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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2013, 3:02 PM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 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, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 10:33 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 11:58 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Macomb, IL | INTERMITTENT EARLIER BUT STEADY FREEZING RAIN NOW. |
| Dec 21, 3:31 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Ene Fort Madison, IA | CHANGED OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BECOMING ICY. |
| Dec 21, 3:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Ene Charlie Heath Mem, MO | CONTINUOUS FREEZING RAIN SINCE 307 PM |
| Dec 21, 3:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Stronghurst, IL | LIGHT RAIN TURING TO ICE ON CONTACT WITH STREETS AND SIDEWALKS |
| Dec 21, 3:55 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 2 Ene Muscatine, IA | |
| Dec 21, 4:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Nne Dallas City, IL | STARTING TO GET A GLAZE ON THE ROAD. |
| Dec 21, 6:11 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Wnw Fort Madison, IA | CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 21, 6:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 W Mount Pleasant, IA | BEGAN AT 610 PM - ICE IS ALREADY COVERING ALL SURFACES |
| Dec 21, 6:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 Wsw Macomb, IL | |
| Dec 21, 7:24 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 3 Ne Muscatine, IA | SNOW IS BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE |
| Dec 21, 8:15 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | 3 Wnw Deer Grove, IL | RAIN EARLIER - ALL UNTREATED SURFACES ARE EXTREMELY SLICK |
| Dec 21, 8:34 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 2 Ssw Calamus, IA | CHANGED OVER TO SNOW ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO |
| Dec 21, 10:36 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 5 E Cantril, IA | SLEET OCCURING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 21, 10:36 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Industry, IL | 1/8TH INCH ICE APPROXIMATELY OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 22, 4:22 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Independence, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 22, 4:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Olin, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 22, 4:33 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 Ene Charlie Heath Mem, MO | STILL SNOWING. VISIBILITY ESTIMATED AT 1/2 MILE |
| Dec 22, 5:19 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 22, 5:32 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Manchester, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 22, 5:49 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 6 N Davenport, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. WATER EQUIV IS 0.32 AND SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES |
| Dec 22, 5:51 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Dyersville, IA | |
| Dec 22, 5:51 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Memphis, MO | SNOW HAS STOPPED. WATER EQUIV IS 0.41 AND SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES |
| Dec 22, 5:51 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Lisbon, IA | |
| Dec 22, 6:12 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Dubuque, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. HEAVY SNOW AT PRESENT TIME. WATER EQUIV IS 0.31 AND SNOW DEPTH IS 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 6:23 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Moline, IL | TOTAL SO FAR. WATER EQUIV IS 0.48 WITH SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 6:35 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Elizabeth, IL | 24HR TOTAL SO FAR. WATER EQUIV IS 0.24 AND SNOW DEPTH IS 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 6:36 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | E Iowa City, IA | RELAYED VIA MEDIA. |
| Dec 22, 6:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Dubuque, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Blue Grass, IA | SO FAR. VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Dec 22, 6:43 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wnw Freeport, IL | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 22, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 4 W Maquoketa, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING HEAVY. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 6:57 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Coggon, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | W Pleasant Plain, IA | STORM TOTAL. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Delmar, IA | STILL SNOWING. VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Dec 22, 7:09 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 2 Ne Colusa, IL | TOTAL |
| Dec 22, 7:09 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Charlotte, IA | SINCE 10PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Aledo, IL | TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:12 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ene Charlie Heath Mem, MO | TOTAL. SNOW HAS ALMOST STOPPED. |
| Dec 22, 7:12 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Wnw Parnell, IA | SNOW BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 22, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL MODERATE SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lowden, IA | SO FAR. SNOW DEPTH IS 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Ne Fulton, IL | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT |
| Dec 22, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 S Edgewood, IA | SO FAR. |
| Dec 22, 7:27 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | S Wellman, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nnw Greensburg, MO | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Charlotte, IA | TOTAL. VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Dewitt, IA | STILL LIGHT SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | Freeport, IL | 24HR TOTAL SOR FAR. SNOW DEPTH IS 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Ene Rock Falls, IL | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 22, 7:32 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 N New Windsor, IL | TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:32 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Donnellson, IA | 24HR TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:32 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 E What Cheer, IA | TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING TO 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:34 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ene Fort Madison, IA | TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Washington, IA | TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH IS 5. |
| Dec 22, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Galena, IL | STILL SNOWING. SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Sw North Liberty, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 22, 7:36 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Muscatine, IA | TOTAL. NORTH WIND 10-15. |
| Dec 22, 7:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Ese Washington, IA | TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Keosauqua, IA | 24HR TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH IS 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 3 Nne Downing, MO | TOTAL. |
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 47 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 KDVN 202102 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 302 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY... .A TRAVEL MESS IS EXPECTED IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...A DANGEROUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURDAY EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT...SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH AND WEST...AFFECTING MUCH OF IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED IN MUCH OF IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LOWER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FARTHER EAST...WITH MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THAN SNOW. IN ALL LOCATIONS...BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A THREAT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-210515- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 302 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 QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE IN SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS ON TREATED AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015-024-MOZ009-010-210515- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 302 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY TO MID EVENING SATURDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SLEET WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN COUNTIES NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND IN ILLINOIS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1/2 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR... IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ERVIN
9 follow-up statements
116 WWUS43 KDVN 210214 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 814 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH AND WEST...AFFECTING THE EASTERN HALF OF IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A THREAT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-211015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 814 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015-024-MOZ009-010-211015- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ 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-MERCER-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 814 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1/2 INCH. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE QUICKLY AND COVER AREA ROADWAYS SATURDAY EVENING AND CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ SHEETS
