Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2015, 3:42 PM CST for 36 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 5, 2015, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2015, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2015, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 36 counties
Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | MEASURED AT KCCI |
| Jan 5, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 Ne Waukee, IA | |
| Jan 5, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 4 Ese Waukee, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 S Polk City, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ese Altoona, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wsw Minburn, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | KCCI TV |
| Jan 5, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 Ne West Des Moines, IA | MEASURED AT ABC5 |
| Jan 5, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | West Des Moines, IA | ABC5 STUDIOS |
| Jan 5, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 S Polk City, IA | MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 1.4 INCHES IN THE PAST 70 MINUTES. |
| Jan 5, 4:21 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 E Clive, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | KCCI TV |
| Jan 5, 4:47 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 3 S Polk City, IA | AT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Jan 5, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 W Ames, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Jefferson, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 N Grimes, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:53 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Dallas Center, IA | |
| Jan 5, 4:54 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Madrid, IA | RELAYED BY MADRID WEATHER |
| Jan 5, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Clarksville, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Hudson, IA | RELAYED BY KWWL |
| Jan 5, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 S Johnston, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:07 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cumming, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:10 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lehigh, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Clive, IA | CLIVE PUBLIC WORKS |
| Jan 5, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | De Soto, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:24 PM CST | SNOW 5 | West Des Moines, IA | |
| Jan 5, 5:36 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sse Lambs Grove, IA | 1.5 INCHES IN THE PAST ONE HOUR |
| Jan 5, 5:44 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Gilmore City, IA | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING SNOW. |
| Jan 5, 5:51 PM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | MEASURED AT KCCI |
| Jan 5, 5:52 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | 1 S Johnston, IA | SNOWFALL RATES SLOWING A BIT |
| Jan 5, 5:53 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 Wnw Des Moines, IA | MEASURED AT WHO TV STUDIOS |
| Jan 5, 5:55 PM CST | SNOW 5.7 | 3 S Polk City, IA | AT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Jan 5, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | 3 Nw Spring Hill, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | AT DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Jan 5, 6:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Oskaloosa, IA | RELAYED BY KIIC RADIO |
| Jan 5, 6:10 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Nne Ames, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:10 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Nnw Ames, IA | ISU METEOROLOGY PROFESSOR REPORT |
| Jan 5, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | 2 N Ankeny, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:26 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | 1 Nnw Des Moines, IA | KCCI TV |
| Jan 5, 6:28 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Estherville, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Eldora, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:32 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | 1 S Johnston, IA | 1 INCH OVER THE PAST 40 MINUTES |
| Jan 5, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Eldora, IA | SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 5, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | 3 S Polk City, IA | AT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON |
| Jan 5, 6:46 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 W Gowrie, IA | |
| Jan 5, 6:53 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Ene Grimes, IA | ONLY LIGHT SNOW FALLING NOW |
| Jan 5, 6:58 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ssw Algona, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:04 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Garner, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Algona, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:08 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Denison, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:11 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Carroll, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:14 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Urbandale, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Clarion, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:18 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Audubon, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:18 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 Ese Altoona, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 3 W Ames, IA | UPDATED REPORT |
| Jan 5, 7:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Clear Lake, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:28 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Rolfe, IA | |
| Jan 5, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ne Waterloo, IA | MEASURED AT KWWL |
| Jan 5, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Guthrie Center, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WWUS43 KDMX 042142 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH A WINTER STORM MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AR EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF IOWA TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL RACE TOWARD IOWA MONDAY AND PASS EAST MONDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-046>050-050545- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WINTER STORM WARNING TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WARNING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS DURING THE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE STORM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ062-050545- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRINNELL 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS DURING THE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE STORM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ044-050545- /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DENISON 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW ZERO OR LOWER. * WINTER STORM WATCH TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$ IAZ045-050545- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARROLL 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO OR LOWER INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WATCH TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ057-058-072>075-050545- /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER... PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST CANADA TONIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ059>061-050545- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES... NEWTON 342 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST CANADA TONIGHT AND MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD IOWA MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
