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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

February 19, 20145 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this blizzard warning at Feb 19, 2014, 4:47 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 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
Feb 19, 2014, 4:47 AM CST (10:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 20, 2:28 PM CSTSNOW 1.8Charles City, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION CHARLES CITY
Feb 20, 3:02 PM CSTSNOW 2.81 Ene Austin, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION AUSTIN KAAL TV
Feb 20, 3:14 PM CSTSNOW 2.54 Nw Varco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 3:18 PM CSTSNOW 1Oronoco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ORONOCO
Feb 20, 3:23 PM CSTSNOW 4.1Stewartville, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 3:27 PM CSTSNOW 31 W Dodge Center, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION DODGE CENTER
Feb 20, 3:34 PM CSTSNOW 4Grand Meadow, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION GRAND MEADOW
Feb 20, 3:35 PM CSTSNOW 2.91 Sse Charles City, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION CHARLES CITY
Feb 20, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 3North Washington, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION N. WASHINGTON
Feb 20, 3:40 PM CSTSNOW 34 W Simpson, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ROCHESTER AP 2NE
Feb 20, 3:41 PM CSTSNOW 42 Nw Varco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 3:43 PM CSTSNOW 2.7Elma, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ELMA
Feb 20, 3:45 PM CSTSNOW 3.71 Ene Austin, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION AUSTIN KAAL TV
Feb 20, 3:53 PM CSTSNOW 2.91 S Preston, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION PRESTON 1SSE
Feb 20, 3:54 PM CSTSNOW 4Le Roy, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 4:26 PM CSTSNOW 3.54 Se Douglas, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ROCHESTER KTTC TV
Feb 20, 4:30 PM CSTSNOW 4.51 Ene Austin, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION AUSTIN KAAL TV
Feb 20, 4:31 PM CSTBLIZZARDKellogg, MNXCEL REPORTED 56 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER
Feb 20, 4:39 PM CSTSNOW 3Rochester, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 4:50 PM CSTSNOW 32 Ne Berne, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 5:11 PM CSTSNOW 3.82 Se Mantorville, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION MANTORVILLE 2ESE
Feb 20, 5:11 PM CSTSNOW 3.91 Sse Charles City, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION CHARLES CITY
Feb 20, 5:12 PM CSTSNOW 52 S Predmore, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION MARION 2S
Feb 20, 5:14 PM CSTSNOW 4.53 Nnw Byron, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION BYRON 4N
Feb 20, 5:15 PM CSTSNOW 45 Nnw Genoa, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION PINE ISLAND 2S
Feb 20, 5:16 PM CSTSNOW 4Mantorville, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION MANTORVILLE
Feb 20, 5:20 PM CSTSNOW 6.22 Nne Carpenter, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ST ANSGAR 7NW
Feb 20, 5:26 PM CSTSNOW 51 Sse Hammond, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION HAMMOND 1S
Feb 20, 5:30 PM CSTSNOW 4.3Eyota, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 5:33 PM CSTSNOW 47 W Saratoga, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION RICEVILLE
Feb 20, 5:33 PM CSTSNOW 4.7Oronoco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ORONOCO
Feb 20, 5:35 PM CSTSNOW 51 Wsw Vernon Springs, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION SPRING VALLEY 8SSE
Feb 20, 5:40 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Le Roy, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 6:05 PM CSTSNOW 6Oak Center, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION OAK CENTER
Feb 20, 6:07 PM CSTSNOW 4.84 Nw Varco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 6:08 PM CSTSNOW 5.3Hayfield, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 6:17 PM CSTBLIZZARDMazeppa, MNXCEL REPORTED 130 CUSTOMERS LOSS POWER DUE TO 2 POWER OUTAGES
Feb 20, 6:21 PM CSTSNOW 74 W Simpson, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ROCHESTER AP 2NE
Feb 20, 6:22 PM CSTSNOW 6.2Oronoco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ORONOCO
Feb 20, 6:22 PM CSTSNOW 6.93 Sw Wykoff, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION SPRING VALLEY 3E
Feb 20, 6:26 PM CSTSNOW 7.84 Ssw Zumbro Falls, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ZUMBRO FALLS 4SSW
Feb 20, 6:32 PM CSTSNOW 6.31 Ene Austin, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION AUSTIN KAAL TV
Feb 20, 6:42 PM CSTSNOW 1Highlandville, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 6:48 PM CSTSNOW 7Hayfield, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:01 PM CSTSNOW 7.5Plainview, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:02 PM CSTSNOW 5.82 Ne Berne, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:08 PM CSTSNOW 52 Nw Rochester, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:10 PM CSTSNOW 71 Ene Austin, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION AUSTIN KAAL TV
Feb 20, 7:15 PM CSTSNOW 11 Ene Decorah, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:15 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Cherry Grove, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:16 PM CSTSNOW 1Highlandville, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:17 PM CSTSNOW 82 W Rochester, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
Feb 20, 7:21 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Colwell, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION COLWELL
Feb 20, 7:24 PM CSTSNOW 7.1Oronoco, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ORONOCO
Feb 20, 7:25 PM CSTSNOW 7.4Saint Ansgar, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ST ANSGAR
Feb 20, 7:28 PM CSTSNOW 3.8Elma, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ELMA
Feb 20, 7:33 PM CSTSNOW 51 S Maple Springs, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION READS LANDING 1W
Feb 20, 7:36 PM CSTSNOW 3.2New Hampton, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION NEW HAMPTON
Feb 20, 7:37 PM CSTSNOW 4.61 Sse Charles City, IASNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION CHARLES CITY
Feb 20, 7:39 PM CSTSNOW 6.52 Ne Berne, MNSNOW DURATION 24 HOURS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

