Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2010, 4:16 AM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 10, 2010, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 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, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2010, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 10:01 AM CST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 22 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Clayton 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, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 11:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Edgewood, IA | THIN LAYER OF ICE FORMING ON SURFACES |
| Dec 10, 11:10 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Rochester, MN | RELAYED BY KTTC |
| Dec 11, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Winona, MN | SNOWING HEAVILY AT THE MOMENT. |
| Dec 11, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Nw Wabasha, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Se La Crosse, WI | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALLING NOW. |
| Dec 11, 3:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Winona, MN | 4.5 SINCE 11PM. SNOWING STEADILY. |
| Dec 11, 4:40 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Winona, MN | 6 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 11PM. STILL SNOWING STEADILY. |
| Dec 11, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Arkdale, WI | |
| Dec 11, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Nw Medford, WI | |
| Dec 11, 6:06 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:34 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Winona 3s, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:44 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Guttenberg, IA | ICY ROADS REPORTED ACROSS CLAYTON COUNTY VIA KCRG |
| Dec 11, 7:09 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Winona 2sse, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Holmen, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:12 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Se Steuben, WI | ROADS HAVE ICE COVERING MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS |
| Dec 11, 7:12 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | De Soto, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:12 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Platteville, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Valley 1nw, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:32 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Arkdale, WI | |
| Dec 11, 8:08 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Wilton 4e, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:04 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Trempealeau, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:13 AM CST | SNOW 6 | St Charles 5n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:20 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Stewartville, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:21 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | La Crescent 1n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 9:26 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Goodview, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Neillsville 4nne, WI | |
| Dec 11, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:41 AM CST | SNOW 7 | St Charles 3n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 10:43 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Oak Center, MN | |
| 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, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 11.5 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 11, 12:33 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Medford, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:34 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Independence 3ne, WI | |
| 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, 12:57 PM CST | SNOW 12.5 | Gilmanton 8se, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:58 PM CST | SNOW 10.3 | Cochrane, WI | |
| Dec 11, 12:59 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Abbotsford, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:01 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Spring Valley, MN | |
| Dec 11, 1:08 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Black River Falls 2se, WI | |
| 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 4.9 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 7.4 | La Crescent 1n, MN | |
| Dec 11, 2:13 PM CST | SNOW 11.3 | Necedah 2se, WI |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WWUS43 KARX 101016 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 416 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT... .HEAVY SNOW TO GO ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED STARTING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM WABASHA COUNTY EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL. FURTHER SOUTH FROM ROCHESTER EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD WINONA AND BLACK RIVER FALLS...SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD WHICH WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME FAIRLY STRONG ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THESE LOCATIONS. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD DROP FURTHER SOUTH AND BRING THE HEAVIER SNOW WITH IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW...THE MAIN THREAT FOR WINTRY CONDITIONS IS FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES DROP IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. AS THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS DROPS DOWN INTO THE REGION. MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034-101830- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 416 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 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 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES DURING THE WEEKEND STORM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WABASHA TO NEILLSVILLE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO WINONA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS. 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. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-101830- /O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 416 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. THESE SNOW TOTALS MAY BECOME HIGHER IF THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH. RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHICH WILL LEAD TO EVEN LOWER SNOW TOTALS. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES DURING THE WEEKEND STORM. * THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...WINTRY MIX...AND RAIN IS STILL UNKNOWN. ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY ONCE THE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER ON THE LOCATION OF THESE WEATHER THREATS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
18 follow-up statements
021 WWUS43 KARX 101809 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1209 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK... .PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING EAST INTO WISCONSIN BY SUNRISE. INITIALLY IT APPEARS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE I-90 CORRIDOR. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY. FURTHER NORTH...ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE ENTIRE STORM. THE SNOW WILL FINALLY END LATER SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM WABASHA COUNTY EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL. FURTHER SOUTH...FOR AREAS AROUND I-90...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY LOWER SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. THE WARNING HAS BEEN SHIFTED SLIGHTLY SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE I-90 CORRIDOR IN WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME STRONG LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH AND BRING THE HEAVIER SNOW WITH IT. AS OF RIGHT NOW...THE MAIN THREAT FOR WINTRY CONDITIONS IS FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES FALL IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...AND SHOULD SNOW ALSO BE FALLING...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA CLOSER TO I-35. AS THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS DROPS DOWN INTO THE REGION. MNZ096-WIZ041>044-110215- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 1209 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NEAR AND ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AND 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. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034-110215- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 1209 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WABASHA TO NEILLSVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE ALSO EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NEAR AND ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ053>055-061-110215- /O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1209 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ON THE IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. THESE SNOW TOTALS MAY BECOME HIGHER IF THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH. RAIN COULD ALSO BECOME DOMINANT IF THE STORM TRACKS FURTHER NORTH. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES DURING THE WEEKEND STORM. * THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...WINTRY MIX...AND RAIN IS STILL UNKNOWN. ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY ONCE THE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER ON THE LOCATION OF THESE WEATHER THREATS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
