Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 25, 2010, 9:55 AM CST for 39 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 18 hr. 52 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2010, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 39 counties
Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 10:54 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Deep River, IA | DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TOO. VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 1/2 AND 3/4 MILE. |
| Jan 25, 1:39 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY DOWN TO AROUND 2 BLOCKS NEAR MASON CITY. STRONG WINDS. |
| Jan 25, 1:53 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Estherville, IA | |
| Jan 25, 1:58 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Algona, IA | ESTIMATED 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 100FT. |
| Jan 25, 2:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Deep River, IA | PUBLIC REPORTS 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR AT DEEP RIVER. SNOW IS DRIFTING AND VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN A MILE TO OCCASIONALLY NEAR ZERO. |
| Jan 25, 2:12 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Estherville, IA | EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO MOST OF THE TIME AND ABOUT TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH DRIFTS AS HITH AS FOUR FEET. MULTIPLE SEMIS AND VEHICLES IN DITCHES...TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED. |
| Jan 25, 2:24 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Denison, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PLOWS HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF HIGHWAYS 30 AND 71 AND ALL COUNTY ROADS DUE TO VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. |
| Jan 25, 2:26 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Carroll, IA | VISBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PLOWS PULLED OFF HIGHWAYS 30 AND 71 AND ALL COUNTY ROADS DUE TO NEAR ZERO VISBILITY AND DRIFTING. |
| Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Pocahontas, IA | POCAHONTAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO MOST OF THE TIME AND ROADS DRIFTING OVER. |
| Jan 25, 2:29 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Clarion, IA | WRIGHT COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO NEARLY ALL THE TIME AND BAD DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADS. |
| Jan 25, 2:29 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Dakota City, IA | HUMBOLDT COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...NEARLY ALL ROADS IMPOSSIBLE...AND DRIFTS AS DEEP AS FOUR FEET ON OTHE ROADS. |
| Jan 25, 2:29 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Forest City, IA | WINNEBAGO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MOST OF THE TIME...ROADS VERY SLICK AND DRIFTED OVER...NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 25, 2:29 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Jefferson, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. HIGHWAY 25 CLOSED. PLOWS MAY BE PULLED ANYTIME. |
| Jan 25, 2:31 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Boone, IA | VISIBILITY RANGES FROM ZERO TO ONE QUARTER MILE COUNTYWIDE. SOUTH BOUND LANES OF HIGHWAYS ARE UP TO THREE QUARTERS SHUT DUE TO DRIFTS. PEOPLE ARE STRANDED IN VEHICLES. PLOWS WILL LIKELY BE PULLED SOON. WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE SUSTAINED AT OR ABOVE 30 MPH WITH HI |
| Jan 25, 2:49 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Hampton, IA | FRANKLIN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...NEARLY ALL ROADS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO DRIFTING AND ACCIDENTS. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES. |
| Jan 25, 2:55 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster City, IA | HAMILTON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COUNTYWIDE...MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND CARS IN THE DITCHES...MOST ROADS IMPASSIBLE. |
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Jan 25, 2:57 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Fort Dodge, IA | WEBSTER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WITH ABOUT THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY BUT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Jan 25, 3:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Rockwell City, IA | CALHOUN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COUNTYWIDE...NEARLY ALL ROADS DRIFTED OVER AND IMPASSIBLE. |
| Jan 25, 3:04 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Sac City, IA | SAC COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS ZERO VISIBILITY...NEARLY ALL ROADS DRIFTED OVER AND IMPASSIBLE. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND STRANDED VEHICLES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 25, 3:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Adel, IA | DALLAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO...ROADS DRIFTING BADLY AND SOME CLOSED. |
| Jan 25, 3:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Nevada, IA | STORY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO ON HIGHWAYS AND IN RURAL AREAS...MOST ROADS DRIFTING OVER. |
| Jan 25, 3:18 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Guthrie Center, IA | GUTHRIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...NEARLY ALL ROADS DRIFTING OVER AND SOME CLOSED. |
| Jan 25, 3:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Garner, IA | HANCOCK COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COUNTYWIDE...SOME ROADS BEGINNING TO DRIFT OVER. |
