Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2011, 4:03 AM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 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 19, 2011, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2011, 11:55 AM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:56 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | West Union, IA | NUMEROUS ROADS HAD THIN LAYER OF GLAZE ALREADY. |
| Feb 20, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Clayton Center, IA | LIGHT ICING REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 13. ICING ON OBJECTS STARTED OVER PAST TWO HOURS. |
| Feb 20, 6:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Osage, IA | LIGHT GLAZE IS BEGINNING TO BE SEEN ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 20, 6:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cuba City, WI | FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO CREATE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Nw Clermont, IA | PUBLIC ESTIMATES A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | New Hampton, IA | PUBLIC OBSERVED A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Osage, IA | EMERGENCY MANAGER ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| Feb 20, 7:05 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cresco, IA | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE CITY OF CRESCO |
| Feb 20, 7:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 E Oelwein, IA | 1/16TH OF AN INCH OF GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 20, 7:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 6 E Monona, IA | PUBLIC ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Feb 20, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Platteville, WI | LIGHT RAIN BEGINNING TO CREATE GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 20, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | De Soto, WI | RAIN AND SLEET CREATING A LIGHT COATING OF GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 20, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Necedah, WI | |
| Feb 20, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Decorah, IA | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES |
| Feb 20, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Calmar, IA | FREEZING RAIN WITH THUNDER CREATING GLAZE BETWEEN AN 1/8TH OF AN INCH AND 1/4 OF AN INCH. |
| Feb 20, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Lancaster, WI | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 20, 11:01 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Peterson 1s, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:02 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Reno 3sw, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:13 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Dorchester, IA | |
| Feb 20, 11:19 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Hokah 4nw, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Valley 1nw, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | West Salem, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:21 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | St Charles, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:21 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Stoddard 2ne, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:21 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | La Crosse, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | St. Ansgar, IA | |
| Feb 20, 11:32 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Preston, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:34 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Alma, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:36 AM CST | SNOW 0.6 | Bonair 6w, IA | |
| Feb 20, 11:38 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | La Crescent 3w, MN | |
| Feb 20, 11:39 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:41 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Viroqua 7se, WI | |
| Feb 20, 11:42 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Oak Center, MN | |
| Feb 20, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Onalaska, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:09 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Mantorville, MN | |
| Feb 20, 12:12 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | La Crescent 1n, MN | |
| Feb 20, 12:16 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Claremont 2s, MN | |
| Feb 20, 12:17 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Se Lansing, IA | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER OBSERVED A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Feb 20, 12:17 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 8 Nw Waukon, IA | PUBLIC OBSERVED A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Feb 20, 12:17 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Feb 20, 12:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Holmen 2nw, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:23 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Stoddard 5nne, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:24 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Holmen, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:26 PM CST | SNOW 5 | West Salem, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:29 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Tomah, WI | |
| Feb 20, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Tomah 2nw, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:01 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Winona, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:01 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | St Charles 5n, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:02 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Hokah 4nw, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:06 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Arcadia, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:07 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Stoddard 2ne, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:07 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Winona, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:10 PM CST | SNOW 5 | La Crescent 3w, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:17 PM CST | SNOW 5 | La Crescent 3w, MN | |
| Feb 20, 1:22 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Galesville 2ene, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Friendship, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:31 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Holmen 2s, WI | |
| Feb 20, 1:34 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Dorchester, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
670 WWUS43 KARX 191003 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 403 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST OVERTAKING THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER AND HENCE WILL EXPERIENCE MAINLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING AND EXITING THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 191815- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 403 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ON SUNDAY. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-191815- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 403 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENTIRELY SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ SHEA WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
20 follow-up statements
615 WWUS43 KARX 191513 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING AND EXITING THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 192315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-192315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENTIRELY SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
339 WWUS43 KARX 191932 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 132 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 200345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 132 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-200345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 132 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
127 WWUS43 KARX 192204 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 200615- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-200615- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
160 WWUS43 KARX 200210 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 810 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .PRECIPIATATION IS EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 201015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 810 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-201015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 810 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
523 WWUS43 KARX 200508 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1108 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT... .PRECIPITATION WAS BREAKING OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDER WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED. THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHEAST IOWA BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM WITH A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 201315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 1108 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WHICH MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-201315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1108 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
195 WWUS43 KARX 200739 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 139 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM HEADING INTO THE AREA... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS BREAKING OUT FROM NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. QUITE A BIT OF THUNDER WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED WITHIN THIS PRECIPITATION. LOOK FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO ADVANCE NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...REACHING NORTHEAST IOWA BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW BY DAYBREAK THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...ANY SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM AT THE ONSET OF THIS PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 201545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 139 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH WILL LIKELY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY LATER THIS MORNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY. WATCH FOR PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-201545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 139 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY DAWN AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH MAY INTENSIFY SNOWFALL RATES. WATCH FOR PATCHY BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TODAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