334 
WWUS43 KARX 191047
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE LESS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
IS EXPECTED AS WARM AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE STORM.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS OF
30 TO 45 MPH LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...CAUSING
BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WINDS
OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...WITH MAJOR DRIFTING
IN OPEN AREAS. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE...AND
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO...BY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

A LIGHT MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...WITH TRAVEL CONDITIONS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. 

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-191900-
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/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* A WINTRY MIX EARLY THURSDAY WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
  MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY
  EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH
  PER HOUR RATES.

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  AND NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
&&

$$

MNZ079-191900-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
WABASHA-
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN EARLY THURSDAY
  FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE
  MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST
  THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH
  PER HOUR RATES.

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW. DANGEROUS
  TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ041-042-053-054-191900-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN EARLY THURSDAY
  FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE
  MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST
  THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2
  INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE
CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-191900-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD IN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THEN...HEAVY
  SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2
  INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE
CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ043-044-055-061-191900-
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
447 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY.

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL
  MOVE IN AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY.

* A LIGHT ICING OF ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TO
  MAKE TRAVEL SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OR HEAVY WET SNOW FOR
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 1 TO 5 OF SNOW MAY FALL...ALONG
  WITH RAIN OR SLEET. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THIS
  TIME PERIOD.

* THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AS TOO MUCH WARM
  AIR MAY PRODUCE RAIN AND NOT SNOW. 

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

BAUMGARDT
18 follow-up statements
963 
WWUS43 KARX 191637
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...IT STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE LESS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET IS EXPECTED AS WARM AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE STORM.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS OF
30 TO 45 MPH LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...CAUSING
BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...WITH MAJOR
DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE...AND
VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO BY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

PRECEDING THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT...THERE WILL BE A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY MORNING...AND
  THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
  WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE 
  AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW. 

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
WABASHA-
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN EARLY THURSDAY
  FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW.
  HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH THE
  EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE 
  AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW. 

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ041-042-053-054-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY IN THE
  AFTERNOON...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD IN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THEN...
  HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ043-044-055-061-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1037 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN CHANGE TO
  A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 3 AM .

* A LIGHT ICING OF ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TO 
  MAKE TRAVEL SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OR HEAVY WET SNOW FOR 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 1 TO 5 OF SNOW MAY FALL...ALONG 
  WITH RAIN OR SLEET. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR 
  THIS TIME PERIOD. 

* THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AS TOO MUCH WARM 
  AIR MAY PRODUCE RAIN AND NOT SNOW. 

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

BOYNE
863 
WWUS43 KARX 192112
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
SNOW TOTALS WILL BE LESS DUE TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...AND SLEET.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WILL BE LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WHEN WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE
25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND OCCASIONAL WHITE
OUTS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. MAJOR DRIFTING WILL LIKELY MAKE
ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO BY THURSDAY
EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

PRECEDING THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT...THERE WILL BE A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

WIZ043-044-055-200515-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140221T1200Z/
JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...RICHLAND CENTER
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH. 

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER 3
  AM...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

* A LIGHT ICING OF ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TO 
  MAKE TRAVEL SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND
  SNOW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND TO SNOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT. 2 TO 4
  OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE FRIDAY.

* THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AS TOO MUCH WARM
  AIR MAY PRODUCE MORE RAIN THAN SNOW.

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ061-200515-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0003.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLATTEVILLE
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO
  THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING.

* A LIGHT ICING OF ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TO 
  MAKE TRAVEL SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN BRIEFLY EARLY THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW FOR LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  AND NIGHT. 1 TO 5 OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AS TOO MUCH WARM
  AIR MAY PRODUCE MORE RAIN THAN SNOW.

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. &&

$$

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-200515-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA ON
  THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50
  MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-200515-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
WABASHA-
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN EARLY THURSDAY
  FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW.
  HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE 
  AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... 
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW. 

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ041-042-053-054-200515-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE. THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY
  AFTERNOON...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-200515-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
312 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD IN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THEN... 
  HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

BOYNE
049 
WWUS43 KARX 200304
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO MOVE IN TONIGHT...

.PRECIPITATION WILL START MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT FROM
THE SOUTH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET. MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. LIGHT ICING COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY
MORNING COMMUTE.

THIS WINTRY MIX IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. HEAVY
SNOW WILL THEN FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A
GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST IOWA...ALL OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM TO KEEP A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW GOING FOR AREAS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW OCCURS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WILL BE LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WHEN WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WITH WHITE OUTS FROM BLOWING SNOW WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
WELL... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING WILL
LIKELY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO BY
THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-201115-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN LATE
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER
  TO ALL SNOW.

* HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR RATES.

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50
  MPH...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-201115-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
WABASHA-
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE
  IN EARLY THURSDAY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE AND THEN CHANGE OVER
  TO ALL SNOW. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR RATES.

* 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ041-042-053-054-061-201115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140220T1500Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...WINONA...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

*  A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE IN
   LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING
   TO SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

* A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON FOR AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
  RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 
  INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WHERE THE CHANGE OVER OCCURS
  DURING THE MORNING. 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WHERE THE WINTRY
  MIX CONTINUES INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-201115-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD IN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THEN... 
  HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES. 

* 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON 
  AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ043-044-055-201115-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140220T0900Z-140221T1200Z/
JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...RICHLAND CENTER
904 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY
TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO
  THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL BE A
  MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE IN
  THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY IN THE EVENING.

* 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AS TOO MUCH WARM 
  AIR MAY PRODUCE MORE RAIN THAN SNOW. 

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

04
963 
WWUS43 KARX 201105
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IMPACTING THE AREA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

.PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING INTO AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF I-90 EARLY
THIS MORNING. EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET. LIGHT ICING WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE MORNING. FARTHER
EAST...ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...A WINTRY MIX WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE...PERHAPS CHANGING TO ALL RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WI BY NOON. HEAVY SNOW...INCLUDING SOME
THUNDER SNOW WILL THEN FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHERN
WI.

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WHEN WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35
MPH RANGE...GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WITH WHITE OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE
OUTS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...
ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING MAKING
ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...DANGEROUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...ALL OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM TO KEEP A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW GOING FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTHEAST IOWA NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW OCCURS THIS EVENING.
TOTALS SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS
THAN AN INCH TO 4 INCHES.

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-054-061-201915-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSER HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH TODAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE
  SHADED AND COLDER.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS.

