Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

000 
WWUS43 KARX 260111
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
711 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER SET TO RETURN TO THE REGION...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND
WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NORTHEAST REACHING
LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH THIS TRACK...MODERATE TO
AT TIMES HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY.
AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION
BEGIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND IT WILL THEN QUICKLY EXPAND INTO
WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DRAW WARM AIR NORTH WHICH WILL
IMPACT THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT WILL OCCUR. MUCH OF THE AREA
COULD SEE THE PRECIPITATION START AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET. HOWEVER...ONCE THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES IN AREAS
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WILL SEE PRIMARILY SNOW. RIGHT ALONG THE
INTERSTATE...SOME SLEET WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH COULD DECREASE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BUT
INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED.

SOUTH OF THE IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE
WARM AIR WILL HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE PRECIPITATION TYPES AND
LEADS TO MUCH MORE UNCERTAINTY ON THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME. AFTER THE
INITIAL MIXED BAG OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SOME AREAS WILL SEE A
MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL BE WARM ENOUGH
FOR JUST RAIN TO OCCUR. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE FREEZING
RAIN COULD CONTINUE FOR AWHILE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. ICING
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LATER FORECASTS OVERNIGHT WILL REFINE THESE
THREATS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NEEDING EITHER A WINTER STORM
WARNING OR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-260915-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
711 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE LOWER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED WHERE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THE
LONGEST. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-260915-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
711 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE LOWER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED WHERE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THE
LONGEST. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-260915-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
711 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL BE POSSIBLE...RANGING FROM
SNOW...TO SLEET...TO FREEZING RAIN...TO JUST RAIN. MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS
FROM THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY END THURSDAY
EVENING. LATER FORECASTS WILL BETTER DEFINE THE PRECIPITATION
TYPES AND AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-260915-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
711 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL BE POSSIBLE...RANGING FROM
SNOW...TO SLEET...TO FREEZING RAIN...TO JUST RAIN. MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY EVENING.
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ALL
OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY END LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
LATER FORECASTS WILL BETTER DEFINE THE PRECIPITATION TYPES AND
AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

04

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 260516
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1116 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT THE AREA...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING
WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND REACH LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT. WITH THIS TRACK...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO
THE AREA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND
RAPIDLY EXPAND INTO WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WARM
AIR GETS DRAWN NORTH INTO THE AREA. FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90...THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW BUT THERE COULD BE
SOME SLEET OR A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN. IN THE INTERSTATE
90 CORRIDOR...MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE ALLOWING
FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A
LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. A PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD BE ALL SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

SOUTH OF THE IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE
WARM AIR WILL HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE PRECIPITATION TYPES AND
LEADS TO MUCH MORE UNCERTAINTY ON THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME. ENOUGH
WARM AIR MAY BE IN PLACE FOR NOTHING MORE THAN RAIN TO OCCUR OR A
MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLDER
AIR MOVES IN. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR IN THIS AREA SHOULD
PRIMARILY BE FROM SLEET...BUT THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OR TWO
OF FREEZING RAIN. LATER FORECASTS WILL REFINE THESE PRECIPITATION
THREATS AND WHETHER THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-261330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
1116 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE LOWER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED WHERE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THE
LONGEST. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-261330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
1116 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN...WILL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE LOWER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED WHERE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THE
LONGEST. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-261330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
1116 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
WARM AIR OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACROSS THE NORTH WITH RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH. THERE COULD ALSO BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OR TWO OF FREEZING RAIN. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THERE
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END THURSDAY EVENING. LATER FORECASTS WILL
BETTER DEFINE THE PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-261330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1116 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WARM AIR OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO THE PRECIPITATION STARTING OUT
PRIMARILY AS RAIN...BUT A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET OR A LITTLE
FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END LATE THURSDAY EVENING. LATER FORECASTS
WILL BETTER DEFINE THE PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

04

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 260907
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
307 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING IN TODAY...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS GATHERING STRENGTH ACROSS WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND IT WAS POISED TO MOVE
QUICKLY EAST INTO ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF
THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION
OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE AREA BY AFTERNOON. 

WARM AIR MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOME OF
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...THE
MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET
MIXED IN. TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED
TO BE AVAILABLE...ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
SLEET WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. SOME AREAS
OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE ALL RAIN FOR A
WHILE. 

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. RAIN AND SLEET
OVER THE SOUTH COULD RESULT IN SOME ICING PROBLEMS...AND EVEN SOME
RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM. 


MNZ079-086>088-094>096-261715-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
307 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA BY MID MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-261715-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
307 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW
BY MID- AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS
EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-261715-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0007.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
307 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST
IOWA BY MID MORNING. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR EVEN ALL
RAIN...ARE ALL POSSIBLE...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AHEAD
OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW RUMBLES
OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-261715-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0007.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
307 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR
EVEN ALL RAIN...ARE ALL POSSIBLER...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY EVEN BE A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. 

