Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2009, 4:17 AM CST for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 20, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 24 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2009, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Buchanan County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:18 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Stanley, IA | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Dubuque, IA | |
| Feb 21, 5:08 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Scotch Grove, IA | COURTESY KCRG |
| Feb 21, 5:40 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Maquoketa, IA | COURTESY KCRG |
| Feb 21, 6:01 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Olin, IA | COURTESY KCRG |
| Feb 21, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | OFFICIAL SNOWFALL FOR DUBUQUE THROUGH 6 AM CST. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 2 W Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 21, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Edgewood, IA | STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. PLENTY OF DRIFTING SNOW ALSO REPORTED. |
| Feb 21, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Freeport, IL | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 4 W Maquoketa, IA | CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Wnw Rock Falls, IL | |
| Feb 21, 7:26 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 21, 7:32 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 3 Ssw Center Junction, IA | |
| Feb 21, 7:46 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Freeport, IL | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 8:21 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Anamosa, IA | |
| Feb 21, 8:34 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Dewitt, IA | SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 21, 8:34 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 4 S Dewitt, IA | SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 21, 8:38 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 2 W Dubuque, IA | |
| Feb 21, 8:49 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Wyoming, IA | |
| Feb 21, 9:14 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 4 Nnw Lanark, IL | |
| Feb 21, 9:18 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Holy Cross, IA | RECEIVED THROUGH KCRG. |
| Feb 21, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Freeport, IL | |
| Feb 21, 1:22 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Freeport, IL | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 21, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Hanover, IL | STILL SNOWING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 201017 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 417 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF WESTERN CANADA WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM. IAZ042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-201830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA... CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS 417 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ041-201830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DELAWARE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANCHESTER 417 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ065-067-068-ILZ015>018-201830- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 417 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... WHERE THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ040-051-052-063-064-077-078-ILZ024-201830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... MARENGO...IOWA CITY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...ALEDO 417 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHERE THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ 12/LE
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 201606 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1006 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...SNOW TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM. IAZ041-042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-210015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1006 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ040-051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-ILZ015>018-024-210015- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT- WASHINGTON-LOUISA-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1006 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHERE THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 202131 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 331 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SPREADING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IAZ040-210545- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.WS.W.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...INDEPENDENCE 331 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ041-042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-210545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 331 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ IAZ051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-ILZ015>018-024-210545- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.090221T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 331 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHERE SNOW MAY FALL AT 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A SHORT TIME LATE THIS EVENING. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ DLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210301 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 901 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SPREADING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF TO THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IAZ040>042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-211115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 901 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...ACCUMULATING AT A RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR FOR A FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-ILZ015>018-024-211115- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 901 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210416 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1016 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SPREADING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF TO THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IAZ040>042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-211230- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1016 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-ILZ015>018-024-211230- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1016 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210509 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1109 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SPREADING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IAZ040>042-053-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-211315- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1109 