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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 10, 201331 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 10, 2013, 4:21 AM CDT for 31 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 12:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 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
Mar 10, 2013, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2013, 12:27 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2013, 8:59 AM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
All 31 counties

Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 2:27 PM CDTSLEET 0.53 Ese Adel, IAONE HALF INCH OF SLEET COVERING THE GROUND.
Mar 10, 2:58 PM CDTSNOW 2Fort Dodge, IA2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLUSH IN FORT DODGE...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 3:37 PM CDTSNOW 13 Ese Adel, IAMIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW NOW.
Mar 10, 4:08 PM CDTSNOW 3N Fort Dodge, IAPOOR ROAD CONDITIONS
Mar 10, 4:17 PM CDTSNOW 41 Ene Fort Dodge, IA
Mar 10, 4:28 PM CDTSNOW 1.95 Ese Redfield, IA1.9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR. ROADS SLUSSY AND SNOW COVERED
Mar 10, 4:48 PM CDTSNOW 1.3Dallas Center, IAROADS SLUSH COVERED
Mar 10, 4:55 PM CDTSNOW 4Fonda, IABLOWING SNOW REPORTED AS WELL. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 4:59 PM CDTSNOW 1.93 Ne Yale, IAVISIBILITY FLUCTUATING BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF A MILE.
Mar 10, 5:08 PM CDTSNOW 4.5Fort Dodge, IAVISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN SNOW.
Mar 10, 5:26 PM CDTSNOW 1.44 Nnw Ankeny Airport, IAHEAVY SNOW CURRENLY
Mar 10, 5:26 PM CDTSNOW 5.51 Ene Fort Dodge, IA
Mar 10, 5:27 PM CDTSNOW 1Thornton, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:29 PM CDTSNOW 1Stanhope, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:40 PM CDTSNOW 1.3Nevada, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:42 PM CDTSNOW 3Panora, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:45 PM CDTSNOW 2.5Webster City, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:45 PM CDTSNOW 4Rockwell City, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:49 PM CDTSNOW 6Fort Dodge, IASNOW FALLING HEAVILY PLACING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON POWERLINES AND TREES
Mar 10, 5:55 PM CDTSNOW 5Denison, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:55 PM CDTSNOW 5Schaller, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 5:58 PM CDTSNOW 2.51 E Adel, IARECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Mar 10, 6:00 PM CDTSNOW 6Moorland, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 6:06 PM CDTSNOW 6.5Fort Dodge, IAHEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE
Mar 10, 6:10 PM CDTSNOW 4.5Jefferson, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 6:11 PM CDTSNOW 43 Wsw Lehigh, IAVISIBILITY ONE BLOCK
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CDTSNOW 4Otho, IASTILL SNOWING HEAVILY. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CDTSNOW 52 Se Algona Airport, IAVISIBILITY BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.
Mar 10, 6:16 PM CDTSNOW 24 Nnw Ames Airport, IASNOW FELL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS
Mar 10, 6:23 PM CDTSNOW 4Webster City, IAFROM KQWC RADIO
Mar 10, 6:25 PM CDTSNOW 3Jewell, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 6:35 PM CDTSNOW 4.5Humboldt, IAESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 6:37 PM CDTSNOW 10Manning, IASTILL SNOWING HEAVILY.
Mar 10, 6:43 PM CDTSNOW 0.5Urbandale, IA
Mar 10, 7:00 PM CDTSNOW 1.5Clear Lake, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDTSNOW 0.2Waterloo Airport, IAMEASURED AT THE WATERLOO AIRPORT
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDTSNOW 0.9Des Moines Int Airport, IAOBSERVATION FROM THE DES MOINES AIRPORT
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDTSNOW 1.63 S Polk City, IAMEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDTSNOW 33 Ssw Boone Airport, IA
Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDTSNOW 7Goldfield, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:14 PM CDTSNOW 6Jefferson, IA
Mar 10, 7:15 PM CDTSNOW 6.5Carroll, IA6 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:17 PM CDTSNOW 7.5Fort Dodge, IAROADS ICE COVERED WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES
Mar 10, 7:19 PM CDTSNOW 1.8Madrid, IA
Mar 10, 7:24 PM CDTSNOW 0.81 E Clive, IA
Mar 10, 7:24 PM CDTSNOW 21 Nnw Mason City, IA
Mar 10, 7:27 PM CDTSNOW 106 Wnw Nemaha, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDTSNOW 1.3Se Grafton, IAHEAVY WET SNOW.
Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDTSNOW 5.5Algona, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDTSNOW 8Fort Dodge, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:38 PM CDTSNOW 1.33 Ese Adel, IA
Mar 10, 7:40 PM CDTSNOW 4Mason City, IA3.5 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:50 PM CDTSNOW 1.64 Nnw Ankeny Airport, IA0.2 INCHES SINCE 520 PM. SNOW HAS STOPPED WITH MELTING TAKING PLACE. DRIZZLE CURRENTLY
Mar 10, 8:12 PM CDTSNOW 4Roland, IAVIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Mar 10, 8:32 PM CDTSNOW 2Aplington, IA
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CDTSNOW 8.5Badger, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 8:50 PM CDTSNOW 4.23 Ne Yale, IA
Mar 10, 8:50 PM CDTSNOW 5.5Dayton, IAFROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 8:53 PM CDTSNOW 8Humboldt, IAVIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Mar 10, 8:57 PM CDTSNOW 1.23 E Conrad, IA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