146 WWUS43 KARX 201037 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...DEVELOPING WINTER STORM STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO SPREAD INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AS OF 4 AM. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WERE REPORTED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AND THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AS THE DAY WEARS ON. EVEN A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES. ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK QUICKLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF THE PRECIPITATION IS HEAVY. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATER THIS MORNING SO A BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN. CLOSER TO THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA STATE BORDER...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH ALL SNOW FALLING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WHERE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ALL THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO JUST SNOW. THE SNOW COULD LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-201845- /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * A MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW BUT IT COULD BE MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH MAY INTENSIFY SNOWFALL RATES. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED AT TIMES WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW OR SLEET COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY WHICH COULD CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 201845- /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. SNOW IS MORE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM TODAY PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL RAIN IN NORTHEAST IOWA WHERE WARNINGS MAY BE DROPPED LATER. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED AT TIMES DURING HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR SLICK ROADS AND HAMPER TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
286 WWUS43 KARX 201421 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 821 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AS OF 8 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR ZUMBRO FALLS MINNESOTA TO JUST SOUTH OF LA CROSSE TO NEAR RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND WAS SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHILE FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THE PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN BETWEEN CLOSER TO THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY WHERE ANY FREEZING RAIN OCCURS AND WHERE THE SNOW IS HEAVY. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATER THIS MORNING SO A BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN. NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA STATE BORDER...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH MAINLY SNOW FALLING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WHERE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS WHERE THUNDER-SNOW WOULD PERSIST FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR OR TWO. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ALL THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO JUST SNOW. THE SNOW COULD LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-202230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 821 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED AT TIMES WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION LIFTS NORTH....RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 202230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 821 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DURING HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
313 WWUS43 KARX 201602 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING GOOD SHARE OF THE AREA AT MID MORNING... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAD ALREADY SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 930 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW EXTENDED FROM NEAR DURAND TO BLACK RIVER FALLS AND ADAMS- FRIENDSHIP WISCONSIN. NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO BARABOO WISCONSIN MAINLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING...WHILE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THE PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. THUNDER CONTINUED TO OCCUR FOR SOME LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING... ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN. NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA STATE BORDER TO VIROQUA AND BARABOO...MAINLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY BE MIXED IN NEAR THIS LINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND WHERE ANY THUNDER-SNOW OCCURS. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ALL THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO JUST SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 9 TO 14 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS WHEN THE HEAVIER SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO SNOW FALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 210015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 1 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ RRS/AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
335 WWUS43 KARX 201707 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1107 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING GOOD SHARE OF THE AREA AT MID MORNING... .A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAD ALREADY SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 11 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW EXTENDED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO MARSHFIELD. NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER TO BARABOO WISCONSIN MAINLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING... WHILE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THE PRECIPITATION WAS A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ISOLATED THUNDER REPORTS CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING... ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN. NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA STATE BORDER TO VIROQUA AND BARABOO...MAINLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY BE MIXED IN NEAR THIS LINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND WHERE ANY THUNDER-SNOW OCCURS. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210115- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 1107 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN...PLAN ON THE RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1107 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS WHEN THE HEAVIER SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO SNOW FALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-210115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA- DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 1107 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 1 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
088 WWUS43 KARX 201828 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TYPES THIS AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR PULLS UP INTO THE AREA... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH THESE HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING. AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210230- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110220T1828Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS WHEN THE HEAVIER SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO SNOW FALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 1 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210230- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN...PLAN ON THE RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING... AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
582 WWUS43 KARX 202130 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING... PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210530- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAIN OF THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210530- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * PLAN ON UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
224 WWUS43 KARX 202326 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 526 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY SNOW WAS FALLING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN HIGHWAY 29 AND INTERSTATE 90. AS YOU HEAD SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO MORE RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210730- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 526 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON SNOW AND SLEET TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210730- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 526 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210730- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 526 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210730- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE 526 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * PLAN ON UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
792 WWUS43 KARX 210130 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 730 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW WAS FALLING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TEMPERATURES REMAINED WARM ENOUGH OVER FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST IOWA THAT RAIN WAS THE MAIN TYPE. COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210930- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 730 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON SNOW AND SLEET TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210930- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 730 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-210930- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 730 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. SOME SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
