Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this blizzard warning at Dec 11, 2010, 3:46 AM CST for 13 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 31 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 11, 2010, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 11:56 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | MEASURED 1.5 INCHES SINCE SNOW STARTED AGAIN THIS EVENING. |
| Dec 11, 9:46 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Dubuque, IA | MEASURED 0.6 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. UPDATED TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 10:34 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 Nne Downing, MO | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES |
| Dec 11, 10:44 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Victor, IA | WINDS INCREASED RAPIDLY TO 38 MPH ATTM. |
| Dec 11, 10:46 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Victor, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEVER SEEN CONDITIONS DETERIORATE THIS RAPIDLY IN HIS 55 YEARS. |
| Dec 12, 3:50 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Se Keystone, IA | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS. WIND GUST 54 MPH. |
| Dec 12, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES. DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP. SNOW HAS ENDED WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 12, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ssw Kilwinning, MO | SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 12, 7:43 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 N Keosauqua, IA | 7 INCH DRIFTS/ VISIBILITY 1/4-1/2 MILE |
| Dec 12, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nne Heath Memorial Co, IA | GUST WINDS - SNOWFALL ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES |
| Dec 12, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | |
| Dec 12, 8:33 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Cambridge, IL | ESTIMATED 2 INCHES SNOW. VISIBILITY IS A QUARTER MILE UNLESS THE WIND LETS UP. |
| Dec 12, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Colchester, IL | SNOW DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO STRONG WINDS. |
| Dec 12, 8:51 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Colchester, IL | VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS DURING STRONGEST GUSTS. |
| Dec 12, 8:54 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 Sw Memphis, MO | GUSTY WIND MAKES MEASUREMENTS DIFFICULT |
| Dec 12, 8:55 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Princeton, IL | MODERATE SNOW FALLING WITH HIGH WINDS AND ZERO VISIBILITY. ROADS IMPASSABLE ACROSS BUREAU COUNTY WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLES STRANDED WITH OCCUPANTS INSIDE. |
| Dec 12, 9:02 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Oquawka, IL | TOO DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO WIND |
| Dec 12, 9:03 AM CST | SNOW 2 | E Wyoming, IA | SNOW IS BLOWING VERY BADLY. |
| Dec 12, 9:03 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene South Gary Owen, IA | EVENT TOTAL. |
| Dec 12, 9:16 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Nnw Springville, IA | WIND HAS MADE MEASUREMENT DIFFICULT |
| Dec 12, 9:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene South Gary Owen, IA | EVENT TOTAL. |
| Dec 12, 9:21 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 W Schapville, IL | SNOW HAS ENDED - BUT AMOUNTS ARE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO WIND. |
| Dec 12, 9:21 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 N New Windsor, IL | SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 9 HOURS. SNOW IS DRIFTING AND LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL |
| Dec 12, 9:26 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Wsw Iowa City, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 12, 9:34 AM CST | SNOW 0 | 2 Ne Colusa, IL | MOST SNOW HAS BLOWN AWAY/ MELTED PRECIPITATION TOTAL 0.11 |
| Dec 12, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Wsw Sherrard, IL | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES - VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE |
| Dec 12, 10:38 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Freeport, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 12, 10:46 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Nnw Williamstown, IA | LOTS OF DRIFTING |
| Dec 12, 10:57 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Wsw Iowa City, IA | EVENT TOTAL - MEASURED 0.60 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW YESTERDAY AFTERNOON |
| Dec 12, 11:06 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Victor, IA | SNOW TOTAL - WIND CURRENTLY 28-32 MPH/ TEMPERATURE IS 7 DEGREES |
| Dec 12, 11:53 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ese Monmouth, IL | STORM TOTAL. LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387 WWUS43 KDVN 110946 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 346 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HIGH WINDS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH SATURDAY EVENING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO ILLINOIS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRESH SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND COULD PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- MOZ009-010-112000- /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.101212T0300Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0300Z-101213T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 346 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING AROUND THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND OVERSPREADING ALL OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. * SNOWFALL: 2 TO 8 INCHES OF POWDERY NEW SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * WIDESPREAD...EXTENDED PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ILZ002-007-009-016>018-024>026-034-035-112000- /O.EXT.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 346 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF POWDERY NEW SNOW. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * WIDESPREAD PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ ERVIN/SHEETS
6 follow-up statements
348 WWUS43 KDVN 111836 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1236 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY HIGH WINDS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...VERY HIGH WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE AREA BY NOON ON SUNDAY. THE FRESH SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND COULD PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. ILZ002-007-009-016>018-024>026-034-035-120445- /O.UPG.KDVN.BZ.A.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0900Z-101213T0300Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1236 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF POWDERY NEW SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * WIDESPREAD PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- MOZ009-010-120445- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0300Z-101213T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1236 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TOWARDS LATE EVENING AROUND THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST OVER ALL OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL: MOST AREAS WILL SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW POWDERY SNOW WITH AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 20. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW BEGINS AGAIN. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * WIDESPREAD...EXTENDED PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ HAASE
