Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2013, 1:29 PM CST for Fillmore County, Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota; 7 counties in Iowa; 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 29, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 5:57 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:30 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 E La Crosse, WI | SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS 30 MINUTES |
| Jan 30, 4:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Decorah, IA | ROADS ARE VERY SLICK. SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Friendship, WI | |
| Jan 30, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wnw Oelwein, IA | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 8656A SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 7 Ese Strawberry Point, IA | SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 N Fennimore, WI | SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 5:20 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | 2 Ne Onalaska, WI | |
| Jan 30, 5:20 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Elkader, IA | SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Oelwein, IA | LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | 1 N French Island, WI | REPORTED AT ASOS STATION LSE SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 W La Crescent, MN | A LITTLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. FROM WXOW-TV. |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Genoa, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION GENW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Guttenberg, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION GTTI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Sw Lynxville, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LYNW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 8 Nw Ferryville, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION VICW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Waukon, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION WAUI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:27 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | West Salem, WI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 4 S Sattre, IA | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 8864A SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Reno, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION RENM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:43 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Adams, WI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 6:44 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 S Holmen, WI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | 1 Nw Whitman, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION MSCM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 2 Ese New Amsterdam, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION HLDW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 2 Sse Pilot Mound, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 3005O SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Sw Elba, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION ALTM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.6 | 15 E Millston, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION MATW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | 2 E Black Hammer, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION SPRM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Wnw La Crescent, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LCPM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ese Monroe Center, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION MROW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ne Cresco, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION CRCI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Nw Onalaska, WI | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 4095H SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Hatfield, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION HABW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | New Hampton, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION NHPI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Elma, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION ELMI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | West Salem, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION WSLW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Wnw Friendship, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION FRSW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 N Plugtown, WI | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 4077H SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 7 Ene Burr Oak, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION BFCW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 1 Nne Prairie Du Chien, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION PDCW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 3 E Spring Valley, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION SPYM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Nnw Bloomingdale, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION WESW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 Wnw Kendall, WI | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 4112H SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | 1 Nw Fayette, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION FYTI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | 3 E Ontario, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION OTRW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Viroqua, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION VQAW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Sse Bassett, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION IONI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 S Union, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION PILW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 3 W Kirby, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION WRNW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Wnw Mederville, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION EKRI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Tunnel City, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION TUNW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Nw Richland Center, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION RCCW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ese Ferryville, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION FERW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | La Farge, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LAFW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Clermont, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION CMTI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 Se Lansing, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LSGI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 Ene Volga, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION VOLI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Alpha, IA | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 7393O SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nw Sinsinawa, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION SWAW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Lancaster, WI | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 4845O SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 1 Sw Monona, IA | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION MNOI4 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636 WWUS43 KARX 291929 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM MEDFORD WISCONSIN TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...ANY STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A FROZEN SLUSH LAYER ON AREA ROADWAYS. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-042-053- 300330- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA 129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-300330- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.130130T0600Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0600Z-130131T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS PRECIPITATION TYPES...LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ WIZ029-300330- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0002.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0004.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEILLSVILLE 129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED 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. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-300330- /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0004.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD 129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
11 follow-up statements
114 WWUS43 KARX 292247 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 447 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA... AND WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY BE EVEN A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS CHANGE OVER OCCURS. 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES FROM MEDFORD WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...ANY STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A FROZEN SLUSH LAYER ON AREA ROADWAYS. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-042-053- 300700- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA 447 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. * 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-300700- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0600Z-130131T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 447 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THIS CHANGE OVER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. * 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS PRECIPITATION TYPES...LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-029-032-300700- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.130130T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE 447 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED 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. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
