Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 31, 2011, 4:20 PM CST for 34 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 59 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2011, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 9:52 AM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 34 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 1, 12:01 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Murray, IA | |
| Feb 1, 1:03 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Albia, IA | |
| Feb 1, 1:47 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ottumwa, IA | 2.1 INCHES OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
| Feb 1, 3:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Albia, IA | 2.2 INCHES IN PAST TWO HOURS. DRIFTS APPROACHING ONE FOOT IN TOWN WITH VISIBILITY TWO TO THREE BLOCKS. |
| Feb 1, 3:59 PM CST | SNOW 7.7 | Ottumwa, IA | THREE INCHES IN PAST TWO HOURS. ROADS IN POOR CONDITION. |
| Feb 1, 4:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | KCCI TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 1, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Albia, IA | 2.3 INCHES IN PAST HOUR AND A HALF. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Winterset, IA | RELAYED BY KCCI TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 S Polk City, IA | TOTAL MEASUREMENT AT NWS OFFICE SINCE 7AM.... |
| Feb 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Des Moines, IA | AIRPORT MEASUREMENT SINCE 7AM THIS MORNING... |
| Feb 1, 6:06 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Murray, IA | DRIFTS ACROSS COUNTRY ROADS...ALMOST IMPASSIBLE. |
| Feb 1, 6:39 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Corydon, IA | RELAYED BY WHO-TV. |
| Feb 1, 6:52 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Albia, IA | |
| Feb 1, 8:33 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Des Moines, IA | MEASURED AT KCCI STUDIO |
| Feb 1, 8:54 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Albia, IA | |
| Feb 1, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Murray, IA | |
| Feb 1, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Denver, IA | DELAYED REPORT FROM KWWL TV |
| Feb 1, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Gladbrook, IA | DELAYED REPORT FROM KWWL |
| Feb 1, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Grundy Center, IA | DELAYED REPORT FROM KWWL |
| Feb 1, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 10 | La Porte City, IA | DELAYED REPORT |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 3 Ssw Polk City, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY AT NWS SITE IN JOHNSTON |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.7 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.4 | 1 Se Waterloo Airport, IA | OFFICIAL WATERLOO STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 9.3 | Newton, IA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Iowa Falls, IA | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Perry, IA | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Jefferson, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lorimor, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Garwin, IA | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Pella, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Audubon, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Tripoli, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Allison, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.6 | Marshalltown, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.7 | Ankeny, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Boone, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | 6 S Madrid, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.4 | 6 Ese Leon, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 Ese Clive, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Sw Creston, IA | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 5 Se Ames, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Grundy Center, IA | 24-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Montezuma, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Osceola, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Beaconsfield, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Knoxville, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Newton, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Toledo, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.4 | Bedford, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.7 | 3 Nne Albia, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 1 E Chariton, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Ottumwa, IA | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10.9 | Grinnell, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 11.4 | Allerton, IA | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 12.3 | 1 Nw Centerville, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 7:04 AM CST | SNOW 8.7 | Deep River, IA | STORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY |
| Feb 2, 9:02 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Dallas Center, IA | |
| Feb 2, 9:43 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Altoona, IA | |
| Feb 2, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.1 | Murray, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WWUS43 KDMX 312220 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ074-075-084>086-095>097-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073-083-094-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-CLARKE-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...OSCEOLA...LEON 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND THREE INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-010300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-010300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SMALL
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349 WWUS43 KDMX 010123 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
501 WWUS43 KDMX 010322 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD REMAIN UNDER AN INCH. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO TWO INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO OR THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY AROUND TWO INCHES. TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
191 WWUS43 KDMX 010611 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO BY NOON. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BEFORE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH THROUGH NOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO BY NOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
754 WWUS43 KDMX 011002 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ004>006-015-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ023-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POCAHONTAS 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ038-039-048>050-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES HOVERING AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 9 AM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RE INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY MIDDAY WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK IN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH UNDER AN INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY REDEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CC
180 WWUS43 KDMX 011342 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES HOVERING AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 9 AM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RE INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY MIDDAY WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH UNDER AN INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY BY MIDDAY WITH SNOW BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY REDEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CC
