Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2015, 3:31 AM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2015, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 51 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur 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, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Denison, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Nnw Waukee, IA | |
| Jan 31, 7:51 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Lake View, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 7:59 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Laurens, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ene Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 3 Ne Waukee, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Madrid, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:27 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Elkhart, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 2 Ese Waukee, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:36 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Murray, IA | 0.28 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. 0.31 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE SNOW |
| Jan 31, 8:46 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Audubon, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:48 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Audubon, IA | SNOWFALL ESTIMATE. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Clear Lake, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ene Fort Dodge, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 E Van Meter, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Ene Saylorville, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:51 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Denison, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ene Saylorville, IA | |
| Jan 31, 8:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 N Martensdale, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:53 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Grimes, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 8:53 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Boone, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:56 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Belmond, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:56 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Belmond, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:57 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Newton, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 8:57 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 S Estherville, IA | EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER MEASURED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Jan 31, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mason City, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ankeny, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Eldora, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Osceola, IA | |
| Jan 31, 9:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Osceola, IA | |
| Jan 31, 9:19 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 1 N Fort Dodge, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:19 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Creston, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:19 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Ames, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Humeston, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 9:22 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Nnw Ames, IA | |
| Jan 31, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wsw Minburn, IA | |
| Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Indianola, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Ames, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Jefferson, IA | |
| Jan 31, 9:27 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Corydon, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:27 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Ames, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:28 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 Nnw Waukee, IA | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Jan 31, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ne Grimes, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Carlisle, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 S Bradgate, IA | VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/2 MILE. ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY |
| Jan 31, 9:36 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Lake City, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Estherville, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 W Altoona, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Norwalk, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Ese Grimes, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Adel, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nw West Des Moines, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 9:46 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Waukee, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:47 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 3 Ne Des Moines, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:47 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 E Urbandale, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 9:49 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 E Elkhart, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 9:52 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 S Boone, IA | |
| Jan 31, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Pocahontas, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 31, 10:01 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Woodward, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Jan 31, 10:04 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Pella, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
930 WWUS43 KDMX 310931 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 331 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS. IAZ047>050-059>062-071>075-081>086-092>097-311745- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA... TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR... FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK... CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX... NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR... ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 331 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE HEAVILY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ023>028-033>039-044>046-057-058-070-311745- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...ATLANTIC 331 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE HEAVILY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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>017-311745- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE 331 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ LEE
12 follow-up statements
838 WWUS43 KDMX 311632 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1032 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS. IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-010045- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA... GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS... ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE... WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1032 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE HEAVILY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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>017-010045- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE 1032 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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
314 WWUS43 KDMX 312157 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 357 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-010600- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA... GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS... ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE... WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 357 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...RAIN CONTINUES TO CHANGE TO SNOW WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE TRANSITION WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH 9 PM CST. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE WEST OF HIGHWAY 169 THROUGH MID EVENING WITH 4 T0 NEARLY 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...REGIONWIDE ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST EAST OF I35 NEAR AND SOUTH OF US 30 TO NEAR HIGHWAY 34. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...HEAVY SNOW FALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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>017-010600- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE 357 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN SNOW MIX CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING AND ACCUMULATE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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
