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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2013, 4:13 AM CST for 12 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 4, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2013, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:51 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Marion, IA | |
| Mar 5, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | LIGHTLY SNOWING AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 5, 4:19 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Mar 5, 5:35 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | E Solon, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 5, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ne Marion, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | SINCE MIDNIGHT. WATER EQUIVALENT IS 0.08 INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 W Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 5, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Dubuque, IA | .09 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Mar 5, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | .09 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Mar 5, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 W Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING. CORRECTED REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 6:08 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Coggon, IA | 24HR TOTAL. WATER EQUIV 0.20 AND SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES |
| Mar 5, 6:22 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | OVERNIGHT STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 5, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Mar 5, 6:34 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | Freeport, IL | |
| Mar 5, 6:38 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | N Muscatine, IA | |
| Mar 5, 6:43 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ene Rock Falls, IL | 1.0 INCHES DURING THE LAST HOUR. STARTED 2 HOURS AGO. |
| Mar 5, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 4 W Maquoketa, IA | 3.3 INCHES CURRENT EVENT AND 0.8 INCHES FROM YESTERDAY FOR A 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 4.1. |
| Mar 5, 6:56 AM CST | SNOW 3 | North Liberty, IA | .19 WATER EQUIVALENT |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | SINCE MIDNIGHT. STILL HEAVY SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Se Cedar Rapids, IA | SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 7:07 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Olin, IA | STILL SNOWING GOOD |
| Mar 5, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Sw Durant, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Nw Marion, IA | OVERNIGHT SNOW TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Dewitt, IA | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT |
| Mar 5, 7:26 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Wsw Lowden, IA | |
| Mar 5, 7:29 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Iowa City, IA | 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. |
| Mar 5, 7:29 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Belle Plaine, IA | |
| Mar 5, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Vinton, IA | WATER EQUIV 0.27 INCHES AND SNOW DEPTH IS 10 INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING AT A GOOD RATE. |
| Mar 5, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | 1.0 INCHES OVER THE PAST 1HR. TOTAL FOR TODAYS STORM. MODERATE SNOW FALLING CURRENTLY. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 W Stanley, IA | TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT AND 3.3 OVER THE PAST 24HRS AND 5.3 OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 7:48 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Warren, IL | TOTAL FOR TODAY. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Ese Muscatine, IA | TODAYS TOTAL SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 5, 7:58 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Mar 5, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Swisher, IA | OVER PAST 8 HOURS. SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 8:01 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Sw Galva, IL | TODAY SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 8:01 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 2 Ese East Moline, IL | OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS. |
| Mar 5, 8:01 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | Sse Atkins, IA | |
| Mar 5, 8:13 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 5 Nne Princeton, IL | |
| Mar 5, 8:23 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 4 W Stanley, IA | TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.6.5 OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. |
| Mar 5, 8:24 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 1 Wsw Iowa City, IA | TOTAL SO FAR TODAY AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 8:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 E Springville, IA | 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 7AM REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 8:34 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Freeport, IL | REPORT RELAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA |
| Mar 5, 8:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Dubuque, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 5, 8:41 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 2 Wnw Freeport, IL | TOTAL SO FAR AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 8:46 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Ssw Clinton, IA | |
| Mar 5, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ese Ridott, IL | SO FAR TODAY AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 8:56 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | North Liberty, IA | TOTAL OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS.VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Wnw Morrison, IL | |
| Mar 5, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Mar 5, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.7 | E Solon, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 9:03 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 W Cambridge, IL | TOTAL SO FAR TODAY AND CURRENTLY MODERATE SNOW |
| Mar 5, 9:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Cambridge, IL | |
| Mar 5, 9:09 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Se Vinton, IA | TOTAL SO FAR TODAY AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 9:09 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Walcott, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 9:11 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Ssw Cordova, IL | |
| Mar 5, 9:11 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Wnw Morrison, IL | |
| Mar 5, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 7 Nnw Mount Carroll, IL | STILL SNOWING. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 5, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Lowden, IA | STARTED AT 3AM. STILL MODERATE SNOW. |
| Mar 5, 9:21 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Nw Iowa City, IA | TODAY SO FAR AND SNOWING VERY LIGHTLY. |
