Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 12, 2009, 1:06 PM CST for 9 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 12, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 20 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
- Jan 12, 2009, 1:06 PM CST (19:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2009, 12:07 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 25 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Mount Joy, IA | NWS FORECAST OFFICE. SNOW DEPTH IS 3 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Sw Durant, IA | |
| Jan 12, 6:03 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Elmira, IA | SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATED 7-8 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Moline, IL | SNOW DEPTH 5 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Clinton, IA | 1.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MAKING 7 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 12, 6:17 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Ese Calamus, IA | TOTAL OF NEW SNOWFALL. SNOW DEPTH OF 9 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Nw Mount Vernon, IA | |
| Jan 12, 6:52 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Dubuque, IA | STORM TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH 8 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:53 PM CST | SNOW 3 | E Wyoming, IA | SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 6:58 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 W Dubuque, IA | |
| Jan 12, 7:01 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Solon, IA | STORM TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH 8 INCHES. STRONG NW WINDS JUST ARRIVED. |
| Jan 12, 7:56 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | E Lisbon, IA | SNOW DEPTH OF 10 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 7:56 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Marengo, IA | SNOW DEPTH OF 11 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 7:58 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | |
| Jan 12, 7:59 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Wnw Dubuque, IA | SNOW DEPTH OF 14 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 8:08 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Freeport, IL | SNOW DEPTH OF 7 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 8:19 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Charlotte, IA | |
| Jan 12, 8:36 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 1 E Lone Tree Corners, IL | HAD SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH THE SNOW. SNOW DEPTH OF 9 INCHES. |
| Jan 12, 8:52 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Victor, IA | LOCATION IS 1/2 MILE NORTH OF I-80. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH, GUSTS TO 38 MPH. VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. BLOWING SO HARD DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS SNOWING. DRIFTS AFFECTING ROADS. |
| Jan 12, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 S Newhall, IA | FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 30 NEAR NEWHALL. SOME 2 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS ON MAIN HIGHWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDVN 121906 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE MIDWEST...WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING WITH THIS FIRST ROUND. THE STORM SYSTEM IS SMALL AND INTENSE...AND THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH THUNDERSNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THAN THE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THEN AS THE SYSTEM PASSES BY THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. 1 TO 3 INCH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING OVER THE FRESH POWDERY SNOW. WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO UNDER 1/4 MILE IN OPEN AREAS. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...WITH DANGEROUS TRAVEL ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-130315- /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.090113T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.090113T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-130315- /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.090113T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0300Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ ILZ034-035-130315- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ099-MOZ009-010-130315- /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.090113T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ087-088-130315- /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.090113T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ089-098-130315- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA. 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ025-026-130315- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 106 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SEVERELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ 12
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 122148 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE MIDWEST...WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN EASTERN IOWA...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING. AFTER THE SNOW TEMPORARILY ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR. THEN AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 UP TO THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. 1 TO 3 INCH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING OVER THE ONGOING SNOW PACK AND THE NEW SNOW. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OVER 25 MPH TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO UNDER 1/4 MILE IN OPEN AREAS. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...WITH DANGEROUS TRAVEL ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.090113T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MORE ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0300Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. MORE ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHEN THE SNOW TEMPORARILY ENDS...SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ099-MOZ009-010-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.090113T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ087>089-098-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA. 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM CST TUESDAY. ROUNDS OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ034-035-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR WHEN IT IS NOT SNOWING STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ025-026-130600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 348 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CST TUESDAY. MORE ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR WHEN IT IS NOT SNOWING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SEVERELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ 12
000 WWUS43 KDVN 130240 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER ACCUMULATING SNOW EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ANOTHER INCH MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT ARRIVES...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO UNDER 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...WITH DANGEROUS TRAVEL ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-131045- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-131045- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-MOZ009-010-131045- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM CST TUESDAY. ROUNDS OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ034-035-131045- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.090113T0300Z-090113T1800Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR WHEN IT IS NOT SNOWING STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ025-026-131045- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 840 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 PM CST TUESDAY. MORE ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR WHEN IT IS NOT SNOWING. STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SEVERELY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ NICHOLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 130607 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DIMINISHING BY EARLY MORNING... .SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-130900- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090113T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0900Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-130900- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090113T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0900Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-MOZ009-010-130900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM CST TUESDAY. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ025-026-130900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090113T0900Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$ ILZ034-035-130900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090113T0900Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1207 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES REMAINING ABOVE 1 MILE EXCEPT FOR BRIEF PERIODS IN OPEN COUNTRY. HOWEVER...DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS NOT ACTIVELY BEING PLOWED. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. $$
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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 12, 3:27 AM CST, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:27 AM CST, 9 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
327 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009
...TWO INTENSE STORM SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEK WITH
MAJOR TRAVEL HAZARDS...AND DANGEROUS COLD...