734 WWUS43 KDVN 210335 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 935 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH AND WEST...AFFECTING THE EASTERN HALF OF IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A THREAT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. IAZ099-MOZ009-010-211145- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 935 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-211145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131221T2100Z-131223T0000Z/ HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 935 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-211145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 935 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1/2 INCH. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE QUICKLY AND COVER AREA ROADWAYS SATURDAY EVENING AND CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ SHEETS
559 WWUS43 KDVN 210953 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST TODAY AND SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE MORNING. LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH AND WEST...AFFECTING THE EASTERN HALF OF IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST... WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A THREAT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211800- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131221T1500Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINS MID MORNING WITH THE WINTRY MIXTURE SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TODAY...UPPER 20S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-211800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1/2 INCH. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 TODAY...LOW TO MID 20S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE QUICKLY AND COVER AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING AND CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATE ON ROADS IN OPEN AREAS AND ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ 12/DLF
585 WWUS43 KDVN 211800 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE MIDWEST THROUGH SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM NOW MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL EXPAND NORTH AND WEST...AFFECTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE EASTERN HALF OF IOWA. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FARTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST...WHERE MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A THREAT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS DUE TO ICE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-220200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS DURING THE EVENING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ DMD
618 WWUS43 KDVN 212133 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 333 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE MIDWEST THROUGH SUNDAY... IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 333 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN SNOW OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 12. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-220545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.131222T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 333 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 4 ABOVE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 5 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ DMD
539 WWUS43 KDVN 220118 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 718 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...STRONG WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE MIDWEST THROUGH SUNDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. FARTHER SOUTHEAST...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE SO SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY 10 PM. ONCE SNOW CHANGES OVER...IT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY INTO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ALL LOCATIONS WILL SEE GUSTY COLD NORTHWEST WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220930- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 718 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING... THEN SNOW OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS... AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-220930- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 718 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SLEET CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH 10 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING...AND BECOME VERY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 5 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ ERVIN
420 WWUS43 KDVN 220954 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 354 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO IMPACT THE MIDWEST TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNRISE AND MID MORNING BEFORE STARTING TO LIGHTEN UP AND EXIT THE REGION TO THE NORTHEAST. SNOW ACCUMULATION TOTALS WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY INTO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 354 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WITH SOME LINGERING SLEET THROUGH NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE. SOME ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS FROM PREVIOUS FREEZING RAIN AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS... AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-221800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 354 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES AFTER SUNRISE FOR TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 5 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ 12
541 WWUS43 KDVN 221351 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 751 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM STARTING TO WIND DOWN... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE THROUGH LATE MORNING. BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. IAZ099-ILZ016>018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221500- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LEE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 751 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY IN AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THAT GO OVER 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-222200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 751 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS MORNING FOR TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS MORNING DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 5 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ 12
254 WWUS43 KDVN 221633 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1033 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015-024-221745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 1033 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL SEE FLURRIES MOVE ACROSS AREA WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND LIKELY PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW...BUT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IS NOT EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 Dec 20, 2:44 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:44 PM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
244 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 242 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SFC LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH AN INVERTED TROF EXTENDING TO THE NW INTO
IOWA. DVN RADAR SHOWS A THIN BAND OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE -SN/-FZDZ
NW OF THE QCA...WITH AN AREA OF -FZRA/PL MOVING NE ACROSS WHITESIDE
AND CARROLL COUNTIES. THE FREEZING LINE APPEARS TO BE ORIENTED FROM
NEAR MACOMB TO NEAR PRINCETON ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES AS OF 2 PM ARE
IN THE MIDDLE 20S IN THE NW PART OF THE CWFA...WITH SOME LOWER 30S
SE OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO KEOKUK. OFF TO THE WEST...A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE IS PUSHING INTO THE MO RIVER VALLEY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
LINGERING -FZDZ/-SN IN NE PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PCPN COMING TO AN END BY EARLY
EVENING. LOW CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT...AS THE HIGH BUILDS INTO
THE AREA. A WAVE WILL MOVE NE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH SE PARTS OF THE CWFA SEEING
SOME -FZRA DEVELOPING TOWARDS DAYBREAK. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY
DROP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS NW...TO
UPPER 20S SOUTH AND EAST.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
A WINTER STORM IS ON ITS WAY
MODEL DATA AND ANALYSIS CONFIRM A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
BECOME PHASED WITH THE PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN STREAM TROF TO CREATE A
STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN MISSOURI TO INDIANA SATURDAY. THIS TRACK IS
JUST FAR ENOUGH SOUTHEAST THAT MODELS ARE NOW KEEPING MUCH OF THE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN OUR SOUTHEASTERN 1/3 OR SO...VS MORE INTO
THE CENTRAL CWA. STILL...SLEET SHOULD AT LEAST BE A SIGNIFICANT
COMPONENT OF THE STORM OVER THE CENTRAL CWA ON EAST. PRECEDING THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM...WAA PCPN WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST 1/3 TO 1/2
SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THIS IS SET UP FOR A
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EVENT THERE...AND WILL BEGIN A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR MIXED FREEZING RAIN/SLEET/AND SNOW MID AFTERNOON.