819 WWUS43 KARX 300307 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 907 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...LOOK FOR SNOW TO MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT... .DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AS SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW TONIGHT WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT BUT WILL INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE ARE EXPECTED WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. THE SNOW SHOULD THEN QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR SOUTHEAST OF A CHARLES CITY IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA RECEIVING 2 TO 4 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-042-053- 301115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA 907 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-301115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0600Z-130131T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 907 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THIS CHANGE OVER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-029-032-301115- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE 907 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
415 WWUS43 KARX 300533 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1133 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INITIALLY...THIS SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...BUT IT WILL BECOME HEAVIER LATE TONIGHT. BY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTH OF INTERSTATE...THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH MORE THAN SOME FLURRIES OR A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED EAST OF AN OELWEIN IOWA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN LINE. ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THIS AREA SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. THE SNOW WILL MOVE OUT THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN LINE. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-042-053- 301345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...VIROQUA 1133 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-301345- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.130130T0600Z-130131T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1133 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-029-032-301345- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE 1133 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OR AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FROM THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME LINGERING WATER FREEZE TO CREATE SOME ICY SPOTS. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED 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. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
818 WWUS43 KARX 300857 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 257 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTING SOUTHEAST... .DRY AIR OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION HAS HELD OFF THE SNOW DURING THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...SNOW IS NOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. MOST OF THE SNOW WAS LIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES... THOUGH THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF HEAVIER SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A 1/2 MILE. EXPECT THE SNOW TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 6 AM...THUS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW FOR TODAY HAS SHIFTED A BIT TO THE SOUTHEAST. IT NOW APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THERE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN. EVEN LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO THE NORTHWEST...WITH ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN ONLY PICKING UP AN INCH OR TWO. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST...THE WINDS ARE STILL THE SAME...WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING FELT WITH MANY LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OBSERVING GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THE BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING FOR MORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. IAZ009-010-018-019-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ033-034-041-301700- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... WINONA...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 257 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY 6 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-301000- /O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-TAYLOR-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...MEDFORD 257 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 6 AM...BUT ACCUMULATIONS NOW LOOK LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. PLAN ON UP TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT. $$ IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-301700- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 257 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO DEVELOP BY 6 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA TO BOSCOBEL AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN. * EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ WIZ029-301700- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEILLSVILLE 257 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY 6 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED 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. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
760 WWUS43 KARX 301020 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 420 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTING SOUTHEAST...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .THE SNOW WAS FINALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAD REACHED INTO LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MASON CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND NECEDAH WISCONSIN LINE. MOST OF THE SNOW WAS LIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 2 MILES...THOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF HEAVIER SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A 1/2 MILE. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 6 AM...THUS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW FOR TODAY HAS SHIFTED A BIT TO THE SOUTHEAST. IT NOW APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THERE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREA...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN. EVEN LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO THE NORTHWEST...WITH ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN ONLY PICKING UP AN INCH OR TWO. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST...THE WINDS ARE STILL THE SAME. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MUCH THE AREA FOR THE LATER MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING FOR MORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TODAY AS THE SNOW STORM PASSES...AND HEAD BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ALONG AND WEST OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN A SECOND WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-301830- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 420 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON WHEN VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA TO BOSCOBEL AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN. * EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-301830- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 420 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY 6 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-301830- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 420 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-301830- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 420 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A 1/2 MILE. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RRS/AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
079 WWUS43 KARX 301217 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 617 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. AS OF 6 AM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY WERE UP TO 2 INCHES...HIGHEST SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WEST UNION IOWA TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN. VISIBILITIES WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 MILES...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW BEGINNING ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...IMPACTING THE COMMUTE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN...WHERE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THE FARTHER NORTHWEST YOU GO...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...AND ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING FOR MORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TODAY AS THE SNOW STORM PASSES...AND HEAD BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ALONG AND WEST OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN A SECOND WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-302030- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 617 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW FALLING BETWEEN NOW AND NOON. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STRAWBERRY POINT IOWA TO BOSCOBEL AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN. * EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-302030- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 617 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT SNOW THROUGH THE DAY...HEAVIEST THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE AT TIMES. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-302030- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 617 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A 1/2 MILE. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-302030- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 617 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
