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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 1, 2016, 3:48 AM CST for Buchanan County, Delaware County, Dubuque County, Iowa. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2016, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 2:28 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:46 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 E Independence, IA | THUNDERSNOW |
| Feb 2, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 4 W Stanley, IA | SNOWFALL SO FAR. |
| Feb 2, 12:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Earlville, IA | TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 2, 1:11 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Edgewood, IA | ESTIMATED SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL. |
| Feb 2, 1:41 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ryan, IA | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Feb 2, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 W Stanley, IA | STOPPED SNOWING BETWEEN 11AM AND NOON |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
389 WWUS43 KDVN 010948 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 348 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IAZ040>042-011800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.160202T0600Z-160203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0001.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 348 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-011800- /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0001.160202T0600Z-160203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 348 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$
11 follow-up statements
998 WWUS43 KDVN 011813 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1213 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IAZ040>042-020215- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 1213 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-020215- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 1213 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HAASE
819 WWUS43 KDVN 012138 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 338 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN IOWA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. IAZ040>042-020545- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 338 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-020545- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 338 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HAASE
534 WWUS43 KDVN 020232 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 832 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN IOWA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. IAZ040>042-021045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 832 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-021045- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 832 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$
690 WWUS43 KDVN 020343 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 943 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN IOWA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY ALONG SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. IAZ040>042-021145- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 943 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-021145- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.160202T0900Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 943 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ERVIN
796 WWUS43 KDVN 020957 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 357 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA TODAY TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW...SLEET RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. THE SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS WHICH MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. IAZ040>042-021800- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 357 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-021800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 357 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$
511 WWUS43 KDVN 021446 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 846 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW... SLEET RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT...ALONG WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS. IAZ040>042-022300- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 846 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET...AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ064>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ002-007-009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-021900- /O.EXB.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 846 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW|...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-022300- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 846 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
855 WWUS43 KDVN 021556 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 956 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW... SLEET...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. AN AREA OF HEAVY SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH LATE MORNING...AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FARTHER NORTH NEAR HIGHWAY 20...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT...ALONG WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS. IAZ087-088-098-099-ILZ034-035-021700- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 956 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OR TRANSITIONED TO MAINLY RAIN FROM FAIRFIELD TO MACOMB. SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING. $$ IAZ040>042-030000- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 956 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET... AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-030000- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 956 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ064>068-076>078-089-ILZ002-007-009-015>018-024>026-021900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA- DES MOINES-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 956 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
627 WWUS43 KDVN 021657 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1057 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW... SLEET...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. AN AREA OF HEAVY SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH LATE MORNING... AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FARTHER NORTH NEAR HIGHWAY 20...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT...ALONG WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS. IAZ076>078-089-ILZ025-026-021800- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1057 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OR TRANSITIONED TO MOSTLY RAIN FROM SIGOURNEY TO MONMOUTH ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN PARTLY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED. $$ IAZ040>042-030100- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 1057 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET... AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-030100- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 1057 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ064>068-ILZ002-007-009-015>018-024-021900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1057 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
554 WWUS43 KDVN 021757 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1157 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW... SLEET...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH MIDDAY... AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SNOW NEAR HIGHWAY 20 WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OR RAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT... ALONG WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG EAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS. IAZ064>068-ILZ009-015>018-024-021900- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 1157 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OR TRANSITIONED TO MOSTLY RAIN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN PARTLY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED.. $$ IAZ040>042-030200- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 1157 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET... AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-030200- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 1157 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AROUND 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ002-007-021900- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 1157 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
781 WWUS43 KDVN 021901 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 101 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING PARTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT...SPREADING SNOW... SLEET...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. NEAR HIGHWAY 20...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT... ALONG WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. ILZ002-007-022015- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 101 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OR TRANSITIONED TO MOSTLY RAIN IN FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN PARTLY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED. $$ IAZ040>042-030315- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 101 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WIND...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET... AND LOW VISIBILITIES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ACCUMULATING SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-030315- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 101 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * WIND...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF SLEET THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RP KINNEY
333 WWUS43 KDVN 022028 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED... .SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WITH ONLY AREAS OF DRIZZLE REMAINING IN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID 30S AND ROADWAYS WERE SLUSHY AND HAZARDOUS...BUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-022130- /O.CAN.KDVN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WINTER STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED THIS AFTERNOON BUT ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN SLUSHY FROM THE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL THIS MORNING. $$ IAZ051>054-063-ILZ001-022130- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JO DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...GALENA 228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS OF ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING WERE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. $$ HAASE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 1, 3:45 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:45 AM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
345 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 345 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016
HIGH PRESSURE WAS EDGING EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS INTO WESTERN IA
AND NW MO EARLY THIS MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS
WERE LEADING TO AREAS OF LIGHT FOG AND LOW CLOUDS SEEN EXPANDING
ON SATELLITE FOG CHANNEL IMAGERY INTO MUCH OF EASTERN IA UNDER A
CANOPY OF HIGH THIN CLOUDS IN THE NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT.
