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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 10, 2010, 11:08 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2010, 11:08 PM CST (05:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 10:01 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 23 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | La Crosse Airport, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Holmen, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:06 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Tomah, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | New Hampton, IA | |
| Dec 11, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 11.5 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:49 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Lanesboro, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:56 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:01 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Spring Valley, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:11 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Necedah 3se, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 12.3 | Winona, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | La Crescent 3w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:34 PM CST | SNOW 6.4 | Holmen 2nw, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:37 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Wykoff 3n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:39 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Warrens, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:43 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Richland Center, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:46 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Viroqua, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Dorchester, IA | |
| Dec 11, 1:51 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Waukon 8nw, IA | |
| Dec 11, 1:53 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Lansing 4se, IA | |
| Dec 11, 1:54 PM CST | SNOW 4 | New Hampton, IA | |
| Dec 11, 1:54 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Charles City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 7.4 | La Crescent 1n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:08 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ossian, IA | |
| Dec 11, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Riceville, IA | |
| Dec 11, 2:13 PM CST | SNOW 11.3 | Necedah 2se, WI | |
| Dec 11, 2:14 PM CST | SNOW 6.6 | Holmen 2s, WI | |
| Dec 11, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Steuben, WI | |
| Dec 11, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:09 PM CST | SNOW 10 | St Charles 5n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 3:40 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Clermont, IA | |
| Dec 11, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Patch Grove, WI | |
| Dec 11, 3:52 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Waukon 8nw, IA | |
| Dec 11, 3:56 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | New Lisbon 2n, WI | |
| Dec 11, 4:04 PM CST | SNOW 8.6 | Holmen 2nw, WI | |
| Dec 11, 4:16 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Friendship 2ne, WI | |
| Dec 11, 4:17 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Dec 11, 4:18 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Guttenberg, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:19 PM CST | SNOW 15.9 | Winona, MN | |
| Dec 11, 4:29 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Dec 11, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Decorah, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Holmen 2s, WI | |
| Dec 11, 4:37 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Lancaster, WI | |
| Dec 11, 4:49 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:09 PM CST | SNOW 11 | St Charles 5n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:10 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:16 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Tomah, WI | |
| Dec 11, 5:16 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Wilton, WI | |
| Dec 11, 5:24 PM CST | SNOW 8.3 | Peterson 1s, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:24 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Goodview, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Arkdale, WI | |
| Dec 11, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 13.5 | Kellogg 4s, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:34 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | La Crescent 9w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:36 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Waukon 6ese, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:39 PM CST | SNOW 9.3 | La Crosse 3se, WI | |
| Dec 11, 5:48 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | West Union, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:56 PM CST | SNOW 16 | Reads Landing 1w, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
936 WWUS43 KARX 110508 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM UNDERWAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS OVERSPREADING THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH MAINLY SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON SATURDAY...WITH THE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO JACKSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH OF THIS LINE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LEAD TO LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR AND GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA....WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MNZ086-087-094-095-111315- /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MIX IN AT TIMES...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED SATURDAY. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-111315- /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-111315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINONA 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-111315- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 1108 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
13 follow-up statements
311 WWUS43 KARX 110714 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 114 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM UNDERWAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAD OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 94. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. A GLAZE OF ICING WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. WARMER AIR HAD CHANGED MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN IN NORTHEAST IOWA. OVERALL THIS MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TO JACKSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH OF THIS LINE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LEAD TO LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR AND GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA....WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MNZ086-087-094-095-111515- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 114 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER SATURDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-111515- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 114 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...POSSIBILITY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111515- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 114 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-111515- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 114 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
