Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Watches in 2016
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this blizzard watch at Feb 6, 2016, 3:18 PM CST for 4 counties in Iowa; Dodge County, Mower County, Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 7, 2016, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2016, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2016, 4:13 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
171 WWUS43 KARX 062118 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 318 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DROPPING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. ALONG WITH THE WIND WILL COME PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS...WITH ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL HELP BLOW AROUND THAT NEW SNOW...AS WELL AS EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND...LEADING TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SHOULD THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP...TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY IMPACTED. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-094-070530- /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...AUSTIN 318 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ LAWRENCE/DAS
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS43 KARX 070313 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 913 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POSSIBLE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. SHOULD THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOP...TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY IMPACTED. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-094-071115- /O.CON.KARX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...AUSTIN 913 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. * NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ ROGERS
681 WWUS43 KARX 071013 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 413 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 63 FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW THAT ALREADY EXISTS...ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM SNOW SHOWERS. OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 63...AND OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS WILL OCCUR EAST OF THIS HIGHWAY IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY IMPACTED. MNZ086-094-071815- /O.UPG.KARX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ DODGE-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...AUSTIN 413 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TREE BRANCHES COULD FALL AS WELL. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-071815- /O.UPG.KARX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.BZ.W.0001.160208T0100Z-160209T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLES CITY 413 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TREE BRANCHES COULD FALL AS WELL. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ079-087-088-095-096-071815- /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0005.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ WABASHA-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA 413 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-071815- /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0005.160208T0100Z-160209T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN 413 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BOYNE/04
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.