Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2012, 10:13 PM CST for 26 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 49 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2012, 10:13 PM CST (04:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 11:59 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 26 counties
Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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 23, 4:26 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Rockwell City, IA | THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN TOWN AND STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 23, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Sac City, IA | |
| Feb 23, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Rockwell City, IA | ESTIMATED 3-4 INCHES |
| Feb 23, 5:47 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Early, IA | 5.5 TO 6 INCHES IN EARLY. SNOW NOT FALLING AS HARD NOW. |
| Feb 23, 5:49 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pocahontas, IA | SNOW HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Waterloo, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Denison, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:40 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Jefferson, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:44 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Grundy Center, IA | 1.5 TO 2 INCHES. |
| Feb 23, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Boone, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Eldora, IA | 1.5 TO 2 INCHES |
| Feb 23, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Webster City, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Fort Dodge, IA | 1 TO 2 INCHES IN FORT DODGE. |
| Feb 23, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Jewell, IA | 2 TO 3 INCHES IN JEWELL |
| Feb 23, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 8 Wsw Ames, IA | |
| Feb 23, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Johnston, IA | AT NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 23, 8:10 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Denison, IA | |
| Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Marshalltown, IA | |
| Feb 23, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ames, IA | |
| Feb 23, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Waterloo, IA | AT KWWL STUDIOS. |
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Carroll, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Johnston, IA | AT NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 23, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 2 Ese Adel, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:16 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Ankeny, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:19 PM CST | SNOW 1 | West Des Moines, IA | AT WOI TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 23, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Waterloo, IA | AT KWWL TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 23, 9:26 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Denison, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Boone, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Pocahontas, IA | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 23, 9:38 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Cedar Falls, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Grimes, IA | NW JOHNSTON |
| Feb 23, 9:44 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Des Moines, IA | AT KCCI TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 23, 9:44 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Urbandale, IA | |
| Feb 23, 9:52 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Johnston, IA | AT NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Clive, IA | |
| Feb 23, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Johnston, IA | |
| Feb 23, 10:33 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Des Moines, IA | AT KCCI TV STUDIOS |
| Feb 23, 10:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 3 S Polk City, IA | AT NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 23, 10:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Sw Grimes, IA | |
| Feb 23, 10:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Sw Grimes, IA | |
| Feb 23, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 N Grimes, IA | |
| Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Iowa Falls, IA | |
| Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Stanhope, IA | |
| Feb 23, 11:39 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Urbandale, IA | VIA NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE |
| Feb 23, 11:39 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Nnw Ankeny Airport, IA | |
| Feb 23, 11:42 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 3 S Polk City, IA | NWS OFFICE IN NORTH OF JOHNSTON |
| Feb 23, 11:58 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | OFFICIAL DES MOINES SNOWFALL |
| Feb 24, 12:05 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Waterloo, IA | OFFICIAL WATERLOO SNOWFALL |
| Feb 24, 12:06 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ames, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
312 WWUS43 KDMX 230413 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT...AND SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA INTO CENTRAL IOWA THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IAZ005-015-023-024-035-231200- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T0900Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...FORT DODGE 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BANDED SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING...WITH TRAVEL EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ016-025>027-036>039-050-231200- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T1200Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...TOLEDO 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BANDED SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ033-034-044>046-231200- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T0900Z-120224T0300Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BANDED SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING...WITH TRAVEL EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ047>049-059>062-231200- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T1200Z-120224T0600Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BANDED SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004-231200- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T0900Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ESTHERVILLE 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. 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. && $$ IAZ006-007-017-231200- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1200Z-120224T0300Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ028-231200- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1200Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAVERLY 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. 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. && $$ IAZ057-058-071>075-231200- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1200Z-120224T0600Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1013 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BEERENDS
8 follow-up statements
887 WWUS43 KDMX 231021 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POTENTIAL OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA TODAY... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND PLACE CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA WITHIN A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX LOOKS TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN SLOWLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. IAZ059>062-231830- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T1200Z-120224T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1500Z-120224T0600Z/ DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ016-025>027-036>039-047>050-231830- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T1500Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AS NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE EVENING HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ005-015-023-024-033>035-044>046-231830- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER WEST CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT ESPECIALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY MID TO LATE THIS MORNING AND WORSEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ006-007-017-057-058-071-231830- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1500Z-120224T0300Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY... AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ028-072>075-231830- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1500Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ004-231830- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ESTHERVILLE 421 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PODRAZIK
