Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 7, 2009, 3:50 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 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 7, 2009, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 3:34 PM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 8, 4:31 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Stoddard 5nne, WI | |
| Dec 8, 4:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Goodview, MN | |
| Dec 8, 4:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Dec 8, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Spring Valley 3e, MN | |
| Dec 8, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 8, 4:36 PM CST | SNOW 0.6 | La Crosse Ap, WI | |
| Dec 8, 4:37 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Decorah, IA | |
| Dec 8, 4:41 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 8, 5:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Byron, MN | |
| Dec 8, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mondovi, WI | |
| Dec 8, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Austin, MN | |
| Dec 8, 5:32 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Fayette, IA | |
| Dec 8, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | St Ansgar, IA | |
| Dec 8, 5:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | St Olaf, IA | |
| Dec 8, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Decorah 5e, IA | |
| Dec 8, 5:44 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 8, 5:47 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Steuben 4sse, WI | |
| Dec 8, 5:48 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Richland Center, WI | |
| Dec 8, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Cuba City 2nw, WI | |
| Dec 8, 6:31 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 8, 6:36 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Dec 8, 6:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Dec 8, 6:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Austin, MN | |
| Dec 8, 6:54 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Spring Valley 3e, MN | |
| Dec 8, 6:58 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Lansing 4se, IA | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Charles City, IA | |
| Dec 8, 7:06 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Warrens 5wsw, WI | |
| Dec 8, 7:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 8, 7:34 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Stoddard 5nne, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Byron, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Arkdale, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Westby 3ene, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:39 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Galesville, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Steuben, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:41 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Postville, IA | |
| Dec 8, 8:46 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Goodview, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:47 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | St Olaf, IA | |
| Dec 8, 8:48 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Spring Valley 3e, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:52 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Decorah 5e, IA | |
| Dec 8, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Independence 3ne, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:01 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Fayette, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:02 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Charles City, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | St Ansgar, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:04 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Holmen 2s, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Lansing 4se, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:08 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Longwood, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:11 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Platteville, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Richland Center 4w, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Edgewood, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.9 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | La Crosse 5sse, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:17 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Wadena, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:18 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Cuba City 2nw, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:18 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Caledonia 6s, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Austin, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:21 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Winona 3s, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 KARX 072150 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 350 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SET TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING TUESDAY... .THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE AREA WITH SNOW AND HIGH WINDS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH THIS STORM SHOULD BE OVER KANSAS LATE TUESDAY AND THEN TRACK NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO ONTARIO WEDNESDAY. SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY MORNING...REACHING INTO WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LOOK TO FALL TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME GREATER THAN 12 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE WITH SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-080600- /O.UPG.KARX.BZ.A.0002.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 350 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 080600- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0004.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 350 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ THOMPSON
16 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 080302 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 902 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA... .THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WISCONSIN...THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT THERE WILL STILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THESE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE OVER KANSAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS TRACK...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL FOR MUCH OF TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT WHICH IS WHEN THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081115- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 902 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 081115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 902 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 080925 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... .THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WISCONSIN...THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT THERE WILL STILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THESE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE OVER KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY. SNOW WAS ALREADY PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE AREA BY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT WHICH IS WHEN THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081730- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 081730- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 325 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 081240 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 640 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... .THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WISCONSIN... THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT THERE WILL STILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THESE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE OVER KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WAS ALREADY FALLING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND WAS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT WHICH IS WHEN THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-082045- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 640 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 082045- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 640 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 081505 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 905 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SNOW HAS BEGUN AND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE REGION FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WISCONSIN... THE WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT THERE WILL STILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM AS WARM AND MOIST AIR IS CARRIED NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ANTICIPATED BY SUNSET. THE MAIN STORM CENTER WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL THEN TRACK UP TO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE CENTER NEARS...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THAT IS WHEN THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME IT IS ALL OVER SHOULD REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-082315- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 905 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR TODAY BY SUNSET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 082315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 905 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNSET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MW WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 081756 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1156 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE REGION FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SEEN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM AS WARM AND MOIST AIR IS CARRIED NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ANTICIPATED BY SUNSET. THE MAIN STORM CENTER WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL THEN TRACK UP TO AROUND CHICAGO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE CENTER NEARS...