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Wind Chill Advisory 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 16, 2016, 4:33 AM CST for 24 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2016, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 24 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 866 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956 WWUS43 KDMX 161033 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 433 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND THEN EXTREME COLD TO MUCH OF THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST OFF AND ON INTO THE NIGHT. SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-161500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 433 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THE AFTERNOON HOURS WELL INTO THE EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT AMOUNTS WITH BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUSLY LOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AGAIN SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 20 TO 23 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-161500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 433 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TOWARD MIDDAY AND LAST OFF AND ON INTO SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO IN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THEN DUE TO ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-161500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1500Z-161218T0000Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 433 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 9 AM AND PERSIST OFF AND ON INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY MIX WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AS WELL BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...PROLONGED LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE FROM LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A FEW MILES OR LESS DURING BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY TO 35 BELOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICING WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. TREATMENT AND ROAD TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING MAY REDUCE IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT ICING MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EVENING AS AIR AND ROAD TEMPERATURES DROP. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WITH PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SMALL
15 follow-up statements
417 WWUS43 KDMX 161332 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 732 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND THEN EXTREME COLD TO MUCH OF THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST OFF AND ON INTO THE NIGHT. SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-161800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 732 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THE AFTERNOON HOURS WELL INTO THE EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT AMOUNTS WITH BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUSLY LOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE OR LESS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AGAIN SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 20 TO 23 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-161800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 732 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TOWARD MIDDAY AND LAST OFF AND ON INTO SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO OCCUR FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO IN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THEN DUE TO ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-161800- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1500Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 732 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST OFF AND ON INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY MIX WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AS WELL BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...PROLONGED LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE FROM LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A FEW MILES OR LESS DURING BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY TO 35 BELOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICING WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. TREATMENT AND ROAD TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING MAY REDUCE IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT ICING MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EVENING AS AIR AND ROAD TEMPERATURES DROP. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WITH PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SMALL
238 WWUS43 KDMX 161705 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1105 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TO IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SECOND BAND OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY EXTREME COLD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. LIGHT SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE THREAT IS LIKELY TO EXPAND SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA BY AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE DES MOINES METRO AREA. A SECOND BAND OF SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-170115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 1105 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO INCREASE ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUSLY LOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AGAIN SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 20 TO 23 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-170115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 1105 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE...UP TO 0.05 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO IN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THEN DUE TO ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-170115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 1105 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OFF AND ON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY MIX WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW A BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PROLONGED LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A FEW MILES OR LESS DURING BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY TO 35 BELOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICING WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. TREATMENT AND ROAD TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING MAY REDUCE IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT ICING MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EVENING AS AIR AND ROAD TEMPERATURES DROP. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WITH PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FOWLE
701 WWUS43 KDMX 162206 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 406 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT IOWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A SECOND BAND OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY EXTREME COLD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING WITH A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW OVER ALL BUT FAR SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN PRECIPITATION...A SECOND BAND OF SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-170615- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 406 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO INCREASE ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUSLY LOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AGAIN SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 20 TO 23 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-170615- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 406 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO IN SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND THEN DUE TO ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-170615- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 406 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY MIX WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW A BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PROLONGED LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A FACTOR UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BUT STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A FEW MILES OR LESS DURING BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY TO 35 BELOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED OR SECONDARY ROADS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WITH PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND WIND WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FOWLE
