Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at May 1, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 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
- May 1, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:32 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 2 Ne Berne, MN | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 4:27 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Austin, MN | SNOW IS HEAVY AND WET. SLUSHY ROADS. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 4:40 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 3 E Byron, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 4:48 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Lake City, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 4:48 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Plainview, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 4:54 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Mantorville, MN | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 5:45 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 4 Se Douglas, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Alma, WI | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION ALMW3 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Grand Meadow, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION GMDM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 3 Ne Rochester, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 8487B SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:03 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Grand Meadow, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:27 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Rochester, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 W Simpson, MN | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:31 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 W Simpson, MN | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:37 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Austin, MN | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:38 AM CDT | SNOW 12.5 | 2 Ne Berne, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:46 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | 1 W Rochester, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 6:47 AM CDT | SNOW 7.7 | Oronoco, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.6 | 1 N Wabasha, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION WABM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7.4 | 2 N Viola, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION EGNM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | 4 N Stewartville, MN | REPORTED AT ASOS STATION RST SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 2 Se Mantorville, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 8662S SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9.6 | 2 Sw Genoa, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION BYRM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 1 S Austin, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION ASTM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 10.8 | 3 W Rochester, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 3008O SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 12.1 | 4 W Simpson, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION RSRM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 12.8 | 2 Sse Claremont, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 3394B SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 15.4 | 1 Wnw Dodge Center, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION DDGM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 17 Se Red Wing, MN | |
| May 2, 7:02 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | 4 W Simpson, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:13 AM CDT | SNOW 12.5 | 2 Sse Claremont, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:17 AM CDT | SNOW 13 | Kasson, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 6.2 | 1 Sse Theilman, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION THLM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 10.5 | 4 Ssw Zumbro Falls, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 1976B SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:40 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 2 Sw Austin, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 7:52 AM CDT | SNOW 13.5 | Kasson, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 1 S Lake City, MN | REPORTED AT COOP OBSERVER STATION LAKM5 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:08 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | Oak Center, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:20 AM CDT | SNOW 9.8 | 3 Ne Salem Corners, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:37 AM CDT | SNOW 14.5 | Kasson, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:38 AM CDT | SNOW 9.1 | Oronoco, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:38 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 1 Nw Rochester, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:55 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 2sw Austin, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 8:56 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Brownsdale, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:12 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Kellogg, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:28 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | 1 W Oronoco, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:29 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 5 Nnw Genoa, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:31 AM CDT | SNOW 9.5 | 1 Se Rochester, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:50 AM CDT | SNOW 14 | 7 Wsw Hayfield, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:53 AM CDT | SNOW 14 | 2 N Oronoco, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 9:57 AM CDT | SNOW 15.5 | 2 Nw Rochester, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 11.3 | 4 Wsw Ringe, MN | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 0178B SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:20 AM CDT | SNOW 13 | 2 Ne Berne, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:22 AM CDT | SNOW 8.5 | 1 Sse Adams, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:26 AM CDT | SNOW 11.5 | Oronoco, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:40 AM CDT | SNOW 12.5 | 1 S Maple Springs, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 10:50 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | Nelson, WI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 11:11 AM CDT | SNOW 11.5 | Eyota, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 11:35 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Plainview, MN | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| May 2, 11:43 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 5 S Kellogg, MN | 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS43 KARX 012024 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 324 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...SNOW MOVING IN TONIGHT... .A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST RUNNING BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ADVANCE EAST THIS EVENING...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE BECOMING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST AN AUSTIN MINNESOTA TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN LINE. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES...BUT THE SNOW SHOULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH AT TIMES TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-020430- /O.UPG.KARX.WW.Y.0020.130502T0300Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 324 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW MOVES IN TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIX THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES...MOSTLY ON GRASSY...COLD SURFACES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-020430- /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 324 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * SNOW MOVES IN EARLY THURSDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