899 
WWUS43 KDMX 100921
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
BY MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL PERIOD...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.

IAZ007-016-017-025-035-036-046-047-058-101730-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-
GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...
CLARION...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
GUTHRIE CENTER
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS
  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY
  MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-101730-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE
  SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO
  LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY
  MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
  NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ005-006-024-101730-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-HUMBOLDT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...HUMBOLDT
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS
  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY
  MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ057-070-071-081-092-101730-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
CORNING...BEDFORD
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS
  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>074-082-083-093-094-101730-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-UNION-CLARKE-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...MOUNT AYR...LEON
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS
  MORNING THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE
  SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-101730-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS
  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ075-084-101730-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
MAHASKA-LUCAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...CHARITON
421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS
  MORNING THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE BY
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

LEE
9 follow-up statements
474 
WWUS43 KDMX 101447
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM AFFECTING MUCH OF IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM OVER MISSOURI IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE
REGION THIS MORNING. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY MONDAY
MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE
DAY AND TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

IAZ005>007-016-017-024-025-035-036-046-047-058-102300-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT...CLARION...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...GUTHRIE CENTER
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...IS BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA
  THIS MORNING AND WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH CAN BE EXPECTED
  BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS
  MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN
  BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT
  TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS WILL
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-102300-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN 
  AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE 
  SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO 
  LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED
  BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE YET THIS
  MORNING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO
  SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING
  SNOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS
  MAY BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-057-070-071-081-092-102300-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T1800Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...CORNING...BEDFORD
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...IS SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL
  SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS
  POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING
  IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS
  MAY BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>075-082>084-093-094-102300-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
MOUNT AYR...LEON
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS 
  MORNING THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND 
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE BY
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS  MAY BECOME
  ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

REV
849 
WWUS43 KDMX 101727
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM AFFECTING MUCH OF IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM OVER MISSOURI IS ALREADY AFFECTING THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL TO
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION SOME FREEZING RAIN HAS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE
TRANSITION PERIOD. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE
THROUGH THE DAY AND TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

