Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 4:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 10, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr. 5 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
- Apr 9, 2013, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 8:43 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Emmet County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Algona, IA | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Estherville, IA | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Ringsted, IA | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Emmetsburg, IA | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Swea City, IA | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WWUS43 KDMX 092128 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 428 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-100530- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 428 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF ICE AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN TONIGHT WILL BECOMING FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. A WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH BEFORE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD. * IMPACTS...THE INITIAL WINTRY MIX OF ICE AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$
13 follow-up statements
051 WWUS43 KDMX 100014 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 714 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-100815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 714 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN TONIGHT WILL BECOMING FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. A WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH BEFORE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD. * IMPACTS...THE INITIAL WINTRY MIX OF ICE AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$
876 WWUS43 KDMX 100540 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1240 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-101345- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0007.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 1240 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN TONIGHT WILL BECOMING FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING. A WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH BEFORE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD. * IMPACTS...THE INITIAL WINTRY MIX OF ICE AND SLEET WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSE DURING THE MORNING WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$
484 WWUS43 KDMX 100859 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 359 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-101700- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 359 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET TODAY. THE MIXTURE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR TODAY AND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING. AFTER SUNSET...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO BE ON THE ORDER OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO ONE TENTH INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE WARNING PERIOD. VISIBILITY WILL NOT BE RESTRICTED MUCH TODAY...BUT WILL LIKELY FALL UNDER A MILE TONIGHT WITH THE SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE INITIAL WINTRY MIX OF ICE AND SLEET TODAY ARE NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF TRAVEL PROBLEMS...HOWEVER SLICK SPITS WILL DEVELOP. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSEN RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND THE HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$
398 WWUS43 KDMX 101510 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1010 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-102315- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 1010 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET IS EXPECTED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO BE ON THE ORDER OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO ONE TENTH INCH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH THE OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ONCE THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...THEN WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSEN RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND THE HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ KLP
317 WWUS43 KDMX 101841 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHWEST IOWA... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-110245- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 141 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET IS EXPECTED PERIODICALLY DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT THE WINTRY MIX TO GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH THE OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ONCE THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...THEN WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. TRAVEL HAZARDS WILL BE WORSEN RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND THE HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ KLP
827 WWUS43 KDMX 102109 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 409 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-110515- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 409 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW PAST 9 PM CDT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH THE OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ONCE THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN THE ROADS WILL GRADUALLY WORSEN AS THE COLDER TEMPERATURES SWITCH THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>035-044-045-110515- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.130411T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL 409 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3. FURTHER WEST HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW AFTER 9 PM CDT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE ADVISORY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A COUPLE OF MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KLP
367 WWUS43 KDMX 110010 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 710 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-110415- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 710 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ONCE THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THE ROADS WILL GRADUALLY WORSEN AS THE COLDER TEMPERATURES SWITCH THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>035-044-045-110415- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL 710 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET LATER THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGHOUT INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3. FURTHER WEST HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW AFTER 9 PM CDT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE ADVISORY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A COUPLE OF MILES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMALL
880 WWUS43 KDMX 110252 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 952 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ025>028-035-045-110400- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-WEBSTER-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... FORT DODGE...CARROLL 952 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN MAY CHANGE TO A LIGHT WINTRY MIX BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR AND NOT REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ IAZ004>006-015-111100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 952 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT...WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET LATER THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-033-034-044-111100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN- CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON 952 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO IOWA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT...WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW LATER TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS OVERNIGHT IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SMALL
933 WWUS43 KDMX 110656 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .AN INTENSE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. IAZ004>006-015-111500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 156 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT... BUT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW... OR SOME SLEET OVERNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-033-034-044-111500- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN- CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON 156 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO IOWA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT... WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW BY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS OVERNIGHT IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ REV
410 WWUS43 KDMX 110844 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 344 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ033-034-044-110945- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON 344 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THOUGH THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS HAS DIMINISHED. $$ IAZ004>006-015-111645- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 344 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT... BUT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW... OR SOME SLEET OVERNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE YET THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-111645- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT 344 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN IS GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO PATCHY ICE SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ REV
092 WWUS43 KDMX 110936 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 436 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ004>006-015-111745- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 436 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION MOVING UP THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE MOMENT... BUT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW... OR SOME SLEET OVERNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE YET THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-111745- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT 436 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN IS GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCRUAL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ REV
784 WWUS43 KDMX 111030 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 530 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE SNOW THIS MORNING WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ004>006-015-111800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 530 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHWEST IOWA HAS TRANSITIONED TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MID MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE YET THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION HAS SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...THE ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SLUSH AND ICE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-111800- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT 530 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND AT TIMES LIGHT RAIN. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ REV
504 WWUS43 KDMX 111343 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 843 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...SNOW HAS ENDED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA... .SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE THE WARNING AND ADVISORY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. IAZ004>006-015-111445- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... EMMETSBURG 843 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ IAZ007-016-017-023-024-111445- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT 843 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
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 Apr 9, 4:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 421 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT /... ISSUED AT 404 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 SFC LOW SITUATED OVER OKLAHOMA WITH AN INVERTED TROF AXIS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. WEAK BOUNDARY/COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA...WITH LOW CIGS AND LIGHT DRIZZLE/SHOWERS BEHIND IT. NEXT FEW WAVES OF ENERGY LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE BASE OF THE TROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. FIRST ONE CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA WHICH COULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD AND COULD REACH OUR WESTERN CWA BY EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE STRONGER PUSH OF ENERGY TO LIFT UP TOWARD THE CWA BY LATE THIS EVENING INTO LATE TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER ROUND SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH ALREADY CLOSE TO FREEZING AND EXPECTED TO DROP A FEW DEGREES OVERNIGHT. WARM LAYER ALOFT REMAINS...SO INCREASINGLY LIKELY CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CWA...WHERE SOME ICE ACCRUAL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATER WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW...LOOKS LIKE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISSUED AT 404 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 CURRENT SYSTEM WILL REMAIN PROBLEMATIC THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S ALREADY OVER THE NORTHWEST WHILE MID 70S REMAIN OVER THE FAR SOUTH. BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MAINLY AT OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER THE NORTH. WARM NOSE ALOFT REMAINS FOR A PERIOD WITH FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL CONTINUING OVER THE NORTH. CERTAINLY POTENTIAL OVER THE NORTHWEST FOR ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE ICE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET OR SNOW AS THE COLD DEPTH INCREASES AND STRENGHTENS BELOW THE WARM NOSE ACROSS THAT REGION AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AS THE LAST SIGNIFICANT WAVE MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. FOR THIS REASON...WILL ISSUE A SMALL WINTER STORM WARNING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA BY NOON THURSDAY. FARTHER SOUTH...CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A BUFFER WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH STILL MAY