Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Des Moines, IA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:27 PM CDT | SLEET 0.5 | 3 Ese Adel, IA | ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Mar 10, 2:58 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Fort Dodge, IA | 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLUSH IN FORT DODGE...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 3:37 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | 3 Ese Adel, IA | MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW NOW. |
| Mar 10, 4:08 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | N Fort Dodge, IA | POOR ROAD CONDITIONS |
| Mar 10, 4:17 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Ene Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Mar 10, 4:28 PM CDT | SNOW 1.9 | 5 Ese Redfield, IA | 1.9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR. ROADS SLUSSY AND SNOW COVERED |
| Mar 10, 4:48 PM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | Dallas Center, IA | ROADS SLUSH COVERED |
| Mar 10, 4:55 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Fonda, IA | BLOWING SNOW REPORTED AS WELL. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 4:59 PM CDT | SNOW 1.9 | 3 Ne Yale, IA | VISIBILITY FLUCTUATING BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF A MILE. |
| Mar 10, 5:08 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Fort Dodge, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN SNOW. |
| Mar 10, 5:26 PM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 4 Nnw Ankeny Airport, IA | HEAVY SNOW CURRENLY |
| Mar 10, 5:26 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ene Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Mar 10, 5:27 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Thornton, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:29 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Stanhope, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:40 PM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | Nevada, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:42 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Panora, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Webster City, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Rockwell City, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:49 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Fort Dodge, IA | SNOW FALLING HEAVILY PLACING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON POWERLINES AND TREES |
| Mar 10, 5:55 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Denison, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:55 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Schaller, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 5:58 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 1 E Adel, IA | RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Mar 10, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Moorland, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 6:06 PM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Fort Dodge, IA | HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE |
| Mar 10, 6:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Jefferson, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 6:11 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 3 Wsw Lehigh, IA | VISIBILITY ONE BLOCK |
| Mar 10, 6:15 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Otho, IA | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 6:15 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Algona Airport, IA | VISIBILITY BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 10, 6:16 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 4 Nnw Ames Airport, IA | SNOW FELL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS |
| Mar 10, 6:23 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Webster City, IA | FROM KQWC RADIO |
| Mar 10, 6:25 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Jewell, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 6:35 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Humboldt, IA | ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 6:37 PM CDT | SNOW 10 | Manning, IA | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Mar 10, 6:43 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Urbandale, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Clear Lake, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 0.2 | Waterloo Airport, IA | MEASURED AT THE WATERLOO AIRPORT |
| Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 0.9 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | OBSERVATION FROM THE DES MOINES AIRPORT |
| Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | 3 S Polk City, IA | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | 3 Ssw Boone Airport, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Goldfield, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:14 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Jefferson, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:15 PM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Carroll, IA | 6 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:17 PM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | Fort Dodge, IA | ROADS ICE COVERED WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES |
| Mar 10, 7:19 PM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Madrid, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CDT | SNOW 0.8 | 1 E Clive, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Nnw Mason City, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:27 PM CDT | SNOW 10 | 6 Wnw Nemaha, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | Se Grafton, IA | HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Algona, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Fort Dodge, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:38 PM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Ese Adel, IA | |
| Mar 10, 7:40 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Mason City, IA | 3.5 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 7:50 PM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | 4 Nnw Ankeny Airport, IA | 0.2 INCHES SINCE 520 PM. SNOW HAS STOPPED WITH MELTING TAKING PLACE. DRIZZLE CURRENTLY |
| Mar 10, 8:12 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Roland, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Mar 10, 8:32 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Aplington, IA | |
| Mar 10, 8:45 PM CDT | SNOW 8.5 | Badger, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 8:50 PM CDT | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Ne Yale, IA | |
| Mar 10, 8:50 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Dayton, IA | FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 10, 8:53 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Humboldt, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Mar 10, 8:57 PM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | 3 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.
- 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
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. && $$ REV
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 7:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 42 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:21 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 30 more | 32 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.