789 WWUS43 KDVN 112127 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 327 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...LIFE THREATENING AND POSSIBLE CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...VERY HIGH WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH LATE THIS EVENING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...THEN SPREADING EAST INTO ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE AREA BY NOON ON SUNDAY. THE FRESH SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- MOZ009-010-120730- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0300Z-101213T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 327 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING AROUND THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST OVER ALL OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL: MOST AREAS WILL SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW POWDERY SNOW WITH AROUND 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 20. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY THIS EVENING IN SOME AREAS BEFORE THE SNOW AND WIND INCREASE QUICKLY. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIDESPREAD...EXTENDED PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE. THIS MAY BECOME A CRIPPLING BLIZZARD FOR SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ILZ002-007-009-016>018-024>026-034-035-120730- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0900Z-101213T0300Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 327 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF POWDERY NEW SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS WILL BE 60 MPH. * WIDESPREAD PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ HAASE
220 WWUS43 KDVN 120232 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 832 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...LIFE THREATENING AND POSSIBLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD IS NOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BE BRINGING SNOW...VERY HIGH WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR TO THE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND 4 AM TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO SUNDAY...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...THEN SPREADING EAST INTO ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO POSSIBLY OVER 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. DURING THIS STORM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF A POWDERY DRY SNOW WILL FALL ON THE AREA BY NOON ON SUNDAY. THIS FRESH SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND AT TIMES...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- MOZ009-010-121245- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0300Z-101213T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 832 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING AROUND THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. THIS WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVER ALL OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. * SNOWFALL: MOST AREAS WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW POWDERY SNOW. THIS SNOW WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR BLOWING IN HIGH WINDS. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO POSSIBLY OVER 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIDESPREAD...EXTENDED PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE. THIS MAY BECOME A CRIPPLING BLIZZARD FOR SOME LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: EXTENDED PERIODS OF ELECTRICAL OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE DURATION OF THE STRONG WINDS. THIS RISK IS ENHANCED WHERE RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY AND THE WATER HAS FROZEN ON POWER LINES AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED RAPIDLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ILZ002-007-009-016>018-024>026-034-035-121245- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0900Z-101213T0300Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 832 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF POWDERY NEW SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS SNOW WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR BLOWING IN HIGH WINDS. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT WIND GUSTS WILL BE 60 MPH. * WIDESPREAD PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS BUT POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN URBAN SETTINGS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOWER TEENS SOUTH SUNDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIAL DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING COLD FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. * LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR STRANDED INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. * IMPACTS: EXTENDED PERIODS OF ELECTRICAL OUTAGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE DURATION OF THE STRONG WINDS. THIS RISK IS ENHANCED WHERE RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY AND THE WATER HAS FROZEN ON POWER LINES AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED RAPIDLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ NICHOLS
064 WWUS43 KDVN 120852 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 252 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL BRING DANGEROUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING... .BAND OF SNOW...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS MOST LIKELY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER NIGHT...WHICH HAS BEEN IN NARROW BANDS. THEREFORE...USE TRAVEL WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY FROM PLACE TO PLACE. IN ADDITION...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- MOZ009-010-121800- /O.EXT.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 252 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...MAKING FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ILZ002-007-009-016>018-024>026-034-035-121800- /O.EXT.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.101212T0900Z-101212T1800Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 252 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...MAKING FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ERVIN
842 WWUS43 KDVN 121309 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 709 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .A LARGE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY EXIT THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...VERY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE DAY. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-087-ILZ001-121800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...GALENA 709 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. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AS VERY STRONG WINDS BLOW AROUND THE FRESH SNOWFALL. * SNOW WILL EXIT OUT OF MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA BY 8 AM...AND ONLY A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ IAZ066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034- 035-MOZ009-010-121800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 709 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO FALLING SNOW...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING. * A LARGE BAND OF SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW EXITS EAST LATER THIS MORNING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ DLS
059 WWUS43 KDVN 121756 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1156 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DIMINISHING... .THE VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IS SHIFTING EAST AND THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED. ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS STILL OVER THE AREA ARE PRODUCING VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES FROM ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121900- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1156 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. IN SOME AREAS...STRONG WINDS AND LINGERING LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE...AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. HOWEVER...THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY GET BETTER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH THE VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS STILL AFFECTING THE AREA...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES ON THE FALLING TEMPERATURES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$
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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 11, 3:34 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 3:34 AM CST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
334 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
DEVELOPING WINTER STORM TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVER THE FORECAST
AREA TODAY. AT 08Z...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS NORTH OF OMAHA.
RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA IS
DEEPENING AND CLOSING OFF FROM THE OPEN SHORTWAVE EVIDENT ONLY A
FEW HOURS AGO.
