Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2013, 2:57 PM CST for 25 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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
- Dec 20, 2013, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 10:34 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 25 counties
Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lamoni, IA | |
| Dec 21, 11:07 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Chariton, IA | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY WHO TV VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 21, 11:17 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Bedford, IA | |
| Dec 21, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lamoni, IA | |
| Dec 21, 11:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Osceola, IA | |
| Dec 21, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Mount Ayr, IA | 3 - 4 INCHES |
| Dec 22, 12:02 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Chariton, IA | REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 12:16 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 1 S Saylorville Lake, IA | AT THE NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Dec 22, 12:16 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | |
| Dec 22, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Chariton, IA | REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. MEASURED ON PAVEMENT |
| Dec 22, 2:03 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 S Saylorville Lake, IA | SNOWFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JOHNSTON SO FAR |
| Dec 22, 2:29 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | West Des Moines, IA | |
| Dec 22, 2:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Wnw Des Moines, IA | |
| Dec 22, 3:44 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Waterloo, IA | REPORT FROM KWWL |
| Dec 22, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 S Saylorville Lake, IA | TOTAL SNOWFALL AT THE NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Dec 22, 4:27 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Dysart, IA | RELAYED FROM KWWL |
| Dec 22, 5:23 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Toledo, IA | A LOT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING REPORTED. REPORT RELAYED FROM KCRG. |
| Dec 22, 5:34 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | REPORT FROM KCCI |
| Dec 22, 5:48 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Humeston, IA | |
| Dec 22, 5:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Waterloo Airport, IA | |
| Dec 22, 5:50 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | |
| Dec 22, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ames, IA | 2 TO 3 INCHES. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Des Moines, IA | DES MOINES AIRPORT OBSERVATION |
| Dec 22, 6:02 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ames, IA | RECEIVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 6:02 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | 1 S Saylorville Lake, IA | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Dec 22, 6:02 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ankeny, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Johnston, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Grimes, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Grundy Center, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | West Des Moines, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Allerton, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Bloomfield, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Hartford, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Beaconsfield, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.1 | Albia, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Lamoni, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Albia, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Wsw Newton, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 E Des Moines Int Airp, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHOTV |
| Dec 22, 7:22 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | W Albia, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:33 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nnw Plano, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 N Ames, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Chariton, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND KAALTV |
| Dec 22, 7:44 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 3 N Oskaloosa, IA | |
| Dec 22, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Blockton, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 W Ames, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Nevada, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.2 | N Murray, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:05 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Lorimor, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:16 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 3 S Ottumwa, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:24 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Urbandale, IA | VIA WHOTV AND SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Windsor Heights, IA | |
| Dec 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 6.9 | 4 Wsw Des Moines Int Ai, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Newton, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHOTV |
| Dec 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Oskaloosa, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHOTV |
| Dec 22, 8:48 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Toledo, IA | VIA KCRG |
| Dec 22, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Dysart, IA | VIA KWWL |
| Dec 22, 8:54 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 W New Virginia, IA | |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Nne Ames, IA | |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ese Altoona, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDMX 202057 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 257 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA THIS WEEKEND. A TOTAL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. THE SNOW MAY BE PRECEDED BY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...COLD...ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... INCLUDING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. IAZ050-061-062-073>075-083>086-093>097-210500- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR... ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 257 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW AS WELL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN...WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ028-038-072-081-082-092-210500- /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 257 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW AS WELL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ039-049-060-210500- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...MARSHALLTOWN... DES MOINES 257 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW AS WELL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MJB
11 follow-up statements
592 WWUS43 KDMX 210241 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 841 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS WEEKEND. A TOTAL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. THE SNOW MAY BE PRECEDED BY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...COLD...ARCTIC AIR WILL FOLLOW THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... INCLUDING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MONDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY AS FAR SOUTH AS CENTRAL IOWA. IAZ050-061-062-073>075-083>086-093>097-211045- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR... ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 841 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN... WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ027-037-047-048-058-059-070-071-211045- /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUTLER-HARDIN-BOONE-STORY-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...IOWA FALLS... ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE...AMES...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE 841 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ028-038-039-049-060-072-081-082-092-211045- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-POLK-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... MARSHALLTOWN...DES MOINES...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 841 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