939 WWUS43 KDMX 010233 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 833 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-011045- /O.UPG.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE 833 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND ACCUMULATE QUICKLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-011045- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA... GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS... ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE... WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 833 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES. ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RAGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...REGION WIDE ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST EAST OF I35 NEAR AND SOUTH OF US 30 TO NEAR HIGHWAY 34. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...HEAVY SNOW FALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$
010 WWUS43 KDMX 010510 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1110 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER KANSAS WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-011315- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1110 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES. ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RAGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES OVER FAR NORTHERN IOWA...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...REGION WIDE ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST EAST OF I35 NEAR AND SOUTH OF US 30 TO NEAR HIGHWAY 34. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...TURNING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...HEAVY SNOW FALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR THE ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$
274 WWUS43 KDMX 010830 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 230 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER KANSAS WILL REACH THE ST LOUIS AREA BY MIDDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW CONTINUING NORTH OF ITS TRACK. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-011230- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 230 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MORNING WITH CONTINUED SNOW PRODUCING WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF A MILE OR SO. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALIZED LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS FROM DES MOINES EASTWARD MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC AND SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE BELOW A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR LATER TODAY AS THE WINDS INCREASE. 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...UP TO SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL HAVE COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT. THE ELDERLY OR THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE. && $$ SMALL
162 WWUS43 KDMX 011151 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 551 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY...HEAVILY IN THE MORNING...WITH INCREASING WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-012000- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 551 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STEADILY INCREASING WINDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE BELOW A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR LATER TODAY AS THE WINDS INCREASE. 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...AROUND SIX INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL HAVE COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT. THE ELDERLY OR THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE. && $$ LEE
560 WWUS43 KDMX 011458 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 858 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY...HEAVILY IN THE MORNING...WITH INCREASING WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...POSSIBLE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF SNOW ON AREA TREES...POWER OUTAGES MAY BECOME MORE LIKELY AS WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-012300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 858 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STEADILY INCREASING WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON REGIONWIDE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA BY MIDDAY AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS BY EVENING. ALONG WITH THAT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA AND JUST BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE BELOW A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES MAY BECOME MORE LIKELY AS THE WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...AROUND SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL HAVE COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE. && $$ REV
285 WWUS43 KDMX 011700 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1100 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...POOR VISIBILITY...MORE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY...HEAVILY THIS MORNING...WITH INCREASING WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND EVENING HOURS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF WET SNOW ON AREA TREES...TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY AS WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-020100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1100 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STEADILY INCREASING WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON REGIONWIDE. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS BY EVENING. ALONG WITH THAT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA AND JUST BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE MORE LIKELY AS THE WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN MAKING 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH ...AROUND SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL HAVE COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE. && $$ REV
480 WWUS43 KDMX 011954 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...POOR VISIBILITY...MORE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF WET SNOW ON AREA TREES...TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS WELL. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-020300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 154 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN A FOOT TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS BY EVENING. ALONG WITH THAT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA AND JUST BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS DIMINISH AFTER DARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN MAKING 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED... AROUND SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WET SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT HAS COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM OTHERS. && $$ REV
360 WWUS43 KDMX 012146 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 346 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...POOR VISIBILITY...MORE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF WET SNOW ON AREA TREES...TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-020300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 346 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN A FOOT TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH INTO THE LOWER TO MID TEENS BY EVENING. ALONG WITH THAT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA AND JUST BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL STILL BE MORE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS DIMINISH AFTER DARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN MAKING 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED... AROUND SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WET SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT HAS COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM OTHERS. && $$ REV
053 WWUS43 KDMX 020009 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 609 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...POOR VISIBILITY...MORE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING OVER THE STATE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF WET SNOW ON AREA TREES...TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-020300- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ 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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 609 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO CLARINDA LINE. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THAT THE SNOW HAS ENDED. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN A FOOT TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 OVER THE THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE THIS EVENING...25 TO 30 MPH OVER THE NORTHWEST. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THAT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA AND JUST BELOW ZERO OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY MID EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF WHERE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW HAS ALSO COATED TREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL STILL BE MORE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS DIMINISH AFTER DARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN MAKING 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. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY WET CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED... AROUND SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WET SNOW FROM OVERNIGHT HAS COMPACTED AND SETTLED. THIS WILL MAKE REMOVAL AND SHOVELING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEART CONCERNS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...REMOVE THE SNOW IN SMALL AMOUNTS OR SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM OTHERS. && $$
