Winter Storm Warning for NE through Central Iowa This Evening through Wednesday Evening

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING…RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL
IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL
BE BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY… WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW.

* IMPACTS…SNOW MAY INITIALLY BE HEAVY AND WET AS IT TRANSITIONS
FROM RAIN AND BEGIN TO FREEZE AND LEAD TO ACCUMULATING ICE ON
POWER LINES…TREE BRANCHES AND OTHER SURFACES. THIS ICE ACCRUAL
WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION…WARM INITIAL GROUND
TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR FALLING SNOW TO MELT AND REFREEZE ON
SURFACES SUCH AS ROADWAYS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS BY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

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POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…GRINNELL…KNOXVILLE…OSKALOOSA…
CHARITON…ALBIA…OTTUMWA…CORYDON…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD
1201 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING…RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES
WEDNESDAY.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL
BE BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY… WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE TO
ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY…

.ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA BETWEEN
9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A
NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE…AND 4 TO 6 INCHES
FROM MEDFORD WISCONSIN TO CHARLES CITY IOWA. NORTHWEST WINDS IN
THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT…ANY STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A FROZEN SLUSH LAYER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

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FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DECORAH…WAUKON…CHARLES CITY…
NEW HAMPTON…OELWEIN…WINONA…BLACK RIVER FALLS…LA CROSSE…
SPARTA…TOMAH…VIROQUA
129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA
TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE.

* BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY…ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS
AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN…LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

* TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE LINGERING WATER ON
ROADWAYS FREEZING UP…ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING
SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY…

AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT…ANY STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A FROZEN SLUSH LAYER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

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CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MAUSTON…PRAIRIE DU CHIEN…
RICHLAND CENTER…PLATTEVILLE
129 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THERE MAY ALSO BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BETWEEN 9 PM AND
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY…ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN…LEADING TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

* TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS PRECIPITATION
TYPES…LINGERING WATER ON ROADWAYS FREEZING UP…ACCUMULATING
SNOW AND THEN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY
COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.