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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

February 8, 201018 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2010, 3:15 PM CST for 18 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 19 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2010, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2010, 10:27 AM CST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 30 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, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll 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

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 8, 3:25 PM CSTSNOW 1.3Lisbon, IASO FAR 1 1/4 INCHES.
Feb 8, 3:25 PM CSTSNOW 1.91 Wsw Iowa City, IASO FAR ABOUT 1 7/8 INCHES.
Feb 8, 3:40 PM CSTSNOW 21 Ese Iowa City, IASO FAR.
Feb 8, 3:50 PM CSTSNOW 2.52 S Victor, IASO FAR. PICKED UP ABOUT 0.5 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.
Feb 8, 3:50 PM CSTSNOW 31 Ssw Belle Plaine, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 4:47 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Anamosa, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KGAN. DELAYED REPORT.
Feb 8, 5:30 PM CSTSNOW 1.8Muscatine, IASO FAR ABOUT 1 3/4 INCHES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW NOW. DELAYED REPORT.
Feb 8, 5:32 PM CSTSNOW 3.4Stanley, IA
Feb 8, 5:33 PM CSTSNOW 1Colesburg, IAREPORT FROM KWWL
Feb 8, 5:33 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Manchester, IAKWWL REPORT
Feb 8, 5:45 PM CSTSNOW 2Sse Atkins, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 8, 5:57 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Moline Quad-City Airpor, ILSTORM TOTAL...SO FAR.
Feb 8, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 1.6Davenport Municipal Air, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. DAILY TOTAL THRU 6 PM IS 1.4 INCHES.
Feb 8, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Iowa City Municipal Air, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.7Marion, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. 24 HOUR TOTAL IS 1.8 INCHES.
Feb 8, 6:06 PM CSTSNOW 1.3Dubuque Regional Airpor, IASTORM TOTAL...SO FAR.
Feb 8, 6:25 PM CSTSNOW 1Camanche, IA24 HOUR TOTAL.
Feb 8, 6:40 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Dubuque, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY WREX. DELAYED REPORT.
Feb 8, 7:02 PM CSTSNOW 2.4Dubuque, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KWWL.
Feb 8, 7:06 PM CSTSNOW 3North Liberty, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KWWL.
Feb 8, 7:08 PM CSTSNOW 3Marion, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KWWL.
Feb 8, 7:11 PM CSTSNOW 1.6East Dubuque, ILEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KWWL.
Feb 8, 7:52 PM CSTSNOW 2.31 W Tennessee, ILSTORM TOTAL...SO FAR
Feb 8, 7:58 PM CSTSNOW 4Independence, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RELAYED BY KWWL.
Feb 8, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.1Springville, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. SINCE 3 PM 1.1 INCHES.
Feb 8, 8:07 PM CSTSNOW 2.4Stanwood, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 8:10 PM CSTSNOW 1.51 Se Princeton, IL
Feb 8, 8:10 PM CSTSNOW 2.51 Wsw Iowa City, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 3/4 INCH SINCE LAST REPORT AT 325 PM. AREA ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS.
Feb 8, 8:14 PM CSTSNOW 44 E What Cheer, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 8:15 PM CSTSNOW 3.31 Sse Cedar Rapids, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. RECEIVED ABOUT 2 INCHES SINCE 8 AM.
Feb 8, 8:27 PM CSTSNOW 21 W Cambridge, ILEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 8:40 PM CSTSNOW 2.35 Sse Council Hill, ILEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. SNOWFALL FROM LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT 3/4 INCH...WITH 1.6 INCHES SINCE 2 PM.
Feb 8, 8:45 PM CSTSNOW 21 Sw Macomb, ILEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 8:54 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Solon, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 1.51 Ssw Macomb, ILEVENT TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.51 Ssw Belle Plaine, IATOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 9:15 PM CSTSNOW 3.53 Nw Mount Vernon, IATOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 9:19 PM CSTSNOW 1.31 Ssw Cordova, ILTOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 9:27 PM CSTSNOW 1.62 W Dubuque, IATOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 9:39 PM CSTSNOW 3Muscatine, IATOTAL SO FAR
Feb 8, 9:39 PM CSTSNOW 46 E Nichols, IATOTAL SO FAR
Feb 8, 9:39 PM CSTSNOW 4.7Stanley, IATOTAL SO FAR
Feb 8, 10:15 PM CSTSNOW 1.8Stockton, ILTOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 8, 10:15 PM CSTSNOW 2Washington, IATOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 8, 10:20 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Galena, ILTOTAL SO FAR SINCE IT STARTED AROUND 2 PM.
Feb 8, 10:34 PM CSTSNOW 3.72 Wsw Iowa City, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 9, 12:58 AM CSTSNOW 31 Sw Macomb, ILSTILL SNOWING.
Feb 9, 2:19 AM CSTSNOW 51 Sse Cedar Rapids, IAEVENT TOTAL SO FAR. 3.7 INCHES PAST 24 HOURS.
Feb 9, 4:45 AM CSTSNOW 6Wnw Parnell, IASTORM TOTAL SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 9, 4:45 AM CSTSNOW 6.2Burlington, IASTORM TOTAL SINCE SUNDAY.
Feb 9, 5:31 AM CSTSNOW 51 Nw Davenport, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR. 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT.
Feb 9, 5:32 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Malden, IL
Feb 9, 5:33 AM CSTSNOW 3.52 N Muscatine, IA24 HOUR TOTAL.
Feb 9, 5:50 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Edgewood, IA24 HOUR TOTAL.
Feb 9, 5:54 AM CSTSNOW 4.53 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 9, 6:08 AM CSTSNOW 1.7Dubuque, IASINCE MIDNIGHT.
Feb 9, 6:23 AM CSTSNOW 2.8Andalusia, ILOVERNIGHT TOTAL. STILL SNOWING.
Feb 9, 6:26 AM CSTSNOW 6.54 E What Cheer, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 9, 6:29 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Anamosa, IASTORM TOTAL SO FAR. 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT.
Feb 9, 6:30 AM CSTSNOW 3.22 N New Windsor, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW STILL FALLING.