141 WWUS43 KARX 102157 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVING IN THIS EVENING... .PRECIPITATION OVER IOWA WILL PUSH EAST INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD INTO WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. INITIALLY A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. NORTH OF THIS LINE...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW FOR THE ENTIRE STORM. THE SNOW WILL FINALLY END LATE 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 8 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 NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. 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. WIZ053-055-110600- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER SATURDAY MORNING WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES DURING THE WEEKEND STORM...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-110600- /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY 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. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-110600- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL BEING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY BY SUNRISE. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-110600- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0010.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
425 WWUS43 KARX 110101 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 701 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVING IN THIS EVENING... .AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SLEET WAS PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS AREA WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. NORTH OF THIS LINE...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW FOR THE ENTIRE STORM. THE SNOW WILL FINALLY END LATE 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 8 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 NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. 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. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-110915- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 701 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. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY 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. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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>044-053-055-110915- /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 701 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL BEING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY BY SUNRISE. * 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. * 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. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-110915- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.101211T0300Z-101212T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 701 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
400 WWUS43 KARX 110325 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 925 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE AREA... .FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AT MID EVENING. THIS AREA OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHEAST AND ENTER INTO WISCONSIN AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW NORTH OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA...TO BLACK RIVER FALLS LINE...WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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 8 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 NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. 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. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-111130- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 925 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. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING THEN AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY 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. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-111130- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.101211T0600Z-101212T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 925 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * THE SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY BY SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-111130- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 925 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 TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT. 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 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
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
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 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 Dec 10, 3:47 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 3:47 AM CST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
347 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS WITH THE WINTER STORM THAT
WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. HAVE UPGRADED
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TO A WINTER
STORM WARNING WHERE CONFIDENCE IS THE HIGHEST THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL
OCCUR OVER THIS STRETCH. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...HAVE HELD ONTO THE WATCH FOR THE TIME BEING
DUE TO THE FACT THAT A RANGE OF OUTCOMES IS POSSIBLE FROM ALL
SNOW...TO A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SNOW TO AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW.
CURRENTLY IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF A SYSTEM THAT
BROUGHT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE REGION. AT THE SURFACE...A
WARM FRONT TRACKED THROUGH AND HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM THE TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR
DOWN TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES. A WEAK RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY WHICH WILL PROVIDE
A BRIEF DRY PERIOD BEFORE CONDITIONS DRASTICALLY CHANGE OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.
MOST OF THE FOCUS WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WAS IN TRYING TO
DETERMINE HOW THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO PAN OUT TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AND WHERE UPGRADES TO THE CURRENT HEADLINES WERE
GOING TO BE NEEDED. THE 10.00Z MODEL RUNS HAVE GONE WITH A WARMER
TREND FOR THE REGION WITH TAKING THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH THE HEART
OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONSISTENCY HAS REALLY BEEN LACKING WITH THE
MODELS RECENTLY ON THIS SYSTEM AND THAT CONTINUES WITH THIS
MORNINGS MODEL SOLUTIONS. WITH THE LOW EXPECTED TO TRACK ALONG THE
MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THERE
IS CONCERN THAT SURFACE/LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES COULD END UP BEING
WELL ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WARM SECTOR SATURDAY MORNING WHICH
WOULD LEAD TO A PERIOD OF JUST RAIN. ACROSS THE MID SECTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA RUNNING FROM ALONG THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER EAST
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM LA CROSSE COUNTY EAST TOWARD
ADAMS/JUNEAU COUNTIES...THE THERMAL PROFILES OUT OF THE 10.00Z NAM
AND GFS BUFKIT SOUNDINGS WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE COULD BE SOME
PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN WITH SNOW OR POSSIBLY
RAIN. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION BEING ALL SNOW THROUGH
THE ENTIRE EVENT IS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA GOING NORTHEAST
TOWARD EAU CLAIRE AND WAUSAU. THE 10.03Z SREF HITS THIS AREA THE
HARDEST WITH THE PROBABILITIES OF HAVING SNOWFALL RATES OF GREATER
THAN AN INCH PER HOUR...ALONG WITH A DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE OF OVER
100MB. ACROSS THIS STRIP WHERE THE DEFORMATION BAND IS EXPECTED
TO SET UP...A FOOT OF SNOW LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET.
