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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

January 26, 201313 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 26, 2013, 3:19 PM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 27, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2013, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2013, 9:54 PM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 9:08 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Austin, MNGLAZE OF ICE REPORTED IN AUSTIN
Jan 27, 9:12 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Austin, MNREPORTS OF ROLL OVER ACCIDENTS ON INTERSTATE 90 EAST OF AUSTIN DUE TO GLAZE OF ICE.
Jan 27, 9:18 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Decorah, IAMAIN ROADS ICE AND SLEET COVERED. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON STATE HWY 9
Jan 27, 9:30 AM CSTSNOW 0.1De Soto, WISTILL SNOWING.
Jan 27, 10:05 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.02West Concord, MNICE COVERED SURFACES AND TREES.
Jan 27, 10:16 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Cresco, IAGLAZE OF ICE
Jan 27, 10:16 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Dover, MNGLAZE OF ICE
Jan 27, 10:16 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Grand Meadow, MNGLAZE OF ICE
Jan 27, 10:49 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.037 Ne Decorah, IASLICK AND ICE COVERED ROADS DUE TO MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN.
Jan 27, 10:53 AM CSTSNOW 0.23 E La Crosse, WIMIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET CAUSING A FEW ACCIDENTS AND SLIDE OFFS ON HWY 33
Jan 27, 11:00 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.05Kasson, MNREPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN. ALSO ROADS ARE ICE COVERED.
Jan 27, 11:05 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.04Rockford, IAOFFICERS REPORT ROADWAYS AND OTHER SURFACES GLAZED OVER WITH MINOR ACCIDENTS
Jan 27, 11:12 AM CSTSNOW 0.1Viroqua, WIMOST ROADS SNOW AND ICE COVERED
Jan 27, 11:22 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.12Austin, MNESTIMATED 1/8 INCH OF ICE BUILD UP ON ROADS...TREES...AND OTHER SURFACES. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS COUNTY
Jan 27, 11:25 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Sparta, WIMIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. MOST SURFACES COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
Jan 27, 11:32 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Winona, MNMIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS MAINLY ON INTERSTATE 90
Jan 27, 11:38 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.05Rochester, MNROADWAYS HAZARDOUS. TRAFFIC ON HWY 52 SLOWED SIGNIFICANTLY. PRECIPITATION TYPE MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. TREES AND OTHER SURFACES HAVE GLAZE.
Jan 27, 12:00 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.03La Crosse, WILA CROSSE AIRPORT
Jan 27, 12:00 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Waukon, IAALL ROADS ICE COVERED. SHERIFFS AND LAW ENFORECEMENT ARE ADVISING NO TRAVEL IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY UNLESS AN EMERGENCY.
Jan 27, 12:19 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Waukon, IAFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 12:21 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.154 N Stewartville, MNFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 12:22 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Winona, MNFREEZING RAIN STARTING TO COAT TREES AND OTHER SURFACES.
Jan 27, 12:22 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.154 N Stewartville, MNMIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
Jan 27, 12:36 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Austin, MN
Jan 27, 12:44 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.3Austin, MNFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 12:50 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.12 Nnw Bloomingdale, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 12:55 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.043 Nnw Riplinger, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:00 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Caledonia, MNMIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CAUSING ROADWAYS TO BE VERY SLIPPERY ESPECIALLY INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 53
Jan 27, 1:11 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Caledonia, MNFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:11 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.132 S Holmen, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:11 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.132 S Holmen, WI
Jan 27, 1:11 PM CSTSNOW 0.2De Soto, WICURRENTLY FREEZING RAIN
Jan 27, 1:13 PM CSTSNOW 0.3De Soto, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:15 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.2Spillville, IAICE COVERING ALL SURFACES. HWY 53 IS COVERED AND EXTREMELY SLICK. LESS TRAVEL COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. WINDS ARE INCREASING.
Jan 27, 1:17 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.151 Wnw Charles City, IAFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:18 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.2Decorah, IAFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:31 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Arcadia, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:34 PM CSTSNOW 13 E Boaz, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:37 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Richland Center, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:42 PM CSTSNOW 0.5Arcadia, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:55 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Black River Falls, WIFREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLIER HAS BECOME MODERATE SNOW. ROADWAYS SLICK AND ICE COVERED WITH ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 94.
Jan 27, 1:57 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.11 W Black River Falls, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 1:58 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Mauston, WIEARLIER SLEET HAS BECOME MODERATE SNOW. SLIDE OFFS REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 90.
Jan 27, 2:13 PM CSTSNOW 0.2Rochester, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:13 PM CSTSNOW 0.3Winona, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:18 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.317 Ese Strawberry Point, IAFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:31 PM CSTSNOW 2Millston, WISTILL HEAVY SNOW.
Jan 27, 2:32 PM CSTSNOW 2Millston, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:41 PM CSTSNOW 0.52 Sse Council Bay, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:41 PM CSTSNOW 2.2Osseo, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:43 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.137 Sse La Crosse, WIFREEZING RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:43 PM CSTSNOW 0.57 Sse La Crosse, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:44 PM CSTSNOW 0.52 S Holmen, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 2:54 PM CSTSNOW 14 Ssw Atwood, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 3:14 PM CSTSNOW 33 Se Christie, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 3:14 PM CSTSNOW 34 N Neillsville, WISTILL SNOWING HEAVILY
Jan 27, 3:23 PM CSTSNOW 2.6Merrillan, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 3:26 PM CSTSNOW 0.51 Sw La Crosse, WISNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Jan 27, 3:39 PM CSTFREEZE 0.2Austin, MNREPORTS OF POWER LINES COMING DOWN IN AUSTIN
Jan 27, 3:40 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Austin, MNREPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN IN AUSTIN. ALSO RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA FACEBOOK POST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