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF VIROQUA AND
MAUSTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MW

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 261342
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
742 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ADVANCING ON THE REGION...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS GATHERING STRENGTH ACROSS KANSAS THIS
MORNING...AND IT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST INTO ILLINOIS BY THIS
EVENING. PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE STORM WAS ALREADY SPREADING
INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN IOWA...INCLUDING SNOW...
SLEET...AND EVEN THUNDERSTORMS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO
SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY MID TO LATE
MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE AREA BY
AFTERNOON.

WARM AIR MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOME OF
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. FOR AREAS NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90...THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE LOOKS TO BE 
SNOW...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET MIXED IN. TO THE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90... MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE...
ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE ALL RAIN FOR A WHILE.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE DURING THE AFTERNOON...
WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. RAIN AND
SLEET OVER THE SOUTH COULD RESULT IN SOME ICING PROBLEMS...AND
EVEN SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-262145-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
742 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA BY MID MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS
EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-262145-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
742 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY
MID- AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS
EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-262145-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.090226T1500Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
742 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA BY MID MORNING. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR
EVEN ALL RAIN...ARE ALL POSSIBLE...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY EVEN BE A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-262145-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
742 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...OR EVEN ALL RAIN...ARE ALL POSSIBLER...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS
INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY
EVEN BE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET
COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF VIROQUA AND
MAUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MW

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 261600
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ADVANCING ON THE REGION...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS GATHERING STRENGTH ACROSS KANSAS AND IT
WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST INTO ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION
AHEAD OF THE STORM WAS ALREADY SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN IOWA...INCLUDING SNOW... SLEET...AND EVEN
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH
THE PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON.

WARM AIR MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOME OF
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. FOR AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE LOOKS TO BE SNOW...
BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET MIXED IN. TO THE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE...
ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE ALL RAIN FOR A WHILE.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE THIS AFTERNOON...
WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. RAIN AND
SLEET OVER THE SOUTH COULD RESULT IN SOME ICING PROBLEMS...AND
EVEN SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270000-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM. THIS PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10
INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-270000-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY
MID-AFTERNOON AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-270000-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST
IOWA BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR
EVEN ALL RAIN...ARE POSSIBLE...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-270000-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR
EVEN ALL RAIN...ARE POSSIBLE...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF VIROQUA AND
MAUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

THOMPSON

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 261810
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1210 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE REGION...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS GATHERING STRENGTH ACROSS KANSAS AND
WILL MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD INTO ILLINOIS BY THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE STORM WAS ALREADY SPREADING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
THIS INCLUDED SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN...ALONG WITH
THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERSPREADING THE
ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

WARM AIR MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOME OF
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. FOR
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE LOOKS
TO BE SNOW...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET MIXED IN. TO THE SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 90...MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE...
ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE ALL RAIN FOR A WHILE.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE THIS AFTERNOON... WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SLEET THROUGH
THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD COULD RESULT IN SOME
ICING PROBLEMS...AND EVEN SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270215-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
1210 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME
ALL SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES
ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...WITH
HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-270215-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
1210 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MID-AFTERNOON
AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-270215-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
1210 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW...SLEET...AND EVEN ALL RAIN...IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THERE WILL EVEN BE A FEW RUMBLES OF
THUNDER. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-270215-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1210 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND EVEN ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM
SYSTEM...THERE WILL EVEN BE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ACCUMULATION
OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF VIROQUA AND
MAUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

THOMPSON

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 261945
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
145 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE REGION...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS MOVING QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
IOWA AND SHOULD MOVE INTO ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION
AHEAD OF THE STORM CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDED SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN...ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE
DIMINISHING OR ENDING THIS EVENING.

WARM AIR MOVING NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SOME OF
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. FOR
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE LOOKS
TO BE SNOW...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET MIXED IN. TO THE SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 90...MORE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE...
ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN MAY SEE ALL RAIN FOR A WHILE.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SLEET THROUGH
THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD COULD RESULT IN SOME
ICING PROBLEMS. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO OCCUR.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270300-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
145 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN AT TIMES IN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY
THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...WITH HIGHEST SNOWFALL
TOTALS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-270345-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
145 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THE TIME THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-270300-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
145 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN ALL RAIN...IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...THERE WILL EVEN BE  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-061-270345-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
145 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND EVEN ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...THERE WILL EVEN BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...THEN
TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF VIROQUA AND
MAUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

THOMPSON

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 262158
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER..