577 WWUS43 KDMX 170310 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 910 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT IOWA TROUGH SATURDAY... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING THEN WILL LESSEN IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THEN CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT. A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE A SECOND BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPS IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-171115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 910 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THE DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 20 TO 35 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-171115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 910 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW...DRIZZLE AND FOG OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY OCCUR DUE TO BLOWING SNOW NEAR HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTHWARD. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 30 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 910 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW...DRIZZLE AND FOG OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 10 TO 20 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
735 WWUS43 KDMX 170547 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1147 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT IOWA TROUGH SATURDAY... .PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY. THE WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW IS TRANSITIONING TO LIGHT SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE A SECOND BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPS IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-171400- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 1147 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 AM WILL BE GENERALLY 1 INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 20 TO 35 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-171400- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 1147 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 AM WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW... DRIZZLE AND FOG OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY OCCUR DUE TO BLOWING SNOW NEAR HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTHWARD. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 30 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171400- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 1147 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 AM WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW... DRIZZLE AND FOG OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 10 TO 20 BELOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....MINOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING...WITH UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
290 WWUS43 KDMX 171026 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 426 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .TWO PRIMARY BURSTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ONE OVER NORTHERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN A MORE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE LATTER SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE HAVE ENDED. THESE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-171430- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 426 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A TWO TO THREE HOUR BURST OF MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST PERIODS. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS FORECAST LATER TODAY AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE 20S BELOW ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-171430- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 426 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A TWO TO THREE HOUR BURST OF MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A MILE OR TWO DURING THE HEAVIEST PERIODS. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS FORECAST LATER TODAY AS WELL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER END OF THAT RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING AND THAN AGAIN LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171430- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 426 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH FOR MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SMALL
517 WWUS43 KDMX 171405 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 805 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .PATCHY LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE LATTER SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE HAVE ENDED. THESE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-171800- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 805 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY WITH BLOWING SNOW INCREASING AS WELL WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS. * WINDS...EXPECT WIND GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE 20S BELOW ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-171800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 805 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW INCREASING AS WELL. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH TOWARD MIDDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171800- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 805 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW INCREASING AS WELL. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH FOR MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SMALL
785 WWUS43 KDMX 171702 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1102 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .PATCHY LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-180115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 1102 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS TODAY. * WINDS...EXPECT WIND GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE 20S BELOW ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-180115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 1102 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATI0N. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-180115- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 1102 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... O * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW INCREASING AS WELL. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH FOR MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
150 WWUS43 KDMX 171910 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 110 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ004>007-016-017-180315- /O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 110 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL END THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO A MILE AT TIMES. * WINDS...EXPECT WIND GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE 20S BELOW ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY... FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ015-023>026-180315- /O.CAN.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, AND HAMPTON 110 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ027-028-033>039-044>050-180315- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 110 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATI0N. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 20 BELOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-180315- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 110 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST WITH BLOWING SNOW INCREASING AS WELL. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH FOR MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND WINDS INCREASE. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