14 follow-up statements
904 WWUS43 KARX 012351 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 651 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RARE MAY SNOWSTORM MOVING IN... .AN INTENSE BAND OF PRECIPITATION IS WORKING ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION STRETCHING FROM NEAR LAKE CITY MINNESOTA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MASON CITY IOWA. A SURFACE ANALYSIS COMBINED WITH DUAL POL INTERROGATION SUGGESTS THAT THE LEADING NARROW EDGE OF PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS RAIN...BUT QUICKLY TURNS TO SNOW. SNOW IS BEING REPORTED IN DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA AND POINTS NORTH AND WEST. VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS IN THE SNOW BAND...WITH REPORTS OF SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS ON I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PLAN ON THIS RAIN AND SNOW BAND TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT...REACHING LOCATIONS LIKE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...AND CHARLES CITY IOWA BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. THE RAIN/SNOW BAND WILL MAKE IT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA...TO WABASHA...LAKE CITY...THEN TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES...BUT THE SNOW SHOULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH AT TIMES TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-020800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 651 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SNOW BAND MOVES EAST TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIX THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...MOSTLY ON GRASSY...COLD SURFACES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED DURING THE OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-020800- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 651 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SNOW ARRIVES OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ ZT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
441 WWUS43 KARX 020234 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 934 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A BAND OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM NEAR EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST THROUGH ROCHESTER...DODGE CENTER...AUSTIN MINNESOTA...AND INTO MUCH OF IOWA. PRECIPITATION TYPES HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON RATE AND LOCATION...WITH THE LEADING EDGE BEING MOSTLY A RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS STILL FOUND FROM ALBERT LEA...TO DODGE CENTER...AND RED WING. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. HOWEVER...AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS OVERNIGHT...PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO RAMP UP CONSIDERABLY. SOME EVIDENCE OF THIS IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN CENTRAL IOWA...WHERE RADAR REFLECTIVITY HAS SPIKED UP IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT. BY MIDNIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL SLOWLY SAG INTO THE REGION AND RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...AS SNOW RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SPOTS. OBSERVATIONS SHOW ROAD TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUICKLY COVERED ROADS...AND THE WET SLUSH WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. ACROSS DODGE COUNTY...THE QUICK SNOWFALL ALREADY HAS LED TO ACCIDENTS AND SLUSHY ROADWAYS. THE TIMING OF THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL /OVERNIGHT/ WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA...TO NEAR ROCHESTER...WABASHA...LAKE CITY...THEN TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-021045- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 934 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIX THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...MOSTLY ON GRASSY...COLD SURFACES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED DURING THE OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-021045- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 934 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SNOW BEGINS OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ ZT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
935 WWUS43 KARX 020431 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1131 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A BAND OF PRECIPITATION REMAINED ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO MUCH OF WESTERN IOWA. THE BAND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY EAST TO WEST BUT HEAVIER AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE BAND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BAND REMAINED MOSTLY RAIN...FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ROCHESTER AND MASON CITY. JUST WEST OF THESE LOCATIONS THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY SNOW...WITH SOME POCKETS OF SLEET IN THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DEEPEN IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSITY AND THE BAND WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST. THIS IS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER IOWA...WITH SOME THUNDER-SNOW INTO NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA. THIS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION THIS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL SLOWLY SAG INTO THE REGION AND RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW WEST OF CHARLES CITY IOWA TO WINONA MINNESOTA AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...AS SNOW RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SPOTS. OBSERVATIONS SHOW ROAD TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN QUICKLY COVERED ROADS...AND THE WET SLUSH WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TIMING OF THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL /OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING/ WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA...TO NEAR ROCHESTER...WABASHA...LAKE CITY...THEN TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-021245- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1131 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIX THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...MOSTLY ON GRASSY...COLD SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED DURING THE OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-021245- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130502T0600Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 1131 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SNOW BEGINS OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
