Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 31, 2011, 4:12 PM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2011, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 12:22 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Burlington Regional Air, IA | QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY AND 30+ MPH WINDS FROM THE AIRPORT. |
| Feb 1, 12:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wsw Sherrard, IL | 2 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. DRIFTS UP TO 6 INCHES DEEP. |
| Feb 1, 1:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Blandinsville, IL | 3 TO 4 INCHES NEW SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 1, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Warsaw, IL | NEW SNOW SO FAR. RELAYED FROM WGEM. |
| Feb 1, 2:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Nne Heath Memorial Co, IA | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SEEN WTIH VISIBILITIES APPROX 600 FEET. |
| Feb 1, 2:23 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Oquawka, IL | |
| Feb 1, 2:23 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Macomb, IL | NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITIES AT TIME OF REPORT. 14 INCH DRIFTS. |
| Feb 1, 2:35 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Fairfield Municipal Air, IA | QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. |
| Feb 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Sw Memphis Memorial A, MO | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ON HIGHWAYS. |
| Feb 1, 2:45 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Macomb Municipal Airpor, IL | QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY OR LESS DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 2:52 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | VERY LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. |
| Feb 1, 2:52 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING AT AIRPORT. |
| Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Ene Colchester, IL | SNOWFALL IN PAST 7 HRS...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DRIFTING SNOW SEEN IN THE AREA. |
| Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Keokuk, IA | |
| Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 E What Cheer, IA | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WITH HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING |
| Feb 1, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | W Cantril, IA | VERY HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 1, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 2 Nnw Williamstown, IA | VISIBILITY AROUND 1/2 MILE. |
| Feb 1, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 2 Ne Colusa, IL | HEAVY SNOW FALLING WITH HALF MILE VISIBILITIES AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 1, 3:14 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Wnw Burlington, IA | WINDY WITH VISIBILITY ESTIMATED 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 1, 3:31 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 1, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 N New Windsor, IL | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...WITH LOTS OF DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 3:33 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 N New Windsor, IL | VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. |
| Feb 1, 3:40 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Wsw Industry, IL | SNOW SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 3:40 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 Wsw Industry, IL | AROUND 100 YARD VISIBILITY OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS. |
| Feb 1, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sw Durant, IA | NEW SNOW IN PAST 2 HOURS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 1, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Wsw Sherrard, IL | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ese Iowa City, IA | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...WITH LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW SEEN IN THE AREA. |
| Feb 1, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ese Macomb, IL | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR...1.5 INCHES FELL IN THE PAST 1.5 HOURS. |
| Feb 1, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Se Princeton, IL | |
| Feb 1, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wnw Parnell, IA | STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITY BELOW 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 1, 4:22 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wsw Iowa City, IA | STRONG WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 4:24 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Monmouth, IL | WINDS 35 MPH OR MORE. SNOW IS DRIFTING BADLY. |
| Feb 1, 4:28 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Wnw Park View, IA | SNOW TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 4:34 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 Ne Muscatine, IA | VISIBILITY IS 3 BLOCKS OR LESS. |
| Feb 1, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | E Solon, IA | BLOWING AND DRIFTING BADLY. E-W ORIENTED ROADS HAVE WORST VISIBILITIES. |
| Feb 1, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Memphis, MO | STILL SNOWING AND BLOWING. |
| Feb 1, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nnw Thomson, IL | |
| Feb 1, 5:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 1 Sse Grandview, IA | SNOW IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING BADLY |
| Feb 1, 5:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 Ene Fort Madison, IA | HEAVY SNOW FALLING. DRIFTED TO 3 FEET OR BLOWN CLEAN. SOME ROADS IN TOWN IMPASSABLE. VISIBILITY 2-3 BLOCKS. |
| Feb 1, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sw New London, IA | COCORAHS REPORT. |
| Feb 1, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | |
| Feb 1, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 Ne Colchester, IL | COCORAHS REPORT. |
| Feb 1, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 1 | W Apple River, IL | |
| Feb 1, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | W Apple River, IL | CORRECTED SNOW AMOUNT. |
| Feb 1, 5:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | W Apple River, IL | 100 YDS VISIBILITY WITH BAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 3 Nne Downing, MO | 6-7 INCHES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 1, 5:46 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Sw Hillsdale, IL | 2 INCHES SINCE 330 PM. |
| Feb 1, 5:53 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 Ssw Iowa City, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AND LESS THAN 1/10 OF A MILE AT TIMES. |
| Feb 1, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Stockton, IL | 4-4.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 1, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ene Muscatine, IA | |
| Feb 1, 5:57 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Ene Muscatine, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 1, 5:57 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Stockton, IL | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WINDS GUSTING TO 42 MPH. |
| Feb 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | OFFICIAL 6 PM OBSERVATION FOR PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Feb 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | PAST 6 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 1, 6:17 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | 2 Se Keokuk, IA | |
| Feb 1, 6:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Wsw Iowa City, IA | TOTAL SINCE NOON. |
| Feb 1, 6:28 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Swisher, IA | |
| Feb 1, 6:31 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Macomb, IL | 7-8 INCHES |
| Feb 1, 6:43 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Oquawka, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
583 WWUS43 KDVN 312212 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 412 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD AND BURLINGTON IOWA...THROUGH GALESBURG ILLINOIS...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER TO MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS AREAS NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...WITH AMOUNTS AS LOW AS 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE INDEPENDENCE AREA NORTHWARD. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 7 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ040>042-ILZ001-002-010815- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110201T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... GALENA...FREEPORT 412 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 9 TO 12 INCHES IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POOR VISIBILITY AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ007-009-015>018-024-010815- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 412 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...TO AS MUCH AS 12 TO 15 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010815- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.110201T1800Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 412 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES 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. * LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO MACOMB ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...INCREASING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ DLS