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THAT IS WHEN THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE TIME IT IS ALL OVER SHOULD REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090200- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1156 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR BY SUNSET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 090200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1156 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR BY SUNSET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SOME LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MW WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 082015 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 215 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM PASSES. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE FULLY REALIZED UNTIL THE WINDS INCREASE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 090415- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 215 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * SNOWFALL FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE BY SUNSET. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS... WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AND SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090415- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 215 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE BY SUNSET. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS... WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AND SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MW WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 082301 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 501 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS EVENING...TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND TO LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE DEEPENING STORM PASSES. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090715- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 501 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 090253 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 853 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND TO LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PLAN ON SNOWFALL TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE DEEPENING STORM PASSES. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091100- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 853 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...FOLLOWED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 090532 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1132 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM NEAR PEORIA ILLINOIS WILL MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND TO LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PLAN ON MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE DEEPENING STORM PASSES. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091345- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1132 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 090718 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 118 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM NEAR PEORIA ILLINOIS WILL MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE AND TO LAKE HURON TONIGHT. PLAN ON MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE DEEPENING STORM PASSES. DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091530- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 118 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 090929 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 329 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNRISE AND TO LAKE HURON TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO INCREASE...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BEING REPORTED. AS THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091730- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 329 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 091124 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 524 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM NOW OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL MOVE TO LAKE HURON TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. AS THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS. MEDIA REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BECOMING NEARLY IMPASSABLE. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091930- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 524 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 091320 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 720 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAJOR WINTER STORM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR MILWAUKEE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AND BE OVER LAKE HURON BY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS MORNING...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE ALREADY COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. AS THE WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AS WELL AS OPEN AREAS AND ACROSS THE RIDGE TOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MEDIA REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BECOMING NEARLY IMPASSABLE. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY. BY MID AFTERNOON WIND CHILL OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. SNOWFALLS OF 8 TO AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-092130- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 720 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW BY MID AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED. COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 091540 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 940 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AND BE OVER LAKE HURON BY THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WITH THE FRESH SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AND RIDGE TOPS OF ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A FEW OF THE ROADS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA ARE CLOSED AND MOST OF THE NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTIES ARE PULLING PLOWS OFF THE ROAD. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE DAY AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY. BY MID AFTERNOON WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM IS THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-092345- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 940 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW BY MID AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. COMBINED WITH THE FALLING WIND CHILLS...THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 091801 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1201 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THE COMBINATION OF THE LIGHTLY FALLING SNOW AND RECENT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AND RIDGE TOPS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS HAVE REPORTED CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AS WELL AS ON RIDGE TOPS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SOME COUNTIES HAVE PULLED PLOWS OFF ROADS DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS WIND CHILLS VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM AND THE KIND THAT MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100215- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1201 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW BY MID AFTERNOON AND WIND CHILLS VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT. * THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. THIS STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 092134 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 334 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. LOOK FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS AND HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WIND CHILL VALUES TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-100545- /O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0012.091209T2134Z-091210T1700Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 334 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW...AND TO REDUCE WIND CHILLS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100545- /O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0600Z-091210T1700Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 334 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DTJ/AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 7, 2:55 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 2:55 PM CST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
255 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
FORECAST FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE VERY DANGEROUS...HIGH IMPACT WINTER
STORM TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY.
MODEL CONSISTENCY BOTH BETWEEN AND WITHIN THEMSELVES CONTINUES WITH
THE 12Z MODELS SUITES...ALL DEPICTING A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF
THE PLAINS...STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
WED. CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH IN A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT
THE REGION...WITH CONSIDERABLE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS. BLIZZARD
TO NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALSO LOOK PROBABLE IN THE MORE OPEN AND
WIND PRONE AREAS.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DRIVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT...PUSHING
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY
12Z WED. THE SYSTEM GETS A GOOD SHOVE EAST/NORTHEAST BY A 120+ KT
300 MB JET...WHICH WILL LEND ADDITIONAL LIFT IN ITS LEFT EXIT REGION
FOR THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SFC...ALL THE MODELS BRING A LOW
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN BY 12Z WED...WITH ONLY
MINOR DIFFERENCES IN STRENGTH AND POSITIONING. THE LOW LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION AND 280-295 K ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IS STRONGEST AS THE HEART
OF THE STORM APPROACHES...IN THE 18Z TUE-06Z WED TIME FRAME. MOST OF
THE SNOW ON TUES/TUES NIGHT WILL DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF THIS
FORCING. STRONG QG CONVERGENCE THROUGH THE LEVELS MOVES IN BY 06Z
WED...EXITING NORTHEAST AFTER 12Z WED. SOME 2-D FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING INDICATED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA VIA A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST
RUNNING X-SECTION. NOT OVERLY STRONG...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME HINTS
THAT THERE COULD BE AT LEAST ONE DECENT SNOWBAND DEVELOPING WITHIN
THE BROAD AREA OF SNOW POST THE STORM CENTER FOR LATE WED MORNING.
