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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 31, 201115 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2011, 4:20 PM CST for 15 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

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 1, 2011, 10:58 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cass County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Madison County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
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

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The text

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

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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
6 follow-up statements
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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

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 3:28 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:28 PM CST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
328 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

...MAJOR STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO HIT PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND SUB -10C SATURATION HAS BEEN SPORADIC THIS
AFTERNOON MAKING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC...BUT IS
GRADUALLY INCREASING WHICH WILL END OUR FREEZING DRIZZLE POTENTIAL
BY 00Z.  ONE SW-NE ORIENTED BAND OF DEEPER MOISTURE SETUP ALONG
KPRO-KAMW-KALO LINE AND RESULTED IN AROUND AN INCH WITH LIGHTER
AMOUNTS EITHER SIDE.  HOWEVER FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS CONTINUED ACROSS
PARTS OF W CENTRAL AND SRN IA...WITH RECENT REPORT OF GLAZED ROADS
NEAR RATHBUN LAKE...SO WILL EXPAND WINTER WX ADVISORY INTO SE
TONIGHT AND INTO TUE.

OTHERWISE UVM HAS BEEN WEAK TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO BY
DAYBREAK AS NAM/GFS SHOW EITHER PERSISTENT OR GRADUAL DOWNWARD TREND
IN QG FORCING.  ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS MAY BE CONTINUATION OF
CURRENT SW-NE BAND WHICH IS HINTED AT IN SOME HIGHER RES MODELS AND
15Z SREF SO WILL TWEAK THINGS UP SLIGHTLY NEAR I80 CORRIDOR. RAW
MODELS AND SREF SUGGESTED GOING AT OR JUST ABOVE WARMEST GUIDANCE.

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MAIN STORY IS THE STORM COMING UP TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE OVERALL DETAILS OF THE STORM...
ESPECIALLY THE TRACK.  DYNAMICS ARE THERE FOR NEAR BLIZZARD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES FARTHER
WEST.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL MOST LIKELY NEED SOME ADJUSTMENT WITH
THIS STORM BECAUSE ITS BASICALLY GOING TO BOMB IN THE MIDWEST
TOMORROW EVENING. THE EURO/GEM CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST CONSISTENT OF
THE MODELS...AND ALSO THE STRONGEST. THE GFS/NAM HAVE TRENDED A BIT
FASTER EAST AND LESS STRONG THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...GENERAL TRENDS
HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH DEEPENING SFC LOW TRACKING TO NEAR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY 06Z WED. WITH THIS EVENT
THE UPPER LEVEL H500 LOW IS THE KEY AS LARGE AND ELONGATED DEF
ZONE/TROWAL BEGINS TO EXTEND WEST AND KEEP PRECIP GOING IN VERY
FAVORABLE DENDRITIC ENVIRONMENT FOR MOST OF LATE TUES AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. QUESTION REMAINS AS TO WHICH MODEL HAS THE BEST HANDLE ON
THIS FEATURE. DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF QPF PRODUCTION DURING THIS
TIME FRAME...ANY SHIFT IN TRACK EAST OR CHANGE IN SPEED WILL RESULT
IN DIFFERING SNOWFALL AMTS. ONE SIMILARITY WITH THE MODELS HAS BEEN
THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COLD AIR INTO THE BACK SIDE AND
STRENGTHENING BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS. BY LATE TUES AFTERNOON H850
WINDS INCREASE TO 50 TO 55KT AND REMAIN THAT MAGNITUDE UNTIL ABOUT
09Z PRIOR TO DIMINISHING. BUFR SOUNDINGS HAVE SHOWN A WELL MIXED
SIGNATURE FOR A FEW RUNS NOW AND MIXED LAYER GUSTS SHOULD RISE TO 40
TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST AND EAST. SNOWFALL
RATES WILL APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOUR SOUTHEAST DURING THE 22Z TUES
THROUGH 07Z WED WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER RATES BACK TO THE WEST. WITH
ABOVE BEING SAID...CENTRAL AREAS LOOKING AT ABOUT 8 TO 10 INCHES
STORM TOTAL FROM TODAY THROUGH WED WITH SOUTHEAST MORE IN THE 12 TO
18 INCH RANGE. LIGHTER AMTS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A SHARP CUT OFF OF HEAVIER SNOW AMTS THERE.
SURROUNDING OUR BLIZZARD WARNING...WILL BE A WINTER STORM WARNING
WHICH AGAIN FOCUSES MORE ON THE WIND WITH THE EVENT THAN ACTUAL
SNOWFALL TOTALS. EVEN IF SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE LESS...WINDS WILL STILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS. THE LIGHTER NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND LOFTING OF SNOW OVER THE AREA
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH BEHIND THE SYSTEM
AS THE LOW WRAPS UP WITH LOWS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 BELOW NORTHWEST BY
12Z WED AND NEAR 5 DEGREES SOUTHEAST. COLD AIR TO REMAIN IN THE
REGION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK THOUGH SOME MODERATION IS
ANTICIPATED BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WITH NEW ROUND OF SNOW
EXPECTED...LIKELY THAT SOME STRATUS AND FOG WILL OCCUR IF ADIABATIC
WARMING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WORKS ITS WAY EAST. HAVE KEPT THE
TREND FOR TEMPS IN A TIGHTER DIURNAL RANGE TOWARD WEEKS END THAN
GUIDANCE FOR THIS REASON. THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD IS
QUIETER...THOUGH SOME ENERGY APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...31/18Z
WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
IFR BECOMING MORE PREVALENT THIS EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONS FROM A FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT SNOW MIX TO SNOW.  WINDS
WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS WELL GUSTING WELL INTO THE 20S AND
POSSIBLY REACH 30KTS EARLY TUESDAY.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-
AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CASS-CLARKE-DALLAS-
DECATUR-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HARDIN-JASPER-MADISON-MARSHALL-
POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-WARREN.

BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
APPANOOSE-BLACK HAWK-CLARKE-DAVIS-DECATUR-GRUNDY-JASPER-LUCAS-
MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-STORY-TAMA-WAPELLO-
WARREN-WAYNE.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
ADAIR-ADAMS-AUDUBON-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CASS-DALLAS-GREENE-
GUTHRIE-HARDIN-MADISON-RINGGOLD-TAYLOR-UNION.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY FOR CERRO GORDO-
EMMET-HANCOCK-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-WINNEBAGO-WORTH.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CALHOUN-
CARROLL-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-HUMBOLDT-POCAHONTAS-SAC-
WEBSTER-WRIGHT.

&&

SHORT TERM...SMALL
LONG TERM...REV
AVIATION...SMALL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 8:55 AM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
855 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>036-044-045-011200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
855 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY
AND TONIGHT INTO NORTHERN IOWA. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LITTLE TO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER
INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AGAIN BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND
CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE STORM
WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF -25 TO -30F POSSIBLE IN THE OUTLOOK
AREA. THE BITTER COLD CONDITIONS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL
MEASUREMENTS ARE REQUESTED.

A WEBINAR FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 100 PM.

IAZ027-028-037>039-046>050-057>062-070>073-081>083-092>094-011200-
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
855 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING BECOMING
ALL LIGHT SNOW BY AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. A LIGHT
GLAZING MAY OCCUR THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SOME DECREASE IN SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SNOW
RATES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW ALONG WITH VERY LIMITED VISIBILITIES. NEAR BLIZZARD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW. LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST DURING THIS TIME.

WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY FROM THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC AIRMASS AND
WINDY CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS THEN IN EFFECT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL
MEASUREMENTS ARE REQUESTED.

A WEBINAR FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 100 PM.

IAZ074-075-084>086-095>097-011200-
MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
855 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR AT TIMES THIS MORNING WITH A
GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW
WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. A LIGHT GLAZING
ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SNOW RATES WILL
INCREASE RAPIDLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. VERY HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW ALONG WITH VERY LIMITED VISIBILITIES. NEAR BLIZZARD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW. LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST DURING THIS TIME.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THOUGH SOME
UNCERTAINTY REMAINS...PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA MAY BE UPGRADED
TO A BLIZZARD WATCH 0R WARNING IF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK MORE
LIKELY.

LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE STORM
WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -25F POSSIBLE IN THE OUTLOOK
AREA. THE BITTER COLD CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT
ARE REQUESTED.

A WEBINAR FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 100 PM.

COGIL/SMALL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 31, 11:36 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1136 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

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

1050 AM     SNOW             EMMETSBURG              43.11N 94.68W
01/31/2011  E1.0 INCH        PALO ALTO          IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

1128 AM     SNOW             BRITT                   43.10N 93.80W
01/31/2011  M2.0 INCH        HANCOCK            IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JH
Local storm report, Jan 31, 12:57 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1257 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

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

1200 PM     SNOW             MASON CITY              43.15N 93.20W
01/31/2011  M1.5 INCH        CERRO GORDO        IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JH
Local storm report, Jan 31, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
305 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

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

0304 PM     SNOW             3 S POLK CITY           41.74N 93.72W
01/31/2011  M0.9 INCH        POLK               IA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            NWS OFFICE / JOHNSTON

&&

SMALL
Local storm report, Jan 31, 4:14 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
414 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011

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

0340 PM     SNOW             NEVADA                  42.02N 93.45W
01/31/2011  M1.8 INCH        STORY              IA   PUBLIC

&&

JB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 4:20 PM CSTBlizzard WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 28 more42 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.