| Jan 25, 3:26 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Winterset, IA | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS BEGINNING TO DRIFT OVER. |
| Jan 25, 3:34 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 5 W Dallas Center, IA | HWY 44 CLOSED FROM WESTERN COUNTY LINE TO HWY 169 DUE TO STRANDED VEHICLES AND ACCIDENTS. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ankeny, IA | OPEN AREAS OF THE COUNTY ARE EXPERIENCING VISIBILITY ZERO TO 25 YARDS. ROADS ARE DRIFTED BAD. |
| Jan 25, 4:04 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Minburn, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. HWY 169 FROM MINBURN TO HWY 141 CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENT AND DRIFTED ROAD. GRADERS WERE PULLED OFF ALL COUNTY ROADS AT 3 PM. PLOWS WILL BE PULLED OFF ROADS AT 5 PM. |
| Jan 25, 4:37 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Allison, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO PRETTY MUCH COUNTYWIDE. BAD DRIFTING AND PLOWS ARE BEING PULLED AT 5 PM. |
| Jan 25, 4:40 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Waverly, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN MOST AREAS. ROADS SNOW AND ICE COVERED. TRAVEL NOT ADVISED. |
| Jan 25, 4:42 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Grundy Center, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN THE OPEN AREAS OF THE COUNTY. COUNTY ROADS DRIFTING SO BAD THAT PLOWS HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF. STATE PLOWS BEING PULLED SOON. |
| Jan 25, 4:52 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Waterloo, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. MANY CARS IN DITCHES AND ROLLOVERS. TRAVEL NOT GOOD ON ROADS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS ZERO VISIBILITY ON HIGHWAY 21 SOUTH OF WATERLOO. |
| Jan 25, 5:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Montezuma, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME ROADS ARE DOWN TO ONE LANE DUE TO DRIFTING. |
| Jan 25, 5:18 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Marshalltown, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. ROADS ARE DRIFTING SHUT. NUMEROUS VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. KMIW ASOS REPORTS WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH SINCE 1200 PM CDT TODAY WITH PEAK GUST 49 MPH AT 140 PM CDT. |
| Jan 25, 5:18 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Newton, IA | VISIBILITY RANGES FROM ONE EIGTH MILE TO ZERO. MANY ACCIDENTS. |
| Jan 25, 5:25 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Knoxville, IA | SOME WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY. SECONDARY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN PLACES. KOXV AWOS HAS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH SINCE 1 PM CDT TODAY. |
| Jan 25, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 7 E New Virginia, IA | TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW FOR STORM TOTAL SO FAR. ALSO REPORTS NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS WITH PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 69 HALF DRIFTED OVER AND VERY SLICK ROADS. |
| Jan 25, 5:49 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ne Garner, IA | |
| Jan 25, 5:49 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ne Garner, IA | TRAINED SPOTTER IN GARNER REPORTS VISIBILITY 50 TO 100 FEET IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS DRIFTED OVER...VEHICLES STUCK AND OFF THE ROAD IN THE DITCH. ALSO REPORTS LARGE STORE SIGN BROKEN OFF AT THE BASE IN GARNER. ESTIMATES 2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. |
| Jan 25, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Waterloo, IA | |
| Jan 25, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | 3 S Polk City, IA | |
| Jan 25, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Jan 25, 6:07 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Marshalltown, IA | MARSHALL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 30 ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY WITH MANY COUNTY ROADS BEGINNING TO DRIFT SHUT. ON HIGHWAY 30 SURFACE IS SLICK WITH SOME DRIFTING AND TRAFFIC IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION |
| Jan 25, 6:12 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Norwalk, IA | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT THE HWY 5 OVERPASS. |
| Jan 25, 7:07 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Toledo, IA | VISIBILITY DOWN TO 100 TO 200 FT IN OPEN AREAS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER ROADS. NUMEROUS STRANDED MOTORISTS. COUNTY PLOWS WERE PULLED OFF EARLY. |
| Jan 25, 8:54 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Estherville, IA | VISIBILITY REMAINS NEAR ZERO COUNTYWIDE. MOST STATE AND COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. KEST ASOS CONTINUES TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 47 MPH. |
| Jan 25, 8:57 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Garner, IA | VISIBILITY STILL NEAR ZERO IN MOST PLACES. ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. |
| Jan 25, 8:59 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Dakota City, IA | VISIBILITY VARIABLE ACROSS THE COUNTY BUT OFTEN LESS THAN 25 FEET. ROADS IMPASSABLE. |
| Jan 25, 9:03 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Deep River, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. |
| Jan 25, 9:09 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Grundy Center, IA | WHITEOUTS CONTIUE TO OCCUR IN SOME PLACES COUNTYWIDE. SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED. |