311 WWUS43 KDMX 172150 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 350 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH BLOWING SNOW OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING. THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING OVER ALL OF THE REGION. IAZ057>062-180600- /O.UPG.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0300Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 350 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE AND VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE TEENS BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ027-028-033>039-044>050-180600- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 350 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS BELOW A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 15 TO 25 BELOW EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-180600- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, AND HAMPTON 350 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE OR TWO ARE EXPECTED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH 20 TO 30 BELOW THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS MAY DROP TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO EARLY SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-180600- /O.EXT.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0300Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 350 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING SOUTHEAST. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE WILL BE COMMON. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WINDS WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH FOR THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
382 WWUS43 KDMX 180023 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 623 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...THEN EXTREME COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN SOUTHEAST IOWA WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. IAZ027-028-033>039-044>050-180830- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 623 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING AND HAVE ALREADY ENDED WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH STEADILY FALLING TEMPERATURES. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH MAINLY EARLY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...AND WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET OVERNIGHT...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ057>062-180830- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.161218T0300Z-161218T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 623 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW IS TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH...MAINLY EARLY TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL WILL ARE ALREADY IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...AND WILL FALL TO 30 TO 35 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE- COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-180830- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, AND HAMPTON 623 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES STEADILY FALLING. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH...MAINLY EARLY TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...AND WILL FALL TO 35 TO 45 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET OVERNIGHT...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-180830- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.161218T0300Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 623 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH...MAINLY EARLY TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED THE TEENS BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...AND WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ LEE
677 WWUS43 KDMX 180306 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 906 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...EXTREME COLD TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE FAR BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IAZ057>062-181115- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 906 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO PLUMMET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...AND WILL FALL TO 30 TO 35 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-181115- /O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-161218T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 906 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...AND WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-181115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 906 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO PLUMMET. * WINDS...WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE WIND CHILL HAS ALREADY REACHED 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO...AND WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE FORECAST. * IMPACTS....AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET OVERNIGHT...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ LEE
563 WWUS43 KDMX 180957 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 357 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...EXTREME COLD CONTINUES THIS MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT BUT WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS IOWA THROUGH MIDDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-181800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 357 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO BY LATE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW THROUGH 800 AM BEFORE REACHING THE 20 BELOW TO 32 BELOW RANGE BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS....TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-181800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 357 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT FROM 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY LATE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE AS LOW AS THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S BELOW ZERO THROUGH 800 AM BEFORE REACHING THE 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW RANGE BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS....TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SMALL
952 WWUS43 KDMX 181615 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1015 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...EXTREME COLD CONTINUES THIS MORNING... .DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS IOWA THROUGH MIDDAY THOUGH CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING SLOWLY. BY NOON LESS WIND AND WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED CONDITIONS...THOUGH CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED FOR ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS TODAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-181800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 1015 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE THROUGH LATE MORNING REACHING THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE BY NOON TODAY. * IMPACTS....TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-181800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 1015 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE THIS MORNING REACHING THE 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW RANGE BY NOON TODAY. * IMPACTS....TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ REV
575 WWUS43 KDMX 181800 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1200 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY WARMING THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS HAVE LESSENED SINCE EARLIER IN THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL STILL BE VERY COLD OVER THE NORTH AND WILL HOVER AROUND 20 TO 30 BELOW INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3. ELSEWHERE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL WARM TO 10 TO NEAR 15 BELOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-181900- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, AND GRINNELL 1200 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE TO MODERATE LATE THIS MORNING. INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3. ANYONE VENTURING OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD STILL EXERCISE AND AVOID ANY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. $$ IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-181900- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161218T1800Z/ CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 1200 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... WIND CHILL VALUES CONTINUE TO MODERATE SLOWLY TODAY. THOUGH MOST OF THE REGION HAS IMPROVED...WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL STILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW DURING THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. ANYONE VENTURING OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD STILL EXERCISE AND AVOID ANY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. $$ REV