336 WWUS43 KARX 301345 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 745 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. AS OF 730 AM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...HIGHEST IN FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES. VISIBILITIES WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 MILES. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS SUCH AS CHARLES CITY AND OELWEIN IOWA...ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THE LA CROSSE RIDGE HAVE REPORTED VISIBILITIES OF A 1/2 MILE OR LESS...RESULTING FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. EXPECT THE SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...IMPACTING THE COMMUTE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN...WHERE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THE FARTHER NORTHWEST YOU GO... WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...AND ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN. PLAN ON THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF QUICKLY WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING FOR MORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THE BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TODAY AS THE SNOW STORM PASSES...AND HEAD BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ALONG AND WEST OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN A SECOND WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-302145- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 745 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW FALLING BETWEEN NOW AND NOON. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WEST UNION IOWA TO VIROQUA AND MAUSTON WISCONSIN. * EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-302145- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 745 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO A 1/4 MILE AT TIMES UNTIL 10 AM. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-302145- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 745 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A 1/2 MILE. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW...THEREFORE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IN ADDITION...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-302145- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 745 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
465 WWUS43 KARX 301523 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 923 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUES THIS MORNING... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. AS OF 9 AM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...HIGHEST ACROSS GRANT...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...AND ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES. VISIBILITIES WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN A MILE...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED IN CHARLES CITY IOWA. EXPECT THE SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING...HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMUTE TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN... WHERE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AREA EXPECTED THE FARTHER NORTHWEST YOU GO... WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...AND ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING THROUGH TODAY AS THE SNOW STORM PASSES. READING WILL HEAD BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ALONG AND WEST OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN A SECOND WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-302330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 923 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW FALLING BETWEEN NOW AND NOON. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 5 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA THROUGH VIROQUA AND TOMAH WISCONSIN. * EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-302330- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 923 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED LOCALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH NOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-302330- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 923 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A 1/4 MILE. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-302330- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 923 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
248 WWUS43 KARX 301746 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1146 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .RADAR TRENDS SHOWING A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHIFTING MORE INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS OF 11 AM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES... HIGHEST ACROSS ALLAMAKEE...FAYETTE... CLAYTON...GRANT...VERNON AND RICHLAND COUNTIES. VISIBILITIES CONTINUE TO BE SEVERELY REDUCED WHERE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS OCCURRING. SNOW RATES HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RANGE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA MAKING SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE ON A DIMINISHING TREND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA TO SPARTA WISCONSIN... WHERE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AREA EXPECTED THE FARTHER NORTHWEST YOU GO... WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE AND BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN... AND ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FROM ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING/FALLEN SNOW...LOOK FOR NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-310000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1146 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TAPERING OFF BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 6 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE IOWA THROUGH VIROQUA AND TOMAH WISCONSIN. * LOOK FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW RATES IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-310200- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 1146 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * EXPECT THE SNOW TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED LOCALLY BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH NOON. * LOOK FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-310000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 1146 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS...LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-310200- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1146 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
613 WWUS43 KARX 302057 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 257 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW A DIMINISHING TREND WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. AS OF 2 PM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING AREA RANGED FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. WITHIN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA...2 TO AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERHAPS ANOTHER INCH EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING/FALLEN SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH ARE PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING WITH READINGS HEADING BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ALONG AND WEST OF A WABASHA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA LINE. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN A SECOND WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-310000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 257 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS. * THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-310500- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 257 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. 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. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-310000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 257 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR A TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS. * THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-310500- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130131T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 257 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
370 WWUS43 KARX 302357 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 557 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA... ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WITH POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW. OTHERWISE...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS ALONG WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE FOR BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. IAZ011-029-030-WIZ042>044-053>055-061-310100- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...OELWEIN...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 557 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WITH POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ IAZ009-018-019-MNZ095-310800- /O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130201T1800Z/ HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON 557 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WITH POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW. * LOOK FOR WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ IAZ010-MNZ088-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-310100- /O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130131T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-WINONA-HOUSTON-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WINONA...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 557 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WITH POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-310800- /O.EXT.KARX.WC.Y.0004.130131T0600Z-130201T1800Z/ MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 557 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * THESE WIND CHILL VALUES COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...A WARM COAT AND APPROPRIATE SHOES OR BOOTS. && $$ DAS 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 29, 11:48 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 11:48 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1148 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
656 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
656 AM UPDATE...A COLD FRONT CROSSING SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS
ALLOWED VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE IN ITS WAKE. THUS THE DENSE FOG
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE. THE NORTHEAST IOWA PORTION OF
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS ON TRACK. ALSO SEEING SOME PATCHY
DENSE FOG ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN IN THE WAKE OF THE RAIN.