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME ICING TODAY INTO THIS
  EVENING...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING AND
  OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-201915-
/O.EXT.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140220T1500Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON
CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR THIS
  MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY NOON.

* HEAVY SNOW...INCLUDING THUNDER SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
  AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE
  THIS MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE
  AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF
  25 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-201915-
/O.EXT.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
WABASHA-
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON
CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE
  IN THIS MORNING AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY NOON.

* HEAVY SNOW...INCLUDING THUNDER SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
  AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* 8 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
  AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF
  25 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-201915-
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140220T1500Z/
WINONA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINONA
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE SEEN THIS
  MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW...INCLUDING THUNDER SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
  AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES.

* MOST OF THE AREA WILL SEE A TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW
  FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY LATE
  AFTERNOON...CONTINUING TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30
  MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-201915-
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
NOON CST FRIDAY...

* LOOK FOR A WINTRY MIX SPREADING IN THIS MORNING. THEN...HEAVY
  SNOW WILL SPREAD IN THIS AFTERNOON...LASTING THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT. 

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW...INCLUDING THUNDER SNOW WILL FALL VERY LATE
  IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SNOW RATES COULD BE 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR.

* MOST OF THE AREA WILL SEE 8 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY THIS
  EVENING...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
  TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ043-044-055-201915-
/O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...RICHLAND CENTER
505 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE SEEN THIS
  MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
  OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH TODAY.

* 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
  EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
  DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

DAS
002 
WWUS43 KARX 201341
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM MOVING TOWARD THE AREA WITH DANGEROUS IMPACTS...

.AN INITIAL WAVE OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS SPREADING THROUGH THE
AREA AND SOME LIGHT ICING HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE LIGHT ICING IS
MAINLY ON UNTREATED AND GRAVEL ROADS. LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED AFTER 9 AM...UNTIL MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON.

HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. 6 TO 13 INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME
DIFFICULT. TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE...GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WITH WHITE OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE
OUTS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE
DRIFTING MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM TO KEEP A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW GOING FOR POINTS SOUTH AND
EAST OF LA CROSSE. SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO 4 INCHES....AND OCCUR TONIGHT.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-202145-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140220T1500Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 9AM TODAY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR THIS
  MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. LIGHT ICING IS
  POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR RATES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50
  MPH...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-202145-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
WABASHA-
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE 
  IN THIS MORNING AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR RATES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 8 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50
  MPH...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-202145-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140220T1500Z/
WINONA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINONA
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE SEEN THIS
  MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON. LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER
  HOUR RATES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...CONTINUING
  TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. 
&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-202145-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* LOOK FOR A WINTRY MIX SPREADING IN THIS MORNING. THEN...HEAVY 
  SNOW WILL SPREAD IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON...LASTING THROUGH THE 
  OVERNIGHT. 

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SNOW RATES COULD BE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR.

* MOST OF THE AREA WILL SEE 8 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD BY THIS EVENING...
  LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 
  MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATER THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-202145-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
741 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME ALL
  RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
  EVENING.

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. 

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER.

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30
  MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS
  ROADS.

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME LIGHT ICING THIS MORNING...PATCHY
  SLICK SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$
644 
WWUS43 KARX 201553
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
953 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM MOVING TOWARD THE AREA WITH DANGEROUS IMPACTS...

.LIGHT PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA 
AND SOME LIGHT ICING HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE LIGHT ICING IS MAINLY 
ON UNTREATED AND GRAVEL ROADS. THE LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
MORNING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
AREA. THIS FOG WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE
IN SOME LOCATIONS.

BY MID AFTERNOON...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA 
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 6 TO 13 INCHES 
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME
DIFFICULT.

FOR TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... 
GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WHITE 
OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ON THE
RIDGE TOPS AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING
MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

FOR POINTS SOUTH AND EAST LA CROSSE...ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE
DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM TO KEEP A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW. SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS
THAN AN INCH TO 4 INCHES....AND OCCUR TONIGHT.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210000-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
953 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* A WINTRY MIX OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET WILL
  OCCUR THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID
  AFTERNOON. AREAS OF DENSE FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A
  QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY
  ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER.

