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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 7, 2010, 3:13 PM CST for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 8, 2010, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. 42 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2010, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2010, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 10:57 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wykoff 3n, MN | |
| Feb 8, 11:09 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Byron 4s, MN | |
| Feb 8, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Rochester 1nw, MN | |
| Feb 8, 11:34 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 12:01 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Feb 8, 12:12 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 12:36 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Mantorville, MN | |
| Feb 8, 2:36 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Rochester, MN | |
| Feb 8, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 3:21 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Charles City, IA | |
| Feb 8, 4:49 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | St Ansgar 7nw, IA | |
| Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Decorah, IA | |
| Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | New Hampton, IA | |
| Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 5:26 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Mantorville, MN | |
| Feb 8, 6:04 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cresco, IA | |
| Feb 8, 6:04 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Calmar, IA | |
| Feb 8, 6:05 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Feb 8, 6:36 PM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Charles City, IA | |
| Feb 8, 6:52 PM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Feb 8, 7:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Kendallville 4n, IA | |
| Feb 8, 8:41 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Preston, MN | |
| Feb 8, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Westgate 3n, IA | |
| Feb 8, 9:08 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | St Ansgar, IA | |
| Feb 8, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Ossian, IA | |
| Feb 8, 9:14 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Decorah 5e, IA | |
| Feb 8, 9:14 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Feb 9, 12:42 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Grand Meadow, MN | SINCE NOON ON SUNDAY |
| Feb 9, 8:31 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ossian, IA | |
| Feb 9, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 7.8 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Feb 9, 10:41 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Feb 9, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Mantorville, MN | |
| Feb 9, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Spring Valley 3e, MN | |
| Feb 9, 11:17 AM CST | SNOW 8.3 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Feb 9, 11:42 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Charles City, IA | |
| Feb 9, 12:52 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Osage, IA | |
| Feb 9, 3:22 PM CST | SNOW 8.7 | Rochester, MN | |
| Feb 9, 4:48 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | New Hampton, IA | |
| Feb 9, 4:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | New Hampton, IA | 6 INCHES TODAY...STORM TOTAL OF 10.5 INCHES |
| Feb 9, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Feb 9, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 8.8 | Rochester Airport, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609 WWUS43 KARX 072113 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 313 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS TIME SPAN WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING....AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONFINED TO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW... 4 TO 7 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-080515- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 313 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY. BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH TUESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE SEEN ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-080515- /O.NEW.KARX.WS.A.0003.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 313 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE SEEN ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
16 follow-up statements
461 WWUS43 KARX 072355 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 555 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS TIME SPAN WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING....AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONFINED TO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW... 4 TO 7 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-080800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 555 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST INTENSITY OCCURRING ON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-080800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0003.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 555 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
335 WWUS43 KARX 080310 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 910 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS TIME SPAN WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. AS OF 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH UP TO 2.0 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING....AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONFINED TO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW... 4 TO 7 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 910 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST INTENSITY OCCURRING ON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-081115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0003.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 910 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
913 WWUS43 KARX 080540 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1140 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THIS TIME SPAN WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. THIS SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY A WINTER STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. AS OF 1130 PM SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH UP TO 2.0 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY. SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING....AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONFINED TO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW... 4 TO 7 INCHES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1140 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST INTENSITY OCCURRING ON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-081345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0003.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1140 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
145 WWUS43 KARX 080950 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 350 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR INTERSTATE 35 STAYS NEARLY STATIONARY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH PULLS AWAY. AS OF 4 AM MONDAY...SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION...GREATEST FROM AUSTIN TO CHARLES CITY. BY SUNSET ON TUESDAY...LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES... GREATEST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.100208T1200Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 350 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-081800- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0003.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0005.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 350 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PLAN ON LIGHT SNOW TO INTENSIFY BY NOON...THEN PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
463 WWUS43 KARX 081330 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 730 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR INTERSTATE 35 STAYS NEARLY STATIONARY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH PULLS AWAY. AS OF 7 AM MONDAY...SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION...GREATEST FROM AUSTIN TO CHARLES CITY. BY SUNSET ON TUESDAY...LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES... GREATEST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-082130- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 730 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-082130- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 730 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * PLAN ON LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TO BECOME A STEADY SNOW BY NOON...THEN PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
815 WWUS43 KARX 081614 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1014 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL GENERALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY LESS THAN INCH HAS FALLEN THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY SEE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL LIKELY BE AN INCH OR LESS. FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1014 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND THEN THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090015- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1014 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNSET TONIGHT WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
