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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2012, 4:09 AM CST for 9 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 56 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
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:09 AM CST (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 23 counties
Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 6:10 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Winslow, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:42 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0 | 3 Nne Charlie Heath Mem, IA | RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET |
| Dec 20, 8:26 AM CST | SLEET 0 | 2 Sw New London, IA | RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SLEET |
| Dec 20, 8:26 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Memphis, MO | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. POWER OUT IN PARTS OF TOWN. |
| Dec 20, 8:29 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nne Doddsville, MO | SINCE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW AT 7 AM. |
| Dec 20, 8:39 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Nne Charlie Heath Mem, IA | WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. SNOW STARTED AT 740 AM. |
| Dec 20, 9:29 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | W Cantril, IA | |
| Dec 20, 9:50 AM CST | SLEET 0 | 2 Wnw Burlington, IA | SLEET HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW |
| Dec 20, 9:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Wsw Bonaparte, IA | SNOW BEGAN AT 755 A.M. |
| Dec 20, 10:07 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Taylor Ridge, IL | IN PAST HOUR. VISIBILITY 200 YARDS. MEASURED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Dec 20, 11:13 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Wsw Mt Hamill, IA | WIND AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW STARTED AT 8AM. |
| Dec 20, 11:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 3 Nne Charlie Heath Mem, IA | WITH 2 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 20, 11:42 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 Ne Milton, IA | SNOWFALL SO FAR 7 INCHES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 12:13 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Macomb, IL | WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CLOSED DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATED TO 1 INCH IN THE LAST HOUR WITH 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS. |
| Dec 20, 12:17 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Dec 20, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 E Cantril, IA | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Dec 20, 12:36 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Se Colchester, IL | STILL SNOWING AND WITH LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VIS |
| Dec 20, 2:18 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 1 Wsw Sherrard, IL | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 20, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 Nw Croton, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lena, IL | ESTIMATE WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 3:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Macomb, IL | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE MACOMB AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. ROADS OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE CLOSED TO TRAVEL WITH NUMEROUS VEHICLES OFF THE ROADS AND MANY PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR CARS. |
| Dec 20, 3:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ne Good Hope, IL | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 20, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sse Burlington, IA | BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 N Geneseo, IL | |
| Dec 20, 3:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | Walcott, IA | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 20, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Se Colchester, IL | STILL SNOWING WITH STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Dec 20, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nne Downing, MO | STILL BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 3:28 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 Nnw Lanark, IL | WINDY WITH BLOWING SNOW |
| Dec 20, 3:28 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Macomb, IL | |
| Dec 20, 3:29 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Davenport, IA | AS OF 3PM |
| Dec 20, 3:31 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Lena, IL | WIND SPEED ESTIMATED 32-38 MPH. 6 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR. |
| Dec 20, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 2 Ne Muscatine, IA | HARD TO MEASURE SNOWFALL WITH THE HIGH WINDS. |
| Dec 20, 4:04 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 Sse Winslow, IL | STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITY BELOW 1/4 MILE. TOTAL SNOWFALL 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 20, 4:05 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ene Mc Nabb, IL | HEAVY SNOW AND WIND ESTIMATED AT 35 TO 45 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 4:06 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Sse Winslow, IL | 9 INCHES SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 20, 4:43 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | N Muscatine, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 20, 4:50 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Macomb, IL | NUMEROUS VEHICLES IN DITCHES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH PEOPLE STRANDED. HIGHWAY 136 EAST OF MACOMB IS CLOSED. |
| Dec 20, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Park View, IA | |
| Dec 20, 5:23 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Oquawka, IL | MULTIPLE CARS AND SNOW PLOWS STRANDED THROUGHOUT HENDERSON COUNTY. |
| Dec 20, 5:44 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Colchester, IL | |
| Dec 20, 5:49 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Charlotte, IA | STORM TOTAL, MAXIMUM WIND TODAY OF 55MPH AT 349PM |
| Dec 20, 6:06 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | ADDITIONAL 3.8 INCHES FELL SINCE NOON. |
| Dec 20, 6:06 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | ADDITIONAL 2.0 INCHES SINCE NOON. |
| Dec 20, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | W Cantril, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 6:44 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Camanche, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Se Princeton, IL | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 20, 7:04 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Walcott, IA | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 20, 7:11 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Thomson, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:18 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Wnw Bettendorf, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 7:36 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Lena, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 N New Windsor, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Wnw Morrison, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 W Bettendorf, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 8:07 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Macomb, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | STORM TOTAL...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 12 | 2 Nw Lena, IL | STORM TOTAL. |
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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917 WWUS43 KDVN 191009 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AT LEAST 50 TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE THAT BECOMES STRANDED OR OTHERWISE NOT PREPARED. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-192015- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH OR END THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S TO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. 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. && $$ IAZ066>068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ002-007-009-015-016-024-025- MOZ009-010-192015- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER-HENDERSON-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ026-034-035-192015- /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IN THE MORNING CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ017-018-192015- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.A.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION... HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. && $$ HAASE/ERVIN
9 follow-up statements
555 WWUS43 KDVN 191703 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1103 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AT 50 TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE THAT BECOMES STRANDED OR OTHERWISE NOT PREPARED. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-200315- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA 1103 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH OR END THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 15 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S TO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. 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. && $$ IAZ066>068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ002-007-009-015-016-024-025- MOZ009-010-200315- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER-HENDERSON-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1103 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ026-034-035-200315- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1103 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IN THE MORNING CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ILZ017-018-200315- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1103 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. && $$ SHEETS
505 WWUS43 KDVN 192153 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AT 50 TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY FOR ANYONE THAT BECOMES STRANDED OR OTHERWISE NOT PREPARED. ILZ017-018-200800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW AROUND NOON THURSDAY. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION... HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ002-007-009-015-016-024-200800- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 POSSIBLE FROM LATER MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-200800- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...OR A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 14 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING. THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. 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. && $$ IAZ067-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ025-MOZ009-010-200800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- HENDERSON-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... OQUAWKA...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW...THAN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ026-034-035-200800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 353 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SHEETS
