Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 26, 2013, 3:01 PM CST for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 27, 2013, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 23 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2013, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2013, 11:38 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 27, 7:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Britt, IA | ROADS NOW VERY SLICK AROUND THE AREA. HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME WALKING ON SIDEWALK. |
| Jan 27, 11:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.17 | 2 Sse Waterloo, IA | BRANCHES ON FIR TREES STARTING TO SAG. ICE ALSO NOTED ON POWER LINES. ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Jan 27, 11:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Mason City, IA | CITY STREETS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE ON. MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE CITY. SANDERS AND PLOWS ALSO HAVING TROUBLE MAINTAINING TRACTION ON ROADS. AREA OFFICIALS ADVISING NO TRAVEL. |
| Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Clear Lake, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Garner, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 27, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Grafton, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 27, 12:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Eagle Grove, IA | TEMPS NEAR 32F. ICE STARTING TO MELT. ROADS STILL 90 PERCENT ICE COVERED. |
| Jan 27, 12:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Mason City, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 27, 12:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Waterloo, IA | ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Jan 27, 1:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Iowa Falls, IA | ONE TENTH OF A INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCUMULATION. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 27, 2:04 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 2 Nnw Buckeye, IA | |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 Wnw Parkersburg, IA | ICE ACCUMULATION 0.25 INCH WITH TOTAL PRECIPITATION 0.34 INCH MEASURED. |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.45 | Se Grafton, IA | PHOTOS DEPICTING RULER MEASURING 0.40 TO 0.50 INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON SMALL BRANCHES. |
| Jan 27, 4:41 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Allison, IA | ESTIMATES BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.3 INCH OF ICE. |
| Jan 27, 5:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Grafton, IA | UPDATE FROM PREVIOUS REPORT...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 27, 6:39 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Garner, IA | COUNTY AND GRAVEL ROADS REMAIN VERY ICY. STILL RECEIVING FREEZING DRIZZLE/MIST. |
| Jan 27, 6:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Forest City, IA | 1/4 TO 1/3 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL THROUGHOUT HANCOCK COUNTY. |
| Jan 27, 6:52 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Clarion, IA | 1/4 TO 3/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL ACROSS WRIGHT COUNTY. COUNTY AND GRAVEL ROADS COMPLETELY COVERED AND VERY SLICK. STILL RECEIVING SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. FROM IDOT |
| Jan 27, 6:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Allison, IA | ESTIMATES BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.3 INCH OF ICE. |
| Jan 27, 6:59 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Waverly, IA | ESTIMATES OF 0.1 TO 0.2 INCH OF ICE. |
| Jan 27, 7:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Hampton, IA | AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE ACCRUAL ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY. |
| Jan 27, 7:14 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Waterloo, IA | ESTIMATES 0.3 INCH OF ICE. |
| Jan 27, 7:22 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Grundy Center, IA | ESTIMATES 0.3 INCH OF ICE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WWUS43 KDMX 262101 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR IOWA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE ROCKIES TODAY AND SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE CORN BELT ON SUNDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEGINNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LOOK TO PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST IOWA. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-270515- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN AFTER 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER INCH IS LIKELY WITH THE POTENTIAL OF UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ049-062-270515- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T0900Z-130127T2100Z/ MARSHALL-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALLTOWN...GRINNELL 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS LIKELY WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED INTO THE ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ050-270515- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T1200Z-130127T2100Z/ TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOLEDO 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS LIKELY WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED INTO THE ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO SOME BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ023-024-033>036-044>048-057>061-072>075-083>086-094>097-270515- /O.EXT.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T0900Z-130127T2100Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON... CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING TRENDS...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT BETWEEN 300 AM TO 600 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. SPOTTY AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-270515- /O.EXT.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T1200Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AROUND 6 AM OR SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS LIKELY WITH SOME LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED INTO THE ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KLP
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121 WWUS43 KDMX 270304 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 904 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR IOWA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN INTO CENTRAL IOWA...BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE SPREADING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LOOK TO PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL INTO TO NORTHEAST IOWA. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271030- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 904 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN AFTER 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY WITH UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ023-024-033>036-044>049-057>062-072>075-083>086-094>097-271030- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T0900Z-130127T2100Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 904 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING TRENDS...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 300 AM AND 600 AM SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-050-271030- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T1200Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... TOLEDO 904 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BEERENDS