FARTHER NORTHWEST...SNOW WILL BE MAINLY DOMINANT FROM VERY LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. MODELS ARE AS STRONG OR
STRONGER IN SHOWING DYNAMICS WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE THROUGH THE
CWA SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. SNOW RATES SHOULD
BE AT LEAST 10:1 IF NOT 12:1 DURING THIS PROCESS OF DEEP SATURATED
STRONG LIFT. THUS...SNOW TOTALS AS SUPPORTED BY HPC/WPC GUIDANCE ARE
LIKELY TO EXCEED 6 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TO
STERLING ILLINOIS. PENDING MESOSCALE DETAILS OF THE EVENT...A BAND
OF AROUND 8 INCHES SEEMS LIKELY JUST NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE WHERE
THE EVENT REMAINS PRIM ARLY SNOW. JUST TO THE EAST...A SIGNIFICANT
SLEET ANDS SNOW EVENT WILL OCCUR INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS. 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF SLEET...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP
WILL LIKELY OCCUR THERE. THIS COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH SUNDAY AND A EXTREMELY BUSY TRAVEL WEEKEND...WARRANTS ALL
COUNTIES INCLUDED IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. TRAVEL WILL BE GREATLY
IMPACTED BY THIS EVENT IN ALL LOCATIONS IN OUR CWA SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.
BEYOND...OUR FORECAST IS A MODEL BLEND...WHICH AGREES ON VERY COLD
AIR DOMINATING THE WEEK AHEAD...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
NIGHT...MONDAY...AND MONDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS MAY REACH -20 TO -25
OVER THIS PERIOD.
ERVIN
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1151 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF CYCLE. ONGOING
-FZRA/-FZDZ WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY
WITH A PL/SN MIX BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SPEEDS AOB 10KTS AFTER 00Z. CIGS WILL
REMAIN BETWEEN 200-1000FT AGL...WHILE 2-4SM VSBYS PREVAIL. BRL MAY
SEE ANOTHER -FZRA/PL MIX MOVE INTO THE TAF SITE AFTER 12Z.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LEE-
LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
BUREAU-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-PUTNAM-WARREN.
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
SYNOPSIS...14
SHORT TERM...14
LONG TERM...ERVIN
AVIATION...14Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 4:38 AM CST, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 438 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 438 AM CST FRI DEC 20 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST NOON. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WILL BE MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT ILLINOIS...TO THE QUAD CITIES...AND TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY THEN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON IN SOME LOCATIONS...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR GENERALLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TO 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NEARBY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. FOR MORE COMPLETE AND UPDATED INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 12/DLF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 20, 9:44 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
944 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 NW IOWA CITY 41.71N 91.60W
12/20/2013 M0.06 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ABOUT 1/16 INCH OF ICING ON SMALL TWIGS. SECONDARY
UNTREATED ROADS ARE SLIPPERY. MAIN ROADS OK.
&&
TOMPLocal storm report, Dec 20, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1000 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 AM SLEET NE CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.67W
12/20/2013 U0.00 INCH LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA
FALLING NEAR BROADCAST PARK.
&&
GROSSLocal storm report, Dec 20, 10:31 AM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1031 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM FREEZING RAIN 1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS 41.95N 91.66W
12/20/2013 M0.09 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
JUST UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICING.
&&Special weather statement, Dec 20, 2:36 PM CST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 236 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-077-078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-016-024- 210100- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...ALEDO 236 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END. UNTREATED AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...SIDEWALKS... DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY ALSO BE ICY. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 14
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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.