ANOTHER FACTOR IN THE EQUATION IS THE WIND. BY 18Z SATURDAY...ALL
OF THE 10.00Z GUIDANCE HAS A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
DEVELOPING ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SURFACE LOW. THIS
WILL LEAD TO SOME RATHER GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. 10.00Z NAM AND GFS BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ARE SUGGESTING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25KTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35KTS. WITH SNOW EXPECTED
TO FALL ACROSS THIS AREA IT WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE LIMITED
VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW AND COULD COME CLOSE TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. GIVEN THAT THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
MARGINAL AT THIS POINT AND OVER A DAY AWAY...HAVE OPTED TO NOT
HOIST A BLIZZARD WATCH FOR THIS AREA. SOME OF THE PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA MAY NOT SEE AS MUCH SNOW...BUT
WITH THE INCREASING WIND IT WILL MAKE CONDITIONS JUST AS BAD...IF
NOT WORSE...THAN THE HEAVY SNOW AREAS.
WITH THE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN GETTING WARNING CRITERIA
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HAVE OPTED TO UPGRADE THAT
PORTION OF THE WATCH TO A WARNING. EVEN IF THE TRACK SHIFTS
SOUTHWARD...THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO STILL GET HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS. FURTHER SOUTH WHERE THE WATCH IS STILL IN
EFFECT...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE GUIDANCE WITH
THIS SYSTEM...DIDNT WANT TO DOWNGRADE THE WATCH TO AN ADVISORY
JUST TO HAVE IT UPGRADED AGAIN. BY THE TIME THE 10.12Z GUIDANCE IS
OUT LATER THIS MORNING...THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE A CHANCE SEE IF
THE CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE AND CAN DOWNGRADE OR UPGRADE THE
CURRENT HEADLINES IF NECESSARY.
AS FOR SNOW TOTALS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL EXTEND FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
EAST ACROSS WABASHA...CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. FURTHER
SOUTH FROM ROCHESTER EAST NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD WINONA AND THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TREMPEALEAU AND JACKSON COUNTIES...IT LOOKS
MORE LIKE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MORE
LIKELY. FURTHER SOUTH FROM THERE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...SNOW TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE LESS AND WILL MIX
IN MORE WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. RIGHT NOW...AM
EXPECTING AN INCH TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA...BUT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE MORE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH IN SOME
SPOTS. THIS AREA COULD SEE SOME HIGHER TOTALS IF THE LOW TAKES A
FURTHER SOUTH TRACK THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.
AS THIS SYSTEM STARTS TO SHIFT EAST LATE ON SATURDAY GOING INTO
SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...DRASTICALLY COOLER AIR WILL BE PULLED
DOWN INTO THE REGION WHICH WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING WELL
BELOW ZERO. WITH THE STRONG WINDS PERSISTING INTO MONDAY...WIND
CHILLS WILL MOST LIKELY DROP INTO THE -20F TO -35F RANGE STARTING
SUNDAY MORNING.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST FROM THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE
ONGOING STRETCH OF WELL BELOW TEMPERATURES. AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS
EAST LATER IN THE WEEK...WARMER AIR WILL START ADVECTING BACK INTO
THE REGION AND BRING ALONG SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW.
&&
.AVIATION...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE TAF SITES STARTING THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. LOOK FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. LOOK FOR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO IFR CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS
AT KRST...AND AT KLSE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH
OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING AT KRST...AND BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AT KLSE. IFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AT BOTH TAF
SITES INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LIFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE
HEAVIER SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS...LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING PRODUCING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE
EAST OF THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR MNZ096.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095.
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...HALBACH
AVIATION...WETENKAMPHazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 8:25 PM CST, 7 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 825 PM CST THU DEC 9 2010 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-101100- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 825 PM CST THU DEC 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED A THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINTER STORM WATCH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR. ALTHOUGH THE EXACT LOCATION FOR THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS IS STILL IN QUESTION...LATEST INDICATIONS WOULD HAVE IT FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROCHESTER TO LA CROSSE LINE. IN ADDITION... THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF A ROCHESTER TO LA CROSSE LINE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THE AREA...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE BRINGING IN MUCH COLDER AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR SUNDAY AND THE START OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY AT 1 PM. 04/BAUMGARDT/RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:57 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 26 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.