REGARDING RAIN CHANCES...A LOT OF THE RAIN HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE
EAST QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED. AS SUCH...HAVE LOWERED
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THIS MORNING. WILL STILL KEEP SOME 20-50
PERCENT CHANCES IN...THOUGH...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES.
PREVIOUS SHORT TERM DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 349 AM...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...-RA/-DZ AND FREEZING POTENTIAL
ON FROZEN GROUND SURFACES YET THIS MORNING...PASSING ARCTIC FRONT
AND SNOW POTENTIAL/AMOUNTS TONIGHT/WED...COLD TEMPS/WIND CHILLS BY
THU MORNING.
DATA ANALYSIS AT 06Z HAD LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST IA INTO KS...
LIFTING RATHER QUICKLY NORTHEAST. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS
CENTRAL IA INTO NORTHERN IL EAST OF THE LOW. IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE
TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE OF A GULF OF MEX AIRMASS WITH PW
VALUES NEAR ONE INCH NORTHWARD AND OVER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
PRODUCING RATHER WIDESPREAD SHRA AND TSRA OVER SOUTHEAST MN TO THE
KMKE-KCHI AREAS. AS MUCH AS AN INCH OF RAIN REPORTED IN CLAYTON/
GRANT COUNTIES AS THESE SHRA/TSRA MOVED THRU THAT AREA. FURTHER
WEST...DENSE FOG CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MN/NORTHEAST IA.
TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE LOW/WARM FRONT
LIFTED NORTH TOWARD THE AREA...HELPING TO LIMIT THE ICING/FREEZING
OF THE SHRA/TSRA RAINFALL.
29.00Z MODEL RUNS INITIALIZED WELL. HOWEVER THEY DIFFER ON THE
HANDLING OF THE SOUTHWEST CONUS SHORTWAVE ENERGY AS IT IS EJECTED
NORTHEAST TODAY THRU WED...AND RESULTING TIMING/IMPACTS ON THE
AREA IN THE FIRST 36-48HRS. TREND IS STRONGER/FURTHER WEST WITH THE
IMPACTS FROM THIS PASSING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DPROG/DT OF 500MB HGTS
AT 29.00Z SHOWED THE MODEL RUNS OF 27.00Z AND 28.00Z VERIFIED
REASONABLY WELL...TRENDING TOWARD A COMPROMISE OF THE EARLIER RUNS
WITH THE SOUTHWEST CONUS PORTION OF THE TROUGH. TREND FAVORS
STRONGER OF EARLIER RUNS WITH ENERGY DROPPING SOUTHEAST OVER BC.