9 follow-up statements
503 WWUS43 KDMX 050338 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH A WINTER STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT... .VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AR EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF IOWA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL RACE TOWARD IOWA MONDAY AND PASSING TO THE EAST MONDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ061-051145- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND RUSH HOUR ON LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING. * WINTER STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-046>050-051145- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WINTER STORM WARNING TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL HAMPER THE LATE DAY COMMUTE IN CENTRAL IOWA. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ062-051145- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRINNELL 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL HAMPER THE LATE DAY COMMUTE IN CENTRAL IOWA. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ044-045-051145- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW ZERO OR LOWER. * WINTER STORM WATCH TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ057>060-072>075-051145- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER... PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES... WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 938 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL HAMPER THE LATE DAY COMMUTE IN CENTRAL IOWA. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
896 WWUS43 KDMX 051011 AAA WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING WITH A WINTER STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AR EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF IOWA THROUGH MID MORNING. A STORM WILL RACE SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD IOWA TODAY AND PASS TO THE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW AND ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ045-051815- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARROLL 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE NEAR 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WINTER STORM WATCH TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ058>060-074-075-051815- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...PELLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER NOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE MID AFTERNOON TO EVENING COMMUTE. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-046>050-051815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WINTER STORM WARNING TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON NORTHWEST AND WEST AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER... THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ061-062-051815- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...GRINNELL 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND RUSH HOUR ON LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. * WINTER STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ044-051815- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DENISON 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * CURRENT SYSTEM SHORT TERM TRENDS...NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE NEAR 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. * WINTER STORM WATCH TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY NOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ057-072-073-051815- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0001.150105T1800Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ AUDUBON-MADISON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * WINTER STORM WATCH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ070-071-084>086-051815- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CASS-ADAIR-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 411 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING OR SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY BY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ REV
002 WWUS43 KDMX 051514 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 914 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA WILL RACE ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW AND ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-052315- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA... TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK 914 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON NORTHWEST AND WEST AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ044-052315- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DENISON 914 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY NOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF THE AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ058>062-074-075-052315- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 914 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER NOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE MID AFTERNOON TO EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER... THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ057-070>073-084>086-052315- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 914 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DURING THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES WITH HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ KS
631 WWUS43 KDMX 051753 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1153 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .A WINTER STORM IS STRENGTHENING AND SHIFTING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-058>062-074-075-060200- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION- MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA... TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1153 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ044-057-070>073-084>086-060200- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...EXIRA...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1153 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ KS
939 WWUS43 KDMX 051837 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .A WINTER STORM IS STRENGTHENING AND SHIFTING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE STATE AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. IAZ044-057-073-060245- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...EXIRA...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE 1237 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-058>062-074-075-060245- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION- MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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... CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA... TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1237 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM EMMETSBURG THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ083-060245- /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSCEOLA 1237 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ070>072-084>086-060245- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.150105T2000Z-150106T0900Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA 1237 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ KS