189 
WWUS43 KARX 262119
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
319 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE
SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO
THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL BE FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER TO THE
NORTH...LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR WILL SEE A
MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL
ALONG AND NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-270530-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
319 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
  AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN
  INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY
  PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-270530-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
319 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9
AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
  AREA SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH WILL OCCUR. SNOW AND
  SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY
  PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-270530-
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
319 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH
  OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
  EVENING. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO
  SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
16 follow-up statements
909 
WWUS43 KARX 270032
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
632 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE SUNDAY MORNING
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO
THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR NORTHEAST
IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...
LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL
ALONG AND NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-270845-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
632 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
  AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON. IT WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH 
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF 
  AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY 
  PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-270845-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
632 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
  AREA SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON...THEN TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH WILL OCCUR. SNOW 
  AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY 
  PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-270845-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
632 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING 
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH 
  OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE SUNDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR...WITH LOCALLY 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
707 
WWUS43 KARX 270353
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
953 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE SUNDAY MORNING
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO
THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...LOCATIONS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL ALONG
AND NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. ALL THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-271200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
953 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* A SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE
  SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN DURING THE EVENING...WITH FREEZING
  DRIZZLE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
  OF 1/10 OF AN INCH.

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE
  TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-271200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
953 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
  AREA SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IN THE
  AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE
  OVERNIGHT SUNDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH. SNOW AND SLEET
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY 
  PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-271200-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
953 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER
  TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
481 
WWUS43 KARX 271008
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
408 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND
10 AM THIS MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS 
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 9
AM AND 11 AM AND FINALLY INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND NOON.
THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...LOCATIONS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND
NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE
THIS EVENING.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-271815-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
408 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* LOOK FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO SPREAD NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...THEN QUICKLY SWITCH OVER TO
  A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BY NOON. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY BECOME
  MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ON THE SNOW AND
  SLEET TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH.

* TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-271815-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
408 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IN
  THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS
  EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG WITH
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TRAVEL FOR THE MID AND LATER MORNING HOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING
  WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VARIOUS
  TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-271815-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
408 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AROUND NOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO
  FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A GLAZE OF
  ICE IS POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW
  AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RRS/AJ

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
833 
WWUS43 KARX 271311
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HEADED INTO THE AREA...

.FREEZING RAIN WAS SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA AND WAS
ABOUT TO BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. UNTREATED ROADS NORTH
AND EAST OF DES MOINES IOWA WERE QUICKLY BECOMING SLIPPERY WITH
THE FREEZING RAIN. AS THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT
NORTHEAST THIS MORNING IT WILL RUN INTO COOLER AND DRIER AIR
ALOFT...WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA AS IT ARRIVES. SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AS WELL AS THE
PRECIPITATION REACHES THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND SOUTHWEST INTO WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM
AND FINALLY INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND NOON. THE
PRECIPITATION IS THEN GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.

FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...LOCATIONS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND
NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE DIMINISHING
LATE THIS EVENING.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-272115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
  THE AREA THROUGH THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN SWITCH
  OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BY NOON. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY
  BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ON THE
  SNOW AND SLEET TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-272115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID MORNING HOURS...
  BECOMING MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG 
  WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL FOR THE MID AND LATER MORNING HOURS THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE 
  VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-272115-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
  THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A GLAZE OF 
  ICE IS POSSIBLE. 

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RRS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
418 
WWUS43 KARX 271438
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
838 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEAST
IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AT 8:36 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
AUSTIN TO DECORAH TO LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY
IS ALREADY IMPACTING THE THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR OVER SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AND WILL START TO IMPACT THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM.
SNOW WILL MIX IN AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS NORTHWARD THIS
MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW THE MAIN PRECIPITATION
TYPE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

THE FREEZING RAIN HAS LEAD TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THIS MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...AND THIS SAME ACTIVITY IS SPREADING ACROSS
INTO THE AREA NOW.   

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
838 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
  THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN SWITCH OVER TO A
  MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BY NOON. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY BECOME
  MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. PLAN ON THE SNOW AND SLEET TO
  TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY
  TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
838 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS SPREADING ACROSS THE
  AREA NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN LATER
  THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS
  EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG 
  WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE
  VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
838 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING 
  RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH 
  THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A GLAZE OF 
  ICE IS POSSIBLE. 

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
490 
WWUS43 KARX 271444
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
844 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEAST
IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AT 836 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
AUSTIN TO DECORAH TO LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY
IS ALREADY IMPACTING THE THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR OVER SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AND WILL START TO IMPACT THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM.
SNOW WILL MIX IN AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS NORTHWARD THIS
MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW THE MAIN PRECIPITATION
TYPE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

THE FREEZING RAIN HAS LEAD TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THIS MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...AND THIS SAME ACTIVITY IS SPREADING ACROSS
THE AREA NOW.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
844 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS 
  THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN SWITCH OVER TO 
  A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BY NOON. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY BECOME 
  MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. PLAN ON THE SNOW AND SLEET TO 
  TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN 
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
844 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS SPREADING ACROSS 
  THE AREA NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN 
  LATER THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH 
  THIS EVENING. 

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG 
  WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE 
  VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-272245-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.130127T1500Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
844 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING 
  RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH 
  THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A GLAZE OF 
  ICE IS POSSIBLE. 

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
347 
WWUS43 KARX 271527
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
927 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICY ROADS CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS MOVING ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SEVERAL
ACCIDENTS...INCLUDING ROLLOVERS...HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST THIS MORNING INTO
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...IMPACTING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR.

AT 927 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED ALONG
A LINE FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...TO NEW ALBIN IOWA...TO BOSCOBEL
WISCONSIN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW BEING THE MAIN
PRECIPITATION TYPE NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-272330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
927 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
  THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE
  PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. THE MIXED
  PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-272330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
927 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW AND IS
  EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG 
  WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE
  VARIOUS TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE
YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-272330-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
927 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING 
  RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH 
  THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A GLAZE OF 
  ICE IS POSSIBLE. 

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
363 
WWUS43 KARX 271657
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1057 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICY ROADS AND SNOW CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. AS OF 1055 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY
MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS TO MAUSTON WISCONSIN. A COATING OF
ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...WHICH HAS LEAD TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON AREA
ROADS. A SNOW AND SLEET MIX WAS THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL
SPREAD NORTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10 THROUGH 1 PM WHERE MAINLY
SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-280100-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
1057 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT
  TIMES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING
  RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS
  MIDNIGHT.

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280100-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1057 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW AND IS
  EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG 
  WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND IS
MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-280100-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
1057 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING 
  RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH 
  THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO 
  SNOW AND ICE COVER ON UNTREATED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
158 
WWUS43 KARX 271832
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICE COVERED ROADS PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...

DANGEROUSLY ICY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...WITH SPOTTERS AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS REPORTING ICE COVERED
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. SIGNIFICANT ICING IS OCCURRING AND IF IT CONTINUES TO
ACCUMULATE...IT COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

WIZ017-280245-
/O.UPG.KARX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MEDFORD
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* A SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN MIX...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
  BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. SWITCHING OVER TO MAINLY SNOW BY MID
  AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING
  DRIZZLE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH
  ARE POSSIBLE. 

* TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW
  AND ICE COVER ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ029-032>034-041>044-280245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
  THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY 
  AT TIMES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL 
  FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF 
  TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 

* EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2/10 OF AN INCH.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU
ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280245-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW AND 
  IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG WITH SNOW AND
  SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
284 
WWUS43 KARX 271956
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
156 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICE COVERED ROADS PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...

DANGEROUSLY ICY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. SPOTTERS AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO REPORT ICE
COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. SIGNIFICANT ICING IS OCCURRING AND IF IT
CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE...IT COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280400-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
156 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS
  AFTERNOON SOUTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10 WITH MAINLY SNOW
  OCCURRING ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION WILL
  TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

* ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN....EXPECT
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 2/10 OF AN INCH. LOCATIONS NORTH OF WISCONSIN
  HIGHWAY 10 CAN EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES AND
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU
ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280400-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
156 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW AND IS
  EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG WITH SNOW AND
  SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
528 
WWUS43 KARX 272044
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
244 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...

ICE CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. SPOTTER AND
SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO REPORT ICY...TRECHEROUS...ROADS. 
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
DANGEROUSLY ICY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 

THE ICE HAS STARTED TO STRESS TREES AND DOWNED BRANCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. IF ICING CONTINUES...IT COULD BRING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES.

AT 244 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE BAND OF SNOW STRETCHING FROM
OSSEO TO MERRILLAN TO CITY POINT AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST...IMPACTING INTERSTATE 94 AND WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10. A
QUICK 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
BAND...WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING BELOW 1/2 MILE.


MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
244 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
  THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10 WITH MAINLY SNOW 
  OCCURRING ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION WILL 
  TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...THEN 
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 

* ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.... 
  EXPECT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG 
  WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2/10 OF AN INCH. LOCATIONS NORTH OF 
  WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 10 CAN EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU
ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
244 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW AND 
  IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS 
  EVENING. 

* EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH...ALONG WITH SNOW 
  AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
978 
WWUS43 KARX 272207
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
407 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...

ICE CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE ICE HAS TAKEN DOWN SOME
BRANCHES AND A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE TO REPORT ICE COVERED
ROADWAYS WITH TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE PRECIPITATION HAS
SWITCHED OVER TO MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
94 CORRIDOR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEING REPORTED ACROSS CLARK
INTO TAYLOR COUNTIES.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH UP TO 3/10 OF AN INCH REPORTED OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA. 

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
407 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94....WITH
  PRECIPITATION SWITCHING OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 94...WITH 1/10 INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
  MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU
ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
407 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* FREEZING DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE
  INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES. 

* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
072 
WWUS43 KARX 272218
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...

ICE CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE ICE HAS TAKEN DOWN SOME
BRANCHES AND A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE TO REPORT ICE COVERED
ROADWAYS WITH TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE PRECIPITATION
HAS SWITCHED OVER TO MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEING REPORTED
ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 OF AN INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH UP TO 3/10 OF AN INCH REPORTED OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...WITH
  PRECIPITATION SWITCHING OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF 
  INTERSTATE 94...WITH 1/10 INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ICE 
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST 
  MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
418 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* FREEZING DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL 
  CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX IN AT 
  TIMES. 

* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WETENKAMP

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
894 
WWUS43 KARX 280005
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
605 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...DANGEROUS TRAVEL TONIGHT...NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS PARTS OF THE
REGION...

.THE BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES TO SHIFT NORTHEAST...MOSTLY
NORTH OF A MONDOVI TO MAUSTON WISCONSIN LINE. SOUTHWEST OF THERE
THOUGH...FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS FALLING...CONTINUING TO LAY A GLAZE
OF ICE ON ALREADY ICED OVER STREETS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER EXPOSED
SURFACES. WHERE THE SNOW AND SLEET WERE FALLING...ANOTHER INCH OF
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM.

THE WORST ICING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. 1/10 TO 3/10 OF AN INCH WAS
COMMON.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT ICY ROADS. THERE WAS A ROLL
OVER ON HIGHWAY 29 IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MANY ACCIDENTS WERE
REPORTED EARLIER IN THE DAY. 

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.


MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
605 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...WITH FREEZING
  DRIZZLE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THERE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 94...WITH TRACE TO 1/10 INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE.
  ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
605 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* FREEZING DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE
  INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. 

* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS EVENING. ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL
  SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
304 
WWUS43 KARX 280156
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
756 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...DANGEROUS TRAVEL TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD FREEZING DRIZZLE...

.AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WERE NOW PREDOMINANT ACROSS THE AREA AS
MOST OF THE SNOW AND SLEET HAVE MOVED NORTH. A BAND OF SNOW AND
SLEET JUST TO WEST COULD BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF THIS MIXED
PRECIPITATION TO LOCATIONS NORTH OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO BLACK
RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN LINE. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND
SLEET COULD RESULT.

OTHERWISE...THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL APPLY ANOTHER LIGHT GLAZE TO
ALREADY ICED UP ROADS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. 

THE WORST ICING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. 1/10 TO 3/10 OF AN INCH WAS
COMMON. LOCALIZED 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS WERE REPORTED IN WINNIESHIEK
COUNTY IOWA.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TAYLOR COUNTY WISCONSIN REPORTED SEVERAL
ACCIDENTS THIS EVENING...MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SNOWFALL. OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUED TO REPORT ICY ROADS.
MANY ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED EARLIER IN THE DAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-
JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON
756 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING
  HOURS. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...MOSTLY
  NORTH OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN
  LINE. 

* WHERE SNOW AND SLEET FALLS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO
  1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A
  TRACE. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ053>055-061-280600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
756 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE TO 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE 
  EXPECTED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS EVENING. ONLY EMERGENCY TRAVEL 
  SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
597 
WWUS43 KARX 280354
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
954 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...TRAVEL REMAINS
HAZARDOUS...

.MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED NORTH AND
EAST OF THE AREA...BUT PATCHY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL
GLAZE TO ALREADY ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. 

THE DRIZZLE SHOULD END BEFORE DAY BREAK MONDAY...BUT THE MORNING
COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED. MOST SECONDARY AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS
WILL BE ICY AND TREACHEROUS. SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS ARE ALSO
LIKELY TO BE ICY IN SOME AREAS. THOSE HEADED OFF TO WORK...SCHOOL
OR OTHER ACTIVITIES HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER
TRAVEL. 

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-280900-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0003.130128T0354Z-130128T0900Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
954 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3
AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* PATCHY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. 

* ADDITIONAL TRACE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH THE MORNING
  COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY AND UNTREATED ROADS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE OCCURRING AND
IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE
STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.


&&

$$

RIECK

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 26, 2:48 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 2:48 PM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
248 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

.SHORT TERM...
248 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

FORECAST FOCUS IS ON IMPENDING WINTER STORM FOR SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA
WHILE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FILLING IN
BEHIND THE RIDGE ACROSS MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA.

26.12Z GFS AND NAM STILL SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE WINTER
STORM THAT WILL IMPACT THE AREA SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. NAM APPEARS TO
BE THE OUTLIER...WITH THE GFS/ECMWF AND GEM CLOSE IN THEIR SOLUTIONS
AND WENT WITH A NON NAM SOLUTION FOR THE DETAILS.

CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS LOW
LEVEL WARM ADVECTION INCREASES ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH.
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP A FEW DEGREES EARLY THIS EVENING WITH
THEN STEADY TEMPERATURES THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE NEXT SHORTWAVE THAT LIFTS NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. NICE SURGE OF MOISTURE
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES. MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF THE MOISTURE
NORTHWARD...BUT WILL BE SPREADING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AROUND 15Z AND
THEN OVERSPREADING THE AREA THROUGH 20Z AS ISENTROPIC LIFT
INCREASES. BIGGEST QUESTION THEN BECOMES PRECIPITATION TYPES AS
MODELS STILL ADVERTISE A DISTINCT WARM LAYER ALOFT AS MUCH AS 5
DEGREES CELSIUS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
GIVEN PRECIPITATION RATES FEEL SOME DYNAMIC COOLING OF THE COLUMN
WILL OCCUR INITIALLY BEFORE LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION PUSHES
TEMPERATURES UP NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. SO AFTER A SLEET SNOW COMBINATION
EARLY...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER NORTH
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THE WARM LATER REMAINS AROUND 1-2
DEGREES CELSIUS THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE WARMING AFTER 00Z. THUS
EXPECT MORE SNOW/SLEET BEFORE MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN. NORTH OF
THIS THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SKEET AND SNOW WITH ANY
TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS
AS THOUGH ABOUT ONE HALF INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL...BUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH IN EACH FORM IS SOMEWHAT
PROBLEMATIC. NAM EVEN SHOWS A BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS ON THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE MOISTURE WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A MORE INTENSE BAND OF
PRECIPITATION. GFS/NAM ALL CONSISTENT IN SHOWING A LOSS OF ICE IN
THE CLOUD LAYER AS WE MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...THUS A
TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING DRIZZLE IS LIKELY AS THE MAIN
PRECIPITATION SHIELD EXITS. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE NOT REAL HIGH ON
HITTING WARNING CRITERIA WITH ANY ONE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION
TYPE...THE COMBINATION AND THREAT FOR ICING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
MAJOR IMPACTS ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES HAVE OPTED TO UPGRADE THE WATCH AREA TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TAYLOR COUNTY.
EXPECTING 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION...WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
FURTHER NORTH 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET/SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN
ADDITION TO THE ICE.

SYSTEM LOOKS TO PUSH OUT OF THE AREA MONDAY...BUT CONTINUED WARM
ADVECTION AND A WARM START TO THE DAY WILL LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...PERHAPS INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN
AREAS.

ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE PUSHES TOWARDS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH
THE PLAINS. GIVEN MILD REGIME AND CONTINUED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL
HAVE TO WATCH FOR PRECIPITATION TYPE ISSUES ONCE AGAIN. AMOUNTS LOOK
TO BE RATHER LIGHT. WILL KEEP A RAIN/FREEZING RAIN/SNOW SCENARIO IN
THE GRIDS WITH A MID RANGE PROBABILITY.

.LONG TERM...
248 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

COLDER AIR BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL BRING
TEMPERATURES BACK TO BELOW NORMAL FOR THE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
TIME FRAME. ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE
FORM OF SNOW AS TEMPERATURES FALL. OTHERWISE...NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT
THE AREA WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A SHORTWAVE DROPS
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS.

&&

.AVIATION...THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY
1114 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT
AND PUSH NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE
SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE TAF SITES MAINLY AFTERNOON ON
SUNDAY WITH CONDITIONS DROPPING TO MVFR BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING
THEN INTO THE IFR TO LIFR CATEGORY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1/10 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS CLOUDS THICKEN
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. PLAN ON CEILINGS IN THE 5-8KFT
RANGE. THE CEILINGS WILL RAPIDLY LOWER LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE
LOW MOVES IN. SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING INTO THE 10 TO 14 KT RANGE.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
248 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR WIZ029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR WIZ017.

MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR MNZ079-086>088-094>096.

IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030.

&&

SHORT TERM...RABERDING
LONG TERM...RABERDING
AVIATION...WETENKAMP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:44 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-271200-
BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-WABASHA-
444 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF WISCONSIN HIGHWAY 29.
EXPECT SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN
END AS FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE LATER SUNDAY EVENING. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW...UP TO A HALF INCH OF
SLEET AND A GLAZE OF ICE. UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS ON WHAT TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AND FOR HOW LONG AT ANY ONE LOCATION.

MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO IMPACT THE AREA TOWARD THE
END OF NEXT WEEK. WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PRECIPITATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-271200-
ADAMS-DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-
VERNON-WINONA-
444 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SLEET AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY...TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN END AS FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE LATER SUNDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR UP TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW...A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE
ACCUMULATION. UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS ON WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL AND FOR HOW LONG AT ANY ONE LOCATION.

MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO IMPACT THE AREA TOWARD THE
END OF NEXT WEEK. WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PRECIPITATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-271200-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOWARD-
MITCHELL-RICHLAND-WINNESHIEK-
444 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...TRANSITION TO
FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE
LATER SUNDAY EVENING. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW...A HALF INCH OF SLEET OR
A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. UNCERTAINTY STILL
REMAINS ON WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AND FOR HOW LONG AT
ANY ONE LOCATION.

MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO IMPACT THE AREA TOWARD THE
END OF NEXT WEEK. WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PRECIPITATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

RRS/AJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:05 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 6 more11 hr
Jan 26, 3:19 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARXTaylor21 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013

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.