SATELLITE WV IMAGERY SHOWED A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL LOW CHURNING
OVER SOUTHERN CA AND WESTERN AZ THAT WILL BECOME THE MUCH
ANTICIPATED WINTER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TO GREAT LAKES TUE AND WED.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016
MAIN CHALLENGE IS THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE
VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS. THE 00Z MODEL
SUITE...WHICH CARRIES MORE WEIGHT AND HIGHER CONFIDENCE NOW THAT THE
SYSTEM IS ONSHORE...HAS CONFIRMED THE MORE NORTH/NW TRACK THE
BULK OF THE MODELS HAVE LATCHED ONTO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. WILL
THUS BE MOVING OUT OF THE WATCH PHASE...INTO WARNING MODE. BASED
ON ANTICIPATED SNOW TOTALS...WILL BE GOING OUT WITH A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR COUNTIES IN IA...BUFFERED BY A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM FAR NW IL WEST ACROSS E CENTRAL IA IN
A LAYER OF COUNTIES JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNING FOR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE MIGRATES EAST OVER THE REGION WITH LIGHT WINDS
UNDER A LAYER OF THIN HIGH CLOUDS ADVANCING AHEAD OF THE WESTERN
TROUGH. WILL ALSO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH SOME MORNING STRATUS AND
FOG...WHICH FOR NOW LOOKS TO BE MAINLY AN AVIATION CONCERN. THE HIGH
CLOUDS WILL LIKELY THICKEN TO COMPLETELY OVERCAST BY EVENING.
HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES STARTING OUT ALREADY IN THE LOWER 30S IN
MOST AREAS...MODEL FORECAST HIGHS FROM THE MID 30S NORTH TO MID AND
PERHAPS UPPER 40S IN THE FAR SOUTH LOOK REASONABLE.
TONIGHT...MID AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING ARRIVES AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
AND UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING NORTHEAST INTO KS. FOLLOWING A BLEND OF
THE MOST CONSISTENT GFS AND ECMWF...AN AXIS OF PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF RAIN OR SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE FAR S AND SW IN THE
EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY MORNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS
STRONG WARM ADVECTION COMMENCES JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE LAYER UNDER
STRENGTHENING FORCING ALOFT. FURTHER NORTH...AN AXIS OF MORE BANDED
FORCING WILL SET UP AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR...
REACHING INTO NW IL BY MORNING. THIS AREA COULD POTENTIALLY SEE AN
INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE SUNRISE AND THE WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES BEGIN AT 09Z OR 3 AM WHEN THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
IS MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN. FURTHER SOUTH...HAVE KEPT A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ADVANCING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH
HIGHER CHANCES OVER EASTERN IA. LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND
WARMING THERMAL PROFILES. STRONG PRESSURE FALLS AND AN INCREASING
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO BRISK EASTERLY WINDS LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUE MORNING.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016
WELL ADVERTISED STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE LONG
TERM. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTHERN ZONES...THIS WILL
PRIMARILY BE A MODERATE RAIN PRODUCER WITH SOME POSSIBLE RUMBLES OF
THUNDER IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ZONES. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN
CONTINUES TO BE THE NORTHERN SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA BEING THE
ONLY PLACES THAT WILL SEE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA.
WPC AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE GUIDANCE DEPICTS A CONSENSUS ON THE TRACK
OF THE SFC LOW. THE LOW WILL TRACK FROM KANSAS CITY TO THE QUAD
CITIES AND THEN TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE WARM SECTOR OF THE LOW
WILL OCCUPY MOST OF THE CWA UNTIL THE CLEAR SLOT COMES IN EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. THE NAM CONTINUES TO BE THE COLDEST AND
FURTHEST SOUTH MODEL. THAT SAID THE 06Z RUN OF THE NAM HAS SHIFTED
SLIGHTLY NORTH. WILL STICK WITH THE GFS/ECMWF/GEFS/SREF TRACK AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE. AS THE LOW PULLS THROUGH THE AREA...ENOUGH CAPE AND
LOW LEVEL SHEAR EXISTS THAT SOME ISOLATED THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HAVE ADDED THIS TO THE GRIDS.