568 WWUS43 KDMX 020249 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 849 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 .COLD AIR IS FILTERING INTO IOWA IN THE WAKE OF THE WINTER STORM. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>048-021100- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0006.150202T0900Z-150202T1500Z/ 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- 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 849 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS...GUSTY AT TIMES...WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TO 8 TO 15 MPH BY SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SNOWFALL OF THE PAST 24 HOURS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ049-050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-020400- /O.EXP.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER... DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON... GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE... WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 849 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS WINDING DOWN AND WINTER STORM CONDITIONS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SNOWFALL OF THE PAST 24 HOURS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
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 31, 3:15 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:15 AM CST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 315 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 313 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 PRECIP TRENDS ARE THE OBVIOUS CONCERN IN THIS PERIOD. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN PROGRESSION OF PRECIP AS A WHOLE...WHICH IS JUST TRYING TO CROSS THE MO RIVER...BUT MAX TEMPS IN LOWEST 1KM ARE QUITE VARIABLE IN TIME AND SPACE THROUGH THE RAIN/SNOW/MIX 1-3C THRESHOLD. USING A GFS/NAM/RAP MODEL CONSENSUS FOR THESE TEMPS RESULTS IN A RAIN/SNOW MIX ADVANCING INTO CENTRAL IA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE HIGHWAY 20 OR 30 CORRIDORS BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH MAINLY RAIN SOUTH. TEMPS BEGIN TO COOL LATE HOWEVER WITH LESS VARIABILITY CHANGING TO MAINLY SNOW OUTSIDE OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX SE QUARTER TOWARD 00Z. ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD MAINLY BE UNDER AN INCH THROUGH 00Z DUE TO EITHER LATE ARRIVAL NORTH OR MELTING AND MIX FARTHER SOUTH. ACCUMS SHOULD REALLY PICK UP JUST AFTER THIS VALID PERIOD HOWEVER. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEEP WEAK/MODERATE KINEMATIC AND THERMODYNAMIC FORCING ACCOMPANYING SLAB OF MOISTURE TO SIMILAR DEPTH IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF GREAT LAKES TO EAST COAST JET SEGMENT. HI RES REFLECTIVITY SIMULATIONS SHOW THIS NICELY AS WELL SO HAVE CATEGORICAL WORDING SOUTH HALF BY AFTERNOON. GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF NAM/GFS MOS FOR HIGHS WITH A SOMEWHAT HIGHER BLEND TOWARD THE COOLER NAM NUMBERS DUE TO PRECIP. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 313 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 A PROLONGED WINTER STORM IS SET TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AS APPROACHING NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEMS MERGE AND PHASE OVER THE MIDWEST WE WILL SEE AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTEND FROM KANSAS AND NEBRASKA ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A LARGE PRECIP SHIELD MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA LATE TODAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROAD REGION OF ASCENT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING 500 MB TROUGH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO SUPPORT RAIN INITIALLY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...BUT AFTER DARK TONIGHT IT WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW PRETTY QUICKLY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS ABOUT OUR SOUTHERN HALF OR SO THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND PERHAPS UNTIL CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE AND DYNAMIC COOLING WITHIN THE COLUMN SHOULD PRODUCE THE QUICK CHANGE TO SNOW. MEANWHILE...WITH FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING OVERHEAD AND PWATS ABOVE THE 95TH PERCENTILE FOR THE SEASON GIVEN THE SYSTEM PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...QPFS ARE UNSEASONABLY HIGH AND APPROACHING AN INCH IN SOME AREAS WHICH IS NEAR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY. COMBINED WITH A FAIRLY DEEP DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE...THIS SHOULD LEAD TO FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW WITH RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY AFTER ABOUT 8 OR 10 PM AS THE SNOW REALLY STARTS TO STICK. ON SUNDAY THE SURFACE LOW/TROUGH WILL SLIDE OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST BUT THE 500 MB TROUGH WILL JUST BE PASSING OVERHEAD...PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL SLUG OF FORCING AND COLD AIR SUPPORTING MORE SNOW WITH AN EVEN DEEPER DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE INDICATED BY ALL MODEL SOUNDINGS. IN ADDITION...THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTING SURFACE LOW AND A LARGE RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL LEAD TO STRONG NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. WITH MULTIPLE INCHES OF WETTER SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND FROM SATURDAY NIGHT AND WINDS OF THIS CALIBER BLOWING AROUND THE DRIER FALLING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW ISSUES COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ON SUNDAY. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE TOO LOW FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO BE REACHED...BUT TRAVEL COULD BE BADLY AFFECTED ESPECIALLY WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING. GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS AND IMPACTS...HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END ON SUNDAY EVENING AS THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA BRINGING MUCH COOLER WEATHER ESPECIALLY WITH THE FRESH SNOW PACK IN PLACE. IOWA WILL THEN REMAIN BENEATH GENERALLY NORTHWESTERLY 500 MB FLOW FOR THE BULK OF NEXT WEEK...PREVENTING ANY SIGNIFICANT WARMING AND PREVENTING THE SNOW FROM MELTING MUCH. A SERIES OF MOSTLY WEAK IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS NORTHWEST FLOW PRODUCING ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST SUCH WAVE MAY PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SOMEWHERE AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WHILE AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT IT MAY STILL HAVE SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS WITH DITCHES ALREADY FULL. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PUSH THROUGH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR WHICH COULD MAKE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING THE COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WEEK. TOWARD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS OF WEAK RIDGING ALOFT AND LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION...BUT THESE EFFECTS WILL LIKELY BE TEMPERED BY THE DEEP SNOW PACK EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE. && .AVIATION...31/06Z ISSUED AT 1141 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 DEVELOPING LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL AFFECT IA SAT INTO SUNDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR SAT WITH PRECIP AND CIGS. MIXED PCPN IN THE SRN TAF SITES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SNOW IN THE NORTH. IFR TO LIFR STATEWIDE IN SNOW AND STRATUS SATURDAY NIGHT. OUTLOOK...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY SUNDAY WITH CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MON. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH TO THE MISSOUR BORDER FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3 FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. && SHORT TERM...SMALL LONG TERM...LEE AVIATION...MS JAN 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 8:57 PM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 857 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 IAZ047>050-059>062-071>075-081>086-092>097-010300- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 857 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>046-057-058-070-010300- 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- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS- 857 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 17 hr |
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