LITTLE IF ANY -EPV INDICATED...NOR ANY INSTABILITY LOOKING AT BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS...SO DON/T BELIEVE THERE WILL BE MUCH/IF ANY CONVECTIVE
SNOW THREAT. THERMODYNAMIC FORCED SNOW SHOULD BE MOVING INTO
NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHEAST MN/SOUTHWEST WI IN THE MORNING...ADVANCING
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUE NIGHT AS THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES...WITH SNOW STARTING TO TAPPER OFF WED AFTERNOON/EVENING
AS IT EXITS NORTHEAST.
AS MENTIONED...THE IMPACTS OR THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE APPRECIABLE
SNOWFALL AND WINDS. LOOKING FIRST AT AMOUNTS...BUFKIT SOUNDINGS AND
TIME/HEIGHT X-SECTIONS INDICATE A FAIRLY AVERAGE DENDRITIC ZONE
GROWTH REGION THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THE EVENT. FRONTOGENETIC FORCING
DOES NOT APPEAR OVERLY STRONG...NOR DOES THERE SEEM TO BE MUCH OF A
THREAT FOR CONVECTIVE SNOWS. SO...FEEL THE CHANCE FOR BANDED SNOWS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE
SMALL. HOWEVER...AS THE STRONGER FORCING MOVES IN TUESDAY
NIGHT...THE 07.09Z SREF GUIDANCE DOES HINT AT THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES...SO CAN/T DISCARD THE POSSIBILITY QUITE YET.
OVERALL THOUGH...FEEL ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL BE THE
RESULT OF A LONG...DRAWN OUT EVENT...WITH GENERALLY AROUND 1/2 INCH
OF ACCUMULATION PER HOUR. COBB OUTPUT CONTINUES TO POINT TO 8 TO 12
INCHES FOR THE FORECAST AREA...AS IT HAS FOR ITS PAST MANY RUNS VIA
THE GFS AND NAM. THIS CONTINUES TO LOOK VERY REASONABLE. THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS LOCALLY SHOULD BE ACROSS NORTHEAST IA AND SOUTHWEST WI.
NEXT...AND POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THIS STORM...WILL BE
THE IMPACT FROM THE WINDS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN
CONSIDERABLY AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS AND MOVES INTO THE REGION.
WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY...BECOMING RATHER
STRONG AND GUSTY BY 12Z WED //20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40//...AND
THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY...WEAKENING LATER WED AS THE
STORM DEPARTS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL
RESULT...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MN AND NORTHEAST IA...ALONG WITH AREA RIDGE-TOPS. WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
LIKELY MOVE IN JUST AFTER THE BULK OF THE SNOW HAS FALLEN...BUT WILL
EASY KICK UP THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW.
THE MAIN QUESTION TO ANSWER NEXT IS WHETHER A WINTER STORM OR
BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE MORE APPROPRIATE. WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
DISPLACED IN TIME FROM THE ONSET OF THE SNOW AND BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS BY ABOUT 12 HOURS...A CONCERN IS ISSUING A BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR THE MORE LIKELY LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
STARTING TUE AFTERNOON...BUT NOT APPROACHING BLIZZARD CRITERIA UNTIL
AFTER 06Z WED. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE REALIZED TUE
AFTERNOON...BUT THE BLIZZARD POTENTIAL WON/T BE RAISED UNTIL THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WED. FEELING RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTINUE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHEST IMPACT OF THE STORM...WHICH IS THE
POTENTIAL...LIKELIHOOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SO...WILL ISSUE A
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST MN/NORTHEAST IA
UNDER THE BLIZZARD WATCH...AND GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THE REST OF THE FORECAST. IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THOUGH THAT FOR
THE BLIZZARD WARNING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR TUES
AFTERNOON/EVENING...RATHER THOSE WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TUES AS THE
STRONG WINDS MOVE IN.