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ088-089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-211315- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 1109 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-ILZ015>018-024-211315- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1109 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 210945 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING WINDS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OUT OF ILLINOIS AND INTO MICHIGAN TODAY. IT HAS SPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. A BAND OF ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FROM NEAR KEOSAUQUA IOWA...NORTHEAST ACROSS BURLINGTON TO KEWANEE AND PRINCETON ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-053-054-066-211745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS REPLACED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THIS ADVISORY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. $$ ILZ001-002-007-009-211745- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ076-087-098-MOZ009-211745- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ KEOKUK-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA.... MEMPHIS 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH MID DAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ IAZ051-052-063>065-067-068-077-078-088-099-ILZ015-034-035-MOZ010- 211745- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- HENRY IA-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...FORT MADISON...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ089-ILZ016>018-024>026-211745- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DES MOINES-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 345 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 211511 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 911 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...SNOW CONTINUING THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING WINDS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OUT OF ILLINOIS AND INTO MICHIGAN TODAY. IT HAS SPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA...ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. A BAND OF ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FROM NEAR KEOSAUQUA IOWA...NORTHEAST ACROSS BURLINGTON TO KEWANEE AND PRINCETON ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST... RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ILZ001-002-007-009-211800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 911 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-099-ILZ015-034-035- MOZ009-010-211800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 911 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. $$ IAZ089-ILZ016>018-024>026-211800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T1800Z/ DES MOINES-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 911 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NICHOLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 211800 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL MID AFTERNOON... .A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 2THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS UNTIL 3 PM. $$ ILZ001-002-007-009-212100- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL HAMPER VISIBILITIES. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-089-ILZ015-024>026-212100- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES- 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...BURLINGTON... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY. ARES OF DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3 PM FROM NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP SNOW OFF THE ROADS. $$ ILZ016>018-212100- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1200 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY. ARES OF DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3 PM FROM NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NICHOLS
000 WWUS43 KDVN 212052 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 252 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ENDING... ILZ001-002-007-009-212200- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS 252 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. NW WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY DUSK RESULTING IN MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 6 PM IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-089-ILZ015-024>026-212200- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES- ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 252 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. NW WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY DUSK RESULTING IN MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 6 PM IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS. $$ ILZ016>018-212200- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 252 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. NW WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY DUSK RESULTING IN MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 6 PM IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS. $$ NICHOLS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 3:55 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:55 AM CST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
355 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...IN DEALING WITH THE VERY
VIGOROUS CLIPPER FROM NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN
ORIGIN...WILL SIDE WITH THE GFS AND UKMET SOLUTIONS HANDLING LLVL
SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT AND SECONDARY ELEVATED FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
UNDER APPROACHING MID LEVEL WAVE TONIGHT. BEFORE THEN FOR
TODAY...WILL SIDE WITH THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FWC HIGH TEMPS FOR
MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE DVN CWA IN WAA PATTERN
AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM AND LEAN TOWARD THE WARMER MAV
GUIDANCE ACRS THE SOUTH. A LEAD WAA WING MAY TRY TO INDUCE SOME
LIGHT PRECIP IN THE NORTHWESTERN CWA BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT
EXPECT NOT ENOUGH LLVL SATURATION TO TAKE PLACE FOR PRECIP TO
REACH THE SFC UNTIL AFTER 00Z.
BACK TO THE MAIN SHOW FOR TONIGHT...ACCEPTED MODELS AND
THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES SUPPORT WIDESPREAD 3-5 INCHES ALONG AND
NORTHEAST OF A VINTON...TO QUAD CITIES...TO PRINCETON IL LINE
THROUGH 12Z SAT...WITH MORE SNOW PRODUCTION INTO THE MORNING/SEE THE
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BELOW/. ENHANCED BANDING AND POSSIBLY SOME
THUNDERSNOW IN A SURPRISINGLY UNSTABLE MID LAYER COULD SUPPORT A FEW
SWATHS OF 5-7 INCHES BY SAT MORNING FROM THE CEDAR RAPIDS
AREA...THROUGH CLINTON...STERLING AND MT CARROLL. THIS ALL BANKING
ON SLR/S OF 14 TO 15:1...AND THAT THE EXTENT OF SATURATION ON THE
FCST SOUNDINGS/PROFILES IS IN THE BALL PARK. SOME CONCERN THAT THE
MODELS ARE OVERDOING IT WITH THIS PARAMETER AND THAT THERE WILL NOT
BE ENOUGH OF A DEEP LAYER OF SATURATION IN THE FAVORED -10 TO -20C
REALM FOR A CLIPPER TO PRODUCE THE PROGGED WIDESPREAD 4-8 INCHES.
BUT THE SYSTEM IS VERY DYNAMIC AND STILL WILL LOOK TO INTENSIFY
OVERHEAD...THUS MAY LEAN TOWARD THE HIGHER END OF SNOW PRODUCTION.