573 WWUS43 KARX 020724 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 224 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING... .A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MAINLY PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW APPEARS TO BE FALLING MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SAINT ANSGAR IOWA...TO ORONOCO MINNESOTA...TO MAXVILLE WISCONSIN. EAST OF THIS AREA...EITHER A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OR ALL RAIN WAS FALLING. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME SLEET IN THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH ABOUT 4 AM AND THEN START TO SHIFT EASTWARD. AS THE BAND SHIFTS EAST...LOOK FOR THE AREA OF SNOW TO ALSO SHIFT EAST. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING...AS SNOW RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SPOTS. OBSERVATIONS SHOW ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE LOWER 30S WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADS. THE SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA...TO NEAR ROCHESTER...WABASHA...LAKE CITY...THEN TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-021530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 224 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MOWER...OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES AND ALL OF DODGE COUNTY. THE RAIN OR MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...MOSTLY ON GRASSY...COLD SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED DURING FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-021530- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 224 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BEFORE SUNRISE AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
921 WWUS43 KARX 020951 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 451 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE REGION... .REPORTS OUT OF DODGE COUNTY MINNESOTA INDICATE UP TO 9 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS HAS CAUSED SOME POWER OUTAGES TO OCCUR. OTHER REPORTS INDICATE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF MOWER AND OLMSTED COUNTIES WITH ROADS EITHER SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY WITH VERY SLOW TRAVEL. A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SUMNER AND DECORAH IOWA TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. EAST OF THIS AREA...EITHER A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OR ALL RAIN WAS FALLING. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITHIN THIS BAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING...AS SNOW RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SPOTS. OBSERVATIONS SHOW ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE LOWER 30S WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADS. THE SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA...TO NEAR ROCHESTER...WABASHA...LAKE CITY...THEN TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-021800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 451 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. SOME OF THIS SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-021800- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 451 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
268 WWUS43 KARX 021150 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 650 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT IN DODGE COUNTY... .RECENT REPORTS OUT EASTERN DODGE COUNTY INDICATE A FOOT OF SNOW HAS FALLEN TO THE SOUTHWEST OF PINE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM OLMSTED AND MOWER COUNTIES IN THE ROCHESTER AND AUSTIN AREAS. THE WET HEAVY SNOW HAS KNOCKED OUT THE POWER ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN DODGE COUNTY. ROADS ARE COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED OR HAVE A DEEP LAYER OF SLUSH WHERE THE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT AS HEAVY. A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN IOWA TO MONDOVI WISCONSIN. EAST OF THIS AREA...EITHER A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OR ALL RAIN WAS FALLING. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITHIN THIS BAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-022000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 650 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. SOME OF THIS SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EXPECT A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-022000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 650 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
074 WWUS43 KARX 021328 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 828 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 15 INCHES IN DODGE COUNTY WITH SNOW STILL FALLING... .SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...WITH OVER 15 INCHES ALREADY IN DODGE CENTER. THE WET HEAVY SNOW HAS KNOCKED OUT THE POWER ACROSS PARTS OF DODGE COUNTY. ROADS ARE COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED OR HAVE A DEEP LAYER OF SLUSH WHERE THE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT AS HEAVY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...PERSISTS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN IOWA TO WINONA MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI WISCONSIN. EAST OF THIS AREA...EITHER A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OR ALL RAIN WAS FALLING. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITHIN THIS BAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...HEAVIEST ACROSS DODGE COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-022130- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 828 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EXPECT THE HEAVY WET SNOW TO CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. * MANY ROADS WILL BE EITHER SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-022130- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 828 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
702 WWUS43 KARX 021354 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 854 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE HAS SPREAD FARTHER EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN AND IOWA... .SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...WITH OVER 15 INCHES ALREADY IN DODGE CENTER. FARTHER EAST...REPORTS OF SLUSH DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET HAVE OCCURRED NEAR HOLMEN WISCONSIN AND NORTH OF DECORAH IOWA. THE WET HEAVY SNOW HAS KNOCKED OUT THE POWER ACROSS PARTS OF DODGE COUNTY. ROADS ARE COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED OR HAVE A DEEP LAYER OF SLUSH WHERE THE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT AS HEAVY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A BAND OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...PERSISTS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN IOWA TO WINONA MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI WISCONSIN. EAST OF THIS AREA...EITHER A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OR ALL RAIN WAS FALLING. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITHIN THIS BAND WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...HEAVIEST ACROSS DODGE COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-022200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 854 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EXPECT THE HEAVY WET SNOW TO CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. * MANY ROADS WILL BE EITHER SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ IAZ010-019-029-MNZ096-WIZ029-034-041-022200- /O.EXA.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-CLARK-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE 854 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN THIS MORNING TO TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-033-022200- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...WINONA...MEDFORD 854 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. 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