185 WWUS43 KDMX 231325 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA TODAY... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF IOWA. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ005-015-023-024-033>035-044>046-232130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY MID TO LATE THIS MORNING AND WORSEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ016-025>027-036>039-047>050-232130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.120223T1500Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR FROM AROUND MIDDAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MID EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WITH THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE EVENING HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004-232130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ESTHERVILLE 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF LESS THAN A MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ006-007-017-057-058-071-232130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1500Z-120224T0300Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY... AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF LESS THAN A MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ028-059>062-072>075-232130- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.120223T1500Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 725 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OF LESS THAN A MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ PODRAZIK
571 WWUS43 KDMX 231602 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1002 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA LATER THIS MORNING...WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW LATE TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF IOWA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE EVENING. IAZ005-015-023-024-033>035-044>046-240015- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON 1002 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...WITH SNOW BEGINNING ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA LATER THIS MORNING AND ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ016-025>027-036>039-047>050-240015- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1002 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...WITH SNOW BEGINNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004-006-007-017-057-058-071-240015- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD... MASON CITY...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD 1002 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ028-059>062-072>075-240015- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1002 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM EAST THIS MORNING TO NORTH NORTHEAST BY THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ KS
714 WWUS43 KDMX 231920 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 120 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF IOWA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE EVENING. IAZ005-015-023-024-033>035-044>046-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON... CARROLL...JEFFERSON 120 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ016-025>027-036>039-047>050-240330- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 120 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ004-006-007-017-057-058-071-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD... MASON CITY...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD 120 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW CURRENTLY OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL SHIFT INTO IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ028-059>062-072>075-240330- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 120 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THE CURRENT RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND BECOME ALL SNOW BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS TO FALL DURING THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY DETERIORATE BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$
820 WWUS43 KDMX 232116 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL IOWA BY THIS EVENING. INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES AND LOW VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING...AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. IAZ016-025>027-037>039-240530- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ005-240300- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ KOSSUTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALGONA 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ006-007-017-232230- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...MASON CITY 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ015-023-024-033>035-044>046-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ036-047>050-240530- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HAMILTON-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ057-058-071-240530- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...GREENFIELD 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ028-059>062-072>075-240530- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ BREMER-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ004-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ESTHERVILLE 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AS HEAVIER SNOW MOVES THROUGH. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ LEE
916 WWUS43 KDMX 240043 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. IAZ015-023-024-033>035-044>046-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR WHERE SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE NEAR 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. LIGHTER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH FROM FORT DODGE TO EMMETSBURG. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DURING PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS THE SNOW CONTINUES. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ036-047>050-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HAMILTON-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVIEST SNOW SETTING UP ALONG HIGHWAY 30. SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FROM NEAR BOONE TO AMES AND MARSHALLTOWN. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VERY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ070-085-086-240600- /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ CASS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH AN HOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH DURING THE EVENING AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE BELOW ONE HALF MILE FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ016-025>028-037>039-057>062-071>075-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HANCOCK-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON... WAVERLY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AUDUBON... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING THE EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WHERE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN NORTHERN AREAS OF THE ADVISORY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ004-005-240300- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA 643 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CC