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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2010-02-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2010-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

771 
WWUS43 KDVN 082115
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WIND INCREASING TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM DROPPING OUT OF CANADA...COMBINED WITH
ANOTHER WINTER STORM COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WILL
CONTINUE TO MERGE OVER REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL RESULT IN ROUNDS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT MANY LOCATIONS
WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW WINDS DOWN TUESDAY NIGHT. ALSO...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HIGH IMPACT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW....POSSIBLY TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AND
OPEN AREAS.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ015-024>026-035-090515-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.100209T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
MACOMB
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD BE HIGHEST
  TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
  EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW
  ACCUMULATION WILL FALL TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN
  RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
  NIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR
  VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&



$$

IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-088-089-090515-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.100208T2115Z-100210T0600Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD BE HIGHEST
  TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
  EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW
  ACCUMULATION WILL FALL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN
  RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
  NIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR
  VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&


$$

ILZ001-002-007-009-016>018-090515-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.100209T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.100209T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD BE HIGHEST
  TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
  EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW
  ACCUMULATION WILL FALL TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. BY TUESDAY EVENING THE
  SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR VERY
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&


$$

IAZ087-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-090515-
/O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD BE HIGHEST
  TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
  EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A
  TWO DAY PERIOD INCLUDING EARLIER MONDAY. MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD FALL
  TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING .

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT 
  TIMES. 

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND 
  TUESDAY NIGHT THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ADD TO THE 
  TRAVEL PROBLEMS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

12
3 follow-up statements
892 
WWUS43 KDVN 090254
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
854 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WIND INCREASING TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST...COMBINED
WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO
MERGE OVER REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORM HAS ALREADY
PRODUCED WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE AREA SINCE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...IS ALSO EXPECTED
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SPREAD OVER
THE REGION.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-091100-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
854 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES
  SHOULD BE HIGHEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD
  END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE BULK OF 
  THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL FALL TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE 
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. 

* ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-088-089-091100-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON
854 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES
  SHOULD BE HIGHEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD
  END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BULK OF THE 
  SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL FALL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE 
  ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. 

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND 
  TUESDAY NIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL 
  MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

IAZ087-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-091100-
/O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
854 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES
  SHOULD BE HIGHEST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD
  END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER 
  A TWO DAY PERIOD INCLUDING EARLIER MONDAY. MOST OF THE SNOW 
  SHOULD FALL TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING . 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT 
  TIMES. 

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. ON TUESDAY AND 
  TUESDAY NIGHT THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ADD TO THE 
  TRAVEL PROBLEMS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
693 
WWUS43 KDVN 090956
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
356 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WIND INCREASING TODAY 
AND TONIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST...
COMBINED WITH ANOTHER WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...
WILL CONTINUE TO MERGE OVER REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER
THE AREA SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
FAIRFIELD TO MACOMB. AREAS SOUTH OF THAT LINE CAN EXPECT 4 TO 6
INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...IS ALSO EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SPREAD OVER THE REGION.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-091800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
356 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES
  SHOULD BE HIGHEST THIS MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST
  TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH BEGINNING LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL
  AND OPEN AREAS.

* ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. TONIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-088-089-091800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON
356 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD
  BE HIGHEST THIS MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST
  THIS EVENING.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  LATE THIS EVENING.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH BEGINNING THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL
  AND OPEN AREAS.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR
  VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...ICE...OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

IAZ087-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-091800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
356 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL END FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS MORNING BEFORE RESUMING
  THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
  SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  LATE TONIGHT.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH BEGINNING LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT
  TIMES.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. TODAY AND TONIGHT THE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ADD TO THE TRAVEL PROBLEMS WITH
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
970 
WWUS43 KDVN 091627
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1027 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST...COMBINED WITH
ANOTHER WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... WILL MOVE EAST
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. THE STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED
WIDESPREAD 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE AREA SINCE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD LIGHT TO BRIEFLY
MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT
FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO MACOMB. AREAS SOUTH OF
THAT LINE CAN EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW...
WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON FROM NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-100030-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.100209T1800Z-100210T0600Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
1027 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  LATE TONIGHT.

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE AREAS
  OF DRIFTING AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW...AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY
  AT TIMES.

* ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED INTO THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&



$$

IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-088-089-100030-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.100209T1800Z-100210T0600Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-
MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON
1027 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  LATE TONIGHT.

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE AREAS
  OF DRIFTING AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW...AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY
  AT TIMES.

* ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED INTO THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&



$$

IAZ087-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-100030-
/O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1027 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
  LATE TONIGHT.

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE AREAS
  OF DRIFTING AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW...AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY
  AT TIMES.

* ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED INTO THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

NICHOLS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 8, 3:39 AM CST, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 3:39 AM CST, 11 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
339 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWED SLOW MOVING DEEP UPPER LOW OVER N CENTRAL
SD WHILE A WEAKER SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE WAS PUSHING EAST ACROSS NM.
AT THE SURFACE...A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDED FROM N FROM TX N-NE
THROUGH WESTERN IA AND MN. MSAS INDICATED A WEAK LOW EMBEDDED IN
THE TROUGH NEAR KEST IN FAR N CENTRAL IA AT 09Z. WIDESPREAD LIGHT
SNOW CONTINUED IN THE ELEVATED WARM ADVECTION REGIME E AND SE OF
THE SURFACE AND UPPER SYSTEM ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE DVN FORECAST AREA. THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW IS
STILL ON TRACK TO CONTINUE TRACKING SE ACROSS SW IA TONIGHT...THEN
PHASE WITH THE SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM OVER SRN IL AND INDIANA TUE
RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER
MUCH OF THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
FOCUS REMAINS ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS BROAD WARM ADVECTION WING
AHEAD OF THE NRN PLAINS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND TIGHTEN
OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. TONIGHT...ALL SHORT TERM MODELS IN
CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUING
OVER THE AREA...WITH LIFT BECOMING ENHANCED BY UPPER DIVERGENCE
AND STRONG MID LEVEL QG FORCING AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES ALONG THE
S CENTRAL IA AND NRN MO BORDER AROUND 12Z. WHILE FORCING IS
MODERATE TO STRONG...MOISTURE MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY
CONVECTION OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM.