014 WWUS43 KARX 021513 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1013 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...PRECIPITATION RATES SLOWLY DIMINISHING... .A BAND OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN PERSISTS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN AND DECORAH IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH... ALLOWING VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO IMPROVE TO 1/2 MILE OR HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 15 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...HIGHEST ACROSS OLMSTED...MOWER AND DODGE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. MUCH OF THIS SNOW HAS BEEN WET AND HEAVY...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ADDITIONALLY...THE SNOW HAS PRODUCED SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PLAN ON THE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST ACROSS MOWER...OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-022315- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1013 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...MIXING WITH RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EXPECT THE HEAVY WET SNOW TO CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. * MANY ROADS WILL BE EITHER SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. 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>010-018-019-029-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ017-029-033-034-041- 022315- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... OELWEIN...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE 1013 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY THIS MORNING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. 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. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
499 WWUS43 KARX 021554 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1054 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...PRECIPITATION RATES SLOWLY DIMINISHING... .A BAND OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN PERSISTS WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN AND DECORAH IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DIMINISH... ALLOWING VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO IMPROVE TO 1/2 MILE OR HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 15 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...HIGHEST ACROSS OLMSTED...MOWER AND DODGE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS WET AND HEAVY SNOW AND BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ADDITIONALLY...THE SNOW HAS PRODUCED SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PLAN ON THE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST ACROSS MOWER...OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES. IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ034-041-021700- /O.CAN.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LA CROSSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE 1054 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES...WHICH HELPED PRODUCE UPWARDS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLUSHY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND HOLMEN WISCONSIN AND NORTH OF DECORAH IOWA...HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED AND SHIFTED TO THE WEST. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR SNOW...TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. $$ MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-030000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1054 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...MIXING WITH RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY...WET SNOW AND BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS TO CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. * MANY ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-029-033-030000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK- TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 1054 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...MOSTLY ON COLD...GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
041 WWUS43 KARX 021730 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1230 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN PERSISTS WEST OF A LINE FROM OELWEIN AND DECORAH IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN. THE INTENSITY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DIMINISH... ALLOWING VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO IMPROVE TO 1/2 MILE OR HIGHER. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 15 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...HIGHEST ACROSS OLMSTED...MOWER...DODGE AND WABASHA COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION OF THIS WET AND HEAVY SNOW AND BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ADDITIONALLY...THE SNOW HAS PRODUCED SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. PLAN ON THE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST ACROSS MOWER...OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-030000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1230 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...HIGHEST FROM GRAND MEADOW TO PRESTON...EYOTA...KELLOGG AND MONDOVI. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 18 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY...WET SNOW AND BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. * MANY ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-029-033-030000- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK- TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 1230 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * EXPECT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF ACCUMULATION...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES...HIGHEST FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ST CHARLES MINNESOTA...ARCADIA AND JUMP RIVER WISCONSIN. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
485 WWUS43 KARX 021925 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 225 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... .ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS WINDING DOWN...A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA. SO FAR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. DRIVING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TRICKY AT TIMES WITH SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-030330- /O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130503T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 225 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS WINDING DOWN...LOOK FOR LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AT 7 PM. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-029-033-030330- /O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK- TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 225 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * LOOK FOR RAIN TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONLY ON EXPOSED SURFACE SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAR WINDOWS. * SOME ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