124 WWUS43 KARX 111031 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 431 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...ROUND ONE OF THE WINTER STORM IS UNDERWAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS SPREAD NORTH ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. BY THE TIME THIS WINTER STORM ENDS TOMORROW MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES FROM WABASHA COUNTY NORTH AND EAST WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 18 INCHES IN THIS AREA...8 TO 12 INCHES ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END AROUND NOON TODAY WITH ALL PRECIPITATION SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW AT THIS TIME. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FALLING PER HOUR AT TIMES. ALSO...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE OVER THIS TIME FRAME WHICH WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATTER TERRAIN AND OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THIS REGION. ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MNZ086-087-094-095-111845- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 431 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-111845- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 431 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... POSSIBILITY MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111845- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 431 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FROM WABASHA COUNTY EAST TOWARD JACKSON COUNTY AND NORTH TOWARD TAYLOR COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-111845- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 431 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
206 WWUS43 KARX 111109 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 509 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...ROUND ONE OF THE WINTER STORM IS UNDERWAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS SPREAD NORTH ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. BY THE TIME THIS WINTER STORM ENDS TOMORROW MORNING... SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES FROM WABASHA COUNTY NORTH AND EAST WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 18 INCHES IN THIS AREA...8 TO 12 INCHES ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR... AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS AREA OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING STARTING TONIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AROUND NOON TODAY WITH ALL PRECIPITATION SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW AT THIS TIME. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FALLING PER HOUR AT TIMES. ALSO...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE OVER THIS TIME FRAME WHICH WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATTER TERRAIN AND OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THIS REGION. ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATER TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TRAVEL AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES FILTER INTO THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-111915- /O.EXB.KARX.WS.W.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 509 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ086-087-094-095-111915- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 509 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-111915- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 509 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... POSSIBILITY MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111915- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 509 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FROM WABASHA COUNTY EAST TOWARD JACKSON COUNTY AND NORTH TOWARD TAYLOR COUNTY... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
228 WWUS43 KARX 111544 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 944 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...HEAVIER SNOW AND DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COMING... .A BAND OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT FROM WEST OF LA CROSSE TO EAST OF EAU CLAIRE...THROUGH MEDFORD WISCONSIN. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO SEE HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. 3 TO 5 INCHES ALSO FELL ALONG I-90 IN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...WITH A WINTRY MIX SOUTH AND SOME ICE GLAZING REPORTED. THE STORM HAS STILL NOT HIT ITS FULL STRENGTH...BUT WILL THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ALL DAY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER THAN EARLIER THOUGHT...WITH 14 TO 18 INCHES FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 10 TO 14 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG I-90...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 IN WISCONSIN. BECAUSE OF WARM TEMPERATURES AND A WINTRY MIX OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING RAIN...AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR THERE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIFE THREATENING PERIOD OF THIS STORM WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR 10 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED...AND POSSIBLY NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. MNZ086-087-094-095-112345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 944 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY. * HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. STORM TOTALS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF I-90...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES SOUTH OF I-90. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-112345- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101211T1800Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101211T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 944 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUT ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY AND COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...POSSIBILITY MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-112345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 944 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-112345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 944 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ALL AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WINONA...NORTHEAST TO MEDFORD. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES COULD OCCUR. 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND SLIGHTLY NORTH...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF I-90. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