OVERALL...ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ON-GOING FORECAST. SNOW AMOUNTS
TODAY WILL STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE PAST 12 HOURS...FROM 1 TO 2
INCHES W OF THE MS RIVER...AND LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES WHERE
STRONGER FORCING ARRIVES IN THE FAR NW THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...INVERTED
TROUGH AXIS SETS UP SE TO NW OVER THE CWA AND HAVE WIDESPREAD 3 TO
4 INCHES WITH MODEL QPF IN .1 TO .25 INCH RANGE AND LIQUID TO SNOW
RATIOS AS AROUND .15.  EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NOT HIGH ENOUGH
TO JUSTIFY A WARNING...AND WITH LITTLE IMPACT FROM WIND THROUGH
THIS TIMEFRAME...WILL GO OUT WITH A SNOW ADVISORY. THIS IS TIMED
TO BEGIN W OF THE MS RIVER AND IN W CENTRAL IL AT 18Z/MIDDAY...AND
NW IL AT 00Z/EVENING WHEN MORE MORE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD
ACCUMULATING SNOWS BEGINS. ..SHEETS..

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...
THE MAIN CONCERNS FOR TUESDAY ARE THE CONTINUING SNOW EVENT...AS THE
MAIN UPPER LOW PASSES JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
SNOW PRODUCTION PROCESSES SHIFT FROM ISENTROPIC...WARM AIR ADVECTION
LIFT MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY OVER TO FRONTOGENESIS AND
DEFORMATION ZONE GENERATED LIFT AS THE LOW PASSES TUESDAY.
FRONTOGENESIS SHOULD SET UP A BROAD BAND OF DECENT LIFT MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 DURING THE DAY...WHERE THE BEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR.  AM CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE DAYTIME.  WINDS ARE ANOTHER
CONCERN FOR TUESDAY.  SEVERAL OF THE MODELS ARE ANGLING ENOUGH OF A
SURFACE TROUGH BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
TO KEEP THE WINDS FROM ALIGNING WITH THE UPPER LEVELS AND RAMPING UP
FOR AT LEAST THE MORNING...WITH A FEW EVEN LINGERING IT INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON.  THAT SAID...IT LOOKS LIKE THE WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT
INCREASE UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE EARLIEST.  HOWEVER...WHEN
THEY DO THE SPEEDS SHOULD BE IN THE 20 TO 25 SUSTAINED RANGE...WITH
GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
THIS WILL TAKE THE SNOW THAT WILL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND MAKE FOR
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS.  WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE TOO MANY
PROBLEMS WITH ROAD CLEARING UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN THE EVENT...THE
WIND IS SURE TO MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT. DURING THE EVENING MUCH OF
THE SNOW PRODUCTION BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN.  THE DEFORMATION ZONE
QUICKLY EXITS TO THE EAST...AND EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL HAVE EXITED ALL BUT THE EASTERN COUNTIES BY MIDNIGHT...AND
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY MORNING.  THAT SAID...WINDS SHOULD STAY
UP MUCH OF THE NIGHT...WITH AN INVERSION NOT DEVELOPING UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  WITH THESE FACTORS COMBINED...HAVE TAKEN THE WESTERN
SECTION OF THE ADVISORY AND RUN IT ONLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND THE
EAST UNTIL MORNING.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD BE QUIET AND COLD...WITH SOME COLD
-10C 850MB COLD AIR DUMPING IN HERE.  IN FACT...WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SHOULD BE A VERY COLD NIGHT INDEED...WITH MIN TEMPS DOWN BELOW ZERO
FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.  THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
WITH THE FRESH SNOW COVER FOR TEMPERATURES TO BE COLDER YET...AND WE
WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS AIRMASS AS IT DROPS DOWN INTO THE MIDWEST
FOR WHAT IT DOES UPSTREAM.

