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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 3, 2015, 6:32 PM CST for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Emmet County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS43 KDMX 040032 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 632 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...DETERIORATING WEATHER OVERNIGHT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NORTHWEST... A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY LATER TONIGHT. IAZ004>006-015-040845- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.150104T0032Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG 632 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS THEN IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL ARE EXPECTED AROUND ESTHERVILLE BY 8 PM...AND WILL SPREAD GRADUALLY EASTWARD OVER THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WHILE SNOW IS FALLING...AND NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL LIFE THREATENING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-040845- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 632 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES MAY REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WHILE SNOW IS FALLING AND BLOWING. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ LEE
3 follow-up statements
195 WWUS43 KDMX 040130 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 730 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...DETERIORATING WEATHER OVERNIGHT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NORTHWEST... A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BY LATER TONIGHT. IAZ004>006-015-040930- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG 730 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL ARE EXPECTED AROUND ESTHERVILLE BY 8 PM...AND WILL SPREAD GRADUALLY EASTWARD OVER THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WHILE SNOW IS FALLING...AND NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL LIFE THREATENING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-040930- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 730 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES MAY REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WHILE SNOW IS FALLING AND BLOWING. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$
440 WWUS43 KDMX 040359 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 959 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...DETERIORATING WEATHER OVERNIGHT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FAR NORTHWEST... A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. IAZ004>006-015-041200- /O.CON.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG 959 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME LIFE-THREATENING IN THESE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WHILE SNOW IS FALLING...AND NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITIES...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL LIFE THREATENING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-041200- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 959 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN IOWA WILL EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH 1 AM COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA BY EARLY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY DROP IN THE FALLING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES MAY REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WHILE SNOW IS FALLING AND BLOWING. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$
520 WWUS43 KDMX 040652 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1252 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY AND BLOWING SNOW. IAZ004>006-015-041200- /O.EXP.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0700Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0002.150104T0700Z-150104T1200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG 1252 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW HAS EXPANDED AND CONTINUES FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. ONE HALF MILE VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL GREATLY IN THESE LOCATIONS MAINLY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF MILE WHILE SNOW IS FALLING...AND FOR BRIEF PERIODS NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ007-016-017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-041200- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1252 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW CONTINUES TO EXPAND OVER ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE IN INTENSITY THROUGH 3 AM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS VISIBILITY RAPIDLY DROPS IN THE FALLING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. VISIBILITY MAY REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WHILE SNOW IS FALLING AND BLOWING. THERE MAY BE BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS...VERY LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS...AND SLICK ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ REV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 6:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 37 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 31 hr |
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Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2015Every blizzard warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.