AGAIN...THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM THAT WILL HAVE A HIGH
IMPACT ON THE REGION...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WED.
WHITE-OUT OR NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE VERY POSSIBLE...AND ROADS
WILL BECOME VERY TREACHEROUS OR IMPASSABLE. THERE COULD BE SOME
INTERSTATE CLOSURES ON WED.
LOOKING INTO THU...VERY COLD AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION...WITH
TEMPERATURES ALREADY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY ON WED. MORNING LOWS
THU WILL BE NEAR ZERO.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY
OVERALL TRENDS VIA THE EXTENDED MODELS IS TO CONTINUE THE COLD POST
THE WINTER STORM. SINGLE DIGIT LOWS...ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO...ARE
LIKELY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS
GENERALLY ZONAL TO SOME SLIGHT RIDGING...BUT SOME DIFFERENCES WITH
HOW THE MODELS WANT TO USHER WEAK SHORTWAVES THROUGH THE FLOW. THE
GFS/ECMWF/GEM WANT TO BRING ONE SHORTWAVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MO
RIVER VALLEY...INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. SOME
TIMING AND POSITIONING DIFFERENCES...ALTHOUGH ALL THE MODELS FAVOR
PCPN CHANCES MORE TO THE SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA. CONFIDENCE ISN/T
HIGH WITH THIS FEATURE...AND WILL LIKELY LEAN TOWARD HPC GUIDANCE
FOR SNOW CHANCES.
&&
.AVIATION...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PRIMARY CONCERN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE
AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. WE CONTINUE TO ADVISE AIRPORT
MANAGERS...DISPATCHERS AND PILOTS TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
FORECASTS DUE TO EXPECTED SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON SUCH OPERATIONS AS
SNOW REMOVAL...DEICING AIRCRAFT AND INSTRUMENT APPROACHES.
BASED ON EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITHIN THE VARIOUS FORECAST DATA
SETS...CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY
SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON AIRPORTS AREAWIDE.
IFR CONDITIONS IN SNOW EXPECTED TO ONSET AT THE TAF SITES TUESDAY
MORNING BETWEEN 08.12Z-08.18Z...WITH SNOW INCREASING IN INTENSITY
TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...WINDS BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE A POTENTIAL FOR PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 30-40
KTS...ESPECIALLY AT THE WIND PRONE AIRPORTS OF SOUTHEAST MN AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING KRST. AS A RESULT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR SNOW REMOVAL ON
AIRPORT RUNWAYS...TAXIWAYS AND RAMPS.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-
WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
MN...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ094-MNZ095.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR MNZ079-MNZ088-MNZ096.
IA...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR IAZ011-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM... RIECK
AVIATION.......... THOMPSONHazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 3:25 PM CST, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 325 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081200- CHICKASAW-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED- WINNESHIEK- 325 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT...HAVING A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TRAVEL...AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE REALIZED UNTIL THE WINDS INCREASE... AND EXPECT THE BLIZZARD THREAT TO BE HIGHEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...WITH ROAD CLOSURES...WHITEOUTS...AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOWFALL...PEAK WIND GUSTS AND THE EFFECTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WOULD BE APPRECIATED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... SINCE THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT... A CONFERENCE CALL WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY AT 1 PM. IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 081200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA- WINONA- 325 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT...HAVING A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TRAVEL...AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY....WITH GREATER THAN A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 40 MPH. THE WORST CONDITIONS SHOULD BE REALIZED AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS COULD RESULT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ROAD CLOSURES...WHITEOUTS...AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOWFALL...PEAK WIND GUSTS AND THE EFFECTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WOULD BE APPRECIATED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... SINCE THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT... A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY AT 1 PM. THOMPSON/RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 22 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every blizzard warning in 2009
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.