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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 2100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWUS43 KDVN 041013 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...POTENT SNOW STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WHICH WILL FALL AT HEAVY RATES AT TIMES. AN INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. INCREASING WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...EVEN WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIGHT. IAZ040-041-051-052-041815- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130305T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0005.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS 413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT... BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ042-053-054-ILZ001-041815- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0005.130304T1200Z-130305T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0005.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA 413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ065-066-ILZ002-007-009-041815- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0005.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ CEDAR-CLINTON-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...CLINTON...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-ILZ015>018-024>026-041815- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0005.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SHEETS
9 follow-up statements
097 WWUS43 KDVN 041621 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1021 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...POTENT SNOW STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WHICH WILL FALL AT HEAVY RATES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. AN INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH MIDDAY. THIS FIRST ROUND OF SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. INCREASING WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...EVEN WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIGHT. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-050030- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1021 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-ILZ015>018-024>026-050030- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1021 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. WINDS THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 12
895 WWUS43 KDVN 042125 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...POTENT SNOW STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WHICH WILL FALL AT HEAVY RATES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE IOWA...TO THE QUAD CITIES...AND TO CAMBRIDGE ILLINOIS. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL TO THE WEST OF THAT LINE. INCREASING WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...EVEN WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LESS. IAZ067-068-ILZ015>018-050530- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ MUSCATINE-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ064-050530- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ JOHNSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IOWA CITY 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ042-054-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-050530- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040-041-051>053-065-050530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...TIPTON 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ034-035-050530- /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ098-099-MOZ009-010-050530- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-050530- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ063-076-077-087-088-050530- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT 325 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 12
040 WWUS43 KDVN 050259 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 859 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...POTENT SNOW STORM TO IMPACT AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WHICH WILL FALL AT HEAVY RATES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM INDEPENDENCE IOWA...TO THE QUAD CITIES...AND TO CAMBRIDGE ILLINOIS. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL TO THE WEST OF THAT LINE. INCREASING WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...EVEN WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LESS. IAZ040-041-051>053-064-065-051100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON 859 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ042-054-066>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-051100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 859 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ063-076-077-087-088-098-099-MOZ009-010-051100- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 859 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-034-035-051100- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.130305T0600Z-130306T0600Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 859 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$
447 WWUS43 KDVN 050955 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 355 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW STORM IMPACTING THE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WATERLOO IOWA TO THE QUAD CITIES. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THAT LINE. INCREASING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ040-041-051>053-064-065-051800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON 355 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ IAZ042-054-066>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-051800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 355 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ IAZ063-076-077-087-088-098-099-MOZ009-010-051800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 355 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-034-035-051800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 355 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WOLF
348 WWUS43 KDVN 051606 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS TRACKING ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. SNOW IS BEGINNING TO END OR LIGHTEN TO FLURRIES WEST OF THE I-380 AND HIGHWAY 218 CORRIDORS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS INTO THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE IOWA TO THE QUAD CITIES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL WEST OF THAT LINE WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH WEST OF A MANCHESTER IOWA TO IOWA CITY TO MACOMB ILLINOIS LINE. INCREASING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ040-041-051>053-064-065-060000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS. STORM TOTAL BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ IAZ042-054-066>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-060015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ IAZ063-076-077-087-088-098-099-MOZ009-010-060000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH. STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-034-035-060015- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1006 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH. STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NICHOLS
954 WWUS43 KDVN 051830 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1230 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM IS MOVING EAST... .THE INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IN MISSOURI AND TRACKING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE IOWA TO THE QUAD CITIES. INCREASING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ040-041-051>053-064-065-051930- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON 1230 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS ENDED WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR A PERIOD OR TWO OF VERY LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ IAZ063-076-077-087-088-098-099-MOZ009-010-051930- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ IOWA-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1230 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED WITH OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR A PERIOD OR TWO OF VERY LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ IAZ042-054-066>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-060230- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON- CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1230 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-034-035-060230- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1230 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH. STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NICHOLS