IMPROVING CONSENSUS TODAY/TONIGHT AS THE SOUTHWEST TROUGH ENERGY
LIFTS NORTHEAST AND INTERACTS WITH THE STRONGER ENERGY DROPPING
SOUTHEAST OUT OF CAN. MORE PHASING INDICATED WITH THE SOUTHERN
PORTION LIFTING OUT STRONGER ON A MORE NORTHWEST TRACK. STRONGER OF
EARLIER MODELS BETTER...BUT NONE STRONG ENOUGH AT 12Z WED. TREND IS
STRONGER WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TO DROP ACROSS THE REGION
THU...BUT PLENTY OF TIMING DIFFERENCES. GOOD CONSENSUS FOR
STRONG/COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA BY THU NIGHT. NO ONE
MODEL WITH CLEARLY BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY GIVEN THE TRENDS
FOR TONIGHT/WED. CHECK OF OBS VS. MODEL DATA AT 06Z SHOWED MODELS
GOOD WITH THE SFC LOW/WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE REGION. GFS
LOOKED ABOUT 5F TOO HIGH WITH DEW POINTS IN THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE
WARM FRONT. BLEND OF THE MODELS LOOKED BEST WITH THE 00-06Z PRECIP
ACROSS THE REGION. WITH THE STRONGER/WESTWARD TREND OF THE MODELS
AND SOME DETAIL DIFFERENCES ALREADY TONIGHT...CONFIDENCE NOT AS HIGH
AS ONE WOULD LIKE THUS FAVORED THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE BLEND. SHORT TERM
FCST CONFIDENCE AVERAGE THIS CYCLE.
FOR THE SHORT TERM...VSBYS EAST OF THE MS RIVER MOSTLY IN THE
1 TO 6 MILE RANGE WITH DENSE FOG IN WESTERN WI QUITE ISOLATED. WILL
DROP WI PORTION OF THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WITH 4 AM PACKAGE. MOST
VSBYS WEST OF THE MS RIVER REMAIN BELOW A MILE WITH MANY 1/4 MILE OR
LESS. WILL CONTINUE THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MN/NORTHEAST IA. CONTINUE TO GET REPORTS OF GLAZING ON ROADS ACROSS
THE NORTH 1/3 OF THE FCST AREA...WITH FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY THRU
15Z THERE WELL TRENDED FOR NOW.
LOOKS LIKE 3 ROUNDS OF FORCING/LIFT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY THRU WED. FIRST ROUND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING
AS THE LEAD SFC-850MB LOW LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE
STRONG LOWER LEVEL THERMODYNAMIC FORCING AND STRONG MOISTURE
TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE. THIS EXITS THE AREA BY MID MORNING
WITH THE PASSING LOW DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING. HIGH TEMPS TO BE THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA WITH SOME FALLING TEMPS FOR THE AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL/WEST
PARTS OF THE FCST AREA. TEMPS STILL STAY WELL ABOVE NORMAL THOUGH.
NEXT ROUND OF FORCING...IN THE FORM OF STRONG 500-300MB PV
ADVECTION/DYNAMIC LIFT/ DIVERGENCE ALOFT SPREADS INTO THE FCST
AREA FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. MOISTURE NEAR/SOUTH OF
THE SFC-850MB FRONT/TROUGH IS LIFTED BACK NORTH OVER THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...INTO THE DEEPENING COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. AIRMASS
REMAINS WARM ENOUGH FOR -RA OVER THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE FCST THRU
THIS EVENING. X-SECTIONS/SOUNDINGS SHOW THE WARM LAYER ALOFT ERODES
THRU THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING OVER THE NORTHWEST 3/4 OF THE FCST
AREA...WITH THE EXPECTED PRECIP MIXING WITH/CHANGING TO SNOW DURING
THIS PERIOD.