BE NEEDED. HOWEVER THERMAL PROFILES REMAIN WARM ENOUGH THAT THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL A PERIOD OF CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A WATERLOO TO DES MOINES TO ATLANTIC LINE. THE SYSTEM FINALLY SHIFTS OUT OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. COOL ON FRIDAY THEN GRADUAL WARMING INTO THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. GENERALLY COOL AND BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...09/18Z ISSUED AT 1247 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 COMPLEX SCENARIO TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHERN TAF SITES COULD SEE SOME CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH STEADY RAIN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. NORTHERN TAF SITES EXPECTING RAIN TO MOVE IN TOWARD THIS EVENING AND THEN POSSIBLY MIXING WITH FZRA TOWARD SUNRISE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. MVFR TRENDING TOWARD IFR VSBYS POSSIBLE...WITH NORTHERN TAF SITES EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN MVFR/IFR CIGS WITH POSSIBLE LIFR. SOUTHERN TAF SITES EXPECTED TO DROP TO IFR/LIFR CIGS LATER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 404 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 OBSERVED AND FORECAST RAINFALL ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOOD IMPACTS ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT PRESENTLY HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FLOOD WATCH. HIGHER PROBABILITIES OF FLOODING EXIST TO THE EAST OF THE CWA...ACROSS THE DVN AND ARX CWAS. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS MINIMAL OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HRS CENTRAL AND NORTH. SOME SHORT-TERM LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING...INCLUDING SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING...MAY OCCUR HOWEVER. COMPARISON OF PRESENT GRIDDED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE TO WPC QPF ENSEMBLES YIELDS LOW PROBABILITIES OF REACHING OR EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA. BEST CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING IS OVER THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH AND WILL MATCH SURROUNDING OFFICES WITH A WATCH ACROSS THOSE AREAS. A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT DOES EXIST IN OUR CWA...HOWEVER...NORTH OF US HWY 18. SOME GROUND FROST STILL EXISTS IN THAT AREA...SO RUNOFF MAY BE HIGHER THERE THAN ELSEWHERE FOR SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. STILL...THOUGH...THE FLOOD THREAT THERE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THE RIVER FLOOD THREAT IS GENERALLY LOW OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HRS. BEST CHANCES FOR QPF ENSEMBLE HYDROGRAPHS SUGGEST THAT ONLY A COUPLE RIVER FORECAST POINTS MAY APPROACH OR REACH FLOOD STAGE. A FEW RIVER FORECAST POINTS MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR APPANOOSE-BLACK HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-DAVIS-DECATUR- GRUNDY-LUCAS-MAHASKA-MONROE-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-TAMA-TAYLOR- WAPELLO-WAYNE. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-WINNEBAGO. && SHORT TERM...BEERENDS LONG TERM...DONAVON AVIATION...BEERENDS HYDROLOGY...ZOGG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:47 AM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 447 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-101100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- 447 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE PROLONGED PRECIPITATION MAY PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...CONSIDERABLE PONDING WATER ON ROADS AND IN DITCHES IS POSSIBLE. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BRIEFLY...BUT OVERALL IS NOT LIKELY. IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-101100- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 447 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...THOUGH SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE PROLONGED PRECIPITATION MAY PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...CONSIDERABLE PONDING WATER ON ROADS AND IN DITCHES IS POSSIBLE. THURSDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW MAY OCCUR LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. AWB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 11:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 AM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0914 AM HAIL 2 N DIKE 42.49N 92.63W
04/09/2013 E0.88 INCH GRUNDY IA PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0919 AM HAIL 5 W CEDAR FALLS 42.53N 92.56W
04/09/2013 E1.00 INCH GRUNDY IA PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
SKOWLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 AM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1109 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 WSW STRATFORD 42.25N 93.99W
04/09/2013 M3.73 INCH WEBSTER IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS.
&&
SKOWLocal storm report, Apr 9, 12:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1243 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM HEAVY RAIN JEFFERSON 42.02N 94.38W
04/09/2013 M1.53 INCH GREENE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0650 AM HEAVY RAIN BEACONSFIELD 40.81N 94.05W
04/09/2013 M2.68 INCH RINGGOLD IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN BONDURANT 42.87N 94.29W
04/09/2013 M1.88 INCH HUMBOLDT IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN JEWELL 42.31N 93.64W
04/09/2013 M1.02 INCH HAMILTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN INDIANOLA 41.36N 93.57W
04/09/2013 M1.33 INCH WARREN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0735 AM HEAVY RAIN GRUNDY CENTER 42.36N 92.77W
04/09/2013 M1.54 INCH GRUNDY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0750 AM HEAVY RAIN CONRAD 42.22N 92.87W
04/09/2013 M1.97 INCH GRUNDY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0810 AM HEAVY RAIN GUTHRIE CENTER 41.68N 94.50W
04/09/2013 M1.35 INCH GUTHRIE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0830 AM HEAVY RAIN BROOKLYN 41.73N 92.44W
04/09/2013 M1.26 INCH POWESHIEK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0850 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE WEBSTER CITY AIRP 42.42N 93.84W
04/09/2013 E2.00 INCH HAMILTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1100 AM HEAVY RAIN DENISON 42.02N 95.35W
04/09/2013 M1.18 INCH CRAWFORD IA CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL FOR EVENT.
1155 AM HEAVY RAIN EMMETSBURG 43.11N 94.68W
04/09/2013 M1.10 INCH PALO ALTO IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
SKOWLocal storm report, Apr 9, 12:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0758 AM HAIL 3 E STRATFORD 42.27N 93.87W
04/09/2013 E1.00 INCH HAMILTON IA PUBLIC
HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR.
&&
SKOWLocal storm report, Apr 9, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
307 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM HAIL 2 SSW BEACONSFIELD 40.78N 94.07W
04/08/2013 E1.00 INCH RINGGOLD IA PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT...HAIL STILL IN DITCHES THIS MORNING.
SIDING HOUSES DAMAGED AND PLASTIC ON SHED DAMAGED.
SCREENS ALSO TORN.
&&
BEERENDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Davis, Decatur and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 46 min |
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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.