THERE IS A WEAK SHORTWAVE DUE TO DROP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW THAT MAY BE ABLE TO
BRING A FRESH SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW AND COLD AIR IN HERE FOR THE
WEEKEND.  HAVE CONTINUED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS TIME
RANGE...AND WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS WEAK FEATURE PERSISTS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST REMAIN BELOW
NORMAL.
..LE..

&&

.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS...AND POCKETS OF IFR...PRIMARILY DUE TO
VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED BY LIGHT SNOW...WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE TO ALL
IFR AS CIGS LOWER AND SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING
THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE LARGE...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL
IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL RATES
INCREASING TO MODERATE AND BRIEFLY HEAVY...ESPECIALLY LATE MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS TIMEFRAME AT ALL TERMINALS. FORECASTS
HAVE WIDESPREAD CIGS BLO 1K FT OVERNIGHT WITH PREVAILING VISBYS
DROPPING BELOW 1SM BY EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIFR CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.  WINDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 10 KTS...BEFORE
VEERING NW AND PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON RUNWAYS LATE
TUE MORNING INTO TUE AFTERNOON.
..SHEETS..

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
     NIGHT 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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
     NIGHT FOR HANCOCK-HENDERSON-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-ROCK ISLAND-
     WARREN.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
     WEDNESDAY FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-PUTNAM-
     STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.

MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
     NIGHT FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.

&&

SHEETS/LE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 4:46 AM CST, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
446 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091100-
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-
446 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR PORTIONS OF TODAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS LIKELY IN EAST
CENTRAL IOWA.

MORE DETAILED AND UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM CAN BE
FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH
SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS IT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
MIDWEST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DURING THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO
RESULT IN EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES IN MOST
LOCATIONS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH
WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY...AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE
SYSTEM.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. INTERESTED
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

A FRESH SHOT OF SNOW AND COLD AIR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT MAY BRING
SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

DLS/LE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 8, 2:38 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
238 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     SNOW             1 SE VINTON             42.16N 92.02W
02/08/2010  E2.0 INCH        BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SO FAR.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 8, 2:45 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
245 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     SNOW             PARNELL                 45.41N 89.40W
02/08/2010  E1.8 INCH        LANGLADE           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR 1 3/4 INCHES. SINCE 8 AM 0.5 INCHES.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 8, 2:47 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
247 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     SNOW             PARNELL                 41.58N 92.00W
02/08/2010  E1.8 INCH        IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTED COUNTY AND STATE. EVENT TOTAL SO FAR 1 3/4
            INCHES. SINCE 8 AM 0.5 INCHES.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 8, 2:55 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
255 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     SNOW             FORT MADISON            40.62N 91.35W
02/08/2010  E2.0 INCH        LEE                IA   PUBLIC

            SO FAR.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 8, 3:03 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
303 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0204 AM     SNOW             1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS      41.95N 91.66W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0508 AM     SNOW             2 NNW MUSCATINE         41.44N 91.08W
02/08/2010  M1.2 INCH        MUSCATINE          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0523 AM     SNOW             2 N MUSCATINE           41.45N 91.07W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        MUSCATINE          IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

0625 AM     SNOW             QUASQUETON              42.40N 91.76W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        BUCHANAN           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0635 AM     SNOW             1 W ELMIRA              41.72N 91.44W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        JOHNSON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0706 AM     SNOW             WNW PARNELL             41.58N 92.01W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT. STILL SNOWING.