| Jan 25, 9:16 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Denison, IA | VISIBILITY ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. ROADS CLOSED OR RESTRICTED TO ONE LANE. KDNS ASOS CONTINUES TO REPORT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. |
| Jan 25, 9:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Hampton, IA | VISIBILITY RANGES FROM ZERO TO ONE QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
441 WWUS43 KDMX 251555 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 955 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TODAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ004>006-015-016-023>025-033>036-044>048-057>060-070>073-260000- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.100125T1555Z-100126T0600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA 955 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...DUE TO FALLING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COMMON...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ IAZ081-082-092>094-260000- /O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON 955 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH BY THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TODAY WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ007-017-026>028-037>039-049-050-061-062-074-075-083>086- 095>097-260000- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ WORTH-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY...HAMPTON... ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 955 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TODAY WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
425 WWUS43 KDMX 251850 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ007-017-026-037-260300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ WORTH-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY...HAMPTON... ELDORA 1250 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-016-023>025-033>036-044>048-057>060-070>073-260300- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA 1250 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COMMON...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-081>086-092>097-260300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER... WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1250 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TODAY WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MJB
009 WWUS43 KDMX 252145 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 345 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-260600- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER... WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 345 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>060-070>073-260600- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA 345 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ081>086-092>097-260600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 345 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE PROBLEMATIC. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POOR THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLICK OR ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
593 WWUS43 KDMX 260051 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 651 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-260600- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 651 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...MOST ROADS ARE SLICK AND MANY ARE DRIFTED OVER. VISIBILITY IS ALSO VERY LOW MAKING DRIVING ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED. 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. && $$ IAZ081>086-092>097-260600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 651 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO SUBSIDE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM TIME TO TIME...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER SOME ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ LEE
262 WWUS43 KDMX 260340 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 940 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY MORNING... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-261000- /O.EXT.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 940 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DECREASE AND VISIBILITY HAS NOT IMPROVED MUCH IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...MOST ROADS ARE SLICK AND MANY ARE DRIFTED OVER. VISIBILITY IS ALSO VERY LOW MAKING DRIVING ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED. 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. && $$ IAZ081>086-092>097-261000- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 940 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT THEREAFTER. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN WINDY AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER SOME ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ LEE
840 WWUS43 KDMX 260638 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY MORNING... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-261000- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1238 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE DECREASING IN SOME AREAS BUT VISIBILITY HAS NOT IMPROVED MUCH IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE TOWARD MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF A TRACE TO HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...MOST ROADS ARE SLICK AND MANY ARE DRIFTED OVER. VISIBILITY IS ALSO VERY LOW MAKING DRIVING ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED. 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. && $$ IAZ081>086-092>097-261000- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1238 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BEFORE 3 AM CST...BECOMING LIGHT THEREAFTER. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN WINDY AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER SOME ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ REV