833 WWUS43 KARX 081749 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1149 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL GENERALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...1 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY LESS THAN INCH HAS FALLEN THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY SEE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL LIKELY BE AN INCH OR LESS. FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1149 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090200- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.100208T1800Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1149 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNSET TONIGHT WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
130 WWUS43 KARX 082134 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 334 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT LIGHT SNOW IS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THIS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TODAY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...2 TO 6 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY LESS THAN INCH HAS FALLEN THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA WILL SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 334 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090545- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 334 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
679 WWUS43 KARX 090000 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 600 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...2 TO 6 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THROUGH 530 PM THIS EVENING. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY LESS THAN INCH HAS FALLEN THROUGH 530 PM THIS EVENING. THIS AREA WILL SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-090800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 600 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...THEN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090800- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 600 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
909 WWUS43 KARX 090357 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 957 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...2 TO 7 INCHES HAD FALLEN THROUGH 930 PM MONDAY EVENING. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW HAD FALLEN THROUGH 930 PM MONDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE 5 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-091200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 957 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...THEN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. THERE WILL BE DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...THEN LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091200- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 957 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
273 WWUS43 KARX 090540 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1140 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...2 TO 7 INCHES HAD FALLEN THROUGH 1130 PM MONDAY EVENING. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE WEST OF A DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW HAD FALLEN THROUGH 1130 PM MONDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL BE 5 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-091345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1140 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...THEN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. THERE WILL BE DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...THEN LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON TUESDAY AS WELL... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091345- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1140 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR ON TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS TUESDAY AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
215 WWUS43 KARX 090942 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 342 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...SNOW EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TODAY... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN IOWA MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 2 TO 4 INCHES TO THE EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-091745- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 342 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091745- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 342 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY...GREATEST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
188 WWUS43 KARX 091328 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 728 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...SNOW EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TODAY... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN IOWA MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. AS OF 730 AM...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS PERSISTENT SNOW EVENT... HIGHEST WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO OELWEIN. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 2 TO 4 INCHES TO THE EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-092130- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 728 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. LOOK FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-092130- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 728 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY... GREATEST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
808 WWUS43 KARX 091752 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1152 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. AS OF 11 AM...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS 11 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THIS PERSISTENT SNOW EVENT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM MANTORVILLE AND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 1 TO 2 INCHES TO THE EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-100000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1152 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO 1 INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO LOCALLY AS HIGHS AS 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS EXPECTED. ALSO...SOME AREAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1152 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * SLOW TRAVEL IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
169 WWUS43 KARX 092115 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 315 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...SNOW TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING... .LOOK FOR SNOW TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN MISSOURI MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. AS OF 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS A FOOT OF SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA FROM THIS PERSISTENT TWO DAY SNOW EVENT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRED WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY THROUGH ROCHESTER AND SPRING VALLEY IN MINNESOTA...TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...GENERALLY A HALF INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AROUND ANOTHER INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS ON WEST EAST ROADWAYS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-100000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 315 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR PERHAPS ANOTHER A HALF INCH. * GRAND TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS OF 7 TO LOCALLY AS HIGHS AS 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100515- /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 315 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * GRAND TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MAINLY NORTH OF LA CROSSE. * IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS AS WELL...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE SLOWER TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
080 WWUS43 KARX 092348 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 548 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING... .THE REMAINING AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END FIRST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WAS OVER NORTHERN OHIO WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING BACK INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST INTO PENNSYLVANIA...THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL GET PULLED OUT OF THE REGION ALLOWING THE SNOW TO END. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-100100- /O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 548 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW...BUT LITTLE IF ANY BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. $$ IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-100600- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 548 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 7, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:09 PM CST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
309 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FORECAST FOCUS FOR THIS PACKAGE CENTERED ON PROLONGED SNOW EVENT
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH AMOUNTS AND HEADLINES AS THE
BIGGEST CONCERNS.
19Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE ALONG THE
NORTH DAKOTA/CANADIAN BORDER...MEANWHILE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A
WEAK/ILL DEFINED LOW OVER SOUTH DAKOTA. RADAR MOSAIC AND SURFACE
REPORTS SHOW SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH CENTRAL
IOWA AND HAS SPREAD AS FAR EAST AS A ROCHESTER TO CHARLES CITY LINE.