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM
  AND 9 PM.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH...
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW. DANGEROUS
  TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210000-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
953 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* A WINTRY MIX OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET WILL OCCUR
  THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. AREAS
  OF DENSE FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY
  ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER.

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM
  AND 9 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 
  AND BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...CONTINUING
  TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING TO 45
  MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210000-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
953 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME ALL 
  RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW THIS 
  EVENING. 

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. 

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING... 
  ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER. 

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME LIGHT ICING THIS MORNING... 
  PATCHY SLICK SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SNOW AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

BOYNE
449 
WWUS43 KARX 201806
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1206 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...HEAVY SNOW MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA 
WITH DANGEROUS IMPACTS...

.HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM...AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. HOURLY SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...AND FROM 4 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW RATES WILL BE FOUND IN THUNDERSTORMS.
THESE HIGH SNOW RATES WILL QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A TOTAL
OF 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

FOR TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...
GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WHITE
OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ON THE
RIDGE TOPS AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING
MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

FOR POINTS SOUTH AND EAST LA CROSSE...ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE
DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM TO KEEP A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW. SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
LESS THAN AN INCH TO 4 INCHES....AND OCCUR TONIGHT.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210215-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1206 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA
  BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. 

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM 
  AND 9 PM. 

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH... 
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210215-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
1206 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
  WISCONSIN BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL
  WISCONSIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM.

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM
  AND 9 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  AND BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT... 
  CONTINUING TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... 
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210215-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1206 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. 

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING... 
  ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER. 

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME LIGHT ICING THIS MORNING... 
  PATCHY SLICK SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SNOW AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

BOYNE
556 
WWUS43 KARX 202031
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
231 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A WINTRY MIX FALLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA...

.A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM WINONA
MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 4 PM.
MEANWHILE THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA 
WILL SEE HOURLY SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 9 PM. THE
HIGHEST SNOW RATES WILL BE FOUND IN THUNDERSTORMS. THESE HIGH SNOW
RATES WILL QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. BY FRIDAY MORNING 4 TO
13 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN TO 
OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ELSEWHERE SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN
INCH TO 4 INCHES.

FOR TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...
GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WHITE
OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ON THE
RIDGE TOPS AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING
MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210445-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
231 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

*  A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM WINONA
   MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 4 PM.
   MEANWHILE THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
   IOWA WILL SEE HOURLY SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 9 PM.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH... 
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM THE DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
231 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* THROUGH 4 PM...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
  AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM 
  AND 9 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 
  AND BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. 

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT... 
  CONTINUING TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... 
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210445-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
231 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
  AND EVENING. 

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. 

* LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING... 
  ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE SHADED AND COLDER. 

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME LIGHT ICING THIS MORNING... 
  PATCHY SLICK SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SNOW AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

BOYNE
381 
WWUS43 KARX 202150
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
350 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A WINTRY MIX FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...

.A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM WINONA
MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 5 PM.
MEANWHILE THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HOURLY SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 
9 PM. THE HIGHEST SNOW RATES WILL BE FOUND IN THUNDERSTORMS. THE
HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SO FAR IS 4.1 INCHES IN STEWARTVILLE AND 4
INCHES IN GRAND MEADOW MINNESOTA. 

BY FRIDAY MORNING 4 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A
MEDFORD WISCONSIN TO OELWEIN IOWA LINE. ELSEWHERE SNOW TOTALS WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH TO 4 INCHES.

FOR TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...
GUSTING TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WHITE
OUTS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS ACROSS
WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ON THE
RIDGE TOPS AND NORTH OF LA CROSSE. PLAN ON CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING
MAKING ROADS IMPASSABLE IN THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
350 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM WINONA
  MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 5 PM.
  MEANWHILE THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
  IOWA WILL SEE HOURLY SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 9 PM.
 
* THROUGH 6 PM...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES AND
  BY FRIDAY MORNING SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH... 
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
350 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. BY 6
  PM...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM 
  AND 9 PM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 
  AND BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES. 