227 WWUS43 KARX 210344 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 944 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION... .AT MID EVENING...SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA CROSSE TO ADAMS WISCONSIN....WITH A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THIS LINE. SOME DRIER AIR HAD WORKED ITS WAY INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION BEING REPORTED IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. THIS DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND THUS EXPECT PRECIPITATION INTENSITIES TO LESSEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS....ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. COLDER AIR MOVING IN LATE TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-211145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 944 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * PLAN ON LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXING IN AT TIMES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST WITH MORE SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-211145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 944 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MORNING. SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-211145- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 944 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW TOWARDS MORNING. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR LESS OD SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
340 WWUS43 KARX 210522 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1122 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION... .LATE THIS EVENING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF SNOW WAS FALLING NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 94 AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WAS BEING OBSERVED. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-211330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 1122 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...WHILE A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ELSEWHERE. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE MILE OR LESS. * SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-211330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1122 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MORNING. SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-211330- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 1122 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW TOWARDS MORNING. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR LESS OD SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY. * EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
970 WWUS43 KARX 210947 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 347 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...LIGHTER WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER TODAY... .MOST OF THE IMPACT FROM YESTERDAYS STORM IS SHIFTING OUT OF THE AREA. HEAVY SNOW COULD STILL FALL FOR A TIME THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT ELSEWHERE A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE THE RULE. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS MORNING LEADING TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. GRADUALLY THIS MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. WHILE TRAVEL WILL BE WORST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 THIS MORNING...AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 THAT SAW 3 TO 8 INCHES ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO HAVE SNOW COVERED ROADS. LESS OR NO SNOW FELL FURTHER SOUTH BUT NEARLY ALL AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE BOUTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION SO ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-053-055-211800- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK-BUFFALO- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 347 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MIGHT CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES. * AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD ALSO PRODUCE A THIN GLAZE. * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SPOTTY ICE ARE THE MAIN THREATS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ017-211800- /O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD 347 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW COULD REMAIN HEAVY AT TIMES FOR AWHILE THIS MORNING BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL BE THE RULE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. USE EXTREME CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS MORNING. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-061-211800- /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 347 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY. LESS AND LESS FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. EXPECT SNOW TO DIMINISH IN ALL AREAS THIS EVENING. * BESIDES THE POSSIBILITY OF A THIN GLAZING OF ICE...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING. * IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY SNOW COVERED...SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON ROADS AS THE SNOW FALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
947 WWUS43 KARX 211312 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 712 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...LIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER TODAY... .MOST OF THE IMPACT FROM YESTERDAYS STORM HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE AREA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE STILL BE FOUND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE...LOOK FOR A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE. GRADUALLY TODAY THIS MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. WHILE TRAVEL WILL BE WORST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 THIS MORNING...AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 THAT SAW 3 TO 8 INCHES ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO HAVE SNOW COVERED ROADS. LESS OR NO SNOW FELL FURTHER SOUTH BUT NEARLY ALL AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE BOUTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. AS A RESULT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING. WIZ017-212115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD 712 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ALONG WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL BE THE RULE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. USE EXTREME CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS MORNING. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-212115- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 712 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING. ALSO...FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM TIME TO TIME MAY CAUSE SOME GLAZING. * SLICK SPOTS OR STRETCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
026 WWUS43 KARX 211526 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 926 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...LIGHTER WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER TODAY... .THE STRONGEST PORTION OF YESTERDAYS STORM HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A LIGHTER WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AT MID MORNING. MORE PERSISTENT SNOW WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE PERSISTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA. THE LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MID-DAY...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. WHILE TRAVEL WILL BE WORST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 THIS MORNING...AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 THAT SAW 3 TO 8 INCHES ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO HAVE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CONTEND WITH. LESS OR NO SNOW FELL FURTHER SOUTH BUT NEARLY ALL AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE BOUTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TODAY. WIZ017-212330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD 926 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ALONG WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL BE THE RULE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT AND ADDITIONAL SNOW TODAY WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. USE EXTREME CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-212330- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 926 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING. ALSO...FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM TIME TO TIME MAY CAUSE SOME GLAZING. * SLICK SPOTS OR STRETCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
217 WWUS43 KARX 211755 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1155 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .THE STRONGEST PORTION OF YESTERDAYS STORM HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHTER SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH A LITTLE FREEZING DRIZZLE...CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING...THE COVERAGE OF LIGHT SNOW WAS INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NEARBY AREAS. WITH LIGHTER SNOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. ANY REMAINING FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW FINALLY ENDS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT FOR ALL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE WORST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 THAT SAW 3 TO 8 INCHES ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO HAVE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND ANY LINGERING PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CONTEND WITH. LESS OR NO SNOW FELL FURTHER SOUTH BUT NEARLY ALL AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE BOUTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIZ017-220200- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110222T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T1800Z-110222T0600Z/ TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD 1155 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SLICK SPOTS OR STRETCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-220200- /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110222T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1155 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALSO...ANY LINGERING FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME GLAZING ON UNTREATED ROADS. * SLICK SPOTS OR STRETCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
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.