IAZ005>007-016-017-024-025-035-036-046-047-058-110130-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T1727Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT...CLARION...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...GUTHRIE CENTER
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...IS BEGINNING TO
  SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE
  AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH CAN BE EXPECTED BY
  MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH
  OF HIGHWAY 30 YET THIS AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
  TRANSITIONS TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... RESULTING IN
  BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT
  TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH
  MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE RAPIDLY DETERIORATED THIS
  AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA DUE TO A PERIOD OF
  FREEZING RAIN. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.
  ROADS WILL BECOME ICY WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND AS
  INITIALLY THE FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-110130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL
  SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE
  FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY
  MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE
  DURING THE TRANSITION TODAY. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHEAST CAN BE
  EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE YET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH HIGHWAY 30 AS
  THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND 
  SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY
  BECOME ICY WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND AS INITIALLY THE
  FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-057-070-071-081-092-110130-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T1727Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...CORNING...BEDFORD
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...IS SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL
  SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS
  POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
  FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT 
  GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM INTO TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 
  A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY 
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW 
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>075-082>084-093-094-110130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
MOUNT AYR...LEON
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS
  MORNING THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF
  PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH 
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF 
  LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE BY
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY BECOME
  ICY AS INITIALLY THE FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

REV
692 
WWUS43 KDMX 101915
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM AFFECTING CENTRAL IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION SOME
FREEZING RAIN HAS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND
TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY
AND SNOW COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

IAZ015-023-033-034-044-045-057-110315-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...IS
  SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA NOW AND WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW
  IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE
  A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN
  TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4
  TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM INTO TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 
  A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING THIS
  AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ005>007-016-017-024-025-035-036-046-047-058-110315-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT...CLARION...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...GUTHRIE CENTER
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...IS SPREADING
  ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 CAN
  BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 YET THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
  RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 
  A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE RAPIDLY DETERIORATED THIS 
  AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA DUE TO A PERIOD OF 
  FREEZING RAIN. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY 
  TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN 
  AND AS INITIALLY THE FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW 
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-110315-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL
  SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE
  FROM THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.
  A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION
  TODAY.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 CAN
  BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH HIGHWAY 30 AS THE
  PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING
  SNOW WILL REMAIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY 
  BECOME ICY WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND AS INITIALLY THE 
  FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL 
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-070-071-081-092-110315-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
CORNING...BEDFORD
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. MODERATE SNOWFALL
  IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM INTO TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 
  A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY 
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW 
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>075-082>084-093-094-110315-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
MOUNT AYR...LEON
215 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL
  SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS
  POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY
  MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH 
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF 
  LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE 
  BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS MAY 
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS 
  SNOW ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

REV
543 
WWUS43 KDMX 102057
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
357 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM AFFECTING CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...

A SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM IS AFFECTING THE REGION TONIGHT. THE
STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG
WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION SOME SLEET OR A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR
DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY
THIS THROUGH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

PORTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH NOON MONDAY IF
THE WINDS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION LONGER MONDAY MORNING.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS STORM. 

IAZ005>007-015>017-023>025-033>036-044>047-057-058-110500-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-
HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER
357 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN...AND SNOW...WILL SWITCH OVER TO
  ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS
  EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 10 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20
  BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG
  AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AS THE RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
  TRANSITIONS TO SNOW THIS EVENING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... 
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 
  A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL 
  REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE RAPIDLY DETERIORATED THIS
  AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA. CONDITIONS WILL
  BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS HAVE BECOME ICY WITH A
  PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME
  SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-110500-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
357 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING
  RAIN OR SLEET AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE
  SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO LOCALLY
  HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20
  BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS
  AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH HIGHWAY 30 AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS
  TO SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT
  ...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS
  THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW
  WILL REMAIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. ROADS MAY
  BECOME ICY WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND AS INITIALLY THE
  FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-070-071-081-092-110500-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
CORNING...BEDFORD
357 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. MODERATE
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY
  MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN
  BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT
  TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. ROADS MAY
  BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>075-082>084-093-094-110500-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.130310T2100Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
MOUNT AYR...LEON
357 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING
  RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS
  POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY
  MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING OF
  ICE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO SNOW.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A
  MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS EVENING AND BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. ROADS MAY BECOME ICY
  AS INITIALLY THE FIRST SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

REV
680 
WWUS43 KDMX 110020
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
720 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING CENTRAL IOWA
THROUGH TONIGHT...