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 6 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT... 
  CONTINUING TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... 
  GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD DRIFT SOME ROADS CLOSED. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND VERY DIFFICULT BY LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
350 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
  AND EVENING. 

* SNOWFALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 
  FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. 

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

BOYNE
369 
WWUS43 KARX 210018
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
618 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...SNOW IS PILING UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHERN
IOWA...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM CENTRAL IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SO FAR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN REPORTS OF 6 INCHES
FROM NEAR THE MINNESOTA-IOWA STATELINE NORTHEAST TOWARDS RED WING
MINNESOTA. ROCHESTER MINNESOTA REPORTED 7 INCHES AS OF 6 PM.

FURTHER EAST A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW HAS MADE FOR SLUSHY ROADS.

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL ON THE INCREASE WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW
HAS FALLEN SO DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
PROBLEM.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
618 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

* SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
618 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AT TIMES THE
  SNOWFALL RATE COULD BE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE LATER TONIGHT AS
  NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE THREAT
FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
618 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* BANDS OF SNOW WILL BRING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT.

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
WORSEN.

&&

$$

SHEA
575 
WWUS43 KARX 210147
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
747 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF LA CROSSE...

.SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WERE COMMON THIS EVENING FROM
NORTHERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
HIGHEST TOTALS WERE AROUND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA WHERE TOTALS NEAR 8
INCHES ARE BEING REPORTED.

SNOWFALL EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE HAS BEEN VERY LIGHT...
GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH.

THE WET SNOW IS STUCK ON POWER LINES AND TREES AND AS THE WINDS
INCREASE...WE COULD SEE SOME LIMBS FALL. IN ADDITION...WINDS WERE
STARTING TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
747 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 

* SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
747 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AT TIMES 
  THE SNOWFALL RATE COULD BE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE LATER TONIGHT 
  AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-210600-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
747 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* BANDS OF SNOW WILL BRING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT.

* DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS EVENING...BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 20 TO 
  30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...COULD CAUSE SOME DRIFTING ACROSS 
  ROADS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
WORSEN.

&&

$$

SHEA
137 
WWUS43 KARX 210514
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1114 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...STRONG WEST WINDS NOW BUFFETING THE AREA...

.SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WERE
PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA. THE VISIBILITY IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WAS A
MILE OR LESS IN MANY LOCATIONS.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME DAMAGE AND POWER
OUTAGES. THE WET HEAVY SNOW WAS WEIGHING DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW SOME OF THESE TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WERE COMMON THIS EVENING FROM
NORTHERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
HIGHEST TOTALS WERE AROUND GRAND MEADOW MINNESOTA WHERE 10 INCHES
WAS BEING REPORTED.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211315-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1114 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
 
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
  STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH... 
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
1114 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AT TIMES THE
  SNOWFALL RATE COULD BE 1 INCH PER HOUR.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE LATER TONIGHT AS
  WEST WINDS INCREASE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211315-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1114 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED.

* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS WITH WEST
  WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
WORSEN.

&&

$$

04
663 
WWUS43 KARX 210720
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
120 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...SNOW TAPERING OFF...STRONG CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
AREA...

.SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
45 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY
BELOW ONE MILE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME
DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. THE WET HEAVY SNOW WAS WEIGHING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW SOME OF THESE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WINDS WERE MORE IN THE 15 TO 25
MPH GUSTING 3O TO 40 MPH RANGE. WHERE SNOW FELL THURSDAY
EVENING...THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL...MAINLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS.

THE FALLING SNOW CONTINUED TO TAPER OFF AS THE DEEP LOW MOVED INTO
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 1 AM...THE SNOW WAS MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH
OR LESS...EXCEPT 1 TO 2 INCHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN CLOSER
TO THE LOW.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WERE COMMON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FROM NORTHERN IOWA ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. HIGHEST TOTALS WERE AROUND GRAND MEADOW
MINNESOTA WHERE 10 INCHES WAS BEING REPORTED.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211530-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
120 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...
  FOR STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...
  WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
120 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. 

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE LATER TONIGHT AS
  WEST WINDS INCREASE INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUST TO 40 MPH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211530-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
120 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED.

* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD OCCUR INTO FRIDAY 
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS WITH 
  WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
WORSEN.

&&

$$

RRS
197 
WWUS43 KARX 210839
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
239 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA. THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY BELOW ONE
MILE. ROADS ARE REPORTED BLOCKED BY DRIFTS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...WITH NO TRAVEL ADVISED THERE...AS WELL AS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO CREATED POWER OUTAGES. THE WET HEAVY
SNOW WEIGHING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND THE STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO PUSH BRANCHES AND TREES INTO THE POWER LINES.

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WINDS WERE MORE IN THE 15 TO
25 MPH GUSTING 3O TO 40 MPH RANGE. WHERE SNOW FELL THURSDAY
EVENING...THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL...MAINLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS.

THE FALLING SNOW CONTINUED TO TAPER OFF AS THE DEEP LOW MOVED
INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS OF 230 AM...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW
CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SOME MODERATE TO HEAVIER SNOW
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29 IN WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL SNOW
AMOUNTS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR
LESS...EXCEPT 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29 IN
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211645-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
239 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE... 
  FOR STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. 

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING EARLY THIS
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN COUNTRY AREAS...AND WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING
  TO 45 MPH... WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* PLAN ON ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. 
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211645-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
239 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

* MOST AREAS WILL SEE 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WITH WEST WINDS OF 20 TO
  30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH.

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211645-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
239 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED.

* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE
  SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY
  ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS.

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
WORSEN.

&&

$$

RRS
331 
WWUS43 KARX 211044
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
50 MPH CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA. THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY BELOW ONE
MILE. ROADS ARE REPORTED BLOCKED BY DRIFTS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...WITH NO TRAVEL ADVISED THERE...AS WELL AS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA. INTERSTATE 35 WAS
CLOSED FROM OWATONNA MINNESOTA TO THE IOWA BORDER...AND FROM AMES
TO CLEAR LAKE IN IOWA. 

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO CREATED POWER OUTAGES. THE WET HEAVY
SNOW WEIGHING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND THE STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO PUSH BRANCHES AND TREES INTO THE POWER LINES.

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WINDS WERE MORE IN THE 15 TO
25 MPH GUSTING 3O TO 40 MPH RANGE. WHERE SNOW FELL THURSDAY
EVENING...THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL...MAINLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS.

THE FALLING SNOW CONTINUED TO TAPER OFF AS THE DEEP LOW MOVED
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. AS OF 430 AM...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED
ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVIER SNOW SHIFTED INTO
FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
444 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH DAYBREAK. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE-HALF INCH OR LESS. STORM
  TOTALS WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES.

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING EARLY THIS
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN COUNTRY AREAS...AND WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING
  TO 45 MPH... WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING
  SNOW THAT WILL BLOCK SOME NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. 

* STRONG WINDS MAY PUSH SNOW COVERED BRANCHES AND TREES INTO POWER
  LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. 

* PLAN ON ROADS BEING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW.
  DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED EARLY THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
444 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MID MORNING. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. MOST AREAS
  WILL SEE STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WITH WEST WINDS OF 20 
  TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH DAYBREAK AND INTO THE
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
444 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THROUGH DAYBREAK. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON-HALF INCH OR LESS.

* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE 
  SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING...
  ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES THROUGH DAYBREAK AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING. ROAD MAY BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY.

&&

$$

RRS
352 
WWUS43 KARX 211256
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
656 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...ROADS CLOSED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST
IOWA...STORM SLOWLY EXITING...

.WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA REMAINED
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40
MPH. THESE WINDS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE AREAS. VISIBILITIES WERE SLOWLY
IMPROVING BUT REPORTS CONTINUED TO COME IN OF NORTH-SOUTH ROADS
BLOCKED BY DRIFTED SNOW. INTERSTATE 35 REMAINED CLOSED FROM
OWATONNA MINNESOTA TO THE IOWA BORDER...AND FROM AMES TO CLEAR
LAKE IN IOWA. INTERSTATE 90 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN AUSTIN AND
STEWARTVILLE MINNESOTA.