WITH THE FURTHER WESTWARD TRACK/LIFTING OF THE SHORTWAVE NORTHEAST
AND OVERALL SLOWING OF THE TROUGH...THE SFC-850MB FRONT/TROUGH IS
SLOWED WITH RATHER STRONG 850-500MB FN CONVERGENCE SETTING UP
OVER THE AREA FOR LATER TONIGHT/WED MORNING. THIS AS THE SHORTWAVE
WITH STRONG DIVERGENCE ALOFT LIFTS PAST THE AREA. END RESULT IS
MODEL CONSENSUS NOW PRODUCES 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH PLUS OF PRECIP OVER THE
SOUTHEAST 2/3 OF THE FCST AREA TONIGHT THRU WED. AGAIN SOME TIMING/
PLACEMENT DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS BUT ALL RATHER CONSISTENT ON
THE AMOUNT. BY ABOUT 09Z WED WARM LAYER ALOFT IS ERODED OVER THE
ENTIRE FCST AREA WITH PRECIP AFTER 09Z WED ALL SNOW. MODEL CONSENSUS
NOW PRODUCES FROM 4 UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST 2/3
OF THE FCST AREA...PRECEDED BY -RA CHANGING TO -FZRA/PL. GIVEN THIS
COMBINATION AND NORTHWEST GRADIENT WINDS INCREASING INTO THE 15-25KT
RANGE GUSTING TO 25-30+ KTS FOR BLOWING/DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WILL
ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALONG/EAST OF A KCCY-KONA-NEILLSVILLE
WI LINE FOR TONIGHT/WED. DAY CREW WILL HAVE 29.12Z MODELS TO HELP
SORT OUT THE TIMING/PLACEMENT DETAILS OF ANY NEEDED ADVISORIES/
WARNINGS AS THIS STRONG MID LEVEL TROUGH/THIRD ROUND OF STRONG/DEEP
FORCING/LIFT PASSES. LOOKING AT LATEST WV IMAGERY...CONCERN IS
LATER MODEL RUNS MAY CONTINUE THE WESTWARD TRENDING SHIFT FOR
TONIGHT/WED.
MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXITS EAST OF THE AREA LATE WED AFTERNOON/WED
EVENING...WITH QUICK LOSS OF LIFT. LINGERED A SMALL -SN/FLURRY
CHANCE OVER THE NORTHEAST 1/3 OF THE FCST AREA WITH REMNANT SFC-
700MB MOISTURE/TROUGH AXIS AND CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINING OVER THE
AREA.
COLDER AIRMASS SPREADS INTO THE AREA FOR THU/THU NIGHT AS CANADIAN/
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH THRU THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
MID MS VALLEY. 925MB TEMPS FALL TO THE -18C TO -23C RANGE BY 12Z
THU THEN LOSE A FEW MORE DEGREES THRU 12Z FRI. WITH SOME NORTHWEST
GRADIENT WINDS OF 10-15KTS YET THU MORNING...WIND CHILLS AROUND 12Z
DROP INTO THE -15 TO -25 RANGE. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER LATE THU
NIGHT/FRI MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS
AROUND 12Z FRI LOOKING TO BE -20 TO -30. LOOKS LIKE WIND CHILL
ADVISORIES WILL BE NECESSARY FOR PART OR ALL OF THE AREA BOTH
MORNINGS.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY
349 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
GIVEN ALL THE SHORT-TERM CONCERNS...NOT A LOT OF TIME SPENT ON
DAYS 4-7. 29.00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT
FRI INTO SUN WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO WEST-
NORTHWEST AS THE EASTERN CONUS LONGWAVE TROUGHING MOVES EAST. AFTER
A COUPLE COLD DAYS THU/FRI...THE FLOW SHIFT ALLOWS FOR MORE WESTERLY
LOW FLOW/WARM ADVECTION TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. FRI/SAT/SUN A
GENERALLY DRY/QUIET PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING TO
NEAR/ABOVE NORMAL BY SUN. BY MON...MODELS AT ODDS ON THE DETAILS BUT
INDICATE A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.
SMALL -SN CHANCE ON MONDAY REASONABLE PER THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE
CONSENSUS. MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS DATA IN FCST GRIDS FOR DAYS 4-7
LOOKS WELL TRENDED AT THIS TIME WITH NO CHANGES MADE.