LOOKING AT THE DGZ...THE BEST DGZ FORCING APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE CLEAR SLOT AFTER 12Z. THIS MEANS THAT MOST OF THE SNOW
THAT FALLS WILL LIKELY BE FROM THE REMAINS OF THE WAA BAND MOVING IN
EARLIER ON TUESDAY. THE HIRES CAMS SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. MY GUT
FEELING IS THAT WE MAY BE TOO HIGH ON SNOW TOTALS AND THAT ONLY FAR
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY SEE SNOW REACHING CRITERIA.
THAT SAID HAVE ISSUED A WSW FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF IOWA COUNTIES
AND A WWY FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTIES THAT WERE IN THE WATCH. AT
THIS TIME WE LOOK TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK FOR SNOWFALL IF
NOT SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE MEAN.
FOR THE REST OF THE CWA...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN LOOKS LIKELY. A
PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE WARMER AIR SHIFTS
NORTH THROUGH THE CWA. FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...THIS WILL BE MODERATE
RAIN EVENT WITH THE LOW CHANCE OF SNOW ON THE BACKEND OF THE SYSTEM.
THE NAM...WHICH SEEMS TO DO BETTER WITH THE COVERAGE OF
QPF...SUGGESTS THAT THE CLEAR SLOT IS THROUGH THE AREA BY 20Z. THIS
MEANS THAT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...PRECIP SHOULD BE CONTAINED TO THE
MORNING HOURS ONLY. TOTAL QPF LOOKS TO BE IN THE 0.75 TO ONE INCH
REALM.
PAST THIS EVENT...TEMPERATURES COULD BOTTOM OUT DEPENDING ON WHERE
THE FRESH SNOWPACK IS ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL NEED
TO BE LOOKED AT CLOSER IN LATER FORECAST. AT THE END OF THE
EXTENDED THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1122 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016
A SMALL PATCH OF LOW STRATUS...DISCONNECTED FROM ANY OTHER
AREA...IS MOVING EAST OVER CENTRAL IOWA...AND SHOULD EXPAND INTO
EASTERN IOWA AROUND 06Z. THIS WILL IMPACT CID WITH LOW IFR
CIGS...AND POSSIBLY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 2 MILES. BY
07Z...THIS SAME CLOUD DECK WILL MOVE INTO DBQ...AND POSSIBLY TO
MLI BY 08Z. UNFORTUNATELY...THERE IS LITTLE MODEL GUIDANCE
TRACKING THIS SMALL BUT PROBLEMATIC STRATUS AREA. UPDATES MAY BE
REQUIRED TO PLACE IT INTO MLI AND BRL...AS WELL AS TO EXTEND THE
TIME LINE. FOR NOW...ABOUT 3 HOURS OF IFR CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED. A
DRY AND VFR DAY IS ANTICIPATED FOR ALL OF MONDAY AND MONDAY
EVENING BEFORE THE STORM IN THE PLAINS MOVES IN WITH A WINTRY MIX
MONDAY OVERNIGHT.
ERVIN
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR BENTON-IOWA-JACKSON-JONES-LINN.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR JO DAVIESS.
MO...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SHEETS
SHORT TERM...SHEETS
LONG TERM...GIBBS
AVIATION...ERVINHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:51 PM CST, 11 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 351 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-012200- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 351 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT DURING THAT PERIOD FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SLEET. A STRONG WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND ADD TO THE TRAVEL HAZARD. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS STORM. MONITOR UPDATED FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. RP KINNEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 12:42 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1242 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-011045- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 1242 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG AND SLICK ROADS LATE TONIGHT... LINGERING MOISTURE AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF PATCHY DENSE FOG OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. ALSO...HEAVY FROST AND FREEZING MOISTURE ON PAVEMENT WILL CREATE SLICK SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. USE LOW BEAMS...REDUCE SPEED...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER CARS. SHEETS
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 12:53 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1253 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 IAZ067-076>078-089-ILZ015>018-024>026-010900- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1248 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...ICE FORMING ON AREA ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING... LINGERING MOISTURE AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. SHEETS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 1, 10:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 4 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2016Every winter storm warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.