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO CREATED POWER OUTAGES. THE WET HEAVY
SNOW WEIGHING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND THE STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO PUSH BRANCHES AND TREES INTO THE POWER LINES.

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WINDS WERE MORE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
GUSTING 3O TO 40 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS WERE PRODUCING SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL...MAINLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN
OPEN COUNTRY AREAS.

THE FALLING SNOW CONTINUED TO TAPER OFF AS THE DEEP LOW MOVED
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. AS OF 630 AM...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED
ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ADDITIONAL
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE
ONE-HALF INCH OR LESS.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
656 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. WINDS OF 20
  TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 40 TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
  BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DRIFTS THAT WILL BLOCK SOME
  NORTH-SOUTH ROADS.

* STRONG WINDS MAY PUSH SNOW COVERED BRANCHES AND TREES INTO 
  POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. 

* PLAN ON SOME ROADS BEING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED EARLY THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
656 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THROUGH THE MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF-INCH OR LESS. MOST
  AREAS WILL SEE STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES.

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WITH WEST WINDS OF 20 
  TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
656 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THROUGH MID MORNING. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE-HALF INCH OR LESS.

* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE 
  SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING... 
  ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS. 

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING. ROAD MAY BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY.

&&

$$

RRS
019 
WWUS43 KARX 211551
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
951 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONTINUES...MANY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...

.WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 CONTINUED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW PERSISTED...WITH REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES.

MANY ROADS...STATE HIGHWAYS...AND INTERSTATES STILL HAVE CLOSURES
THIS MORNING. PLEASE SEE STATE 511 WEBSITES FOR MORE DETAILS. 

SOME POWER OUTAGES ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA FROM BLIZZARD. 

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WINDS WERE A BIT LESS...BUT WERE
PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY ON RIDGE TOPS
AND IN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS.

MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE ENDED.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE-
OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
951 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 35 TO 40...WILL CONTINUE
  TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* STRONG WINDS MAY PUSH SNOW COVERED BRANCHES AND TREES INTO 
  POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. 

* PLAN ON SOME ROADS BEING IMPASSABLE FROM SNOW AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW. DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS 
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED EARLY THIS MORNING.

&&

$$

MNZ088-WIZ017-029-032>034-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
951 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL
  ACCUMULATION. 

* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
  MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 35.

* TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND THE
THREAT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
951 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 WILL PRODUCE SOME
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON
  THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS.

* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND 
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING. ROAD MAY BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY.

&&

$$

RIECK
061 
WWUS43 KARX 211744
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONTINUES...MANY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...

.BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS WEST
WINDS GUST FROM 30 TO 40 MPH. THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED REGIONS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN
AND AREA RIDGE-TOPS...WILL EXPERIENCE THE MOST PROBLEMS.

SOME ROADS REMAIN CLOSED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA. DRIVING IS TRECHEROUS.

IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. 

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-220000-
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0015.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40...WILL CONTINUE
  TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* MANY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED OR SNOW COVERED ACROSS PARTS OF
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. TRAVEL WILL BE
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED EARLY THIS MORNING.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ079-220000-
/O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WABASHA-
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40...WILL CONTINUE
  TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* MANY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED OR SNOW COVERED ACROSS PARTS OF
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

WIZ017-029-032>034-220000-
/O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0014.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35...WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE SOME VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* ROADS COULD BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. RIDGE-TOPS AND HIGHER
  TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE MOST PROBLEMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

MNZ088-220000-
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0015.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
WINONA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINONA
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35...WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE SOME VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* ROADS COULD BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. RIDGE-TOPS AND HIGHER
  TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE MOST PROBLEMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-220000-
/O.EXT.KARX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...
MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...
PLATTEVILLE
1144 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35...WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL BE SOME VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS.

* ROADS COULD BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. RIDGE-TOPS AND HIGHER
  TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE MOST PROBLEMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

RIECK

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 4:47 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningARXHouston, Winona55 hr
Feb 19, 4:47 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more61 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.