&&
.AVIATION...THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY
1147 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE COLD FRONT TO OUR
EAST. EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE TAF SITES FROM
THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY. AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
AT KLSE AND 2 TO 3 INCHES AT KRST. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN IFR
THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
TIGHTEN TONIGHT AND REMAIN TIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 15 TO 25 KNOT RANGE
BETWEEN 30.02Z AND 30.08Z. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 KNOTS
BETWEEN 30.08Z AND 30.14Z.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING
554 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAIN AND MELTING SNOW/ICE HAS RESULTED IN
RISES ON AREA STREAMS...PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE GROUND IS FROZEN
ALLOWING FOR MOSTLY RUN OFF. MOST RIVERS WERE LOW TO BEGIN
WITH...SO THE BULK OF THE STREAMS AND MAIN RIVERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE
THIS WATER. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE SMALLER STREAMS SUCH AS THE
PLATTE RIVER AT ROCKVILLE HAVE EXCEEDED THE LOCALLY DEFINED FLOOD
STAGE THERE. THE FLOW CLIMBED FROM AROUND 50 CFS TO ALMOST 3000
CFS. THE GRANT RIVER AT BURTON WAS ANOTHER THAT HAS CLIMBED
DRAMATICALLY. THUS...WE HAVE ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR CLAYTON AND GRANT COUNTIES.
WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITORING THE SMALLER STREAMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH PERIODS OF RAINFALL COMING THROUGH.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
1039 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WIZ029-033-034-041-042-053.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WIZ043-044-054-055-061.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MNZ088-095-096.
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR IAZ009>011-018-019-029.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR IAZ030.
&&
SHORT TERM...RRS
LONG TERM....RRS
AVIATION...BOYNEHazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 9:24 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 924 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ029-033-034-041>044- 053>055-061-301200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FILLMORE- FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND- TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 924 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER BRIEFLY TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THEN OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS PRECIPITATION TYPES MIXING WITH LINGERING WATER ON ROADS COULD MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL...WHICH COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING...MAY PRODUCE TOTALS UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AS WELL. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING... WITH 20 TO 30 BELOW WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRECIPITATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM TODAY REGARDING THE POSSIBLE WINTER STORM. IAZ008-MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ017-032-301200- BUFFALO-DODGE-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-TAYLOR-WABASHA- 924 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY UP TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH 20 TO 30 BELOW WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRECIPITATION REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM TODAY REGARDING THE POSSIBLE WINTER STORM. AJ/BOYNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 29, 7:43 AM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
743 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 AM FLOOD 1 N PLATTEVILLE 42.75N 90.48W
01/29/2013 GRANT WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER THE LITTLE
PLATTE RIVER BRIDGE
&&
ZTLocal storm report, Jan 29, 8:28 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
828 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FLOOD PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W
01/29/2013 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR
FEW REPORTS OF MINOR/MODERATE FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PART OF GRANT COUNTY. SEVERAL TOWN ROADS CLOSED
AND IMPASSABLE.
&&
ZTLocal storm report, Jan 29, 8:44 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
844 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0844 AM HEAVY RAIN LANCASTER 42.85N 90.71W
01/29/2013 M2.17 INCH GRANT WI PUBLIC
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ZTSpecial weather statement, Jan 29, 9:00 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-291800- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-GRANT-HOUSTON- JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-VERNON-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 900 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING... THROUGH NOON...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE SEEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WIZ029-032>034-291800- BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TREMPEALEAU- 900 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...ISOLATED ICY SPOTS AND PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING... THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAIN AND THE COLD GROUND HAVE PRODUCED ICY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG. THIS FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVELING THIS MORNING...INCLUDING FOR THE COMMUTE. BOYNE
Local storm report, Jan 29, 9:04 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
904 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNW HURRICANE 42.83N 90.79W
01/29/2013 M2.06 INCH GRANT WI COOP OBSERVER
REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LANW3
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S RICHLAND CENTER 43.32N 90.38W
01/29/2013 M1.06 INCH RICHLAND WI COOP OBSERVER
REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION RICW3
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ZTThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 4:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Clayton | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 8:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Clayton | 5 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:21 PM CST | Flood Watch | ARX | Grant | 5 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.