154 WWUS43 KDMX 052111 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 311 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THIS BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-073>075-060515- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-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-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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...INDIANOLA...NORWALK... CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 311 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MID EVENING HOURS...WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES GENERALLY IN A BROAD BAND FROM POCAHONTAS THROUGH TAMA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 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. && $$ IAZ070>072-083>086-060515- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA 311 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MID EVENING HOURS...WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A VERY SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND INTENSITY ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE FALLING SNOW...PRODUCING SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK IN A SOME SPOTS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ KS
935 WWUS43 KDMX 060222 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 822 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. IAZ033-044-045-057-058-060330- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON... EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY 822 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND WILL KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. $$ IAZ070>072-083-084-060330- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-CLARKE-LUCAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...OSCEOLA...CHARITON 822 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND WILL KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034>039-046>050-059>062-073>075-060900- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL- TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...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...ROCKWELL CITY... MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA 822 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. LITTLE TO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ IAZ085-086-060900- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 822 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. LITTLE TO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW TO ONE HALF MILE. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$
012 WWUS43 KDMX 060338 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVER NORTHERN IOWA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ004>006-015-016-023-024-034-035-061145- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0600Z-150106T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT- CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT...KANAWHA...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 15 BELOW WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ046-047-059-073-060445- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ GREENE-BOONE-DALLAS-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. $$ IAZ007-017-025-026-036-061145- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0600Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ WORTH-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...MASON CITY... CLEAR LAKE...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND...HAMPTON... WEBSTER CITY 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ027-028-037>039-048>050-060>062-074-075-060900- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK... MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ IAZ033-061145- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0600Z-150106T1800Z/ SAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 10 BELOW WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ085-086-060900- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 938 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. LITTLE TO NO SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW TO ONE HALF MILE. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$
473 WWUS43 KDMX 060500 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1100 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE AREA FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS NORTH... .SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN IOWA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ007-017-025-026-036-061300- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0500Z-150106T1800Z/ WORTH-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...MASON CITY... CLEAR LAKE...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND...HAMPTON... WEBSTER CITY 1100 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH WIND CHILLS 20 TO 35 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ027-028-037>039-048>050-060>062-074-075-060600- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1100 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT WITH ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED. $$ IAZ085-086-060600- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150106T0900Z/ MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 1100 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ004>006-015-016-023-024-033>035-061300- /O.EXT.KDMX.WC.Y.0002.150106T0500Z-150106T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT...KANAWHA...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE 1100 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES ZERO TO 15 BELOW WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 4, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 11:51 AM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1151 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 515 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 WILL BE REPLACING THE WINTER WEATHER ADV WITH A WIND CHILL ADV AT 12Z THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR 20 BELOW OVER THE NORTH HALF THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY AND OVER THE SOUTH TODAY THROUGH ABOUT NOON. /REV && .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 341 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 MAIN CONCERNS TODAY ARE EXITING OF SYSTEM...REMAINING BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD FOLLOWING FOR THE DAY. DEFORMATION AXIS CONTINUES TO EXTEND BACK TOWARD OMAHA AT 08Z WITH LIGHT SNOW WEST...MODERATE SNOW NOW BEGINNING TO BE CONFINED TO EAST OF I35 FOR THE MOST PART. EXPECT THE BACK EDGE TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS EAST OF I35 THROUGH ABOUT 13Z AND HAVE DELAYED ENDING OF SNOW THERE. WINDS WILL BE BRISK THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW GIVING WAY TO PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES QUICKLY DROP THIS MORNING TO CRITERIA LEVELS OVER ALL OF THE AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR SOUTHEAST. BY 18Z...TEMPS WARM ENOUGH TO RELEASE THE SOUTH FOR NOW FROM AN ADVISORY...BUT OVER THE NORTH WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN NEAR 20 BELOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY...NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE ADV OUT THERE UNTIL THAT TIME. PLAN ON ISSUING AFTER THE WINTER WEATHER EXPIRES HERE THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...COLD DAY TODAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY WARMING AS STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES INTO THE REGION. CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO SOME SUN THIS AFTERNOON AS STORM PULLS EAST. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISSUED AT 341 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 MAIN FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED IS ON THE STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. COLD AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR TEMPS DROP QUITE A WAYS OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL FLOW ALOFT REMAINS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...WITH A POTENT SHORTWAVE CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM QUICKLY DROPPING THROUGH THE CWA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND A LITTLE FASTER AND FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION OVER THE PAST FEW RUNS SO HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND SNOW AMOUNTS ACCORDINGLY...BRINGING IN THE SNOW TO MUCH OF THE CWA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVING OUT BY 06Z TUESDAY FOR THE MOST PART. TRENDS ARE THAT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL SEE A QUICK SHOT OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH A BRIEF WINDOW OF STRONG LIFT IN THE DENDRITIC ZONE AND POTENTIAL NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WITH SOME WEAK INSTABILITY SHOWING UP ALOFT. NAM/EC CONTINUE TO PAINT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...WITH THE GFS BRINGING THE HEAVIEST SNOW FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE DSM METRO AREA. THOUGHTS ARE THAT A BLEND OF THESE TWO SOLUTIONS IS BEST...WITH SOME WIGGLE ROOM ON THE EXACT TRACK AS THIS SYSTEM BARRELS SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE. THE STRONG LIFT THROUGHOUT A DEEP DENDRITIC ZONE COMBINED WITH A DRIER SNOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME VERY HIGH SNOW RATIOS IN THE 18/19:1 TO ALMOST 23:1 AT TIMES DURING THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOWFALL. THEREFORE DID BRING THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST GIVEN LATEST THOUGHTS ON THE TRACK AND HAVE 4+ INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SAC COUNTY TO NORTHERN POLK COUNTY TO POWESHIEK COUNTY AND 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR NORTH TO NORTHEAST FROM PALO ALTO COUNTY SOUTHEASTWARD TO NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL CONCERNS BESIDES THE TRACK AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...WILL BE SURROUNDING THE WINDS. VERY STRONG PUSH OF COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE BACKSIDE WITH A NEARLY 1060MB ARCTIC HIGH TO BUILD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE A VERY TIGHT SFC PRES GRADIENT ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE SFC IN THE CAA AS WELL. FOR NOW HAVE BUMPED UP WINDS TO NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT FEEL THEY MAY NEED TO GO HIGHER. MAJOR PUSH OF WINDS TO COME JUST AS THE SNOW IS TAPERING OFF OR JUST AFTER THE SNOW...SO SYSTEM IS SOMEWHAT DISJOINTED IN THAT REGARD. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW WITH THE STRONG WINDS AND EXPECTED SNOW WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW POTENTIAL AS COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IF WINDS REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKS COLD AND BREEZY WITH THE ARCTIC HIGH BUILDING IN BY MID WEEK. HAVE TRENDED TEMPS DOWN FOR TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY AS FEEL GUIDANCE GRIDS WERE TOO WARM AT THIS TIME. SOME RECOVER EXPECTED TOWARD THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM DROPPING THROUGH THE CWA LATE IN THE WEEK. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER PUSH OF COLD AIR POSSIBLE JUST BEYOND THE CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD AS WELL. && .AVIATION...04/18Z ISSUED AT 1145 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TO THE AREA TONIGHT WITH NWLY WINDS DIMINISHING GRADUALLY. QUITE TAF PERIOD WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND HIGH PASSING THE THE EAST BY 18Z MONDAY. OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TO IFR AND LIFR IN CIGS AND SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AS FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE MOVE THROUGH IA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. VERY COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW THE LOW WITH VFR CONDITIONS BY TUE NIGHT AND WED. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CERRO GORDO-DALLAS-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-HAMILTON-HANCOCK- HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-JASPER-KOSSUTH-MARSHALL-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- POLK-POWESHIEK-SAC-STORY-TAMA-WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-AUDUBON- CASS-DALLAS-GUTHRIE-JASPER-MADISON-MAHASKA-MARION-POLK-POWESHIEK- RINGGOLD-TAYLOR-UNION-WARREN. WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR BLACK HAWK-BOONE- BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CERRO GORDO-CRAWFORD-EMMET- FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH- MARSHALL-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-STORY-TAMA-WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO- WORTH-WRIGHT. && UPDATE...REV SHORT TERM...REV LONG TERM...BEERENDS AVIATION...MS JAN 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 12:09 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1209 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-059>062-051815- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- 1209 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WIND CHILL ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IAZ044-057-058-051815- CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- 1209 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IAZ070>075-081-082-092-093-051815- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- 1209 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. IAZ083>086-094>097-051815- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 1209 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 4, 10:27 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1027 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM SNOW ZEARING 42.16N 93.30W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH STORY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 4, 10:30 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1030 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1028 AM SNOW HARTFORD 41.46N 93.40W
01/04/2015 M1.4 INCH WARREN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 4, 10:35 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM SNOW BEDFORD 40.67N 94.72W
01/04/2015 M1.5 INCH TAYLOR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 4, 10:39 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1039 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 AM SNOW 1 W CHARITON 41.02N 93.33W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH LUCAS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 4, 10:49 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1049 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM SNOW GILMORE CITY 42.73N 94.46W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH POCAHONTAS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
0324 AM SNOW 3 S POLK CITY 41.74N 93.72W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH POLK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SNOWFALL UP THROUGH 324 AM THIS MORNING.