.SYNOPSIS...
NEAR BLIZZARD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT FROM AROUND
6 PM THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN INTENSE...TIGHTLY PACKED CLIPPER
SYSTEM ON THE NOSE OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
IOWA OR NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THIS
SYSTEM...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS IOWA AND THE REST OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST. WINDS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THE CURRENT
AND ADDITIONAL SNOW WITH EASE...CREATING PERIODS OF WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
MODELS HAVE NOW LOCKED INTO THE TRACK THAT WE HAVE PREFERRED FOR A
FEW DAYS NOW...IN THAT THE CLIPPER WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE SOUTHEAST
ALONG THE CURRENT EDGE OF THE SNOW PACK...WHICH WOULD BRING IT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. THIS TRACK PLACES THE
ENTIRE AREA IN ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW SEASONALLY STRONG
INSTABILITY ALOFT...WITH THUNDERSNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
THUS...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN ALL LOCATIONS...EVEN
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34...WHERE GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED.
SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID
EVENING...AND COMBINED WITH THE DAY TIME ACCUMULATIONS AT OR ABOVE 3
INCHES...WE WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS. THIS IS FOR SNOW...BUT TONIGHT WE
WILL FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MODELS BRING A
VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CWA BETWEEN 02Z AND 15Z
TUESDAY. THIS GRADIENT...COMBINED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY
IN THE SHARP COLD ADVECTION WILL ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO
30 MPH...AND GUST TO 40 TO 45 MPH. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN ALL
AREAS...BUT SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD AND VERY SIGNIFICANT NORTH OF A
FAIRFIELD IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. MANY LOCATIONS THERE
HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OR MUCH MORE OF FLUFFY SNOW PACK NOW...AND
TODAYS SNOW WILL ONLY ADD TO THAT. WITH A LARGE VOLUME OF MOVABLE
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE VERY
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM MID EVENING THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY. SOME
ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL WINDS REDUCE LATER TUESDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS CHANGED TO A BLIZZARD WATCH AND EXPANDED
TO COVER HENRY AND JEFFERSON.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURE WILL DROP RAPIDLY TONIGHT...WITH WIND
CHILL ADVISORY TO NEAR WARNING LEVELS BY MORNING. GENERALLY...-22
TO -30 WIND CHILLS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS
THREAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR NOW.
ERVIN
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
MAIN FOCUS IS ON IMPACTS OF NEXT WINTER STORM AND ENSUING ARCTIC
BLAST IN TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU PERIODS. TUESDAY...HAVE ADDED BLOWING
SNOW TO THE MORNING...BUT IMPACTS WILL LIKELY BE WINDING DOWN
RAPIDLY AS THE INITIAL SYSTEM DEPARTS AND SURFACE RIDGE MIGRATES
INTO THE REGION. LEFT A LITTLE ROOM FOR POTENTIAL FURTHER SLOWING OF
THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM.
NEXT CLIPPER SYSTEM IN THE NW FLOW IS SHOWN IN DECENT MODEL
AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW SIMILAR TRACK AS CURRENT SYSTEM. NAM REMAINS
NORTHERLY OUTLIER...WHILE ECMWF...UKMET AND GFS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT
WITH SURFACE LOW SLIDING RAPIDLY SE THROUGH S CENTRAL AND SE IA
AROUND MID MORNING WED. PREFER SLIGHTLY SLOWER TIMING TRENDED BY
THE GFS...AND ANTICIPATE TRACK OF THIS LOW MAY END UP BEING A BIT
FURTHER SE THAN CURRENT MODELS...AS SEEN WITH RUN TO RUN EVOLUTION
OF THE EARLY WEEK SYSTEM.
IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AT LEAST AS SIGNIFICANT...AND
POSSIBLY MORE SEVERE THAN THE EARLY WEEK STORM...AS IT IS SHOWN TO
HAVE A DEEPER SURFACE LOW AND TIGHTER ASSOCIATED PRESSURE GRADIENT.
ALSO...IT WILL HAVE A STRONGER REINFORCING ARCTIC AIRMASS WITH H8
TEMPERATURES FROM -22 TO -25 DEG C PLUNGING IN BY THU MORNING. GFS
ADVERTISES A MUCH STRONGER ISALLOBARIC MAXIMUM MOVING THROUGH...
