Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WWUS43 KDMX 312220 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ074-075-084>086-095>097-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073-083-094-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-CLARKE-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...OSCEOLA...LEON 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND THREE INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-010300- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0003.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-010300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-010300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SMALL
6 follow-up statements
349 WWUS43 KDMX 010123 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 1000 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH THREE TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-010930- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 723 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE BY NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
501 WWUS43 KDMX 010322 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD REMAIN UNDER AN INCH. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO TWO INCHES BY NOON TUESDAY. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TWO OR THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-011130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 922 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY AROUND TWO INCHES. TUESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED BY LATE TUESDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
191 WWUS43 KDMX 010611 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO BE PRESENT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TONIGHT THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO BY NOON. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BEFORE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH THROUGH NOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. AN ACCUMULATION TO AROUND 6 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ023>026-033>036-044-045-011415- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION... HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... DENISON...CARROLL 1211 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO BY NOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
754 WWUS43 KDMX 011002 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ004>006-015-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ023-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POCAHONTAS 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ038-039-048>050-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES HOVERING AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 9 AM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RE INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY MIDDAY WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK IN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH UNDER AN INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION. A WIND BLOWN SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-011815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 402 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY REDEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CC
180 WWUS43 KDMX 011342 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POTENT TWO PART WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IAZ038-039-048>050-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES HOVERING AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 9 AM WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RE INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY MIDDAY WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ027-028-037-046-047-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH UNDER AN INCH OF NEW ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL RE-INTENSIFY BY MIDDAY WITH SNOW BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SOME AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST THROUGH MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-011830- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY REDEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ CC
937 WWUS43 KDMX 011658 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW AND WINDS INCREASE...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DISCOURAGED AFTER SUNSET WHEN TRAVEL CONDITIONS BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON. IAZ027-028-037-046-047-020100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... JEFFERSON...BOONE 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-020100- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 55 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ038-039-048>050-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SECOND ROUND WILL BE AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ060>062-073>075-083>086-094>097-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR DES MOINES TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEAR OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND EXPECT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE PEAK OF THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW SEVERAL FEET DEEP. IF YOU BECOME STUCK...EXPECT TO SPEND THE ENTIRE NIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE. THEREFORE...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DO IT SOON! DO NOT ENDANGER YOURS AND OTHERS LIVES! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-023-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.110202T0300Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH 6 PM. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. * WINDS AND WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOW SNOW...BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-024>026-033>036-044-045-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 3 PM AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BECOMING MORE INTENSE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LIGHTEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN IOWA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BY LATER TONIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DONAVON
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
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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
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JHLocal 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
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JHLocal 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
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SMALLLocal 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
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JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:20 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 28 more | 42 hr |
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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.