0552 AM SNOW DES MOINES INT AIRPORT 41.53N 93.66W
01/04/2015 M0.9 INCH POLK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW 4 NE CEDAR FALLS 42.56N 92.40W
01/04/2015 M0.8 INCH BLACK HAWK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW 1 S SAYLORVILLE LAKE 41.74N 93.72W
01/04/2015 M1.2 INCH POLK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0620 AM SNOW ELDORA 42.36N 93.10W
01/04/2015 E1.1 INCH HARDIN IA PUBLIC
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0635 AM SNOW 4 ESE WAUKEE 41.58N 93.79W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH DALLAS IA PUBLIC
ONE TO SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE INCH. REPORT
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0640 AM SNOW ELKHART 41.79N 93.51W
01/04/2015 E1.2 INCH POLK IA PUBLIC
SLIGHTLY OVER ONE INCH. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0645 AM SNOW AMES 42.02N 93.63W
01/04/2015 E0.9 INCH STORY IA PUBLIC
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN AN INCH. REPORTED VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0650 AM SNOW COLLINS 41.90N 93.31W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH STORY IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0650 AM SNOW CENTERVILLE 40.73N 92.87W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH APPANOOSE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0655 AM SNOW 2 SW GRINNELL 41.72N 92.75W
01/04/2015 M2.0 INCH POWESHIEK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BLOOMFIELD 40.75N 92.42W
01/04/2015 M0.3 INCH DAVIS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NW WEBSTER CITY 42.47N 93.83W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH HAMILTON IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 2 ENE FORT DODGE 42.52N 94.14W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH WEBSTER IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 5 N NEW MARKET 40.80N 94.90W
01/04/2015 M0.4 INCH TAYLOR IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 2 NE LATIMER 42.78N 93.34W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH FRANKLIN IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 2 SSE WATERLOO 42.46N 92.34W
01/04/2015 M1.3 INCH BLACK HAWK IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW WINDSOR HEIGHTS 41.60N 93.71W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH POLK IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW 1 NW NEVADA 42.03N 93.46W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH STORY IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW TRIPOLI 42.81N 92.26W
01/04/2015 M0.6 INCH BREMER IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 WNW HAMPTON 42.75N 93.21W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH FRANKLIN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ATLANTIC 41.40N 95.01W
01/04/2015 M0.2 INCH CASS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ANITA 41.44N 94.77W
01/04/2015 E0.7 INCH CASS IA PUBLIC
LESS THAN AN INCH. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0700 AM SNOW PRAIRIE CITY 41.60N 93.24W
01/04/2015 E1.5 INCH JASPER IA TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0700 AM SNOW BEACONSFIELD 40.81N 94.05W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH RINGGOLD IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW JEWELL 42.31N 93.64W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH HAMILTON IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0705 AM SNOW 2 NNE FOREST CITY 43.28N 93.62W
01/04/2015 M3.0 INCH WINNEBAGO IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0710 AM SNOW 1 E DALLAS CENTER 41.68N 93.96W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH DALLAS IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0713 AM SNOW MINBURN 41.76N 94.03W
01/04/2015 M0.9 INCH DALLAS IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0715 AM SNOW IOWA FALLS 42.52N 93.27W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH HARDIN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0718 AM SNOW NEWTON 41.70N 93.05W
01/04/2015 E1.2 INCH JASPER IA PUBLIC
ONE TO 1.5 INCHES. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0725 AM SNOW CLEAR LAKE 43.13N 93.38W
