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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2016, 11:43 AM CST for 6 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2016, 11:43 AM CST (17:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 1:10 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Estherville, IA | EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH SNOW ONGOING. . |
| Dec 16, 5:16 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Mason City, IA | . |
| Dec 16, 7:09 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Clear Lake, IA | . |
| Dec 16, 7:13 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Dec 16, 8:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Estherville, IA | SNOW SINCE 1PM TODAY. |
| Dec 16, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Mason City, IA | FROM KIMT-TV. SNOW DEPTH 7 WITH PREVIOUS SNOW. |
| Dec 17, 4:59 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | . |
| Dec 17, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 W Algona, IA | KLGA RADIO. |
| Dec 17, 6:48 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Clear Lake, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Mason City, IA | . |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 N Forest City, IA | . |
| Dec 17, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Lake Mills, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 17, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Wnw Clear Lake, IA | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 17, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Mason City, IA | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
702 WWUS43 KDMX 151743 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1143 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...COLD AND BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE STATE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IAZ004>007-016-017-160145- /O.NEW.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 1143 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...NORTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. *VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO 1 MILE OR LESS IS EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW FRIDAY...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY...FROST BITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. 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. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-160145- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EMMETSBURG, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, EAGLE GROVE, CLARION, BELMOND, HAMPTON, PARKERSBURG, CLARKSVILLE, SHELL ROCK, GREENE, APLINGTON, ALLISON, DUMONT, WAVERLY, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, FORT DODGE, WEBSTER CITY, IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, AND GLADBROOK 1143 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES * WINDS...NORTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 2 MILES OR LESS FRIDAY DUE TO SNOW...THEN DUE TO POSSIBLE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MJB
12 follow-up statements
874 WWUS43 KDMX 152111 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 311 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...COLD AND BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE STATE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY CHANGING TO SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IAZ004>007-016-017-160515- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 311 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. *VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO 1 MILE OR LESS IS EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW FRIDAY...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY... FROST BITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. 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. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-160515- /O.EXB.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1200Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 311 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 0.10" INCH OF ICE FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 3 MILES OR LESS AT TIME DUE TO POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE COVERED SURFACES...SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND SLICK SPOTS SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-160515- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 311 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 2 MILES OR LESS FRIDAY DUE TO SNOW...THEN DUE TO POSSIBLE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 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. && $$ MJB
037 WWUS43 KDMX 160249 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 849 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT IOWA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...EXTREME COLD AND BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOWA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER IN THE DAY. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL BE IN THE 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW RANGE FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA BY 6 PM SATURDAY. IAZ004>007-016-017-161100- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0004.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 849 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. *VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO 1 MILE OR LESS IS EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW FRIDAY...AND DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET SATURDAY... FROST BITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. 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. && $$ IAZ015-023>028-033>039-044>050-161100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1800Z-161218T0300Z/ 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 849 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 2 MILES OR LESS FRIDAY DUE TO SNOW...THEN DUE TO POSSIBLE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND SLICK SPOTS WILL ALL LEAD TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-161100- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.161216T1200Z-161218T0300Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 849 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 0.10" INCH OF ICE ON FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW * WINDS...EASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 3 MILES OR LESS AT TIME DUE TO POTENTIAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ICE COVERED SURFACES...SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...PARTIALLY SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND SLICK SPOTS SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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
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
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 11:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 39 more | 57 hr |
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