ALSO STILL SOME NICE SIGNALS OF RATHER INTENSE BOUTS OF SNOWFALL OF OVER
AN INCH AN HOUR IN OPTIMUM LIFT AND DENDRITIC WINDOW FROM 04Z-07Z OR
SO ALONG THE H85 TO H7 MB LOW/TROF CONVERGENT AXIS NORTH OF I80 INTO
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IL. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HWY 34
CORRIDOR SHOULD ONLY RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS. WILL SIDE WITH COLDER
MET LOWS FOR TONIGHT. ..12..
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...
SATURDAY MORNING IS THE TAIL END OF OUR CLIPPER SYSTEM...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON THE WRAP-AROUND SIDE OF THE
SYSTEM. 850 TO 700 MB FRONTOGENESIS CONTINUES WELL INTO THE MORNING
HOURS...WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE STILL FROM 12Z TO 18Z
ALONG WITH THE LIFT. AND WHILE WE WILL NOT BE IN THE MAXIMUM SNOW
GROWTH REGION SATURDAY MORNING...AM STILL EXPECTING SWE RATIOS UP
AROUND 14 TO 1...FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ON SATURDAY. TOGETHER
WITH THE SNOWFALL FROM OVERNIGHT...WE ARE LOOKING AT A MAXIMUM
SNOWFALL SWATH OF 5 TO 7 INCHES FROM APPROXIMATELY DELAWARE COUNTY
IA TO WHITESIDE COUNTY IL. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A
LINE FROM WASHINGTON IA TO ALEDO IL. THEN...ON SUNDAY WE ARE
LOOKING AT WINDS SWITCHING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOMING
COUPLED WITH WINDS OF AROUND 30KTS UP AROUND 900MB. THIS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. WITH THESE
FACTORS COMBINED...WE HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 00Z
TONIGHT THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY...FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MANCHESTER IA...TO CLINTON IA...TO MORRISON IL. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME TIME RANGE...NORTH OF A LINE
FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO WASHINGTON...TO ALEDO IL.
SUNDAY WE HAVE A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE REGION...WHICH
SHOULD PRODUCE A VERY COLD NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER SKIES HAVE
CLEARED SOMETIME ON SUNDAY...WITH THE RIDGE JUST EAST OF THE CWA.
MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY WE GET A WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN SET UP
INTO THIS AREA...FOR GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH BOTH
DAYS. A MIXTURE OF RAIN OR SNOW MAY MOVE IN HERE TUESDAY
NIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. WE GET ANOTHER COLD DUMP INTO
HERE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH MORE CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION. ..LE..
&&
.AVIATION...
AFTER A VFR DAY TODAY...CIGS/VSBYS TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AFTER 00Z
AT THE CID AND DBQ TERMINALS...SPREADING TO MLI AND BRL THROUGH 04Z
AS LLVL SATURATION OCCURS WITH APPROACHING SNOW PRODUCING CLIPPER.
AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN AT BRL FROM 00Z-03Z...
BUT SOUNDINGS ARE MAINLY SNOW EVEN IN THE SOUTH BY THE TIME THE
PRECIP BEGINS. THE CID...DBQ AND MLI TERMINALS COULD EXPERIENCE
SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW IFR OR LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS DO TO HEAVY SNOW
FROM MID EVENING TO 2-3 AM CST. ONSET TIMING FRO SNOW THIS EVENING
STILL SOMEWHAT AT QUESTION...BUT 02Z STILL LOOKS ON TARGET AT DBQ
AND CID...AND AFTER 03Z AT MLI AND BRL. A WIND SWITCH TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AT CID MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW VSBY
LIMITATIONS. ..12..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-IOWA-JOHNSON-LINN-LOUISA-
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR BUREAU-HENRY IL-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND.
MO...NONE.
&&
12/LEHazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 3:39 PM CST, 12 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 339 PM CST THU FEB 19 2009 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-202145- 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- 339 PM CST THU FEB 19 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A POTENT CLIPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 5 TO 7 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIFER WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH. LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD RECEIVE LESS THAN AN INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 35 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.