594 WWUS43 KARX 111908 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 108 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...HEAVIER SNOW AND DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COMING... .SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME REPORTS OF RAIN MIXING IN AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AND BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM ONLY A FEW INCHES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO 5 TO 11 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. THE STORM HAS STILL NOT HIT ITS FULL STRENGTH...BUT WILL DO SO THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14. BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING...PLAN ON TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF I-90. ANY LINGERING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIFE THREATENING PERIOD OF THIS STORM IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90 IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED...AND POSSIBLY NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-120315- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 108 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LOOK FOR ANY LINGERING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES TONIGHT. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ079-088-096-WIZ041>044-053-055-120315- /O.EXB.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 108 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. AS WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD CLOSE ROADS...POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-120315- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 108 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-120315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 108 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
431 WWUS43 KARX 112137 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 337 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM ONLY A FEW INCHES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO 7 TO 14 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PLAN ON WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM OVER IOWA PRESSES EAST. THE WINDS...EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING...WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO RESULT IN WHITEOUTS AND IN MANY AREAS A BLIZZARD. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE THE DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED...AND POSSIBLY NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 23 INCHES NORTH OF I-90 TO 7 TO 14 INCHES SOUTH. MNZ079-088-096-WIZ041>044-053-055-120545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 337 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY SNOW FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. AS WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD CLOSE ROADS...POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-120545- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 337 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * PLAN ON AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-120545- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 337 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-120545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 337 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 18 TO 23 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
654 WWUS43 KARX 112357 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 557 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM ONLY A FEW INCHES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO 7 TO 16 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PLAN ON WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM OVER IOWA PRESSES EAST. THE WINDS...EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING...WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO RESULT IN WHITEOUTS AND IN MANY AREAS A BLIZZARD. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO SEE THE DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. ROAD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED...AND POSSIBLY NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 23 INCHES NORTH OF I-90 TO 7 TO 14 INCHES SOUTH. MNZ079-088-096-WIZ041>044-053-055-120800- /O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 557 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD CLOSE ROADS...POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-120800- /O.EXP.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 557 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * PLAN ON AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-120800- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 557 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-120800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 557 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 18 TO 23 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
950 WWUS43 KARX 120204 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 804 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO 10 TO 18 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA GUSTING TO 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS ARE CREATING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT VENTURE OUTSIDE. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. MANY ROADS ARE BECOMING IMPASSABLE...AND COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 23 INCHES NORTH OF I-90 TO 7 TO 14 INCHES SOUTH. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-055- 121015- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 804 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...WILL CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-121015- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 804 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * PLAN ON AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-121015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 804 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 18 TO 23 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
547 WWUS43 KARX 120406 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1006 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION THIS EVENING...WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TO 12 TO 21 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA GUSTING TO 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WAS NOW MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH MINNESOTA...AND EXPECT THE SNOW TO BEGIN DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS ARE CREATING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT VENTURE OUTSIDE. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...ADDING TO THE THREAT IF STRANDED. MANY ROADS ARE BECOMING IMPASSABLE...AND COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN NO EMERGENCY SERVICES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 23 INCHES NORTH OF I-90 TO 7 TO 14 INCHES SOUTH. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-055- 121215- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1006 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...WILL CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * PLAN ON WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-121215- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 1006 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * PLAN ON AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-121200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 1006 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 18 TO 23 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