ALONG WITH A DEEPER TROP FOLD FOR HIGHER WIND POTENTIAL. FOR
NOW...HAVE GONE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 40 KTS WED AFTERNOON AND WED NIGHT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. AS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS...STAYED WITH TYPICAL
CLIPPER AMOUNTS IN 2-5 INCH RANGE OVER THE NE 2/3RDS OF THE
FORECAST AREA FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TUE NIGHT TO MIDDAY WED. STRONG
COLD ADVECTION AND INFLUX OF ARCTIC TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN
FALLING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WED...DROPPING BELOW ZERO OVER
ENTIRE AREA IN THE EVENING. RESULTING WIND CHILLS WILL PLUNGE TO
-20 TO -30 BY EVENING...THEN WELL INTO WARNING RANGE BELOW -30
OVER AT LEAST NORTH OF I-80 AND W OF THE MS RIVER BY THU MORNING.
OVERALL...HAVE CONTINUED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW
GUIDANCE...WHICH TYPICALLY TRENDS TOO WARM WITH SUCH ARCTIC
OUTBREAKS.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SLIDES OVER THE REGION THU NIGHT FOR
LIKELY THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK. RADIATIONAL COOLING OVER FRESH
DEEP SNOW COVER IN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BE IDEAL FOR WIDESPREAD
TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY PUSHING -20 OR BELOW ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR WHERE SNOW DEPTH MAY BE OVER A FOOT BY THIS TIME.
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...RESULTING WIND CHILL VALUES DROP TO
-20 TO -40 RANGE LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING.
WILL LIKELY NEED ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS FOR
THIS EVENT DUE TO WIND CHILLS...BLOWING SNOW...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
DUE TO NECESSARY FOCUS ON THE INITIAL EVENT...AND STILL SOME TIME
TO MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS...NO HEADLINES FOR THIS MIDWEEK EVENT
AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...
A INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BRING IFR CIGS AND VISIBILITY TO ALL
SITES EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN LIFR CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE
FREQUENTLY BELOW 1/2 MILE FROM 20Z TO 15Z TUESDAY. CIGS WILL
GENERALLY BE UNDER 1000 FT THROUGH 09Z TUESDAY...WITH VFR CIGS
AFTERWARDS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 25 KTS
ARE EXPECTED FROM 00Z TO 15Z TUESDAY AT ALL SITES...WITH GUSTS TO 35
KTS LIKELY BETWEEN 00Z AND 09Z TUESDAY.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CLINTON-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-SCOTT.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-HENRY IA-
IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-
MUSCATINE-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-
MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
BUREAU-CARROLL-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK
ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
MO...NONE.
&&
ERVIN/SHEETSHazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 9:03 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 903 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-131045- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 900 AM CST MON JAN 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO ALEDO ILLINOIS...TO PRINCETON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS FRESH SNOW AND EXISTING POWDERY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY TO CREATE POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR LONG PERIODS. WHITE OUTS ARE LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY MORNING...BLOWING SNOW WILL UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH TOWARD MIDDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH READINGS DROPPING WELL BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES REMAINING AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. ACTUAL TEMPERATURES MAY DROP AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AN EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TODAY AT 1030 AM CST. SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:09 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1209 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 PM SNOW CORALVILLE 41.69N 91.60W
01/12/2009 M1.5 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING MODERATELY.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:12 PM CST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1212 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1209 PM SNOW CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.67W
01/12/2009 M1.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW STARTED BETWEEN 1030 AND 1040 AM. STILL SNOWING.
&&Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:23 PM CST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1223 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1223 PM SNOW 4 SW VAN HORNE 41.97N 92.15W
01/12/2009 M2.0 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING MODERATELY.
&&Special weather statement, Jan 12, 12:43 PM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-015-024>026- 122100- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW... MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS WITH RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ILZ002-007-009-016>018-122100- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...SNOW MOVING IN... SNOW MOVING THROUGH EASTERN IOWA WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY 2PM. THE SNOW WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT BUT QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE OR LESS... WITH RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY WITH MOST ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 12:43 PM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FORMATTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-015-024>026- 122100- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW... MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS WITH RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ILZ002-007-009-016>018-122100- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1243 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009 ...SNOW MOVING IN... SNOW MOVING THROUGH EASTERN IOWA WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY 2PM. THE SNOW WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT BUT QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE OR LESS... WITH RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY WITH MOST ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
Local storm report, Jan 12, 12:54 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1254 PM CST MON JAN 12 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1254 PM SNOW VICTOR 41.73N 92.29W
01/12/2009 E2.0 INCH IOWA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING MODERATELY.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:24 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:06 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 14 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.