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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2015, 3:53 AM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 29 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, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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, 9:13 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Cascade, IA | REPORT WAS RELAYED VIA LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Jan 31, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Kahoka, MO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION |
| Jan 31, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 S Edgewood, IA | |
| Jan 31, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Rock Falls, IL | SNOW PICKING UP IN INTENSITY. |
| Jan 31, 10:56 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Nw Thomson, IL | |
| Jan 31, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Independence, IA | TOTAL OVER PAST 5 HOURS. LIGHT SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 31, 11:18 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 E Cedar Rapids, IA | HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATION SO FAR. SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURE IS 34. |
| Jan 31, 11:31 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Charlie Heath Mem, MO | HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING. |
| Jan 31, 11:31 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 3 Nne Stockton, IL | SNOWING HEAVILY AT THIS TIME. LIQUID PRECIPITATION .14 |
| Jan 31, 11:41 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | W Cantril, IA | WET SNOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE CONTINUES. |
| Jan 31, 11:56 PM CST | SNOW 0.6 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | LWE .27 MIXED UNTIL 1030P...HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Jan 31, 11:59 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | LWE .27...MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 12:04 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | TOTAL AS OF MIDNIGHT. HEAVY WET SNOW. STILL SNOWING. 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION .32 |
| Feb 1, 12:14 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Ese Ridott, IL | MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 12:17 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Lowden, IA | MODERATE SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 12:21 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 12:40 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Macomb, IL | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. |
| Feb 1, 3:38 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 2 Ssw Iowa City, IA | MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 4:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 4:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 4:59 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SPOTTER REPORTED VERY WET SNOW WITH SOME TREE BRANCHES BEING WEIGHTED DOWN. |
| Feb 1, 5:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wnw Burlington, IA | SPOTTER ESTIMATED 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES OF VERY WET SNOW. SNOW WAS FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 1, 5:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.6 | 2 Ne Colusa, IL | RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ABOUT 1030 PM LAST NIGHT WITH 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. LIGHT SNOW STILL COMING DOWN. TEMP 33 DEGREES F. |
| Feb 1, 5:53 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fairfield, IA | |
| Feb 1, 5:54 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Memphis, MO | SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 5:56 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sw Davenport, IA | SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Lena, IL | SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Nne Muscatine, IA | LIGHT TO NO WINDS. |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Davenport Municipal Air, IA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 1, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Dubuque Regional Airpor, IA | SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 1, 6:04 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Moline Quad-City Airpor, IL | SNOW CONTINUES. 5.2 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Feb 1, 6:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | Nnw Springville, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | West Burlington, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | SNOW SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 N Freeport, IL | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Ne Fulton, IL | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Wnw Parnell, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 5 Nne Princeton, IL | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 6:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Se Keystone, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Sse Iowa City, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | N Wellman, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Wsw Amana, IA | SO FAR. LIGHT MELTING SNOW STARTED AT 9 PM. SNOW STARTED TO ACCUMULATE AFTER 11 PM JAN 31. ACCUMULATION 6.5 INCHES AT 7 AM. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 3 Ene Rock Falls, IL | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:05 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nw Croton, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Ne Keokuk, IA | STILL SNOWING. HEAVY SNOW. TEMP IS 31. |
| Feb 1, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Washington, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | 1 Ene New Windsor, IL | SO FAR. MODERATE SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 7:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 6 S Erie, IL | 12 HOUR TOTAL. SNOW IS STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 7:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 2 Wsw Iowa City, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 N Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Ne Industry, IL | SO FAR. CHANGED TO SNOW AROUND 8 PM LAST NIGHT. |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 Ene Freeport, IL | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | SO FAR. |
| Feb 1, 7:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | Ese Eldridge, IA | |
| Feb 1, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Ssw North Liberty, IA | 7 INCH SNOW TOTAL AT THIS TIME. STILL SNOWING. VERY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES OF ALL TYPES. BRANCHES UP TO AT LEAST 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAVE BROKEN OUT OF PINE TREES. |
| Feb 1, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Independence, IA | CORRECTED AMOUNT. 12 HOUR TOTAL. MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP FROM THE NNE ESTIMATED 15 TO 20 GUST TO 25 CAUSING MANY INNER CITY SNOW DRIFTS. ONE AT MY LOCATION IS CAR LENGTH AND 2 TO 2.5 FEET DEEP. |
| Feb 1, 7:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Lowden, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SPOTTER REPORTED A TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD IN LOWDEN AND POWER FLICKERING. |
| Feb 1, 7:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ne Bertram, IA | |
| Feb 1, 7:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 1 Ene Mount Vernon, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060 WWUS43 KDVN 310953 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 353 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. DEVELOPING STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS SUNDAY MAY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW. SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS...WHICH WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES. IAZ042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-311800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 353 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 QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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...7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWS ALONG HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR TO NEAR HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT. NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW BY LATE MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-311800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 353 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT. NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW BY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ040-041-311800- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER 353 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 QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT. NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW BY MID MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ NICHOLS/UTTECH