502 WWUS43 KDMX 210954 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS WEEKEND LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY MORNING. IAZ028-038-039-048-049-060-072-082-092-211800- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-POLK-MADISON-UNION-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...DES MOINES...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CRESTON... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 354 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...LINGERING INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 4TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ050-061-062-073>075-083>086-093>097-211800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR... ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 354 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN... WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ027-037-047-058-059-070-071-081-211800- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUTLER-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...IOWA FALLS... ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING 354 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TODAY AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ026-036-211800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...WEBSTER CITY 354 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TODAY AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
700 WWUS43 KDMX 211615 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF IOWA LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST AREAS OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE ONLY SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY MORNING. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072-073-220015- /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN... WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ074-075-082>086-092>097-220015- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN... WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-081-220015- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... CORNING 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
182 WWUS43 KDMX 212114 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 314 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF IOWA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST AREAS OF IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE ONLY SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY MONDAY NIGHT. IAZ074-075-082>086-092>097-220515- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 314 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET AND SNOW IS MOST LIKELY...ALTHOUGH A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING WITH THE SNOW PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN... WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF ICE...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072-073-220515- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE 314 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END SUNDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH FLURRIES MAY LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-081-220515- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... CORNING 314 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
173 WWUS43 KDMX 220013 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 613 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT IOWA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .SNOW HAS BEGUN OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST AND FREEZING RAIN OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST...OTHERWISE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072>075-082>086-092>097-220815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 613 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA TOWARD INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH 9 PM. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR NORTH OF THIS REGION DURING THIS TIME. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE MAJORITY OCCURRING BY 7 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-081-220815- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... CORNING 613 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL INCREASE INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH 9 PM WHILE FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS REGION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
447 WWUS43 KDMX 220333 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 933 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT IOWA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA OVERNIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY 8 AM SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARRIVING BY SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072>075-082>086-092>097-221145- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 933 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA TOWARD HIGHWAY 20 THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE MAJORITY OCCURRING BY 7 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-081-221145- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... CORNING 933 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL EXPAND NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH AND BE NEAR THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR BY MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
743 WWUS43 KDMX 220547 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1147 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT IOWA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY 7 AM SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARRIVING BY SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ081-221400- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CORNING 1147 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOURS AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072>075-082>086-092>097-221400- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1147 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOURS AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE MAJORITY OCCURRING BY 7 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-221400- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE 1147 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2 AM. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES TO BE MODERATE AT TIMES. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE FURTHER REDUCTIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AS THEY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
373 WWUS43 KDMX 220932 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 332 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT IOWA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING BEFORE 7 AM THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARRIVING TONIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072>075-081>086-092>097-221745- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON... CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 332 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. SNOW INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOURS AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID DAY TODAY...WITH SPOTTY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE MAJORITY WILL OCCUR BEFORE 7 AM WITH UNDER AN INCH THEREAFTER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-221745- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE 332 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. IT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY MID MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES TO BE MODERATE AT TIMES. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE FURTHER REDUCTIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
377 WWUS43 KDMX 221257 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 657 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS IOWA... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE STATE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WITH AROUND AN INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARRIVING TONIGHT. IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-072>075-081>086-092>097-222100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON... CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 657 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...AND AROUND AN INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING...WITH SPOTTY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER MID MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-058-059-070-071-222100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE 657 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...AND LESS THAN AN INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER THAT TIME. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