433 WWUS43 KARX 120905 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 305 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. LOOK FOR CONTINUED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH PERSIST. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR HAVE RANGED FROM 10 TO AROUND 20 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 13 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IOWA...INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT VENTURE OUTSIDE. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-055- 121800- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 305 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-061-121800- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 305 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * PLAN ON AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-121200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 305 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SNOW WILL TAPER THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN TOTALS OF 18 TO 23 INCHES. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WETENKAMP WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
779 WWUS43 KARX 121037 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 437 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. LOOK FOR CONTINUED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH PERSIST. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 10 TO AROUND 20 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 13 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT VENTURE OUTSIDE. WIZ017-029-032>034-121800- /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 437 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM 14 TO 23 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044- 053>055-061-121800- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 437 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WETENKAMP WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
871 WWUS43 KARX 121407 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 807 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... SEVERAL ROADWAYS REMAIN IMPASSABLE THIS MORNING WITH BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING PERSISTING. REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA INDICATE ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND RIDGE TOPS ARE COMPLETELY BLOWN SHUT. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 10 TO AROUND 20 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 13 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. THE BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE THAT VENTURE OUTSIDE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044- 053>055-061-121800- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 807 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE ZERO VISIBILITY...CLOSE ROADS AND POSSIBLY PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES...AND MAY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-121800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 807 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM 14 TO 23 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WETENKAMP WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
902 WWUS43 KARX 121601 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1001 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM ENDING WITH FRIGID WIND CHILLS IN PLACE... .THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOME SITES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. VISIBILITY IS GENERALLY GREATER THAN 2 MILES AND NO LONG CAUSING ADDITIONAL BLIZZARD OR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT FELL AND DRIFTING THAT OCCUR ED OVERNIGHT...A LOT OF ROAD REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSIBLE...PARTICULARLY LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN SOME EXTRA TIME INTO ANY TRAVEL PLANS THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM HAS MAINLY COME TO AN END...WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE IN THE 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THUS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-130000- /O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0016.101212T1601Z-101213T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1001 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WHILE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THUS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-121715- /O.CAN.KARX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1001 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WHILE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THUS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-121715- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 1001 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WHILE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 10, 3:34 PM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 3:34 PM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
334 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THROUGH MONDAY
VERY CHALLENGING FORECAST TODAY AS POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS
AND SLOWS RIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE
WERE A SERIES OF MODEL RUNS LATE YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT THAT WERE
POINTING TO A SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH STORM TRACK...AND HENCE MORE
WARM AIR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION OR EVEN RAIN
CUTTING INTO SNOW POTENTIAL. BUT THE 12Z RUNS STARTED SHIFTING SOUTH
AGAIN...AND THE RECENT 18Z MODELS ARE EVEN MORE SOUTH. SO...MODEL
WAFFLING HAS NOT LEAD TO VERY GOOD CONTINUITY AND/OR CONFIDENCE IN
THE SPECIFICS OF THIS FORECAST...AT LEAST WITH RESPECT TO THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE CLEAR
HOWEVER. THERE WILL BE A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOWFALL...EXTENDING
FROM CENTRAL MN INTO NORTHERN WI...AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF
WIND WITH THE SYSTEM.
WINTER STORM WARNING WAS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY FOR SOUTHEAST MN INTO
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WI. THAT IS LOOKING GOOD AT THIS POINT...WITH
ANYWHERE FROM 6 INCHES UPWARD TO 10-14 FURTHER NORTH. WITH THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE...HAVE ADDED A COUPLE MORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST WI
TO THE WARNING...AND HAVE ADDED THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEPENING LOW CENTER OVER WY...WITH A WARM
FRONT REACHING ACROSS SD AND INTO NORTHERN/EASTERN IA. TEMPERATURES
IN THE WARM SECTOR ARE VERY WARM...40S AND EVEN SOME 50S AS CLOSE AS
DES MOINES. BUT COLD AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF MN/WI...
WITH READINGS STILL IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. THIS TIGHT GRADIENT
WILL ONLY ADD MORE FUEL TO THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS
NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...AND INTO IOWA OVERNIGHT. REGIONAL RADAR
LOOPS ALREADY SHOW WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUT OVER
WESTERN IA...HEADING THIS WAY.
COMPLICATED SCENARIO TO DEAL WITH...AS THE POSITION OF THE WARM FRONT
AS THE LOW APPROACHES WILL BE KEY TO WHAT KIND OF PRECIP WILL FALL.
FEELING IS THAT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS THIS EVENING IT WILL BE SOME
KIND OF MIX AS THE WARM AIR ALOFT INTERACTS WITH THE COLD AIR NEAR
THE SURFACE. EVENTUALLY...THE WARM AIR MAY WIN OUT ALTOGETHER...AND
IT COULD BE ALL RAIN FOR A TIME OVER NORTHEAST IA AND EVEN SOUTHWEST
WI. ALSO LIKELY TO BE A MIX FOR SOUTHEAST MN INITIALLY AS WELL.
SURFACE LOW CENTER FORECAST TO BE SOMEWHERE NEAR KDBQ AROUND NOON
SATURDAY...FURTHER NORTH IN THE NAM/FURTHER SOUTH IN THE ECMWF. AS
THIS OCCURS...DEFORMATION AND FRONTOGENETIC SNOW WILL BE FALLING IN
GREAT QUANTITIES FROM THE TWIN CITIES AREA THROUGH EAU CLAIRE AND
INTO NORTHERN WI. THE COLD AIR WILL BE WRAPPING INTO THE WEST SIDE AS
THE SYSTEM OCCLUDES...SO EXPECT A FAIRLY RAPID TRANSITION TO SNOW.