811 WWUS43 KDMX 270956 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR IOWA... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WARMTH ALOFT WILL PUSH INTO IOWA TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN KANSAS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BY 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF WATERLOO AND MASON CITY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ023-024-033>036-044>049-057>062-072>075-083>086-094>097-271800- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA BY 9 AM. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TAMA TO FORT DODGE. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM...PROLONGING THE THREAT OF SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-050-271800- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T1200Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... TOLEDO 356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JUNGBLUTH
805 WWUS43 KDMX 271311 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OVER IOWA... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WARMTH ALOFT WILL PUSH INTO IOWA TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN KANSAS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-272115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SOME SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS JUST OVER THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF WATERLOO AND MASON CITY...BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SLEET APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-044>050-057>062-072>075-083>086- 094>097-272100- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT BY MID MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY NOON FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TAMA TO FORT DODGE. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS UP TO TWO TENTHS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLICK SINCE GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING... BUT THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM...PROLONGING THE THREAT OF SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JUNGBLUTH
825 WWUS43 KDMX 271615 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1015 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OVER IOWA... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WARMTH ALOFT WILL PUSH INTO IOWA TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN KANSAS. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271930- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 1015 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH SLEET MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHERN IOWA AT TIMES...ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR IF AT ALL. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * IMPACTS...MANY ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK IN SPOTS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE WATERLOO AND CEDAR FALLS AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-044>050-057>062-072>075-083>086- 094>097-271930- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1015 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING TRENDS...INTERMITTENT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING PRIMARILY TO ALL RAIN...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TAMA TO FORT DODGE. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND ICY THROUGH MIDDAY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM FURTHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMALL
137 WWUS43 KDMX 271900 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...ICING CONTINUES OVER IOWA... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA TODAY AHEAD OF PLAINS LOW PRESSURE. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THE EVENING. IAZ044-045-057>059-072-073-083-084-094-095-272000- /O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-MADISON-WARREN-CLARKE- LUCAS-DECATUR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...LEON...CORYDON 100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. AIR AND ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-272130- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...BUT STILL SUFFICIENT TO KEEP MANY ROADS SLICK AND ICY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...MANY ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND VERY SLICK IN SPOTS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE WATERLOO AND CEDAR FALLS AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE...IN THIS CASE ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-046>050-060>062-074-075-085-086- 096-097-272100- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...BUT STILL SUFFICIENT TO KEEP MANY ROADS SLICK AND ICY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND ICY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM FURTHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMALL
928 WWUS43 KDMX 272052 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...ICY CONDITIONS PERSIST INTO THE EVENING... .MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA THIS EVENING AHEAD OF PLAINS LOW PRESSURE. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE APPRECIABLE...CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN IOWA MAY SEE LITTLE IMPROVEMENT. IAZ033-034-046-047-060>062-074-075-085-086-096-097-272200- /O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-GREENE-BOONE-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA- MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...JEFFERSON... BOONE...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...AIR AND ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS AND NO ADDITIONAL ICING. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-280030- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ONLY A FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT MOST THIS EVENING DURING INTERMITTENT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. HOWEVER CONDITIONS WILL SHOW LITTLE IMPROVEMENT WITH AREAS OF FOG AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH SUNSET...BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND SLICK IN SPOTS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK AS WINDS DIMINISH...BUT THE ICE AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN A FEW BRANCHES AND POWER LINES THROUGH THAT TIME RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE...IN THIS CASE ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-035-036-048>050-280030- /O.EXT.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...CONDITIONS WILL SHOW LITTLE IMPROVEMENT INTO THE EVENING. INTERMITTENT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE WITH AREAS OF FOG AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND ICY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMALL
856 WWUS43 KDMX 280145 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 745 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...ICY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING... .MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE PLAINS. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO NOT ACCUMULATED...BUT THE CURRENT ICY CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE MUCH AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-280600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 745 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ONLY AN ADDITIONAL FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. MOST AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR MIST AND DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO A DECREASE IN VISIBILITY. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ICY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. THE COMBINATION OF THE ICE AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN A FEW WEAKER BRANCHES AND POWER LINES THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE...IN THIS CASE ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IAZ004-005-015-023-024-035-036-048>050-280300- /O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 745 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...THERE WILL BE VERY MINIMAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE ICE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. INTERMITTENT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR AS WELL AS WITH SOME AREAS OF FOG. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND ICY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KLP