10 follow-up statements
343 WWUS43 KDVN 311725 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1125 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOWFALL...AS WELL AS SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM REMAINS...WHICH WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-010130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 1125 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWS ALONG HIGHWAY 30 SOUTH TO THE I-80 CORRIDOR TO NEAR HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW BY LATE MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-010130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 1125 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW BY AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$
851 WWUS43 KDVN 312125 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOWFALL...AS WELL AS SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-010530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-010530- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. THERE SHOULD BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ HAASE/MCCLURE
573 WWUS43 KDVN 010235 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SPREADING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES LIKELY OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOWFALL. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-011045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-011045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. RAIN...OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ SHEETS
798 WWUS43 KDVN 011050 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 450 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING AND COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SO FAR THE SNOW HAS BEEN VERY WET BUT WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BUT THE INTENSITY WILL DECREASE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-011900- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 450 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 12 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-011900- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 450 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$
051 WWUS43 KDVN 011324 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING AND COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SO FAR THE SNOW HAS BEEN VERY WET BUT WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BUT THE INTENSITY WILL DECREASE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-012130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. THE LOWEST TOTALS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-012130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$
149 WWUS43 KDVN 011715 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1115 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY HAMPERING SNOW REMOVAL. IN ADDITION... NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE MAY BECOME MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE INCREASING WINDS AND HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-020115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 1115 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES IS LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-020115- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 1115 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES IS LIKELY DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$
458 WWUS43 KDVN 012151 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 351 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.. .MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-020300- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 351 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WITH 2 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-020300- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 351 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE HALF MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$
496 WWUS43 KDVN 020121 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 721 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST RURAL ROADS...WHERE SOME ROADS MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WINDS AFFECT SNOW AND ICE COVERED POWERLINES AND TREE BRANCHES. ILZ001-002-007-009-016>018-020600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 721 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 25 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DUE TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS. WEST TO EAST ROADS IN RURAL AREAS MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY DRIFTING. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS ACTING ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED POWERLINES AND TREE BRANCHES UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015-024>026- 034-035-MOZ009-010-020300- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 721 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DUE TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS. WEST TO EAST ROADS IN RURAL AREAS MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE AT TIMES THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY DRIFTING. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS ACTING ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED POWERLINES AND TREE BRANCHES UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ SHEETS
654 WWUS43 KDVN 020257 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 857 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN IOWA... NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST RURAL ROADS...WHERE SOME ROADS MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WINDS AFFECT SNOW AND ICE COVERED POWERLINES AND TREE BRANCHES. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015-024>026- 034-035-MOZ009-010-020400- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 857 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN A FOOT...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. WHILE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. WHILE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ILZ001-002-007-009-016>018-020600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 857 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DUE TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS. WEST TO EAST ROADS IN RURAL AREAS MAY BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY DRIFTING. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO STRONG WINDS ACTING ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED POWERLINES AND TREE BRANCHES UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ SHEETS
802 WWUS43 KDVN 020544 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1144 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES OUT... .THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HAS EXITED THE REGION TO THE EAST. ILZ001-002-007-009-016>018-020645- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN 1144 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ONLY A FEW FLURRIES AND PATCHY DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES OUT OF THE REGION. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT. $$ SHEETS
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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 30, 11:37 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 11:37 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1137 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 855 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
UPDATE TO ADD ADDITIONAL NORTHERN COUNTIES TO WINTER STORM WATCH.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO FORECAST GRIDS THIS EVENING. BOOSTED
AMOUNTS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ADDITIONAL WINTER
HEADLINES LIKELY FORTHCOMING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HAVE POSTED
UPDATED MULTIMEDIA WEB BRIEFING ON WEB SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 320 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD THE QUAD
CITIES THIS AFTERNOON. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WERE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THESE CLOUDS ARE MOVING INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NOON)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THE APPROACHING STORM
SYSTEM AND WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE ANY PRECIPITATION BEFORE NOON ON
SATURDAY. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE MOISTURE WILL HOLD OFF
ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL AT LEAST NOON...18Z SATURDAY.