WINDS WILL ALSO REALLY CRANK UP AS THE SYSTEM REACHES MAXIMUM
INTENSITY AS IT PASSES NEAR MILWAUKEE/CHICAGO SATURDAY EVENING.
FORECAST WIND SPEEDS OF 40+ KTS ARE SEEN IN THE LOW LAYERS IN ALL
MODEL RUNS...AND ANTICIPATE THE OPEN AREAS OF MN/IA WILL SEE SOME
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MPX/DMX HAVE ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNINGS ADJACENT
TO OUR FORECAST AREA...AND WE MAY END UP NEEDING TO TRANSITION TO
BLIZZARD HEADLINES FOR A PORTION OF OUR AREA. LATER SHIFTS WILL MAKE
THAT CALL...AS WE FELT IT BEST NOT TO COMPLICATE THE HEADLINES WE
ALREADY HAVE OUT AT THIS TIME.
SYSTEM PULLS AWAY ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE...SO SOME BLOWING
DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY. BUT THE EVEN BIGGER STORY WILL
BE THE BITTER COLD INVADING BEHIND IT. LOWS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL
DROP BELOW ZERO FOR SOUTHEAST MN/NORTHEAST IA...WITH NOT MUCH OF A
RISE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...DESPITE SOME SUNSHINE. WIND CHILLS
WILL BE DANGEROUSLY COLD...IN THE 20S AND 30S BELOW ZERO. BY MONDAY
MORNING...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING IN BY THEN...ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO
DIMINISH. BUT WIND CHILL READINGS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE 20S AND 30S
BELOW ZERO ON MONDAY.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...
AS THE COLD POOL SHIFTS EAST AND UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE
WEST...A WEAK DISTURBANCE AND THE RESULTING WARM ADVECTION LOOKS
LIKE IT COULD BRING AT LEAST A THREAT FOR SOME OVERRUNNING SNOW
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HAVE INCLUDED THE LOW CHANCE IN THE
FORECAST. OTHERWISE...EXPECT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO PREVAIL.
&&
.AVIATION...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
MAIN CONCERN SQUARELY ON POTENT WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECTS ON
KRST/KLSE AIRPORTS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM CURRENTLY ORGANIZING OVER WESTERN SD/NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL
DEEPEN AND MOVE EAST TOWARD NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHWEST WI BY SATURDAY
MORNING. MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW
THIS EVENING WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET EXPECTED AT KRST
AROUND 04Z AND AT KLSE AROUND 05Z. IFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AT KRST
ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX AT KRST IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX AND THEN ALL SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. KLSE TAF SITE SHOULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS DETERIORATE INTO
MVFR RANGE BY 05Z AND THEN INTO IFR RANGE BY 15Z SATURDAY. THE
FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX AT KLSE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW
AROUND NOON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
THE STRONG LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. AS IT DOES...STRONG/GUSTY
NORTH WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA WITH
SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SNOW/BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR WIZ054-WIZ061.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-
WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ055.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-
IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...MW/DB/DAS
AVIATION...DASHazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:35 PM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 435 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 MNZ079-086>088-094>096-111200- DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA- 435 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNING THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AS WELL SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH AN INVADING ARCTIC AIR AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDICES DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-111200- ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOWARD- MITCHELL-WINNESHIEK- 435 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY...WITH THE SNOW CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING...THEN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH AN INVADING ARCTIC AIR AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDICES DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TAYLOR- TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- 435 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNING MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM SYSTEM. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LOOKS LIKELY AT THE ONSET ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WHILE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90... MOSTLY SNOW IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A BLACK RIVER FALLS TO WINONA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTRY MIX IS LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON. ALL SNOW WILL BE FALLING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING THEN SLOWLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. SNOW STORM TOTALS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TO AS HIGH AS 10 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLACK RIVER FALLS TO WINONA. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH AN INVADING ARCTIC AIR AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDICES DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. DAS
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
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.