558 WWUS43 KDMX 280258 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 858 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...ICY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING... .MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE PLAINS. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO NOT ACCUMULATED...BUT THE CURRENT ICY CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE MUCH AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-035-036-048>050-280400- /O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 858 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OR WILL COME TO AN END THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES HAVE GENERALLY WARMED TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE...THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THERE WILL STILL BE SLICK ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY COUNTY AND GRAVEL ROADS. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-280600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 858 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...ONLY AN ADDITIONAL FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. MOST AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR MIST AND DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO A DECREASE IN VISIBILITY. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ICY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...MANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. THE COMBINATION OF THE ICE AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN A FEW WEAKER BRANCHES AND POWER LINES THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE...IN THIS CASE ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
256 WWUS43 KDMX 280538 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1138 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE COMING TO AN END... .THE BULK OF THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED WITH ONLY A FEW PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK AND ROADS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN ICE COVERED AND SLICK. IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-280645- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0600Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 1138 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND UNTREATED ROADS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN VERY SLICK AND ICE COVERED. HOWEVER...NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KLP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 26, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1149 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 .UPDATE... MORNING UPDATE INCLUDED ONLY MINOR TEMP CHANGES TO LOWER AFTERNOON HIGHS A TAD SOUTH. REBOUND NOT OCCURRING AS FAST AS GUIDANCE DEPICTED. NO CHANGES TO WINTER STORM FORECAST OR HEADLINES AS OF YET. ADDED 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. && .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... QUIET WEATHER TODAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER MN MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. RETURN SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE WEST...ALLOWING FOR BEST MIXING AND WARMEST TEMPERATURES THERE. EVEN THOUGH 850 MB TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL ABOVE FREEZING...THERE WILL STILL BE A SUBSTANTIAL INVERSION ESPECIALLY UP AROUND MASON CITY AND WATERLOO. THAT SAID...BUMPED TEMPERATURES UP A FEW DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST DUE TO RECENT TRENDS OVER DRY BARE GROUND. SOME HIGH CLOUDS...AND EVEN MID CLOUDS IN NORTHERN IOWA...ARE LIKELY AS WEAK SHORT WAVE ALOFT NOW EXTENDING FROM WY INTO NEBRASKA MIGRATES EAST ACROSS THE FLAT RIDGE. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL TAKE OVER. A COMPLICATED SITUATION AS THE SYSTEM IS NOT COMING OUT IN ONE WHOLE PIECE. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS WITH THE WAA. COLD AIR PENETRATION WAS SHALLOW AT BEST THIS MORNING AND AS WINDS SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTH TEMPS ALOFT WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING QUICKLY. SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DEEP WARM LAYER OVER MUCH OF IOWA. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD. NORTHERN IA MAY HAVE MORE OF A MIX OF ICE PELLETS WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. THINKING NOW IS THAT PRECIP WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST IA TOWARD 09Z AND WILL BE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF BY 12Z. EXPECT TO SEE IT OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE CWA BY 15Z. WILL GO WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 1/4+ INCHES OF ICE. SOUTHWEST OF THAT WILL HOIST A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. MUCH OF THE PRECIP WILL BE OUT OF THE STATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. LINGERING PRECIP EXPECTED OVER NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IN INTO THE STATE MON...LEAVING IT AS A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE LOW FROM THE ROCKIES WILL PUSH OUT FOR TUE BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PRECIP. THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MOSTLY SNOW OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. THE FREEZING PRECIP POSSIBILITIES ARE MUCH LESS WITH THE SECOND PART OF THIS SYSTEM. COLDER WEATHER SETTLES INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK AS THE BODY OF THE UPPER TROF SHIFTS TO THE EAST AND PUTS US IN A NORTHWEST FLOW. && .AVIATION...26/18Z FORECAST WILL BE FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD INITIALLY WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND NOTHING BEYOND VARIABLE MID/HIGH CLOUDINESS WELL INTO THE EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY 11Z-15Z HOWEVER AS CURRENT SWRN U.S. SYSTEM EVENTUALLY REACHES IA. EXPECT FLIGHT CATEGORY TO QUICKLY DROP TO IFR NO MORE THAN SEVERAL HOURS AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE RIGHT NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR RAIN/FREEZING RAIN/SLEET SO CONFIDENCE IN PRECIP TYPE IS NOT THE GREATEST. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY FOR APPANOOSE-AUDUBON-BOONE-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CLARKE-CRAWFORD-DALLAS- DAVIS-DECATUR-EMMET-GREENE-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HUMBOLDT-JASPER- KOSSUTH-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION-MONROE-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- POLK-SAC-STORY-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE-WEBSTER. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR BLACK HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-GRUNDY-HANCOCK- HARDIN-MARSHALL-POWESHIEK-TAMA-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. && UPDATE/AVIATION...SMALL SHORT TERM...JUNGBLUTH LONG TERM...MS JAN 13
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:01 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271200- WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LINGERING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR LATER IN THE WEEK WITH WIND CHILL INDICES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF ICING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-044>050-057>062-072>075-083>086- 094>097-271200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY WITH A FEW PATCHES OF SLEET ALSO POSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FREEZING RAIN...WITH A FEW PATCHES OF SLEET...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MIXING WITH OR SWITCHING TO ALL RAIN TOWARD MIDDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR LATER IN THE WEEK WITH WIND CHILL INDICES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF ICING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ070-071-081-082-092-093-271200- CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- 301 PM CST SAT JAN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF ICING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. SMALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clarke and 28 more | 41 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.