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WAS MOVING QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHERN IOWA AND WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WAS DIMINISHING OR HAD ENDED FOR THE MOST PART ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WAS SHIFTING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE A MIX
OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING
THIS EVENING. ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO END
EARLY THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN
INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER
TOWARD RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS OF
AROUND 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 IN SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 10 CORRIDOR
AND POINTS NORTHWARD IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGED TO MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270300-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
/O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SOME LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED
THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT...IT
COULD CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVELING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING
DRIZZLE OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ032>034-041>044-053-270600-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF UP TO AN OR TWO PER HOUR SHIFTING EAST OF LA CROSSE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS AND VIROQUA INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW SHOULD
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND END FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EASTWARD AS
THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-262300-
/O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...WITH
LITTLE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA.

$$

WIZ061-262300-
/O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLATTEVILLE
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY RAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD
OCCUR BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS.

$$

WIZ017-029-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS
OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ054-055-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER
358 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND EVEN ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
ALL LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET COULD
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN
INCH OR LESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

THOMPSON

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 270028
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
628 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS
EVENING WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA INTO
EASTERN WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE
ARE OCCURRING BEHIND THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. THE FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY LOCATION FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE COLDER MOVES IN TO CHANGE THE FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER TO
LIGHT SNOW. THIS CHANGE OVER WAS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING.
SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED
SURFACES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING SHOULD
BE AN INCH OR LESS.

WIZ017-029-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
628 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
MOST OF THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS NOW MOVED OUT OF THE AREA SO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER
628 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

AS THE LIGHT SNOW TEMPORARILY COMES TO AN END...A PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE
BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATER THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVES
INTO THE AREA. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
UNTREATED SURFACES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING
WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270300-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
628 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

THE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT
SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS
EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING
DRIZZLE OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

04

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 270313
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
913 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE STILL OCCURRING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING WILL
MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS STILL OCCURRING
OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO NORTHEAST IOWA.
THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BY MIDNIGHT
AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. SOME LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-270415-
/O.EXP.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0300Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
913 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ALL THE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. THE
LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL BE LESS
THAN AN INCH.

$$

WIZ017-029-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
913 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS AND TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS
OFF TO FLURRIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-270600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER
913 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

THE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. UNTIL THEN...SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF A NECEDAH TO DE SOTO LINE. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN
TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

04

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 270552
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1152 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

WIZ017-029-270700-
/O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE
1152 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE REMAINING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS.

$$

WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-270700-
/O.EXP.KARX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER
1152 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE REMAINING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS.

$$

04

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
250 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT

FORECAST CONCERNS FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE
REGION ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY PCPN TYPES AND AMOUNTS.

UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SLATED TO MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES TO ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THU AFTERNOON.
ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO ACROSS NORTHERN ILL BY 00Z FRI. DECENT QG CONVERGENCE WITH
THE SHORTWAVE AS IT MOVES OVER THE LOCAL AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE
850-700 MB LAYER. THETA-E ADVECTION AND LOW LEVEL WARMING IN THE
850-700 MB LAYER IS RATHER HEFTY FROM 15Z-21Z ON THU...WITH THE
STRONGEST RESPONSE OVER NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHWEST WI. THE
2-FRONTOGENETIC RESPONSE IS ALSO STRONG...SUGGESTING SOME BANDED
PCPN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS. THE SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE A QUICK HITTER...AS IT
MOVES IN BETWEEN 15-18Z WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND THEN
EXITING EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 03Z. 25.12Z MODELS CONTINUE
TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT...ALTHOUGH THE GFS IS STILL SHIFTED A
TAD FARTHER SOUTH WITH ITS MAIN PCPN BAND...AND ALSO JUST A BIT
COOLER. QPF AMOUNTS RANGE FROM AROUND 1/2 INCH WITH THE GFS/NAM...TO
3/4 WITH THE EC. TRENDS HAVE BEEN TO MEET IN THE 1/2-3/4 INCH
RANGE...AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE. SO...PLENTY OF LIFT AND
THERMODYNAMICS TO FUEL PCPN...SATURATION SHOULD BE AMPLE/DEEP AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...AND THE THREAT FOR CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS IS
PRESENT. CONFIDENCE HIGH THAT THE FORECAST AREA WILL RECEIVE
PCPN...AND POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
TIME. COBB OUTPUT DROPS NEARLY ALL THE PCPN IN 3 HOUR PERIODS. THE
BIGGEST QUESTION...AND MOST SIGNIFICANT...IS JUST WHAT TYPE WILL
FALL.

AS MENTIONED...THE GFS HAS CONTINUE TO BE THE COOLER OF THE
MODELS...SUPPORTING SNOW ACROSS MORE OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE NAM
AND EC HAVE BEEN WARMER...AND THE 25.12Z EC AND 25.18Z LOOK EVEN A
BIT WARMER. THIS WOULD KEEP THE MAIN ACCUMULATING SNOW BAND ACROSS
THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MIDDLE 1/3 WOULD FAVOR A
BAND OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET INITIALLY...MIXING AND CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY FOR
A MAJORITY OF THU...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST WI.

