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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2015, 4:31 AM CST for 15 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 25, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 59 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
- Feb 25, 2015, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | SNOW SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Cedar Rapids, IA | AT KCRG STUDIO. |
| Feb 25, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 W Stanley, IA | |
| Feb 25, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Iowa City, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Feb 25, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 E Independence, IA | SO FAR. MODERATE SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 25, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 2:24 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Feb 25, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Nnw North Liberty, IA | |
| Feb 25, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Feb 25, 3:09 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | West Liberty, IA | REPORT FROM TWITTER...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 3:09 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | NEAR 29TH ST AND FIRST AVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. |
| Feb 25, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 1 Wsw Iowa City, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 3:12 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 1 Se Vinton, IA | STILL LIGHTLY SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 2 Nnw Marion, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Nnw Springville, IA | |
| Feb 25, 3:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wnw Independence, IA | STILL SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVILY. |
| Feb 25, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Feb 25, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| Feb 25, 4:04 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Independence, IA | SNOW HAS STOPPED. |
| Feb 25, 4:16 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Keystone, IA | REPORT VIA KCRG. |
| Feb 25, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 3 Nnw Cedar Rapids, IA | VERY LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 4:32 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ene Muscatine, IA | |
| Feb 25, 4:37 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wnw Parnell, IA | TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 4:38 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nne Cedar Rapids, IA | UPDATED STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | W Belle Plaine, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | North Liberty, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | West Liberty, IA | UPDATED STORM TOTAL FROM TWITTER. |
| Feb 25, 5:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Parnell, IA | REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Feb 25, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 Nw Douds/Leando, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 5:48 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Lowden, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Brighton, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | N Wellman, IA | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 25, 6:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Nne Muscatine, IA | |
| Feb 25, 6:34 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Wsw Quasqueton, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 6:34 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 4 W Stanley, IA | UPDATED STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | 5 Nw Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Sse Atkins, IA | STORM TOTAL...AVERAGE OF SEVERAL MEASUREMENTS. |
| Feb 25, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wnw Stanwood, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 7:59 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 2 W Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 2 Nnw Marion, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 2 Nnw North Liberty, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Nnw Springville, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:09 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ssw North Liberty, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Sse Burlington, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 1 Wsw Iowa City, IA | UPDATED STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 8:22 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | W Cantril, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Se Vinton, IA | STORM TOTAL. VERY LIGHT SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 25, 9:19 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | N Wellman, IA | STORM TOTAL. SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Feb 25, 9:36 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wnw Burlington, IA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 9:57 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | 1 E Independence, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Wsw Lowden, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 10:02 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 Ene Mount Vernon, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 10:24 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | E Solon, IA | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 25, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Muscatine, IA | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 11:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 W Iowa City, IA | STORM TOTAL. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Feb 25, 11:34 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Nnw Springville, IA | STORM TOTAL. SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Feb 26, 2:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | N Cedar Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686 WWUS43 KDVN 251031 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS CLIPPER-TYPE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ051-052-063-064-076-077-252245- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T1500Z-150226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0003.150225T1500Z-150226T0900Z/ BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-087>089-098-099-252245- /O.UPG.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T1500Z-150226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0003.150225T1800Z-150226T1200Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...20S FALLING INTO THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ040-252245- /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0003.150225T1500Z-150226T0900Z/ BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...INDEPENDENCE 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ041-042-053-054-066-068-ILZ015-016-252245- /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T1800Z-150226T1200Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BETWEEN DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-252245- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T2100Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...20S FALLING INTO THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ024-252245- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T1800Z-150226T1200Z/ MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEDO 431 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BETWEEN DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...20S FALLING INTO THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
676 WWUS43 KDVN 251720 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1120 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS CLIPPER-TYPE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ040-051-052-063-064-076-077-260130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON 1120 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES FOR A TOTAL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-087>089-098-099-260130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.150225T1800Z-150226T1200Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON 1120 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260130- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T2100Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1120 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ041-042-053-054-066-068-ILZ015-016-024-260130- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.150225T1800Z-150226T1200Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 1120 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 12