937 WWUS43 KDMX 011658 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW AND WINDS INCREASE...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DISCOURAGED AFTER SUNSET WHEN TRAVEL CONDITIONS BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON. IAZ027-028-037-046-047-020100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-020100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ038-039-048>050-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SECOND ROUND WILL BE AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW SEVERAL FEET DEEP. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 3 PM AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BECOMING MORE INTENSE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DONAVON
199 WWUS43 KDMX 011954 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AS SNOW AND WINDS INCREASE...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES THAT ARE NEARING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DISCOURAGED AFTER SUNSET WHEN TRAVEL CONDITIONS BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON AND DURING DAYLIGHT. IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-020400- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 154 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WARNING TO 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE AS RESCUERS LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-020400- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 154 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL IOWA. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT REACHING 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-020400- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 154 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 3 PM AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BECOMING MORE INTENSE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DONAVON
979 WWUS43 KDMX 012303 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 503 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AS SNOW AND WINDS INCREASE...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS DRIVING WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. IF YOU TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU RISK BEING STRANDED IF YOU BECOME STUCK. IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-020715- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 503 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE AT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WARNING TO 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS MAY APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THROUGH THE NIGHT DIMINISHING TOWARD DAWN. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE AS RESCUERS LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-020715- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 503 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL IOWA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME ...EXPECT THAT BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-020715- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 503 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BECOMING MORE INTENSE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME ...EXPECT THAT BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
099 WWUS43 KDMX 020058 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 658 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AS SNOW AND WINDS INCREASE...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS DRIVING WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. DO NOT TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU RISK BEING STRANDED IF YOU BECOME STUCK AND MAY NOT RECEIVE HELP IF EMERGENCY CREWS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA. IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-020900- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 658 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE AT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WARNING TO 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS MAY APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THROUGH THE NIGHT DIMINISHING TOWARD DAWN. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO. * IMPACTS...SOME LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AND NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE AS RESCUERS LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-020900- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 658 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD FROM CENTRAL IOWA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BY MID EVENING. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME EXPECT ...THAT BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-020900- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 658 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BECOMING MORE INTENSE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME EXPECT ...THAT BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
949 WWUS43 KDMX 020301 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 901 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS DRIVING WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. DO NOT TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU RISK BEING STRANDED IF YOU BECOME STUCK AND MAY NOT RECEIVE HELP IF EMERGENCY CREWS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OVERNIGHT AS WELL IN SOME AREAS OF THE FORECAST REGION. IAZ004>006-015-023-021115- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 901 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS LASTS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. EVEN A FEW MINUTES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING CAN LEAD TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS NUMBNESS AND SEVERE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-021115- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 901 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE AT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WARNING TO 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS MAY APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THROUGH THE NIGHT DIMINISHING TOWARD DAWN. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST. * IMPACTS...SOME LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AND NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE AS RESCUERS LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-021115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 901 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATE TONIGHT ...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME EXPECT THAT ...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME LIFE THREATENING. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
052 WWUS43 KDMX 020545 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1145 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS DRIVING WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. DO NOT TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU RISK BEING STRANDED IF YOU BECOME STUCK AND MAY NOT RECEIVE HELP IF EMERGENCY CREWS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OVERNIGHT AS WELL IN SOME AREAS OF THE FORECAST REGION. IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-021345- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 1145 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-021345- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1145 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE AT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE WARNING TO 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS MAY APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THROUGH THE NIGHT DIMINISHING TOWARD DAWN. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST. * IMPACTS...SOME LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AND NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE AS RESCUERS LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU. DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-021345- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 1145 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS LASTS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. EVEN A FEW MINUTES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING CAN LEAD TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS NUMBNESS AND SEVERE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ REV