990 WWUS43 KDMX 221522 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 922 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS IOWA... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE STATE. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WITH AROUND AN INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARRIVING TONIGHT. IAZ072-081>086-092>097-221630- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 922 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED BUT FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FROM TIME TO TIME THE REST OF TODAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAY PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE SURFACE BUT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ IAZ058-070-071-221630- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE 922 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED BUT FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FROM TIME TO TIME THE REST OF TODAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAY PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE SURFACE BUT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-073>075-222330- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 922 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM IOWA. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-059-222330- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-DALLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE...PERRY... WAUKEE...ADEL 922 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM IOWA. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE UNDER AN INCH. STORM TOTALS ARE GENERALLY FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES FURTHER IN ADDITION TO FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
322 WWUS43 KDMX 221634 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1034 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 IAZ028-038-039-048>050-060>062-073>075-221745- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1034 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS OVER ALTHOUGH SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES REMAIN LIKELY ON AND OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PERSIST WITH DRIFTING SNOW REMAINING POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ026-027-036-037-047-059-221745- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE-DALLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...BOONE...PERRY... WAUKEE...ADEL 1034 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS OVER ALTHOUGH SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES REMAIN LIKELY ON AND OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PERSIST WITH DRIFTING SNOW REMAINING POSSIBLE. $$
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 Dec 20, 2:41 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:41 PM CST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 241 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 241 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 RELATIVE CALM BEFORE THE STORM EXISTS DURG THIS TIME PD OF THE FCST. INVERTED TROF EXTENDS FROM THE SE TO NORTH CENTRAL CWA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TONIGHT...BUT IS PROGGED TO LESSEN IN DEPTH SLOWLY. WEAK FORCING NEAR THE TOP OF THIS MOIST REGION IN THE NORTHEASTERN CWA WILL LEAD TO SOME -SN IN AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z. EVEN WEAKER FORCING ELSEWHERE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED FLURRIES ELSEWHERE...ALSO AT LEAST UNTIL 00Z. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE -SN REGION...WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THE FLURRIES. A DECENT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA...IN LOCATIONS FARTHER REMOVED FROM THE WAA ZONE. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISSUED AT 241 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES...THEN LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STILL THE MAIN FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE MID/LONG RANGE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BETTER AGREEMENT ON TRACK...WITH THE SFC LOW TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE NE TX 12Z SATURDAY THROUGH AR/SO MO AND INTO NRN OH/IN BY 12Z SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO EJECT NORTHEASTWARD AND TRACK ACROSS SE IA SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING INTO GREAT LAKES SUNDAY. THIS PLACES THE CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN CWA WITHIN THE DEF ZONE AREA OF THE SYSTEM WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. INITIALLY HAVE SOME THETA-E ADVECTION NOSING INTO THE CWA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN SOME FZRA/SN MIX ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST...WITH PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH/NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CWA SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE. MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO END BY SUNDAY MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON AS STRONGER LIFT MOVES EAST/NORTHEAST. DECENT FRONTO PLACEMENT AND AREA OF OMEGA WITHIN THE DENDRITIC ZONE SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR GREATEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MT AYR TO KNOXVILLE TO TAMA LINE WHERE GREATER THAN 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTHEAST OF THAT LINE...WITH A SHARP CUTOFF OF MEASURABLE SNOW EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE ANY WOBBLE IN THE TRACK...COULD STILL MEAN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE HEAVIER SNOW AXIS TO SHIFT SOME. STILL HAVE THE WARM NOSE BRIEFLY AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST...FOR A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS COULD OCCUR PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS STILL EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN THE TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG PUSH OF COLDER AIR SUNDAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH FRESH SNOW COVER IN PLACE. ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL NORTHERN STREAM WAVE TO PUSH INTO THE BACKSIDE WOULD REINFORCE THE WINDS SOME SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH LOW CLOUDS TO STICK AROUND AND POSSIBILITY OF SOME FLURRIES. STRONG CAA SHOULD SEND TEMPS TO NEAR ZERO OR BELOW AND ALLOW FOR BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY HAVE WIND CHILLS IN THE -20F TO -30F RANGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA BY MONDAY MORNING. REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY QUIET...WITH COLDER CONDITIONS. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY MOVE THROUGH LATER CHRISTMAS DAY BRINGING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA...OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEK. SYSTEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR TO THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...20/18Z ISSUED AT 1244 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 IFR TO LOW MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS DURING THE FCST PD. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO SATURDAY RESULTING IN CONTINUED LOW CIGS AND BR. A WINTER STORM WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRINGING WINTRY PRECIP ALONG WITH LOW CIGS AND VSBYS SATURDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR APPANOOSE-CLARKE-DAVIS-DECATUR-JASPER-LUCAS-MAHASKA-MARION- MONROE-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-TAMA-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADAMS-BLACK HAWK-BREMER-GRUNDY-MADISON-MARSHALL- POLK-TAYLOR-UNION. && SHORT TERM...ZOGG LONG TERM...BEERENDS AVIATION...ZOGG
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 3:54 AM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 IAZ017-025>028-034>038-045>048-057>059-070>072-081-082-092-211200- CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- 354 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE BY SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ROUGHLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOW AND ICE REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IAZ039-049-050-060>062-073>075-083>086-093>097-211200- BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 354 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THIS MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ROUGHLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOW AND ICE REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IAZ004>007-015-016-023-024-033-044-211200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT-SAC-CRAWFORD- 354 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT IT COULD BE ENOUGH TO CREATE SLICK CONDITIONS ON SOME ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE BY SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
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.