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST IOWA AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL IOWA LATER
THIS EVENING AND NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. A NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES THROUGH TONIGHT CAUSING
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. LOW VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED
ROADS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH NOON
MONDAY IF THE WINDS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION LONGER MONDAY
MORNING. PLEASE MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR UPDATES CONCERNING
THIS STORM.

IAZ005>007-015>017-023>025-033>036-044>047-057-058-110830-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-
HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER
720 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
  THROUGH TONIGHT.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 10 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-059>061-110830-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON
720 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE
  FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY
  MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  TO 9 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20
  BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A
  HALF MILE AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL
  REMAIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
  INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-070-071-081-092-110830-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
CORNING...BEDFORD
720 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOWFALL THAT IS LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES IS
  EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... RESULTING IN BLOWING
  SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-072>075-082>084-093-094-110830-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
MOUNT AYR...LEON
720 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET OR LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. MODERATE
  SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY
  MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING 
  OF ICE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO SNOW. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE EVENING
  THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF REDUCED
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IS EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

FAB
650 
WWUS43 KDMX 110317
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING CENTRAL IOWA
THROUGH TONIGHT...

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST IOWA. THE TRACK OF THE LOW HAS SHIFTED
AS AS A RESULT SOME ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE WARNING AND
ADVISORY AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SHIFT IN THE LOCATION OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW.

IAZ039-049-050-059>061-111130-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR
  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO
  DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW
  AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IS
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ062-074-075-084-094-110430-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
CHARITON...LEON
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTH AND WHILE THERE
WILL BE A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...IT SHOULD NOT IMPACT
TRAVEL. AS A RESULT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

IAZ005>007-015>017-023>025-033>036-044>047-057-058-111130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-
HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED 
  THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  8 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY 
  MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF 
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT 
  INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037-038-048-111130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-STORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...AMES
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE 
  FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY 
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  5 TO 9 INCHES WITH THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 
  20 BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT
  RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A
  HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND 
  INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING 
  AREA. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-070-071-081-092-111130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
CORNING...BEDFORD
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF
  TONIGHT BUT WILL TAPER OFF TOWARDS DAYBREAK.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... RESULTING IN 
  BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE 
  AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ072-073-082-083-093-111130-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
MADISON-WARREN-UNION-CLARKE-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CRESTON...
OSCEOLA...MOUNT AYR
1017 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
  TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.  

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 
  MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE EVENING 
  THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IS EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

FAB
857 
WWUS43 KDMX 110856
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL IOWA
EARLY THIS MORNING...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED IOWA YESTERDAY WILL SLOWLY PULL
AWAY TO THE EAST TODAY...WITH ONE LAST SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW SWINGING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. WHILE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...ANY NEW SNOW COVER ON THE
ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLICK CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
AND VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW BURSTS.

IAZ005>007-015-016-023-024-033>035-044-045-057-111000-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-
CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...
EMMETSBURG...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LITTLE TO NO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK IN SOME AREAS THIS
MORNING DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL.

$$

IAZ004-081>083-092-093-111000-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
EMMET-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...CORNING...CRESTON...
OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LITTLE TO NO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK IN SOME AREAS THIS
MORNING DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL.

$$

IAZ017-025-036-046-047-058-111200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...WEBSTER CITY...
JEFFERSON...BOONE...GUTHRIE CENTER
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...ENDING BY LATE MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST
  THIS MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
  OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY
  AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026>028-037-038-048-111200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-STORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...AMES
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...ENDING BY LATE MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST
  THIS MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
  OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY
  AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ070-071-111200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
CASS-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING...ENDING WELL BEFORE NOON.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST
  THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
  OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY
  AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ039-049-050-059>061-072-073-111200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-MADISON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA
356 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY IN MOST AREAS.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST
  THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
  OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING VISIBILITY
  AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

LEE
891 
WWUS43 KDMX 111200
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL IOWA
EARLY THIS MORNING...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED IOWA YESTERDAY WILL SLOWLY PULL
AWAY TO THE EAST TODAY...WITH ONE LAST SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW SWINGING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. WHILE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...ANY NEW SNOW COVER ON
THE ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLICK CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING
COMMUTE AND VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW
BURSTS.