010 WWUS43 KDMX 260948 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 348 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE SURFACE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. THOUGH THE VISIBILITY HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT AT MOST LOCATIONS...TRAVELING ON AREA ROADS HAS NOT IMPROVED MUCH. THE ADDITIONAL BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-058>062-071>075-261600- /O.EXP.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.100126T1000Z-100126T1600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES... NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 348 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FLURRIES OR BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW TO NEAR ONE MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER SOME ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ044-057-070-261100- /O.EXP.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...ATLANTIC 348 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ IAZ081-092-093-261100- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1000Z/ ADAMS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 348 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... $$ IAZ082>086-094>097-261600- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1600Z/ UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 348 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FLURRIES OR BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE. * VISIBILITY...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW TO NEAR ONE MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER SOME ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ REV
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 25, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 549 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... UPPER LOW CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA AND STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST. HAVE SEEN INCREASED FORCING OVERNIGHT WITH DENDRITIC GROWTH BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. ECHOES ON THE RADAR HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS WELL WITH THE OFFICE AT AN UNOFFICIAL 1.5 AS OF 3 AM. ANTICIPATE THE AREA OF PCPN TO ROTATE TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO ILLINOIS WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW SHIFTING INTO ILLINOIS WITH TIME. HOWEVER...WL SEE A SECONDARY VORT PASS SOUTHEAST INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT SNOW WILL LIKELY LEAVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FROM NEAR WEBSTER CITY TO THE DES MOINES METRO ON TOWARDS OTTUMWA THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS WITH THE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. MODELS ALL INDICATE THAT THE WIND FIELDS WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE DAY WITH A 3-5KFT MIXED LAYER. WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE LAYER WILL BE 40-45KTS WITH SFC WINDS OF AROUND 25 KTS. FAVORED AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HAVE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. THE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WHERE THE CURRENT NEW SNOW IS FALLING...THEREFORE HAVE ALSO ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NEW SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POTENTIAL. SHOULD WINDS INCREASE ENOUGH TO VASTLY INHIBIT VSBYS...THEN A WARNING MAY BE WARRANTED. TEMPS HAVE REALLY NO WHERE TO GO BUT DOWN FROM HERE AS CAA PERSIST ALL DAY LONG. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BEFORE THINGS QUIET DOWN TOMORROW. THE LAST OF THE 3 TROUGHS WILL NOT BE AS ACTIVE AS THE FIRST. HOWEVER ...THAT BEING SAID THE WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL MIXED AS UNSTABLE SOUNDINGS SHOW...AND PULSE GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH THROUGH 06Z THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF TOWARD MORNING. ANOTHER HALF INCH OR SO OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AS WELL AS THE TROUGH MOVES SOUTHEAST. FOR A GOOD SHARE OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND...THE AREA WILL BE STUCK IN NORTHWEST FLOW. H850 TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO. MODELS ARE NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT AS FOR THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER IN THE WEEK AND GFS SEEMS ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE THE COLDEST BIAS. GEM/EURO KEEP THE COLDER AIR OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND DONT BRING THE COLDEST AIRMASS BACK AS FAR WEST. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL BE TRACKING EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES TUES NIGHT AND WED. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SOME CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE VERY LIGHT SNOW. THE GFS APPEARS TOO FAR NORTH WITH THIS...AND HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE GEM/EURO FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE RECEIVING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION. THE REST OF THE WEEK IS ALL ABOUT THICKNESS...OR LACK OF IT. TEMPS TO GO NOWHERE FAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. SOME CLOUDS AND PASSAGE OF REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR BY WED NIGHT SHOULD DRAG TEMPS DOWN ANOTHER NOTCH TO SUBZERO READINGS AGAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING NORTH. FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL NIGHTS OF BITTER COLD AIR AGAIN WITH LOWS NEAR ZERO SOUTH AND 10 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH. WINDS WILL NOT ADD TO WOES THIS TIME...SO AT THIS TIME...ADVISORIES FOR WIND CHILL WILL NOT BE EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK. SOME RECOVERY IS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND AS THE LARGE H500 PARENT POLAR LOW SWINGS THROUGH NORTHEAST CANADA FOR YET ANOTHER SIGHTSEEING TOUR LEAVING US TO WARMER THICKNESSES. .AVIATION... 