LOOKING AT THE MODELS...THE NAM AGAIN SEEMS TO HAVE A BL
MOISTENING PROBLEM. THIS SUGGESTS SATURATION THROUGH THE LAYER AT
BRL BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z TOMORROW. THE GFS IS SLOWER...AND LIKELY
MORE ACCURATE WITH THE SATURATION. WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 18Z AND
00Z SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WHILE I DO NOT DOUBT THE FACT THAT THERE
WILL BE PRECIP ALOFT...I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SEE IT SATURATE
EARLY. THE GFS IS LIKELY MORE CORRECT ON THIS SYSTEM. THROUGHOUT
RUNS THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SLOWING...SO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE
LITTLE TO NO PRECIP BEFORE 18Z SATURDAY. THAT SAID...IF WE DO HAVE
PRECIP...WARM TEMPS WILL KEEP IT AS RAIN ACROSS THE SE ZONES.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NOON THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 320 PM CST FRI
JAN 30 2015
ENTIRE FORECAST FOCUS IS ON THE WEEKEND WINTER STORM THAT AS IT
APPEARS NOW...WOULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE SEASON SO FAR FOR
THIS AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH WAS ISSUED EARLIER TODAY FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BASED ON
INCREASING FORECAST CONFIDENCE OF THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. TODAY/S
12Z MODEL RUNS HAVE VERIFIED THE NORTHWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THE
SURFACE CIRCULATION AND PRECIPITATION SHIELD...A TREND STARTED IN
YESTERDAY/S 12Z MODEL RUN AND CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
THE STORM SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NORTHERN
STREAM SHORTWAVE OVER BC TODAY DEEPENS AS IT GLIDES DOWN THE NW FLOW
ALOFT AND BECOMES BETTER PHASED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE
SOUTHEAST...MEETING A DEVELOPING FEED OF GULF MOISTURE. THIS
PROCESS IS ENHANCED BY THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A JET CORE
SHAPING UP FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO CENTRAL ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY
NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER KS SATURDAY
SHIFTS EAST ACROSS N CENTRAL MO INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA BY SUNDAY
NIGHT. OVER THE LOCAL AREA...THIS PROCESS INCREASES FRONTOGENESIS
ALONG AN EAST TO WEST AXIS SETUP BY A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SETS UP
ALONG THIS AXIS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IA AND NORTHERN IL AS UPPER
FORCING IS MAXIMIZED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY OVER THE
PASSING LOW LEVEL INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH. AS THE SURFACE LOW
DEEPENS AND MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION...THE TIGHTENING
CYCLONIC SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS
SUNDAY...LIKELY RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING...IF NOT ACTUAL
BLOWING SNOW.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES FROM THE LOWER 30S
NORTH TO UPPER 30S SOUTH WILL RESULT IN RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX AT
ONSET AS ISENTROPIC LIFT/WARM ADVECTION DEVELOPS FROM SW TO NE IN
THE AFTERNOON. AS THE FALLING SNOW COOLS AND MOISTENS THE
COLUMN...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AS IT
INTENSIFIES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY EVENING. WITH THE DAYLIGHT ONSET
AND WARM TEMPERATURES...LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT...COOLING PROFILES AND INCREASING FORCING SHOULD
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW...WHICH WILL LIKELY BE MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE COMPLICATED BY
HIGHER SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS IN THE NORTH AND LOWER RATIOS IN THE
SOUTH...WHERE HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE FAVORED. FOR NOW...OUR
FORECAST HAS ROUGHLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT FROM NW TO SE.
SUNDAY...STRONG UPPER FORCING...AND THE FAVORED TIMING OF THE
PASSING 850 MB LOW TO THE SE SUPPORTS MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH THE MORNING TO SUGGESTS ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORED IN THE E AND SE. LIGHTER
SNOW SHOULD THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED LIFT
AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. INCREASING SURFACE
WINDS...POSSIBLY AS STRONG AS 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED FROM THE
NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTH DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TO BRING BRING IN A
RISK OF BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW WITH THE FALLING TEMPERATURES ON THE
ASSOCIATED COLD AIR ADVECTION. ADDITIONAL VERY LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM
EXITS...WHILE A RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE PLAINS RESULTS IN
DIMINISHING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF WIDESPREAD 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE
NOW LOOKING LIKELY...WITH TOTALS POSSIBLY PUSHING 10 INCHES IN OUR
EAST OVER N CENTRAL IL BASED ON THE CURRENT ANTICIPATED TRACK AND
SYSTEM EVOLUTION. THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY
NIGHT...MAY RESULT IN COMPACTION THAT COULD SUPPRESS TOTALS BELOW
THIS AMOUNT OVER THE FAR SOUTH BEFORE THE SNOW CHARACTER CHANGES
WITH THE FALLING TEMPERATURES. BASED ON MOST RECENT THOUGHTS...
WEATHER HEADLINES FOR THIS EVENT MAY EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED FOR THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
06Z TAFS UPDATED TO REFINE TIMING ON PRECIP ARRIVAL AND ONSET OF
CHANGE OVER THROUGH THE DAY. EXPECTING RAIN/SNOW MIX TO MOVE INTO
KBRL AROUND 16Z...THEN CONTINUE NORTH TO KMLI/KCID/KDBQ. HAVE
TRENDS CIGS AND VSBYS TO MVFR AND EVENTUALLY IFR BY EARLY SATURDAY
EVENING. A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR OR
SHORTLY AFTER 00Z SATURDAY EVENING.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BENTON-CEDAR-CLINTON-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-HENRY
IA-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LEE-LINN-
LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO
DAVIESS-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-
WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
UPDATE...RP KINNEY
SYNOPSIS...GIBBS
SHORT TERM...GIBBS
LONG TERM...SHEETS
AVIATION...RP KINNEYHazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:44 PM CST, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 344 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-312145- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 344 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR UPDATES AND MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SHEETS
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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.