IAZ028-038-111400-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
BREMER-GRUNDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ017-025-046-058-111300-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-GREENE-GUTHRIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...JEFFERSON...
GUTHRIE CENTER
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIVING COULD REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON THE ROADS.

$$

IAZ070-071-111300-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1200Z/
CASS-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

SNOW HAS LARGELY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...DRIVING COULD REMAIN
HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON THE ROADS.

$$

IAZ036-047-111400-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
HAMILTON-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...BOONE
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL 
  CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...ENDING BY LATE MORNING. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ026-027-037-048-111400-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HARDIN-STORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...ELDORA...AMES
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL 
  CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...ENDING BY LATE MORNING. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ039-049-050-059>061-072-073-111400-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-MADISON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA
700 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS 
  MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY IN MOST AREAS. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

LEE
429 
WWUS43 KDMX 111359
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
859 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED IOWA YESTERDAY WILL SLOWLY PULL
AWAY TO THE EAST TODAY...WITH ONE LAST SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW SWINGING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. WHILE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...ANY NEW SNOW COVER ON
THE ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLICK CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS
AND VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW BURSTS.

IAZ036-047-111700-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1700Z/
HAMILTON-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...BOONE
859 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS 
  MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY IN MOST AREAS. 

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ026-027-037-048-111700-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130311T1400Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1700Z/
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HARDIN-STORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...ALLISON...ELDORA...AMES
859 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY MIDDAY IN MOST AREAS.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ028-038-039-049-050-059>061-072-073-111700-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130311T1700Z/
BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-MADISON-
WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...WINTERSET...
INDIANOLA
859 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
  MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY IN MOST AREAS.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL 
  PERSIST THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BURSTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REDUCING 
  VISIBILITY AND MAKING ROADS SLICK IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

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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 Mar 10, 4:00 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 4:00 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
400 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...
TRICKY FORECAST FOR TODAY AS A 500 MB LOW APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PASSES BY TO OUR SOUTHEAST.
CURRENTLY LIGHT RAIN PERSISTS IN THE EAST...LIGHT SNOW IS
APPROACHING FROM NEBRASKA...AND BETWEEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA ONLY
DRIZZLE/SPRINKLES ARE FALLING. MEANWHILE THE SURFACE FRONT IS MOVING
ACROSS THE AREA...SLOWLY CLEARING OUT AREAS OF DENSE FOG THAT
DEVELOPED EARLIER. EXPECT THAT AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN
WE WILL SEE FALLING TEMPERATURES BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THERE IS
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT BROAD-SCALE FORCING AND CLOUD DEPTH WILL
INCREASE AS THE 500 MB LOW APPROACHES LATER TODAY. EXPECT THE SNOW
TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CWA LATER THIS
MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION INTENSIFYING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY LATE. PRECIPITATION TYPE IS ALSO
PROBLEMATIC WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE
NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...THEN RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE. HAVE TAKEN BEST GUESS AT TIMING ALL OF
THESE VARIABLES FROM CHANGING PRECIPITATION TYPE TO INCREASING QPF
AND THE RESULTS COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL FORECAST FOR TONIGHT
JUSTIFY RAISING A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF
UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION CHANGE AS WELL AS THE
PRECISE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SWATH OF SNOWFALL AND HOW HIGH
AMOUNTS WILL BE WITHIN THAT SWATH.

.LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
STRONG FORCING WILL BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE PERIOD AS THE
UPPER LOW LIFTS THROUGH THE STATE.  TIME CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE
CROSS HAIRS OF OMEGA WITHIN THE DENDRITIC LAYER WITH GOOD SNOW
PRODUCTION DURING THIS TIME.  WILL SEE RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER
HOUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF
THE FORECAST AREA WHERE LIFT IS MAXIMIZED.  WINDS WILL ALSO BE
RATHER STRONG FROM THE NORTH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30KTS AT TIMES.
FORCING WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES DECREASING QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY.  BY DAYBREAK...MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL HAVE
ENDED WITH SOME LIGHT FLURRIES REMAINING EAST OF INTERSTATE 35
DURING THE MORNING.