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 16, 4:02 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 4:02 AM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Des Moines IA 402 AM CST Fri Dec 16 2016 .SHORT TERM.../Today through Tonight/ Issued at 359 AM CST Fri Dec 16 2016 There is a lot to consider into tonight with many moving parts so confidence is only low to medium with a rather lengthy discussion. The current scenario has expansive Pacific mid and high level moisture streaming across the Rockies into the Plains with an 180kt upper level jet to our north and east. Water vapor imagery and RAP objective analysis shows only patchy upstream lift in this layer at best with the only forcing departing to the north and east with the jet. The forcing below (H85/H7) is somewhat stronger with broad warm/theta-e advection across the region through the MO Valley baroclinic zone. This has resulted only a narrow ribbon of saturation with ceilings in the 2.5-7k ft range. RH is high above but not quite to saturation per model soundings. Expect this process to continue with lowering ceilings through the morning. Local radars in long pulse VCPs are starting to show some freezing drizzle echoes just aloft and expect this to expand and strengthen through the morning due to low level moisture advection. Current temp/dewpoint spreads are fairly high so appreciable freezing drizzle may not develop until dewpoints get into the teens so have pushed back the start of the advisory to 15z. Do not expect much impact for the morning commute. By midday light freezing drizzle should be more expansive with hi res models really crashing ceilings. This will also be coincident with mid level forcing spreading into northern IA developing light snow to moderate. This scenario will persist into the evening hours with little change until the back edge of the mid level forcing exits shortly after 06z leaving behind flurries north and persistent freezing drizzle south into the early morning hours Saturday. Models depict mid level drying into southern IA with no ice introduction keeping precip freezing drizzle. Solar insolation is at a min heading into the winter solstice but should still be sufficient to combine with air temps reaching the 20s to nudge road temps just above freezing by late morning/early afternoon. With road treatment, the biggest impacts may be elevated surfaces and untreated surfaces. This may change from the evening commute later into the evening however with insolation waning quickly this time of year. Road temps will likely fall below freezing keeping only treated roads free from minor glazing. Ice accums through 12z Friday should vary from several hundredths along the Highway 30/I80 corridor closer to the snow mix to approaching a tenth toward the MO border. This will be a long term light accumulation process taking 18+ hours however. Farther north, snow rates are expected to increase from the afternoon into the evening hours with a decent shot of dendritic growth zone forcing somewhere around 305-310K isentropically or H5/H6 isobarically. Although the best frontogenetic response seems to be north into southern MN, broad lifts looks to be sufficient for an extended light to moderate snow event resulting in one to four inches by 12z Highway 30 to the MN border with highest amounts north. Possibly some five inch amounts along the border. .LONG TERM.../Saturday through Thursday/ Issued at 359 AM CST Fri Dec 16 2016 Two main wx impacts come at the start of this long term fcst period. Saturday still looks to feature the band of snow expected to move across Iowa...followed by dangerously cold temperatures/wind chill values. Saturday (12z and beyond) snow event... Forecast confidence... High Imapcts... Snow covered and slippery roadways, visibility possibly reduced to 1/2 mile or less. Models have been hitting a band of snow oriented from SW to NE for several days now, so confidence high in it's occurrence. Decent pocket of forcing/lift associated with deep saturation through the vertical profile...notably the DGZ. Driver of impacts with this band will be strong winds. With a +2 to +3 std dev 1040mb high blasting into the upper plains behind this system...pressure gradient tightens to 3mb/75km. 15z KDSM Bufkit sounding shows 30kts to the top of the mixed layer...so winds to be on the high side all day...meaning blowing snow a definite hazard as this band passes through Iowa. Behind this system...The pressure gradient remains tight and subsidence is added...which will help increase winds & gusts even more before 00z Sun. Northern Iowa target for strongest wind gusts as subsidence will begin in this region during daytime hours. This also means that though snow may have ended...blowing snow will still be a threat for much of Iowa into Saturday evening. Sun - Mon Excessive Cold... Forecast confidence... Very High Impacts... Frostbite can occur within 10-30 minutes The aforementioned 1040mb sfc high will be bringing with it very cold arctic air to go with the strong winds. 850mb temps have persistently been progged to be in the -20C to -25C range for Sunday morning. Clearing trend continues to increase for Sunday morning. With the winds expected to stay up in the 10 mph range, wind chills will likely be approaching -30 to -40 across northern Iowa and -20 to -30 for central to southern Iowa. This will be some of the lowest wind chill values in Iowa in years. Given high confidence have issued wind chill warning for north of Interstate 80. Will monitor to see if an additional tier of counties along and south of I-80 would need to be added to warning. With strongest winds begging to arrive in NW Iowa by 18z Sat...far NW locations may reach wind chill warning criteria on the earlier side. The week ahead is shaping up to be very quiet. GFS and ECMWF in good, persistent agreement here. This area of high pressure will position itself southeast of Iowa by Monday into Tuesday. This will place our state in SW flow for several days. If anything, mid-week temperatures are too conservative and could justifiably be bumped up at least 5 degrees in future updates... especially once snow melts across central to southern Iowa. && .AVIATION.../For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night/ Issued at 1143 PM CST Thu Dec 15 2016 Band of light snow over far northeast Iowa will impact KMCW early in the period before diminishing. Precipitation will again increase Friday morning with snow north and initially freezing drizzle south before changing to snow later in the day. Cigs will lower overnight and into Friday and become IFR at times. Southeast winds tonight will gradually become more easterly through Friday. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Weather Advisory from 9 AM this morning to 6 PM CST Saturday for IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097. Wind Chill Advisory from 6 PM Saturday to noon CST Sunday for IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097. Winter Weather Advisory from noon today to 6 PM CST Saturday for IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050. Wind Chill Warning from 6 PM Saturday to noon CST Sunday for IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050. Winter Storm Warning from noon today to 6 PM CST Saturday for IAZ004>007-016-017. && SHORT TERM...Small LONG TERM...Kotenberg AVIATION...Donavon
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 4:12 AM CST, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 412 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 IAZ004>007-016-017-171015- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- 412 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-171015- PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- 412 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-171015- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 412 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOWFALL...ICING... AND BLOWING SNOW REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. KOTENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 55 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.