148 WWUS43 KDMX 240250 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY. IAZ015-023-024-033>035-240400- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ IAZ004-005-240400- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ IAZ044>046-240600- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO DENISON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES OF AROUND ONE MILE. BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITIES MAY OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ036-047>050-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HAMILTON-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE FORECAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES WILL BE COMMON ALTHOUGH BRIEF PERIODS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES MAY OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ016-240400- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GARNER 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ061-062-073>075-085-086-240900- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0900Z/ JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE HALF PER HOUR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ025>028-037>039-057>060-070>072-240600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET 850 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF A INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 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. && $$ CC
653 WWUS43 KDMX 240559 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1159 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 IAZ036-044>050-240700- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1159 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ IAZ061-062-073>075-085-086-240900- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0006.120224T0600Z-120224T0900Z/ JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1159 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ025>028-037>039-057>060-070>072-240700- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T0600Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET 1159 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ MJB
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 Feb 22, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 855 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 .UPDATE... WORKING ON UPDATING GRIDS AND HEADLINES FOR FURTHER SOUTH SOLUTIONS WITH LATEST NAM AND EC/GEM. WILL BE WORKING ON SHIFTING HEAVIEST SNOW/CHANCES FOR SNOW FURTHER SOUTH ALONG WITH MAKING A HEADLINE DECISION WITH THE WATCH. .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... THIS FORECAST IS DOMINATED BY LOW CONFIDENCE AS MODELS STRUGGLE TO CONVERGE ON A SOLUTION FOR THIS UPCOMING SYSTEM. RECENT INDICATION ARE THAT THE MORE SOUTHERN EURO/GEM MAY END UP MORE IN LINE WITH REALITY GIVEN THE TRENDS OF THE OTHER MODELS IN THAT DIRECTION. 18Z NAM IS SIGNIFICANTLY FARTHER SOUTHEAST AND SLOWER THAN ITS 12Z COUNTERPART AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...SOME WHOLESALE CHANGES MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT TO THE FORECAST. INITIALLY... WILL SEE A SURGE OF WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL SPREAD CLOUDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING. DEEPER SATURATION OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LIFT INTENSIFIES WITH STRONGEST ISENTROPIC FORCING MOVING ACRS THE CWA. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACRS MUCH OF SOUTHERN IA OVERNIGHT...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SOUNDINGS ARE ALL FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN KEEPING SURFACE TEMPS IN THE MID 30S WITH THIS PRECIPITATION. FARTHER NORTH...INCREASING MID LEVEL FORCING AND FRONTOGENETICAL CIRCULATIONS AND EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE NECESSARY LIFT FOR EXPANDING PCPN...ESPECIALLY FROM 09-12Z IN OUR NORTHWEST. HAVE GONE WITH AN INITIAL RAIN/SNOW MIX BUT AS FORCING INCREASES ALONG WITH PCPN RATES...SOUNDINGS COLLAPSE TO FREEZING AND PCPN SHOULD SWITCH TO ALL SNOW. AGAIN...MAIN CONCERN ACRS THE NORTH IS THE CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MODELS WITH SLOWER AND FARTHER SOUTH SCENARIOS. THEREFORE...HAVE KEPT THE WATCH IN PLACE AS CONFIDENCE IN LOCATIONS REMAINS VERY FLUID. .LONG TERM /TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LATEST WV IMAGERY SHOWS STRIP OF VORTICITY ON THE POLEWARD SIDE OF AN UPPER LEVEL FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH A SMALL CONGEALED AREA OF CYCLONIC VORTICITY CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. THE INTERACTIONS OF THESE FEATURES WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE TANGIBLE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT THIS TRACK IS FORECAST TO BE NORTH OF CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND FROM CENTRAL MN THROUGH NORTHERN WI. THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AN H250 JET MAX WITH +150KT WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES OVERNIGHT. EVENTUALLY THIS JET WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND PHASE WITH THE WEAK SHORTWAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM ALBERTA. THE INTERACTION OF THESE TWO UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE BEST UPPER LEVEL FORCING SETS UP...WHICH IN TURN WILL DECIDE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW...WHICH WILL DICTATE WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOWFALL OCCURS. AT THE START OF THE PERIOD...SNOW SHOULD BE ONGOING ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWA. CURRENT THINKING IS FOR HEAVIEST SNOW TO OCCUR FROM NORTHWEST IOWA...THROUGH EAST CENTRAL IOWA...OR ALONG A LING FROM SIOUX CITY THROUGH DAVENPORT. HOWEVER...AS SHORT TERM DISCUSSION INDICATED...LATEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE SHOWS A GRADUAL SOUTHWESTERN SHIFT WITH THE TRACK OF THIS STORM...SO EXPECT EXACT TOTALS TO CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD...WE WILL SEE COLD AIR ADVECTION SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW CONSIDERABLY DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING...WITH SOME CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF CONVECTIVE ROLLS...WHICH COULD TRANSPIRE INTO SNOW SQUALLS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THIS THREAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW DOES INDEED FALL TOMORROW. DID NOT FEEL ANY ADDITIONAL HEADLINES WERE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT...BUT A SHORT-FUSED BLIZZARD WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...GIVEN THE HIGH MAINTENANCE WEATHER SYSTEM ON HAND FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DID NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE REST OF THE EXTENDED GRIDS. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BUT IOWA SHOULD REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH MOST OF THE PRECIP EXPECTED TO FALL AS RAIN. THIS COULD TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX AS THE COLD AIR GETS WRAPPED IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. FOLLOWING THIS STORM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WHICH WILL DRY US OUT...AND BRING COOLER TEMPS FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION...23/00Z WINDS TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE INITIAL 6 HOURS OF THE TAF PERIOD. BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE PERIOD...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO SOUTHERN IOWA AT KDSM AND KOTM WITH MVFR CIGS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FAIRLY STRONG SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY WITH A MIX OF RASN INITIALLY...THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AT KMCW...KALO...AND KFOD. EXPECT IFR VSBYS AND CIGS...WITH LIFR VSBYS/CIGS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR BLACK HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-CERRO GORDO-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GRUNDY- HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- TAMA-WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. && SHORT TERM UPDATE...COGIL LONG TERM...BEITLICH AVIATION...BEERENDS UPDATE...BEERENDS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 11:45 AM CST, 10 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1145 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-035>039-050-231745- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA- 1145 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT STARTING LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. FOR FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ033-034-044>049-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-231745- SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 1145 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FOR FRIDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cass and 21 more | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.