01/04/2015 E1.8 INCH CERRO GORDO IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0730 AM SNOW OSCEOLA 41.03N 93.77W
01/04/2015 E2.0 INCH CLARKE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0730 AM SNOW GRIMES 41.66N 93.79W
01/04/2015 M1.2 INCH POLK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0730 AM SNOW LAMONI 40.62N 93.93W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH DECATUR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0744 AM SNOW 4 ESE CHILLICOTHE 41.06N 92.47W
01/04/2015 E0.9 INCH WAPELLO IA TRAINED SPOTTER
AN INCH OR LESS. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0745 AM SNOW NORTHWOOD 43.44N 93.22W
01/04/2015 E2.0 INCH WORTH IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0800 AM SNOW LORIMOR 41.13N 94.06W
01/04/2015 M2.0 INCH UNION IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW ESTHERVILLE 43.40N 94.83W
01/04/2015 M1.5 INCH EMMET IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0803 AM SNOW 5 SE AMES 41.97N 93.56W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH STORY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0810 AM SNOW AUBURN 42.25N 94.88W
01/04/2015 E0.9 INCH SAC IA PUBLIC
JUST UNDER AN INCH. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0810 AM SNOW GUTHRIE CENTER 41.68N 94.50W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH GUTHRIE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0820 AM SNOW BOONE 42.05N 93.88W
01/04/2015 M0.9 INCH BOONE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0833 AM SNOW CEDAR FALLS 42.52N 92.45W
01/04/2015 E1.5 INCH BLACK HAWK IA PUBLIC
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REPORTED VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0835 AM SNOW 5 W GOWRIE 42.28N 94.39W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH WEBSTER IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0838 AM SNOW 5 WNW DES MOINES 41.61N 93.71W
01/04/2015 M0.8 INCH POLK IA NWS EMPLOYEE
0840 AM SNOW FREMONT 41.21N 92.43W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH MAHASKA IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0840 AM SNOW ROCKWELL CITY 42.40N 94.63W
01/04/2015 M2.0 INCH CALHOUN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0840 AM SNOW 5 NW FORT DODGE 42.56N 94.25W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH WEBSTER IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0855 AM SNOW MADRID 41.88N 93.82W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH BOONE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0855 AM SNOW INDIANOLA 41.36N 93.57W
01/04/2015 M2.1 INCH WARREN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0900 AM SNOW BLOCKTON 40.62N 94.49W
01/04/2015 M3.0 INCH TAYLOR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0905 AM SNOW OSKALOOSA 41.29N 92.64W
01/04/2015 M1.6 INCH MAHASKA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0915 AM SNOW 1 W NEW VIRGINIA 41.18N 93.75W
01/04/2015 E1.5 INCH WARREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
0930 AM SNOW AUDUBON 41.72N 94.93W
01/04/2015 M0.3 INCH AUDUBON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0930 AM SNOW CUMMING 41.48N 93.76W
01/04/2015 E1.0 INCH WARREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0940 AM SNOW POCAHONTAS 42.74N 94.67W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH POCAHONTAS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0955 AM SNOW ALBIA 41.03N 92.80W
01/04/2015 M0.8 INCH MONROE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1000 AM SNOW BEDFORD 40.67N 94.72W
01/04/2015 M1.5 INCH TAYLOR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1010 AM SNOW EMMETSBURG 43.11N 94.68W
01/04/2015 E1.5 INCH PALO ALTO IA PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1020 AM SNOW WINTERSET 41.34N 94.02W
01/04/2015 M0.5 INCH MADISON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1025 AM SNOW ZEARING 42.16N 93.30W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH STORY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1028 AM SNOW HARTFORD 41.46N 93.40W
01/04/2015 M1.4 INCH WARREN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1035 AM SNOW 1 W CHARITON 41.02N 93.33W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH LUCAS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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3.00 BLOCKTON IA TAYLOR 0900 AM