166 WWUS43 KDVN 252145 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 345 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS CLIPPER-TYPE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ040-051-052-063-064-076-077-260545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON 345 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH LATE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-087>089-098-099-260545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T1200Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON 345 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260545- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 345 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ041-042-053-054-066-068-ILZ015-016-024-260545- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1200Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 345 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 12
279 WWUS43 KDVN 260038 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 638 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...SNOW TO GRADUALLY END OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATEST OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ040-051-052-063-064-076-077-260600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN-IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON 638 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MEASURABLE SNOW TO END BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-087>089-098-099-260845- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T1200Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON 638 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MEASURABLE SNOW ENDING OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA BY 3 AM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ041-042-053-054-066-068-ILZ015-016-024-260845- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 638 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MEASURABLE SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260845- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 638 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DLS
751 WWUS43 KDVN 260203 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...SNOW TO GRADUALLY END OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATEST OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ040-051-052-260315- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-BENTON-LINN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ IAZ041-260315- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ DELAWARE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANCHESTER 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES AND NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ IAZ063-064-076-077-260400- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0400Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-260900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-260600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ042-053-054-260500- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0500Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH ADDITIONAL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261015- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ015-016-024-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO 803 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DLS
850 WWUS43 KDVN 260353 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATEST OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ063-064-076-077-260500- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0400Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA WITH ONLY FLURRIES EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-260600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ015-260600- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261200- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ016-024-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...ALEDO 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ042-053-054-260500- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0500Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA 953 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DLS
213 WWUS43 KDVN 260445 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONFINED PRIMARILY TO SOUTHEAST IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ042-053-054-260545- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0500Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL END AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ065-067-078-260600- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261245- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ016-024-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...ALEDO 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ015-260600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 1045 PM CST WED FEB 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DLS
446 WWUS43 KDVN 260608 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONFINED PRIMARILY TO SOUTHEAST IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ065-067-078-260715- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CEDAR-MUSCATINE-LOUISA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WAPELLO 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL END OVER THE AREA BY 2 AM WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH EXPECTED. $$ IAZ066-068-ILZ015-260715- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0600Z/ CLINTON-SCOTT-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL END OVER THE AREA BY 2 AM WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH EXPECTED. $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261415- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ016-024-260900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...ALEDO 1208 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DLS
615 WWUS43 KDVN 260855 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 255 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END OVERNIGHT AS A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS SNOW WILL BE POWDERY IN NATURE AND WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. IAZ087>089-098-099-261000- /O.EXP.KDVN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 255 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR SOME DRIFTING SNOW. $$ ILZ016-024-261000- /O.EXP.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T0900Z/ HENRY IL-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEWANEE...ALEDO 255 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR SOME DRIFTING SNOW. $$ ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261500- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150226T1500Z/ HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 255 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR LESS. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. * VISIBILITY...AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
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 Feb 25, 4:03 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:03 AM CST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
403 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015
AT 330 AM...MID LEVEL CLOUDS WERE STREAMING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF
A ROBUST CLIPPER SYSTEM. SNOW WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. EARLY MORNING
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S AT MOST LOCATIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015
THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS THE IMPENDING POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM AND
ASSOCIATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND COVERAGE.
LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS SYNOPTIC AND HIGH RES MODELS...LATEST
TRENDS HAVE BEEN TOWARD HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND A SLIGHTLY
FARTHER NORTH AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THE INITIAL ISSUE IS
TIMING OF THE ONSET OF SNOW...DEPENDENT ON HOW THE DEFORMATION
ZONE/DRY SLOT SET UP. THE WRF IS A BIT FASTER IN BRINGING SNOW
INTO THE WEST THIS MORNING...WHILE THE RAP HAS A MORE PRONOUNCED
DRY SLOT EARLY IN THE EVENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE FORECAST GRIDS
AND HEADLINES...HAVE GONE WITH THE EARLIER TIMING...WHICH CAN BE
ADJUSTED THROUGH THE DAY.
GIVEN THE STRENGTH AND DEPTH OF THE FORCING THROUGH THE DENDRITIC
LAYER...THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS LOOK REASONABLE BASED ON
AVERAGE SNOW RATIOS THROUGH THE BULK OF THE EVENT IN THE 14-19:1
RANGE. ALSO FAVORED CONSENSUS QPF...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER TO
THE NORTH THAN WPC VALUES. THE END RESULT IS ROUGHLY 6-9 INCHES
FROM INDEPENDENCE...TO WAPELLO...FORT MADISON AND POINTS EAST.