286 WWUS43 KARX 022141 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 441 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW IS GOING TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW FALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR STARTS TO RETURN TO THE AREA. SO FAR THROUGH TODAY...SNOW AMOUNTS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH UP TO 9 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTH-CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. DRIVING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS AT TIMES WITH SLUSH AND SNOW CONTINUING TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS THIS EVENING...AND SNOW REMAINING ON ANY UNPLOWED ROADS FROM THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EARLIER TODAY. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-030545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130503T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 441 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * LIGHTER TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AT 7 PM. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-029-033-030545- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK- TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 441 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * LOOK FOR RAIN TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONLY ON EXPOSED SURFACE SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES. * SOME ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
036 WWUS43 KARX 022356 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 656 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...SNOW AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT BAND OF LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW IS GOING TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW FALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR RETURNS TO THE AREA. SO FAR THROUGH TODAY...SNOW AMOUNTS OF UP TO 16 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH UP TO 9 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTH-CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. DRIVING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS AT TIMES WITH SLUSH AND SNOW CONTINUING TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS THIS EVENING...AND SNOW REMAINING ON ANY UNPLOWED ROADS FROM THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EARLIER TODAY. MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-030800- /O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.130503T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 656 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LIGHTER TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-029-033-030800- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WINONA-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK- TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 656 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * LOOK FOR RAIN TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...MOSTLY ON COLD... GRASSY SURFACES AND BRIDGE DECKS. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONLY ON EXPOSED SURFACE SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES. * SOME ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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 May 1, 3:12 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:12 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
312 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 312 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
GLARING RADAR MOSAIC SHOWING A VERY TIGHT/VIGOROUS FRONTOGENETICALLY
DRIVEN SNOW BAND EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST THROUGH
WESTERN IA...MN AND NORTHWEST WI. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO LOCALLY 6
INCH RANGE WERE REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWESTERN IA/EASTERN
NEB. LATEST WATER VAPOR/RAP 500MB ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEP MID-LEVEL
TROUGH AXIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW BAND EXTENDING FROM THE
DAKOTAS INTO THE 4-CORNERS AREA. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
AREA RANGED WILDLY FROM THE LOW/MID 40S ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MN AND NORTHEAST IA UNDER AN OVERCAST SKY...TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS
FAR SOUTHWEST WI UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
MODELS SHOWING MID-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING VERY LITTLE BUT UNDERGOING
SOME DEEPENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS BUDGES STRONG 700-500MB
FRONTOGENESIS INTO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA. INITIALLY
LOOKING AT RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX MOVING IN THIS EVENING...THEN
SWITCHING OVER TO MOSTLY ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH DYNAMIC
COOLING THROUGH THE COLUMN NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTH CENTRAL WI
INTO SOUTHEAST MN...AND THROUGH CHARLES CITY IA IN NORTHEAST IA.
APPEARS THIS FRONTOGENESIS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKENS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO...MODERATE
TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL LOOKS TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN MIXING WITH
OR CHANGING TO RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND
FRONTOGENESIS WEAKENS. MAINLY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA. APPEARS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...3 TO AS MUCH AS 9
INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IA/SOUTHEAST WI INTO NORTH CENTRAL WI...MAINLY ON THE GRASSY
SURFACES. THIS WILL ALSO LIKELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE THURSDAY
MORNING COMMUTE AS WELL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND
SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADWAYS ACROSS THIS AREA. AS A
RESULT...HAVE RE-ARRANGED/UPGRADED HEADLINES IN SOME CASES TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS. SEE THE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SECTION BELOW FOR
DETAILS.
OTHERWISE AND OBVIOUSLY...TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE
UNSEASONABLY COLD WITH HIGHS ONLY TOPPING OFF IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO
THE MIDDLE 40S...WHICH IS SOME 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 312 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLY A
COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IA/SOUTHEAST MN/NORTH CENTRAL WI. WILL HAVE TO ASSESS OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT/TOMORROW THE NEED TO POSSIBLY EXTEND THE CURRENT HEADLINES
IF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WI THAT MAY
NECESSITATE CONTINUED HEADLINES. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR RAIN
CONTINUING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WARMER.