0750 AM     SNOW             BERTRAM                 41.95N 91.54W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNUGHT TOTAL. LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING.

0800 AM     SNOW             1 SW NORTH LIBERTY      41.73N 91.62W
02/08/2010  M1.5 INCH        JOHNSON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. SNOW HAS STARTED AGAIN.

0801 AM     SNOW             ESE MONMOUTH            40.91N 90.63W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        WARREN             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. STILL SNOWING.

0830 AM     SNOW             SW DURANT               41.60N 90.91W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        CEDAR              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0852 AM     SNOW             3 SSW BURLINGTON        40.77N 91.14W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        DES MOINES         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0858 AM     SNOW             2 NW MARION             42.05N 91.61W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0900 AM     SNOW             1 WSW IOWA CITY         41.65N 91.55W
02/08/2010  M1.5 INCH        JOHNSON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING.

0900 AM     SNOW             2 SE BETTENDORF         41.54N 90.45W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        SCOTT              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0900 AM     SNOW             4 E WHAT CHEER          41.41N 92.28W
02/08/2010  M1.5 INCH        KEOKUK             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. STILL SNOWING.

0901 AM     SNOW             STANWOOD                41.89N 91.15W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        CEDAR              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0905 AM     SNOW             1 SSW MACOMB            40.46N 90.69W
02/08/2010  M0.8 INCH        MCDONOUGH          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. STILL SNOWING.

0910 AM     SNOW             2 NW NEW BOSTON         40.59N 91.53W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        LEE                IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0910 AM     SNOW             3 NNE DOWNING           40.52N 92.34W
02/08/2010  M2.1 INCH        SCOTLAND           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

0959 AM     SNOW             5 NW CEDAR RAPIDS       42.03N 91.72W
02/08/2010  M1.3 INCH        LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT.

1020 AM     SNOW             2 WSW IOWA CITY         41.65N 91.57W
02/08/2010  M1.7 INCH        JOHNSON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL. LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING.

1200 PM     SNOW             ANAMOSA                 42.11N 91.28W
02/08/2010  M1.0 INCH        JONES              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.

1200 PM     SNOW             2 SSE BURLINGTON        40.78N 91.11W
02/08/2010  M1.5 INCH        DES MOINES         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.

1254 PM     SNOW             3 SE KEYSTONE           41.97N 92.16W
02/08/2010  M3.1 INCH        BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR...STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF
            REPORT.

0230 PM     SNOW             1 SE VINTON             42.16N 92.02W
02/08/2010  E2.0 INCH        BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SO FAR.

0245 PM     SNOW             PARNELL                 41.58N 92.00W
02/08/2010  E1.8 INCH        IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTED COUNTY AND STATE. EVENT TOTAL SO FAR 1 3/4
            INCHES. SINCE 8 AM 0.5 INCHES.

0255 PM     SNOW             FORT MADISON            40.62N 91.35W
02/08/2010  E2.0 INCH        LEE                IA   PUBLIC

            SO FAR.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 8, 3:10 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
310 PM CST MON FEB 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     SNOW             SPRINGVILLE             42.06N 91.44W
02/08/2010  E1.0 INCH        LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR. SINCE 9 AM 0.3 INCHES.

0306 PM     SNOW             4 E WHAT CHEER          41.41N 92.28W
02/08/2010  E2.5 INCH        KEOKUK             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR. MODERATE SNOW NOW.

0309 PM     SNOW             3 NNE DOWNING           40.52N 92.34W
02/08/2010  E4.0 INCH        SCOTLAND           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR ABOUT 4 INCHES.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 3:53 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more41 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2010Every winter storm 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.