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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 4, 201536 counties in Iowa

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 3:33 PM CSTSNOW 2.81 Nnw Des Moines, IAMEASURED AT KCCI
Jan 5, 3:45 PM CSTSNOW 2.33 Ne Waukee, IA
Jan 5, 3:55 PM CSTSNOW 2.34 Ese Waukee, IA
Jan 5, 4:00 PM CSTSNOW 3.23 S Polk City, IA
Jan 5, 4:02 PM CSTSNOW 2.51 Ese Altoona, IA
Jan 5, 4:05 PM CSTSNOW 32 Wsw Minburn, IA
Jan 5, 4:05 PM CSTSNOW 3.31 Nnw Des Moines, IAKCCI TV
Jan 5, 4:10 PM CSTSNOW 3.41 Ne West Des Moines, IAMEASURED AT ABC5
Jan 5, 4:10 PM CSTSNOW 3.4West Des Moines, IAABC5 STUDIOS
Jan 5, 4:15 PM CSTSNOW 3.23 S Polk City, IAMEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 1.4 INCHES IN THE PAST 70 MINUTES.
Jan 5, 4:21 PM CSTSNOW 2.91 E Clive, IA
Jan 5, 4:25 PM CSTSNOW 41 Nnw Des Moines, IAKCCI TV
Jan 5, 4:47 PM CSTSNOW 4.63 S Polk City, IAAT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON
Jan 5, 4:50 PM CSTSNOW 3.13 W Ames, IA
Jan 5, 4:50 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Jefferson, IA
Jan 5, 4:50 PM CSTSNOW 4.81 N Grimes, IA
Jan 5, 4:53 PM CSTSNOW 42 E Dallas Center, IA
Jan 5, 4:54 PM CSTSNOW 4.1Madrid, IARELAYED BY MADRID WEATHER
Jan 5, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 0.8Clarksville, IA
Jan 5, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 1Hudson, IARELAYED BY KWWL
Jan 5, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 51 S Johnston, IA
Jan 5, 5:07 PM CSTSNOW 3Cumming, IA
Jan 5, 5:10 PM CSTSNOW 4Lehigh, IA
Jan 5, 5:15 PM CSTSNOW 6.5Clive, IACLIVE PUBLIC WORKS
Jan 5, 5:20 PM CSTSNOW 6De Soto, IA
Jan 5, 5:24 PM CSTSNOW 5West Des Moines, IA
Jan 5, 5:36 PM CSTSNOW 4.51 Sse Lambs Grove, IA1.5 INCHES IN THE PAST ONE HOUR
Jan 5, 5:44 PM CSTSNOW 4.3Gilmore City, IAVISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING SNOW.
Jan 5, 5:51 PM CSTSNOW 5.91 Nnw Des Moines, IAMEASURED AT KCCI
Jan 5, 5:52 PM CSTSNOW 5.81 S Johnston, IASNOWFALL RATES SLOWING A BIT
Jan 5, 5:53 PM CSTSNOW 5.31 Wnw Des Moines, IAMEASURED AT WHO TV STUDIOS
Jan 5, 5:55 PM CSTSNOW 5.73 S Polk City, IAAT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON
Jan 5, 5:57 PM CSTSNOW 5.83 Nw Spring Hill, IA
Jan 5, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.2Des Moines Int Airport, IAAT DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Jan 5, 6:07 PM CSTSNOW 4Oskaloosa, IARELAYED BY KIIC RADIO
Jan 5, 6:10 PM CSTSNOW 4.52 Nne Ames, IA
Jan 5, 6:10 PM CSTSNOW 53 Nnw Ames, IAISU METEOROLOGY PROFESSOR REPORT
Jan 5, 6:20 PM CSTSNOW 5.82 N Ankeny, IA
Jan 5, 6:26 PM CSTSNOW 6.21 Nnw Des Moines, IAKCCI TV
Jan 5, 6:28 PM CSTSNOW 52 S Estherville, IA
Jan 5, 6:30 PM CSTSNOW 4Eldora, IA
Jan 5, 6:32 PM CSTSNOW 6.81 S Johnston, IA1 INCH OVER THE PAST 40 MINUTES
Jan 5, 6:45 PM CSTSNOW 3.8Eldora, IASOCIAL MEDIA
Jan 5, 6:45 PM CSTSNOW 6.83 S Polk City, IAAT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON
Jan 5, 6:46 PM CSTSNOW 65 W Gowrie, IA
Jan 5, 6:53 PM CSTSNOW 5.52 Ene Grimes, IAONLY LIGHT SNOW FALLING NOW
Jan 5, 6:58 PM CSTSNOW 61 Ssw Algona, IA
Jan 5, 7:04 PM CSTSNOW 2Garner, IA
Jan 5, 7:05 PM CSTSNOW 3Algona, IA
Jan 5, 7:08 PM CSTSNOW 2Denison, IA
Jan 5, 7:11 PM CSTSNOW 3Carroll, IA
Jan 5, 7:14 PM CSTSNOW 5.3Urbandale, IA
Jan 5, 7:15 PM CSTSNOW 41 Ese Clarion, IA
Jan 5, 7:18 PM CSTSNOW 3Audubon, IA
Jan 5, 7:18 PM CSTSNOW 4.81 Ese Altoona, IA
Jan 5, 7:25 PM CSTSNOW 5.53 W Ames, IAUPDATED REPORT
Jan 5, 7:26 PM CSTSNOW 2.8Clear Lake, IA
Jan 5, 7:28 PM CSTSNOW 6Rolfe, IA
Jan 5, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 3.51 Ne Waterloo, IAMEASURED AT KWWL
Jan 5, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 5Guthrie 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
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

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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-
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/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 SYSTEM
Local 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 SYSTEM
Local 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 SYSTEM
Local 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 SYSTEM
Local 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
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  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 SYSTE
Local 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 SYSTEM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 6:32 PM CSTBlizzard WarningDMXEmmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago6 hr
Jan 3, 6:32 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMXEmmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago11 hr
Jan 4, 4:00 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXAudubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more24 hr
Jan 4, 6:07 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 37 more27 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.