THERE WILL BE A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR ON TUESDAY AND THEN
SOME GRADUAL MODERATION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.  THERE
WILL BE LOW CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AT VARIOUS TIMES AS WELL BUT IN
FAST NORTHWEST FLOW...HARD TO PIN DOWN TIMING IN ADDITION TO A
GENERAL LACK OF MOISTURE.

&&

.AVIATION...10/06Z
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA BUT THE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM MELTING SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH
VERY LIGHT WIND HAS CREATED A SITUATION WHERE DENSE FOG DEVELOPS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST WITH IT.  LIFR
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST UNTIL FROPA.  COLDEST AIR WILL NOT MAKE IT
INTO IA BEFORE 18Z SO PRECIP WILL BE RAIN OR A WINTERY MIX BEFORE
CHANGING OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW.  BROAD ASCENT OF THE AIRMASS OVER
IOWA WILL OCCUR AS THE UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST CREATING A VERY
EFFICIENT PERIOD FOR DENDRITIC GROWTH SO SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
CENTRAL IOWA AFT 18Z AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
FALL IS STILL BEING EVALUATED.  EXPECT LIFT CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF
THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR APPANOOSE-BLACK
HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-CLARKE-DAVIS-DECATUR-GRUNDY-HARDIN-JASPER-LUCAS-
MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-STORY-TAMA-WAPELLO-
WARREN-WAYNE.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
BOONE-CERRO GORDO-GREENE-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-
WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR BLACK HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-DALLAS-FRANKLIN-GRUNDY-HARDIN-
JASPER-MARSHALL-POLK-STORY-TAMA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT
MONDAY FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-AUDUBON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-CRAWFORD-
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-TAYLOR.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT
MONDAY FOR CLARKE-DECATUR-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION-POWESHIEK-
RINGGOLD-UNION-WARREN.

&&

SHORT TERM...LEE
LONG TERM...COGIL
AVIATION...FAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1152 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033-044-110600-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CRAWFORD-
1152 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE BANK FULL LEVELS DUE TO
THE RECENT RAIN...AND SNOW MELT...AS WELL AS THE EXPECTED RAIN
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND MAY LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS AND
RIVE LEVEL REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

IAZ006-034-045-075-084>086-095>097-110600-
WINNEBAGO-CALHOUN-CARROLL-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
1152 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 7AM SUNDAY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE BANK FULL LEVELS DUE TO
THE RECENT RAIN...AND SNOW MELT...AS WELL AS THE EXPECTED RAIN
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND MAY LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS AND
RIVE LEVEL REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

IAZ007-016-017-025>028-035>039-046>050-057>062-070>074-081>083-
092>094-110600-
WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
WARREN-MARION-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
1152 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 7AM SUNDAY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE BANK FULL LEVELS DUE TO
THE RECENT RAIN AND EXPECTED RAIN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS AND
RIVE LEVEL REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:18 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1018 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

IAZ025-026-034>037-045>048-057>060-070>073-081-082-100700-
WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-
ADAMS-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...HAMPTON...ROCKWELL CITY...
FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...CORNING...CRESTON
1018 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...LOCALLY DENSE FOG ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...

THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RECENT RAINFALL HAS LED TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS OF FOG ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA
THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES IN THE FOG RANGE FROM ONE HALF OF A
MILE TO ONE MILE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS DROPPING BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING RIVER VALLEYS.

A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA WILL SCOUR
OUT THIS FOG AS IT PASSES THROUGH. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE SOUTHEAST DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND BRING AND END TO
THE FOG.

IF YOU ARE OUT DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN
VISIBILITY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FOG...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY
OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE DRIVER AHEAD OF YOU.

KS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:01 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 42 more11 hr
Mar 10, 4:21 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 30 more32 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.