863 WWUS43 KDMX 020948 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 348 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WRAPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM IOWA THIS MORNING WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING DURING THE MORNING. IAZ037-046>048-057>060-070>073-081>083-092>094-021800- /O.CAN.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.110202T0948Z-110202T1800Z/ HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 348 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH 8 AM WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS AND HAMPER PLOWING EFFORTS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 MILES BUT OCCASIONALLY LOWER IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL SLOW CLEAN UP EFFORTS. HOWEVER...THE LIFE THREATENING CONDITION HAVE FOR THE MOST PART SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-084>086-095>097-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER... WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 348 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER THROUGH DAYBREAK WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE MORNING. SOME INCREASE IN VISIBILITIES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING...HOWEVER LOCALIZED RURAL AREAS MAY STILL SEE VISIBILITIES DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. SOME GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVEL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED AS ROAD CREWS BEGIN TO CLEAR ROADS...HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER CLEAN UP EFFORTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 348 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS LASTS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. EVEN A FEW MINUTES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING CAN LEAD TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS NUMBNESS AND SEVERE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 348 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CC
838 WWUS43 KDMX 021320 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WRAPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM IOWA THIS MORNING WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING DURING THE MORNING. IAZ027-028-038-039-049-061-074-084-095-021800- /O.CAN.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-JASPER-MARION-LUCAS- WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER... WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...NEWTON...KNOXVILLE...CHARITON...CORYDON 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL OCCUR ON AND OFF THROUGH THE MORNING...HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS AND HAMPER PLOWING EFFORTS. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW THROUGH MID MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 MILES BUT OCCASIONALLY BELOW ON HALF MILE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL SLOW CLEAN UP EFFORTS. HOWEVER...THE LIFE THREATENING CONDITION HAVE FOR THE MOST PART SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ050-062-075-085-086-096-097-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TAMA-POWESHIEK-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...GRINNELL...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES THIS MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEED IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE DURING THE MORNING...HOWEVER LOCALIZED RURAL AREAS MAY STILL SEE VISIBILITIES DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. SEVERAL ROAD REMAIN IMPASSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVEL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED AS ROAD CREWS BEGIN TO CLEAR ROADS...HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER CLEAN UP EFFORTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS LASTS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. EVEN A FEW MINUTES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING CAN LEAD TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS NUMBNESS AND SEVERE FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ037-046>048-057>060-070>073-081>083-092>094-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS THE MAIN PROBLEM. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS AND HAMPER PLOWING EFFORTS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 MILES BUT OCCASIONALLY LOWER IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL SLOW CLEAN UP EFFORTS. HOWEVER...THE LIFE THREATENING CONDITION HAVE FOR THE MOST PART SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 720 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
796 WWUS43 KDMX 021552 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WRAPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM IOWA THIS MORNING WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS. IAZ050-062-075-085-086-096-097-021800- /O.CAN.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TAMA-POWESHIEK-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...GRINNELL...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CAN CELLED. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO HOVER AROUND 20 BELOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FROM 3 TO 5 MILES BUT OCCASIONALLY BELOW ON HALF MILE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL SLOW CLEAN UP EFFORTS. HOWEVER...THE LIFE THREATENING CONDITION HAVE FOR THE MOST PART SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... *A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-021800- /O.CAN.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CAN CELLED. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ027-028-037>039-046>048-057>060-070>073-081>083-092-093-021700- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CAN CELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA AND WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW WHICH ALSO FALL BELOW CRITERIA. WHILE IT WILL STILL BE VERY COLD AND BLUSTERY TODAY ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH RURAL AREAS BE PREPARED FOR DRIFTING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES. $$ IAZ049-061-074-084-094-095-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARSHALL-JASPER-MARION-LUCAS-DECATUR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALLTOWN...NEWTON...KNOXVILLE... CHARITON...LEON...CORYDON 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL OCCUR ON AND OFF THROUGH THE MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW THROUGH MID MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FROM 2 TO 5 MILES BUT OCCASIONALLY BELOW ON HALF MILE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-021800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 952 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE IF EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WITHOUT PROPER WEATHER CLOTHING LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW... BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 9 more | 19 hr |
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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.