WITH LOTS TO LOOK AT AND UPGRADES TO HEADLINES THIS MORNING...A MORE
DETAILED DISCUSSION WILL BE DELAYED. UPSHOT IS THAT THE SURFACE
LOW IS NOW TRENDING TOWARD A SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK THAN
ADVERTISED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND MAY STILL TRACK A BIT
FURTHER SOUTH THAN LATEST MODELS DEPICT BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF
THE SYSTEM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK LIKELY TONIGHT OVER EASTERN
IA AND WILL UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WARNING TONIGHT. LESS CERTAINTY
EXISTS THAT THE EAST WILL SEE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MAY BE MORE
OF AN ADVISORY SITUATION FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FOR NOW...AS
THE ONSET IS STILL 24 HOURS OUT AND FURTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE...WILL KEEP THE BLIZZARD WATCH
GOING FOR ROUGHLY AREAS W OF THE MS RIVER LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR TERM TRENDS ALSO AN ISSUE AND WILL HAVE TO
WATCH CLOSELY AS WE MAY BE NEAR ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR FREEZING
RAIN/DRIZZLE THIS MORNING N OF I-80 AND ALONG AND E OF THE MS
RIVER.
..SHEETS..
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
IMPRESSIVE BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY...BEFORE CONVERTING TOWARD A HIGH END BLOWING
SNOW OR POSSIBLE GROUND BLIZZARD THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW...STRENTHEN...SLIGHTLY ADJUST THE SYSTEM TO
THE SOUTH. THIS LOOKS TO CONTINUE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE DEF
ZONE...POSSIBLY MODERATE IN INTENSITY...THROUGH THE MORNING SUNDAY.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SEEMS VERY LIKELY GIVEN THE
DEEP DENDRITIC LIFT FORECAST BY THE GFS AND INFERRED FROM THE ECMWF
AND GEM. THIS SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOFTED BLOWING
SNOW...MAKING FOR WIDESPREAD NEAR BLIZZARD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE NORTHWEST HOVERING
AROUND ZERO FOR MOST OF THE DAY. THE SOUTHEAST MAY START IN THE MID
TO UPPER TEENS...BUT WILL ALSO FALL THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE
MORNING.
WIND CHILL WARNING CRITERIA OF -30F MAY BE MET BY SUNDAY
EVENING...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING. ACTUAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD
EASILY GO BELOW ZERO...WITH -10 LIKELY OVER THE NORTH 1/2 OR SO.
AFTER A SUNNY BUT WINDY AND COLD DAY MONDAY...THE RIDGE GETS OVER
HEAD FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER VERY
COLD NIGHT...BUT WITH LESS WIND...WE MAY SEE ONLY -15 TO -20 ON WIND
CHILLS. TUESDAY WILL SEE TEMPS MODERATE ALOFT...BUT WITH THE RIDGE
IN PLACE OVER SNOW COVER...OUR CURRENT HIGHS OF 10 TO 20 LOOK RATHER
OPTIMISTIC.
THE PATTERN FLATTENS ALOFT WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER PARTIALLY PHASED
SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE OVER THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. THIS
LOOKS TO BRING A ROUND OF WARM ADVECTION DRIVEN SNOW TO THE AREA
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AT THIS POINT...THIS APPEARS TO BE A LIGHT
SNOW EVENT...BUT A LONG DURATION OF MORE THAN 12 HOURS. THUS...WE
MAY SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...ANOTHER SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS SEEMS ON
TARGET FOR THE REGION. THOSE WANTING A WHITE CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE
ENCOURAGED BY THIS PATTERN!
...ERVIN...
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO OVERNIGHT. WILL HAVE NEAR TERM
ISSUES WITH FREEZING RAIN AT ESPECIALLY DBQ EARLY THIS MORNING.
OTHERWISE...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW TODAY FROM WEST TO EAST WITH VERY
STRONG WEST TO NW WINDS SETTING UP TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LEE-
LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
BUREAU-CARROLL-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-
PUTNAM-STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
SHEETS/ERVINHazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:10 PM CST, 11 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 410 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-111100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 410 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL SPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO MOUNT CARROLL ILLINOIS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. A LEAD BAND OF A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY SPREAD ACRS THE VINTON...MANCHESTER AND WEST DUBUQUE AREAS AS SOON AS 10 PM. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT ANY RESULTING ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH THICK...BUT STILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED SLICK SPOTS. THE EFFECT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD SUNRISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SATURDAY...AREAS OF RAIN SATURDAY MORNING WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. A DRY SURGE OF AIR MAY BRING A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION FROM LATE MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE SNOW STARTS TO SWEEP IN AGAIN FROM THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY...TO CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE. WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN THESE SAME AREAS AFTER 3 PM CST. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...A VERY INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE EXTENDED PERIODS OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. COMBINED WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF A POWDERY DRY SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO DEVELOP TOWARD SUNRISE SUNDAY. SEE THE LATEST CHIWSWDVN BLIZZARD WATCH PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ARCTIC COLD ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO INTO LATE MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED... HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 12/NICHOLS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 11:04 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1104 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 IAZ040>042-053-054-110730- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA 1104 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST...REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE OUT DRIVING THIS EVENING BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. TEMPERATURES WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO THROUGH INDEPENDENCE WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BY 1 AM...CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN.
Special weather statement, Dec 11, 2:12 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 212 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 IAZ041-042-053-054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-016-111200- DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 212 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SLOWLY OVER THE AREA. MANY LOCATIONS ARE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE OUT DRIVING THIS EVENING BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN IN EASTERN IOWA.
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Missouri, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.