732 WWUS43 KDVN 052059 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 258 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM IS ENDING AS IT MOVES EAST... .THE INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IN ILLINOIS AND TRACKING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE IOWA TO THE QUAD CITIES. INCREASING WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ADDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IAZ067-052200- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/ MUSCATINE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUSCATINE 258 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED WITH FLURRIES POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ IAZ078-089-ILZ024>026-034-035-052200- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/ LOUISA-DES MOINES-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 258 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED WITH FLURRIES POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ IAZ042-054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-060000- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 258 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES UNTIL 6 PM. STORM TOTALS OF BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ NICHOLS
393 WWUS43 KDVN 052229 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 429 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM IS ENDING AS IT MOVES EAST... .THE INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IN ILLINOIS AND TRACKING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN 1 INCH IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO OCCUR THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW ENDS. IAZ042-054-066-068-ILZ015-016-052330- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 429 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE WET...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS LIKELY ONLY IN UNPLOWED LOCATIONS FROM THE SNOW THIS MORNING. DRIFTING HAS BEEN MINIMAL...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ILZ001-002-007-009-017-018-060000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 429 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 INCH UNTIL 6 PM. STORM TOTALS OF BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...PRIMARILY TO TRAVEL ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS THAT HAVE YET TO BE PLOWED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO AVOID TRAVEL AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. && $$ ERVIN
552 WWUS43 KDVN 060000 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 600 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING... .THE WINTER STORM IS QUICKLY ENDING THI EVENING...WITH NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SOME DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...WHICH COULD CREATE NEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS. ILZ001-002-007-009-017-018-060100- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 600 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. SOME DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT...WHICH COULD CREATE NEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS. $$ ERVIN
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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 4, 3:40 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:40 AM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
340 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013
STRONG CLIPPER SYSTEM SEEN ON SATELLITE CHURNING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MT EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ROLL THROUGH IA/MO/IL LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. EARLY THIS MORNING...A
BAND OF OF WARM ADVECTION PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
LIGHT SNOW...WAS OVERSPREADING THE WESTERN THIRD OF FORECAST AREA
OUT OF CENTRAL IA. AT 3 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF PRECIPITATION THAT
WAS REACHING THE GROUND WAS ROUGHLY FROM INDEPENDENCE...THROUGH IOWA
CITY TO BURLINGTON ADVANCING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013
MAIN FOCUS IS ON ADJUSTMENTS OF WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES FOR
ANTICIPATED WINTER STORM CONDITIONS FROM THE CLIPPER. LATEST MODELS
HAVE COME INTO CLOSE ENOUGH AGREEMENT TRACKING THE UPPER LOW FROM
NORTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PHASING OF
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY RESULTS IN THE ONE PRIMARY LOW FORMING OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE NORTHERN SURFACE STREAM LOW WEAKENS TO RESULT
IN AN INVERTED TROUGH THAT IS DEPICTED EXTENDING FROM A LOW IN
SOUTHERN IL N-NE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. IT
WILL BE AT THIS TIME THAT THE STRONGEST UPPER LEVEL DIFLUENCE AND
FORCING AHEAD OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW PASSES THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA...INTERACTING WITH A RIDGE OF ROUGHLY 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL
PW...RESULTING IN MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVER
THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.
TODAY...THE ADVANCING WING OF WARM ADVECTION SNOWFALL IS WORKING
WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND BASED ON CONSENSUS OF LATEST SHORT TERM
HIGH RES MODELS...SHOULD DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 8 HOURS. BASED
ON VISIBILITIES AND UPSTREAM REPORTS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES LOOK REASONABLE...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL IA THIS
MORNING. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME PATCHY ZL IN THE FAR WEST...BASED ON
REPORTS IN CENTRAL IA...BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD DUE TO
COLDER THERMAL PROFILES THAT FAR TO THE WEST. ONCE THIS ROUND OF SNOW
DISSIPATES...A DISTINCT BREAK IS EXPECTED FOR LATE MORNING THROUGH
AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 30S OVER MOST OF THE
AREA. HAVE LOWERED AFTERNOON POPS CONSIDERABLY...AND MAY STILL BE
TOO HIGH ACROSS THE NORTH...WHERE IT COULD TURN OUT TO BE MORE OF
A FLURRY OR EVEN DRIZZLE SETUP FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A SUFFICIENTLY
DEEP WARM LAYER DEVELOPING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80 SUGGESTS ANY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY FALL MORE AS RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX IN
THE AFTERNOON. BASED ON THIS BREAK BETWEEN EVENTS AND WITH ONLY
LIGHT AMOUNTS EXPECTED...WILL CANCEL THIS MORNING/S ADVISORY TO
FOCUS ALL HEADLINES ON TONIGHT.
STRONGEST LIFT TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TO NORTHEAST HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SUPPORTING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND
HEADLINE CHANGES AND SNOW AMOUNTS ARE DISCUSSED BELOW.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013
FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CURRENT STORM SYSTEM THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS
WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY...VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE IS DROPPING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.S. IN NORTHWEST FLOW. WHILE THE MODELS UNIVERSALLY AGREE
THAT THE LOW WILL BE DEEPENING AS IT CROSSES THE AREA...GFS IS THE
STRONGEST...DEEPENING THE 500MB LOW TO 528 BY 06Z WED. NAM AND
ECMWF ARE REMARKABLY SIMILAR BUT MORE SEDATE AT 533 DM. LOOKING
BACK FOR SEVERAL RUNS...THE GFS HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT...