07.12Z MODELS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT IN DROPPING THE 500MB LOW
THROUGH THE DAKOTAS AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BY 12Z MONDAY THEN
ACROSS IOWA AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY 06Z WEDNESDAY. STRONG
DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IMPRESSIVE DEEP QG CONVERGENCE AND
WIDESPREAD ISENTROPIC LIFT OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
INVERTED TROUGH SLIDES INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES ON MONDAY AND THEN
SLIPS SOUTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED TO BE FOUND ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE TROUGH...
PLACING THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES UNDER THE GUN. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN
THIS AREA LOOK TO BE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE BY THE TIME EVERYTHING
WINDS DOWN TUESDAY EVENING...WITH A BAND OF 5 TO 8 IMMEDIATELY EAST
OF THIS AREA ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ONLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR. WITH THE SNOW ALREADY UNDERWAY AND SOME 24
HOUR TOTALS PUSHING 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA...HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WARNING.
DIFFICULTIES LIE TO THE EAST OF THIS AREA AS TO WHAT TYPE OF
HEADLINES TO USE. CURRENT THINKING IS THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME WILL BE
A HIGH END WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HOWEVER THERE IS SOME CONCERN
THAT THE MORE ROBUST AND CONSISTENT ECMWF QPF MAY END UP VERIFYING...
RESULTING IN THE NEED TO EXPAND THE WARNING FURTHER EAST. THE FACT
THAT THE ACCUMULATING SNOW REALLY DOESN/T GET GOING UNTIL LATER
MONDAY IN THESE AREAS WILL ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO REFINE THE AMOUNTS
AND SPECIFIC HEADLINES NEEDED. THUS HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH A WINTER
STORM WATCH. AS WE GET ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM TUESDAY...
PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING INTO THE 15
TO 25 MPH RANGE. THIS THEN WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG WITH THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF WISCONSIN.
AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY...MODELS
SUGGEST A CLEARING TREND FROM THE WEST AS HIGH PRESSURE DROPS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WITH THE HIGHS INFLUENCE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SKIES LOOK TO BE MAINLY CLEAR AND ALONG WITH THE LIGHT
WINDS AND A FRESH SNOWCOVER WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WITH ATTENTION FOCUS ON UPCOMING SNOWFALL AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE WEEK...NOT A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT IN THIS TIME FRAME. THIS
PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH BOTH
THE 07.12Z GFS AND ECMWF CONSISTENT WITH THIS. ONLY DIFFERENCES ARE
IN HANDLING OF WEAK SHORTWAVE THAT DROPS OUT OF CANADA EARLY IN THE
PERIOD. GFS IS THE FASTEST AS IT DROPS IT TO NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
THURSDAY NIGHT...WHILE ECMWF BRINGS IT DOWN LATER ON FRIDAY.
MEANWHILE..GFS ENSEMBLE PROBABILITIES ARE HAVE VERY LOW PROBABILITIES
FOR MEASURABLE. FOR NOW WILL TAKE A COMPROMISE AND KEEP THE LOWER END
PROBABILITIES FOR SNOW IN THE GRIDS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTER
THAT 022MB HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS AND INTO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. THUS EXPECT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE.
&&
.AVIATION...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THE SNOW WILL MOVE FROM
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES INTO THE 1 TO 2 STATUE
MILE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE TIMES WHERE THE
VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY FALL BELOW A MILE. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE LIKELY IN THE 8 TO
12 INCH RANGE AT KRST AND 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE AT KLSE. A MAJORITY OF
THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
ONCE THE CEILINGS FALL INTO THE 1000 TO 1500 FOOT RANGE THIS
EVENING...THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE RANGE THROUGH TUESDAY.
WITH THIS SAID...THERE WILL BE TIMES IN WHICH THE CEILINGS WILL FALL
INTO THE LIFR/IFR RANGE. THIS WILL LIKELY MAINLY OCCUR DURING BOUTS
OF HEAVIER SNOW.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-
WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR
MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ094-MNZ095.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MNZ079-MNZ088-MNZ096.
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR
IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR IAZ011-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...RABERDING
AVIATION...BOYNEHazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 5:00 AM CST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 500 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 IAZ011-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061-081100- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA- 500 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. ALSO...WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY...AND SOME DRIFTING OR BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT ALONG AREA RIDGE-TOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW FALL REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-081100- CLARK-TAYLOR- 500 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. GREATER ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL TO THE SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW FALL REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-081100- CHICKASAW-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED- WINNESHIEK- 500 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. ALSO...WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY...AND SOME DRIFTING OR BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW FALL REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 13 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.