8 follow-up statements
538 WWUS43 KDVN 010314 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 914 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD AND BURLINGTON IOWA...THROUGH GALESBURG ILLINOIS...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER TO MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS AREAS NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...WITH AMOUNTS AS LOW AS 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE INDEPENDENCE AREA NORTHWARD. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 7 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011315- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 914 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...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. * LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA... FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO MACOMB ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...INCREASING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 011315- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 914 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...TO AS MUCH AS 12 TO 15 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST... THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$
845 WWUS43 KDVN 010941 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 341 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD AND BURLINGTON IOWA...THROUGH GALESBURG ILLINOIS...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER TO MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS AREAS NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...WITH AMOUNTS AS LOW AS 5 INCHES IN THE INDEPENDENCE AREA NORTHWARD. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 7 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011945- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 341 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...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. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 13 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA... FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS MISSOURI TO MACOMB ILLINOIS. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...INCREASING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 011945- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 341 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE TO A CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO GALENA ILLINOIS LINE...9 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO GALENA LINE...5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST... THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ NICHOLS/08
656 WWUS43 KDVN 011658 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH FREEPORT ILLINOIS ...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS AT LEAST 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-020300- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T1800Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO MORE THAN 20 INCHES. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TODAY...INCREASING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 020300- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1058 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES... WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK THIS AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ HAASE
061 WWUS43 KDVN 011855 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1255 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI...IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH FREEPORT ILLINOIS ...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS AT LEAST 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-020500- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1255 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO MORE THAN 20 INCHES. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY MIDDAY TODAY...INCREASING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 020500- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1255 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES... WITH STRONG WINDS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST... THEN BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK THIS AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ERVIN
598 WWUS43 KDVN 012140 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 340 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOT HEEL THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI...IOWA...AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH FREEPORT ILLINOIS...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS AT LEAST 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-020745- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 340 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 INCHES. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTS AS HIGH 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY AND CHANGE TO THE NORTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 020745- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 340 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR...WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AFTER 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...9 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IOWA TO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK THIS AFTERNOON WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ SHEETS
159 WWUS43 KDVN 020115 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 715 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI...IOWA...AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH FREEPORT ILLINOIS...WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS AT LEAST 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021115- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 715 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 15 TO 20 INCHES. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTS AS HIGH 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY AND CHANGE TO THE NORTHWEST. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 021115- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 715 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR... WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN THROUGH 2 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AFTER 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...TO STERLING ILLINOIS. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IOWA TO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING POWDERY SNOW WILL RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. * ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING ROADS DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAR OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$
408 WWUS43 KDVN 020939 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 339 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONTINUES... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH INDIANA AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS....SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE PREVALENT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 339 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING AND THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH DOWN TO FLURRIES. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. * ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE BEING REPORTED. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 021800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 339 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING AND THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH DOWN TO FLURRIES. MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL END OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 10 AM. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 10 TO 16 INCHES. * NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. * ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED AND SLICK WITH CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ON AREA ROADS ARE BEING REPORTED. * WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$
513 WWUS43 KDVN 021800 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-021900- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 021900- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1200 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. TRUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. $$ 12
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Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Missouri, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.