POSITIONING THE LOW NEAR THE BOOT HEEL. THE ECMWF HAS BEEN ALL OVER
THE PLACE...WHILE THE NAM WAS FASTER BUT HAS BEEN SLOWLY SHIFTING TO
THE WEST AND APPROACHING THE GFS POSITION. THUS THE GFS HAS BEEN THE
MOST CONSISTENT AND IS FAVORED IN TERMS OF TIMING AND POSITION. DO
HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THE GFS MAY BE OVERDOING THE INTENSITY OF
THE LOW/FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND...CONVECTION
IN MONTANA LAST EVENING WITH THE UPPER LOW DOES ILLUSTRATE THE
INTENSE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT
THE GFS OFTEN OVERDOES THE MOISTURE AND AS IT IS THE
WETTEST...LIKELY IS IN THIS CASE AS WELL.
NET CONCLUSION FOR THE FORECAST THIS MORNING...HAVE FAVORED THE GFS
FOR TIMING AND EVOLUTION...SCALING BACK A BIT ON PRECIP AMOUNTS FOR
REASONS MENTIONED ABOVE.
BOTH GARCIA METHOD AND COBB TOOL YIELD AROUND 5 INCHES IN THE QUAD
CITIES AND CLOSER TO 7 INCHES AS YOU HEAD NORTH AND EAST TOWARD
DUBUQUE AND FREEPORT DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WITH THE EXTENDED
DURATION OF THE EVENT...EXPECT SNOWFALL TOTALS TO BE LESS THAN THE
ADDITIVE 6-HOUR AMOUNTS WOULD SUGGEST DUE TO COMPACTION AND
SETTLING. SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW AT
FIRST...PERHAPS 11 TO 1 BUT THEN SHOULD INCREASE INTO TUESDAY TO
AROUND 15 TO 1 AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE REGION.
THIS SUGGESTS ANOTHER CONCERN...WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY BECOMING AN
INCREASING PROBLEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW BECOMES LIGHTER AND
SURFACE WINDS INCREASE.
WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 30...INCLUDING CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE...FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY WHERE EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 30 TO 9 INCHES NEAR THE IL/WI BORDER.
THERE IS ALSO INCREASED CONCERN FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO
HIGHER SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS. WILL ALSO ISSUE AN ADVISORY FOR THE
SAME TIME FRAME FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I80 ROUGHLY AS FAR
SOUTH AS HIGHWAY 34...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES...IOWA CITY...AND
BURLINGTON. IN THIS AREA...EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE.
AFTER TUESDAY...SNOW WILL EXIT THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING THEN IT
WILL TURN RELATIVELY QUIET WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND FOR THE
REST OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE DRIFTS OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS POTENTIALLY ACTIVE ONCE
AGAIN AS AN UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE SW US AND ENERGY BEGINS
EJECTING OUT ACROSS THE MIDWEST. HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS THE TIMING AND OTHER DETAILS REMAIN UNCLEAR...ALTHOUGH
AT THIS TIME I CAN SAY THAT IT APPEARS IT WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR
ANY PRECIP TO FALL AS RAIN.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED 1125 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013
A POTENT STORM MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT WILL
SPREAD A NARROW BAND OF PRECIPITATION SOUTHEAST INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT
AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE BAND OF SNOW WILL LIFT NORTHEAST MONDAY
AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY WITH CIGS AROUND 5KFT. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
12Z THE SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE KCID AND KBRL AREAS BRINGING AT
LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO CIGS AND VSBYS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF
FZRA WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KBRL EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW AND
MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE KMLI AND KDBQ AREAS
BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH OVER MOST OF THE
AREA BY AFTERNOON BUT MAY LINGER LONGER AT KDBQ. ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE REGION MONDAY EVENING. MVFR CIGS
AND VSBYS SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY FOR IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR ILZ001-002-007-009.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY FOR ILZ015>018-024>026.
MO...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SHEETS
SHORT TERM...SHEETS
LONG TERM...DMD
AVIATION...DLFHazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 3:47 PM CST, 12 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 347 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-042200- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 347 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A BELLE PLAINE TO DUBUQUE LINE. SEE OUR WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 ON MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SEE OUR WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. HAASE/NICHOLS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 10:59 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1059 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 IAZ076-077-087-088-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-040700- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 1059 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MOVING IN... A MIX LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY 1 AM. EVEN THOUGH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIGHT...IT WILL PROBABLY CREATE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON UNTREATED ROADS...DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE OUT EARLY MONDAY MORNING BE PREPARED FOR ICY CONDITIONS. DLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 6 more | 35 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.