HAVE UPGRADED THESE AREAS TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. FROM
DUBUQUE...THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND
FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EXPECTING GENERAL 3-6 INCH AMOUNTS WITH A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT. LOCALLY ENHANCED HIGHER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS/HEADLINES ARE INEVITABLE AS WE
HEAD THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING.
PEAK SNOWFALL INTENSITY EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...WHICH
WILL MAKE FOR A HAZARDOUS COMMUTE WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY. A NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME SHALLOW DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...VERY COLD PERIOD AS ARCTIC ~1042 MB HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE MIDWEST. FRESH POWDERY SNOW ON THE GROUND/LIGHT
WINDS (POSSIBLY DECOUPLED AT TIMES)/AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WILL SET
THE STAGE FOR VERY COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS. CURRENT FORECAST FAVORS THE
RAW GFS/ECMWF AS SUPERBLEND/NAM SEEM TO BE TOO WARM.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD LOWS BETWEEN -10 TO -15 F WHICH WOULD BE NEAR
RECORD TERRITORY FOR LATE FEBRUARY...SINGLE DIGIT SUB-ZERO LOWS ARE
MORE LIKELY SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE
BUT EVEN AT 5-7 KTS THEY WILL BE ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS BETWEEN -20 TO -30 F AT TIMES. VALUES NEAR -30 F SHOULD BE
RELATIVELY ISOLATED AND SHORT-LIVED. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE
UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE WILL OCCUR DURING
THIS TIME AS UPPER JET DIGS OUT A LARGE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S.
WHICH WILL CAUSE A BIG SHIFT IN THE ORIENTATION OF THE 850 MB
BAROCLINIC ZONE TO A SW-NE DIRECTION.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT SIGNAL OF SIGNIFICANT LOW/MID LEVEL
MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE SW U.S. AND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR
SAT NIGHT INTO SUN. THEREFORE...A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH
AMOUNTS UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT. WITH THE LACK OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE
TROUGH/VORTICITY MAX...MODELS DEVELOP LINEAR-LOOKING FRONTAL PRECIP
AND DO NOT DEVELOP A COHERENT SFC LOW WHICH WOULD PUT SOMEWHAT OF A
LIMIT ON THIS SYSTEM. DAYTIME TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 20S ON SAT AND
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ON SUN.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...CHANCE OF PRECIP MORE LIKELY LATER IN THE DAY
AND INTO TUE. MODELS STILL STRUGGLING WITH WHEN TO EJECT ORGANIZED
500 MB VORTICITY MAX OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. THE GFS HAS A
WELL ORGANIZED SFC LOW TRACKING FROM OKLAHOMA TO NORTHERN INDIANA
WHICH IS FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIP IN THE DVN CWA. WARMER AIR
ALOFT MAY MAKE IT FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO BRING VARYING PRECIP TYPES TO
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. STAY TUNED. EARLY LOOK AT FORECAST
HIGHS ARE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S ON TUE.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2015
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD IFR TO LIFR
CONDITIONS. THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS. SNOW AND LOWERING CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER CID BY MIDDAY AND REACH THE REST OF THE TERMINALS BY
MID AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
ALL TERMINALS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFR OR EVEN VLIFR
PERIODS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WHILE NOT
ADVERTISED...SOME IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE TOWARD LATE EVENING AT
CID AND DBQ AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES-SCOTT.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
CEDAR-DES MOINES-HENRY IA-JEFFERSON-LEE-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-
VAN BUREN.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY
FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-LINN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
HENRY IL-MERCER-ROCK ISLAND.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY FOR HANCOCK-HENDERSON-MCDONOUGH-WARREN.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RP KINNEY
SHORT TERM...RP KINNEY
LONG TERM...UTTECH
AVIATION...SHEETSHazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:15 AM CST, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 415 AM CST WED FEB 25 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261200- 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- 415 AM CST WED FEB 25 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DVN FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WHILE A PERIOD OF SNOW LOOKS LIKELY...AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN THIS FAR OUT. STAY INFORMED THIS WEEK WITH THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. RP KINNEY/UTTECH
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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.