FOR TOTALS...BELIEVE A 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW BAND WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MOSTLY CENTERED ALONG A REDWING MN TO NEILLSVILLE WI
LINE. GIVEN THE STRONG FRONTOGENETIC RESPONSE AND POTENTIAL FOR SOME
CONVECTION...1-2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE A POSSIBILITY.
WHERE THE ICING IS MORE FAVORED...1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH ABOUT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

WITH CONFIDENCE HIGHER IN PCPN TYPE AND AMOUNTS FOR THE NORTHERN
1/2 OF THE FORECAST AREA...WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THE SOUTH TO EITHER DROP THE
WATCH...OR MOVE TO A WARNING OR ADVISORY AT THIS MOMENT...SO WILL
LEAVE THE WATCH AS IS. FEELING IS THAT CONDITIONS WILL WARRANT AN
ADVISORY //IF ANYTHING// RATHER THAN A WARNING.

DUE TO THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LOW LEVEL
TEMPS/FORCING AND PRECIPITATION TYPES/AMOUNTS...THE EVOLUTION OF
THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
CURRENT SLATE OF HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED IF THERE IS ANY SHIFT IN
THE LOW TRACK...OR HOW MUCH WARMING MOVES IN.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...WITH BOTH THE EC AND
GFS BUILDING A SFC HIGH IN LATE SUNDAY...PERSISTING THROUGH
MONDAY...AND THEN AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WORKING ACROSS THE
TOP OF THIS RIDGE ON TUES. WHILE THE BULK OF THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY
LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...SFC BOUNDARY AND SATURATION
WOULD SUPPORT SOME PCPN CHANCES AS THE SYSTEM SLIDES EAST MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUES. BIG DIFFERENCES CREEP UP FOR MID WEEK THOUGH...AS
THE GFS DRIVES A SHORTWAVE TROUGH FROM THE WEST COAST THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...AN THEN INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WED NIGHT.
THE EC...ON THE OTHERHAND...NEVER BRINGS THIS PACKET OF ENERGY INTO
THE WEST COAST. RATHER...THE EC WOULD SLIDE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN
THE NORTHERN STREAM DROP ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON WED. THE GFS
WOULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF PCPN...WHILE THE EC IS MUCH
LIGHTER...AND MOSTLY TO THE NORTH. COMPARING TO THE 25.00Z SREF...A
FEW MEMBERS REFLECT THE GFS/ WET SOLUTION...BUT MOST TREND TOWARD
THE EC. WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE FORECAST...LENDING MORE WEIGHT
TOWARD THE EC FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION...

GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY AT BOTH TAF
SITES AHEAD OF WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BRING IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...TAF FORECAST HANDLES GENERALLY CLEAR
SKIES TONIGHT AS WINDS VEER TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WEAK
AXIS OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WILL SEE WINDS TURN MORE EASTERLY
THURSDAY AND INCREASE ABOVE 10KT AS WINTER STORM APPROACHES. SHOULD
SEE CEILINGS RAPIDLY LOWER THROUGH THE MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA...FIRST AT KRST WHERE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION COULD
BE AS EARLY AS 15Z OR 16Z. PRECIPITATION...WHICH COULD BE SNOW OR A
MIX OF SNOW/SLEET...SPREADS RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE
MORNING INTO AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST RATES BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z.
BOTH KRST/KLSE IN BATTLE ZONE OF WARMING ALOFT WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR
DIFFERING P-TYPES...BUT BULK OF EVIDENCE SUGGESTS MORE SNOW THAN
EITHER SLEET/FREEZING RAIN. COULD SEE 1 INCH/HOUR SNOWFALL RATES AT
PEAK OF STORM. AIRPORT GROUNDS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN GIVEN
THESE SNOWFALL RATES FOR A PERIOD DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IF
ENTIRE EVENT FALLS AS SNOW...COULD SEE UPWARDS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES AT
THE AIRFIELDS. ANY PERIOD OF MIX/FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL GREATLY
REDUCE THESE TOTALS.

BINAU

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
     WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-
     WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     EVENING FOR WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.

MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY FOR MNZ079-
     MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.

IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
     EVENING FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-
     IAZ029-IAZ030.

&&

RIECK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
954 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-261200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA-
954 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE
ENDING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE AREAS SEEING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4
AND 8 INCHES WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LAKE CITY TO BLACK RIVER FALLS LINE. ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN
INCH. IF PRECIPITATION REMAINS MORE SNOW IN THIS AREA...4 TO 8
INCHES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-261200-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOWARD-
MITCHELL-RICHLAND-WINNESHIEK-
954 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW BEFORE ENDING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL BE
POSSIBLE. WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LAST LONGER...SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. WHERE A QUICKER CHANGE TO SNOW OCCURS...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHER...UP TO 3 INCHES...ON TOP OF THE LAYER
OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

MW/BINAU