FOR FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND...MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
THAT A CLOSED LOW WILL DEVELOP SOMEWHERE ACROSS MO/IA/SOUTHERN IL WITH
A MOIST/WARMER FETCH OF AIR INTO THE AREA FOR THE CONTINUED LIKELIHOOD
OF RAINFALL AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHS FRIDAY EXPECTED TO BE
IN THE 40S...MID 40S TO MID 50S ON SATURDAY...AND IN THE 50S SUNDAY.
REST OF THE LONG TERM MARKED WITH UNCERTAINTY AS THE FLOW TRIES TO
CORRECT ITSELF BEHIND THE DEPARTING CLOSED LOW. THEREFORE...WILL BE
GOING WITH LOW-END RAIN CHANCES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY AND FINALLY
DRY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON AMOUNT OF CLOUD
COVER AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION. RIGHT NOW...TOOK THE MODEL
CONSENSUS FOR HIGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHICH GIVES US 60S OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED
AT 1145 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
DEFORMATION/FRONTOGENETIC BAND OF PCPN WILL CREEP IN FROM THE WEST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL FORCING HANGING
AROUND THROUGH MUCH OF THU. COULD START OUT AS -RASN AT KRST...BUT
WOULD QUICKLY SWITCH OVER TO -SN. THE STRONG FORCING COULD RESULT IN
INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD OVERCOME THE
WARMER PAVEMENT RESULTING IN SOME ACCUMULATIONS. THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON THE COLDER/GRASSY SFCS. AT KLSE BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS POINT TO A WARMER COLUMN...AND THUS -RA WILL BE THE MAIN
PCPN TYPE. CIGS WILL BE MVFR/IFR...AND HOLD THERE THROUGH THU.
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL THE KEEP THE WINDS UP FROM THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST THROUGH THU.
THE WET MVFR/IFR PERIOD WILL CONTINUE THU NIGHT/FRI AS THE
NORTH-SOUTH RUNNING DEFORMATION LINES UP ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 312 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013
VERY WET PERIOD FOR THE AREA SHAPING UP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
INCLUDING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. LOOKS LIKE COMBINED
SNOW/RAIN COULD PRODUCE 1.25 TO 3.00 INCHES OF QPF OVER THE REGION
FROM TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...HEAVIEST ACROSS SECTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHEAST MN...INTO WEST CENTRAL WI. COMBINED
SNOWMELT/RAINFALL HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT
WITHIN BANK RISES WITH SOME TRIBUTARIES/STREAMS/RIVER POSSIBLY
PUSHING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
WIZ017-033.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIZ032.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
MNZ088-095.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR MNZ079-
086-087-094.
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
IAZ008-009-018.
&&
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM...DAS
AVIATION...RIECK
HYDROLOGY...DASHazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 550 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 MNZ079-086-087-094-WIZ032-021100- BUFFALO-DODGE-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA- 550 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS WHICH COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUSH LIQUID ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS INTO THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL IMPACT RIVER LEVELS AND ELEVATE THE THREAT OF SOME FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW REPORTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ088-095-WIZ017-021100- CHICKASAW-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-TAYLOR-WINONA- 550 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EITHER LATE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE UP TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES...BUT SOME ROADS COULD BE SNOW COVERED FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUSH LIQUID ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS INTO THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL IMPACT RIVER LEVELS AND ELEVATE THE THREAT OF SOME FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW REPORTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ029-033-034-041>044-053>055-061-021100- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-GRANT-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WINNESHIEK- 550 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT RIVER LEVELS AND ELEVATE THE THREAT OF SOME FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAINFALL REPORTS THROUGH FRIDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 11 hr |
| May 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 45 hr |
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Sources
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