINTER STORM
WARNING WITH THE SOUTH HALF GOING TO ICE STORM WARNING. THE SOUTH
THIRD WILL SEE A FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH
THIRD. THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE CWFA WILL SEE A SNOW/SLEET MIX
STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW 12Z MODELS ARE FURTHER SOUTH AS THEY
ARE STARTING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW SNOW FIELD ACROSS THE AREA.
OVERALL PREFER THE ECMWF AS IT HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT. THE
NEW GFS HAS ALSO PULLED THE LOW TRACK FURTHER SOUTH AS WELL.
..08..
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...
WILL BE BRIEF WITH TIME CONSTRAINTS. PIGGY-BACKING ON THE ABOVE
DISCUSSION...ICE STORM AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED
THROUGH 18Z FRI. LATEST SUITE OF 12Z MODEL RUNS HAVE COME IN CLOSER
AGREEMENT WITH SFC LOW AND SEEM TO BE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NEW SNOW
COVER ACRS NORTHERN MO AND THUS RESULT IN A MORE SOUTHERLY LOW TRACK.
THE 12Z RUN AMERICAN MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE ECMWF OF THE
PAST FEW RUNS. IN GENERAL...A 1003 MB SFC LOW EXPECTED ACRS WEST
CENTRAL KS AT 00Z FRI...OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KS AT 06Z
FRI...EAST OF QUINCY IL AT 12Z FRI AND THEN ACCELERATING TO NORTH
CENTRAL OH BY 18Z FRI. ACTUALLY PREFER THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES
OF THE 12Z NAM...BUT OTHERS NOT FAR OFF. TAKING THESE PROFILES
INTO ACCOUNT AND IMPRESSIVE WARM MOIST CONVEYOR INTO THE SYSTEM
AND A PLETHORA OF FORCING METHODS AND CONCEPTUAL MODELING...THE
NEW SOUTHERLY TRACK SUPPORTS A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF ICE ACCUM
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD TO PRINCETON IL LINE. WORRIED SOME
DOWNWARD WARM MIX TO THE SFC BY BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LATENT
HEAT RELEASE MAY EAT INTO THESE AMOUNTS...BUT THE POTENTIAL IS
THERE. MID LEVEL CAPES AND EXTREME ELEVATED THTA-E ADVECTION AND
CONVERGENCE SUPPORT SOME THUNDER ALONG AND SOUTH OF I80 AROUND
MIDNIGHT TO 3 AM WHICH COULD ADD TO THE AMOUNTS/QPF. SOUTHERN
THIRD OF THE CWA MAY EXPERIENCE SFC TEMPS THEN IMPROVING ABOVE
FREEZING AFTER 1-2 AM CST FOR AN ALL RAIN SCENARIO FOR A FEW
HOURS...BEFORE IN-WRAPPING LLVL COLD CONVEYOR SWITCHES PRECIP
BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SLEET/SNOW INTO FRI MORNING.
FURTHER NORTH FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE I80 CORRIDOR...TO HWY 30
FEEL A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET ACCUM
POSSIBLE WILL DIMINISH OVERALL ICE ACCUMULATION TO A QUARTER INCH
OR LESS... WITH 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE EITHER SIDE OF THE
ZR/IP WINDOW. ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HWY 30...POTENTIAL OF
WIDESPREAD 4-8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHERE PROFILES REMAIN MAINLY ALL
SNOW WITH A FEW BOUTS OF SLEET POSSIBLE. EXTENT OF LIFT AND
MOISTURE IN-WRAP COULD GENERATE 7-10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM DBQ
EASTWARD INTO FAR NW IL. WINTER STORM WARNING HERE FOR THIS...AND
WITH SUCH A PRECIP MIX ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I80 CORRIDOR...WILL
GO WITH WINTER STORM WARNING IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. ICE STORM
WARNING GENERALLY SOUTH OF I80.
ANOTHER BOUT OF SNOW LATE SAT AND SAT NIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...BUT PHASING ISSUES MAY KEEP MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIP ACCUMULATING AREAS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE DVN CWA. BUT
STRONG WINDS OF AT LEAST ADVISORY CRITERIA IN INTENSE LLVL PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND ARCTIC COLD SLAM LATE SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BLOW ANY
FALLING SNOW AROUND WITH NEAR BLIZZARD OR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MAKER
TARGETING THE REGION FROM NEXT TUE INTO WED. ..12..
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR WX EXPECTED THROUGH MID DAY THURSDAY. MAY OR MAY NOT SEE SOME
3-5SM VSBYS JUST BEFORE AND AFTER SUNRISE. WX CONDITIONS TO RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE AFTER 18Z THURSDAY WITH CIGS LIKELY IFR BY 19/00Z. KBRL
TO BE HEAVILY IMPACTED WITH FZRA. KMLI WILL EVENTUALLY SEE
FZRA/PL/SN. KCID/KDBQ WILL SEE MAINLY SN WITH PERHAPS SOME PL. ..08..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-
JOHNSON-JONES-LINN-MUSCATINE-SCOTT.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
DES MOINES-HENRY IA-JEFFERSON-KEOKUK-LEE-LOUISA-VAN BUREN-
WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
BUREAU-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-
WARREN.
MO...ICE STORM WARNING FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
CLARK-SCOTLAND.
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08/12Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 5:32 AM CST, 9 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 532 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-181145- 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- 532 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL LIKELY BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS MAY BE SCHEDULED LATER THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE THE WINTER STORM THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL HAVE AN UNSEASONABLY HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AS IT TRACKS FROM KANSAS...ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...TO NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED LOCATION AND DURATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. GIVEN THE HIGH AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SHEETS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 17, 9:31 AM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
931 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0659 AM SNOW 3 SSW BURLINGTON 40.77N 91.14W
12/17/2008 M3.9 INCH DES MOINES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORT. STORM TOTAL.
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WEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 8:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:24 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 43 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 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.