347 WWUS43 KDVN 200354 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AT 50 TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY FOR ANYONE THAT BECOMES STRANDED OR OTHERWISE NOT PREPARED. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-201400- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 14 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING. THURSDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. 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. && $$ IAZ067-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ025-MOZ009-010-201400- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- HENDERSON-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... OQUAWKA...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ002-007-009-015-016-024-201400- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 POSSIBLE FROM LATER MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ017-018-201400- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW AROUND NOON THURSDAY. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION... HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ026-034-035-201400- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 954 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
008 WWUS43 KDVN 200906 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...BUT WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW BY NOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHERE NEW SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE NOW EXPECTED. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AT 50 TO 55 MPH...AND SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING FOR ANYONE THAT BECOMES STRANDED OR OTHERWISE NOT PREPARED. DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD TODAY...EVEN THOUGH IT IS RAINING THIS MORNING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY NOON IN MANY LOCATIONS IN EXTREME EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. IAZ066-068-ILZ002-007-009-015-024-201915- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 POSSIBLE FROM LATER MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...WITH GUST CONTINUING TO REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THIS MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...VERY HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ067-078-087>089-098-099-201915- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 POSSIBLE FROM LATER MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...WITH GUST CONTINUING TO REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THIS MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...VERY HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ ILZ026-034-035-201915- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0007.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE THIS THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERAL INCHES OF INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-201915- /O.EXT.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 15 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ ILZ025-201915- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1500Z-121221T0600Z/ HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OQUAWKA 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ016-201915- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KEWANEE 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING...THEN THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WIND...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AROUND NOON WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ MOZ009-010-201915- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ017-018-201915- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 306 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND NOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW AROUND NOON THURSDAY. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ERVIN
602 WWUS43 KDVN 201736 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A LATE MORNING MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS THE INTENSE WINTER STORM CENTER MOVES INTO MICHIGAN. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-210345- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY END BY EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EVENING. TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 15 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHITE WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILD AND OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-024-210345- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-210345- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERAL INCHES OF INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ MOZ009-010-210000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ016>018-210345- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1136 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY MID AFTERNOON. BY EVENING...THE SNOW WILL END...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND 1 PM THROUGH 5 PM. * WIND...LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH BY 1 PM...THEN INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY 3 PM. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION... HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ SHEETS
051 WWUS43 KDVN 201808 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1208 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A LATE MORNING MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS THE INTENSE WINTER STORM CENTER MOVES INTO MICHIGAN. ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-210415- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1208 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES... ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-210415- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 1208 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY END BY EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EVENING. TOTALS MAY BE LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 15 INCHES... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHITE WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILD AND OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-024-210415- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 1208 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MOZ009-010-210000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1208 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S BY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO INITIAL WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY MAY BECOME DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ SHEETS
722 WWUS43 KDVN 202139 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 339 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND EXIT TO THE EAST...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 339 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. * SNOWFALL...SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AFTER 7 PM. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. 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>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 339 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY END BY 6 PM...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE AREA. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S AND THEN TEENS THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-024-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 339 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AFTER 10 PM. * SNOWFALL...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY IN THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NOW ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 7 PM. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH 7 PM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE TEENS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MOZ009-010-210000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 339 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AFTER SUNSET. STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ SHEETS
026 WWUS43 KDVN 210006 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 606 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END OVER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MOZ009-010-210600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 606 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 606 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 606 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S AND THEN TEENS THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-024-210600- /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 606 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * SNOWFALL...SNOW EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MID EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM FREEPORT TO STERLING ROCK FALLS AND PRINCETON. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITY...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE TEENS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TO 10 BELOW THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE THE HIGH WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHED AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
583 WWUS43 KDVN 210606 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT... IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-024-211600- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0008.121221T0606Z-121221T1600Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...OCCASIONALLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-211600- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0008.121221T0606Z-121221T1600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...OCCASIONALLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-211600- /O.EXP.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0008.121221T0606Z-121221T1600Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...OCCASIONALLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ MOZ009-010-211600- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0008.121221T0606Z-121221T1600Z/ SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING FRIDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...OCCASIONALLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...AND ON EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Hancock, McDonough, Warren | 23 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012
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.