25/12Z...UPPER SYSTEM WILL PULL EAST OF IA THIS MORNING WITH HEAVIER SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. HOWEVER...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD MVFR TO IFR CIGS AND VSBYS AS STRONG NORTHWEST SFC WINDS DEVELOP WITH GUSTS OF 40-45KTS ALONG AND WEST OF KMCW-KDSM-KCSQ LINE. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS LOW BEGINS TO PULL AWAY FROM IOWA AND PCPN SLOWLY ENDS. CIGS WILL REMAIN MVFR HOWEVER VSBYS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR AFTER 06Z. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ADAIR- APPANOOSE-AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL- CASS-CERRO GORDO-CLARKE-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-DAVIS-EMMET-FRANKLIN- GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-JASPER- KOSSUTH-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-PALO ALTO- POCAHONTAS-POLK-POWESHIEK-SAC-STORY-TAMA-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE- WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-AUDUBON-BOONE-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-CERRO GORDO- CLARKE-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-DECATUR-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GUTHRIE- HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-MADISON-PALO ALTO- POCAHONTAS-POLK-RINGGOLD-SAC-STORY-TAYLOR-UNION-WARREN-WEBSTER- WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. && SHORT TERM...COGIL LONG TERM...REV AVIATION...BSS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:06 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 406 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>060-070>073-083- 261015- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-CLARKE- 406 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE SNOW...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WIND ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS AND ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED. IAZ081-082-092>094-261015- ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- 406 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...AROUND AN INCH... SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS AND ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED. IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-084>086-095>097-261015- BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 406 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE SNOW...WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THIS EVENING WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS AND ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED. REV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 25, 6:26 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
626 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 AM SNOW ATLANTIC 41.40N 95.01W
01/25/2010 E1.5 INCH CASS IA BROADCAST MEDIA
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CCOGILLocal storm report, Jan 25, 6:45 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0644 AM SNOW BUSSEY 41.21N 92.88W
01/25/2010 M2.0 INCH MARION IA CO-OP OBSERVER
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CCOGILLocal storm report, Jan 25, 6:59 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
659 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0644 AM SNOW RATHBUN LAKE 40.85N 92.96W
01/25/2010 M1.0 INCH APPANOOSE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
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CCOGILLocal storm report, Jan 25, 7:05 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
705 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 AM SNOW 7 E NEW VIRGINIA 41.19N 93.60W
01/25/2010 E3.0 INCH WARREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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BFLocal storm report, Jan 25, 9:47 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
947 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 AM BLIZZARD ESTHERVILLE 43.40N 94.83W
01/25/2010 EMMET IA EMERGENCY MNGR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS
0942 AM BLIZZARD CARROLL 42.07N 94.86W
01/25/2010 CARROLL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREA
0942 AM BLIZZARD JAMAICA 41.85N 94.31W
01/25/2010 GUTHRIE IA NWS EMPLOYEE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS
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JJOHNSONLocal storm report, Jan 25, 9:50 AM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
950 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 AM BLIZZARD NEVADA 42.02N 93.45W
01/25/2010 STORY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SECONDARY ROADS CREWS REPORT VISBILITIES OF 1/4 MI OR
LESS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...IN RURAL AREAS.
RELAYED BY STORY COUNTY SHERIFF/S DEPT.
0926 AM BLIZZARD ADEL 41.61N 94.03W
01/25/2010 DALLAS IA EMERGENCY MNGR
SECONDARY ROADS CREWS REPORT VISBILITIES OF 1/4 MI OR
LESS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...IN RURAL AREAS.
RELAYED BY DALLAS CNTY EMERGENCY MGMT.
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ZOGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.