3.00 2 NNE FOREST CITY IA WINNEBAGO 0705 AM
2.10 INDIANOLA IA WARREN 0855 AM
2.00 ROCKWELL CITY IA CALHOUN 0840 AM
2.00 LORIMOR IA UNION 0800 AM
2.00 NORTHWOOD IA WORTH 0745 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
2.00 OSCEOLA IA CLARKE 0730 AM
2.00 2 SW GRINNELL IA POWESHIEK 0655 AM
1.80 CLEAR LAKE IA CERRO GORDO 0725 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.60 OSKALOOSA IA MAHASKA 0905 AM
1.50 EMMETSBURG IA PALO ALTO 1010 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.50 BEDFORD IA TAYLOR 1000 AM
1.50 1 W NEW VIRGINIA IA WARREN 0915 AM
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
1.50 CEDAR FALLS IA BLACK HAWK 0833 AM
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REPORTED VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.50 ESTHERVILLE IA EMMET 0800 AM
1.50 PRAIRIE CITY IA JASPER 0700 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.40 HARTFORD IA WARREN 1028 AM
1.30 2 SSE WATERLOO IA BLACK HAWK 0700 AM
1.20 GRIMES IA POLK 0730 AM
1.20 NEWTON IA JASPER 0718 AM
ONE TO 1.5 INCHES. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.20 ELKHART IA POLK 0640 AM
SLIGHTLY OVER ONE INCH. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
1.20 1 S SAYLORVILLE LAKE IA POLK 0600 AM
1.10 ELDORA IA HARDIN 0620 AM
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
1.00 1 W CHARITON IA LUCAS 1035 AM
1.00 ZEARING IA STORY 1025 AM
1.00 POCAHONTAS IA POCAHONTAS 0940 AM
1.00 CUMMING IA WARREN 0930 AM
1.00 MADRID IA BOONE 0855 AM
1.00 5 NW FORT DODGE IA WEBSTER 0840 AM
1.00 FREMONT IA MAHASKA 0840 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
1.00 5 W GOWRIE IA WEBSTER 0835 AM
1.00 5 SE AMES IA STORY 0803 AM
1.00 LAMONI IA DECATUR 0730 AM
1.00 1 E DALLAS CENTER IA DALLAS 0710 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
1.00 JEWELL IA HAMILTON 0700 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.00 BEACONSFIELD IA RINGGOLD 0700 AM
1.00 1 WNW HAMPTON IA FRANKLIN 0700 AM
1.00 WINDSOR HEIGHTS IA POLK 0700 AM
1.00 2 NE LATIMER IA FRANKLIN 0700 AM
1.00 CENTERVILLE IA APPANOOSE 0650 AM
1.00 COLLINS IA STORY 0650 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.00 4 ESE WAUKEE IA DALLAS 0635 AM
ONE TO SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE INCH. REPORT
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.00 3 S POLK CITY IA POLK 0324 AM
SNOWFALL UP THROUGH 324 AM THIS MORNING.
1.00 GILMORE CITY IA POCAHONTAS 0230 AM
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
0.90 BOONE IA BOONE 0820 AM
0.90 AUBURN IA SAC 0810 AM
JUST UNDER AN INCH. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
0.90 4 ESE CHILLICOTHE IA WAPELLO 0744 AM
AN INCH OR LESS. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0.90 MINBURN IA DALLAS 0713 AM
0.90 AMES IA STORY 0645 AM
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN AN INCH. REPORTED VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0.90 DES MOINES INT AIRPORT IA POLK 0552 AM
0.80 ALBIA IA MONROE 0955 AM
0.80 5 WNW DES MOINES IA POLK 0838 AM
0.80 4 NE CEDAR FALLS IA BLACK HAWK 0600 AM
0.70 ANITA IA CASS 0700 AM
LESS THAN AN INCH. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0.60 TRIPOLI IA BREMER 0700 AM
0.50 WINTERSET IA MADISON 1020 AM
0.50 GUTHRIE CENTER IA GUTHRIE 0810 AM
0.50 IOWA FALLS IA HARDIN 0715 AM
0.50 1 NW NEVADA IA STORY 0700 AM
0.50 2 ENE FORT DODGE IA WEBSTER 0700 AM
0.50 1 NW WEBSTER CITY IA HAMILTON 0700 AM
0.40 5 N NEW MARKET IA TAYLOR 0700 AM
0.30 AUDUBON IA AUDUBON 0930 AM
0.30 BLOOMFIELD IA DAVIS 0700 AM
0.20 ATLANTIC IA CASS 0700 AM
IRIS SYSTELocal storm report, Jan 4, 11:24 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1124 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 AM SNOW SWEA CITY 43.38N 94.31W
01/04/2015 M1.0 INCH KOSSUTH IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMThe 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 | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago | 6 hr |
| 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 |
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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.