SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 619 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 IAZ050-062-075-086-100315- MAHASKA-POWESHIEK-TAMA-WAPELLO- 619 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 …MINOR STREAM FLOODING OCCURRING… RUNOFF DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL…SNOWMELT AND FROZEN GROUND WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME CREEKS AND SMALLER STREAMS IN PORTIONS OF TAMA…POWESHIEK…MAHASKA AND …

…RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WATERLOO IA… A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.70 INCHES HAS FALLEN THUS FAR AT WATERLOO IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.61 INCHES SET IN 1909. MORE RAIN COULD FALL THIS EVENING AND AN UPDATED STATEMENT WITH THE FINAL DAILY TOTAL WILL BE SENT OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

Due to the change to Daylight Savings at 2AM tonight, all posts and warnings regarding the upcoming winter storm will be listed in Central Daylight Time (CDT) and not Central Standard Time (CST). Please note this if you are using these forecasts for traveling, etc.

635 WWUS43 KOAX 092223 WSWOAX URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 423 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 …WINTER STORM PUSHING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY… IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-051>053-065>068-078-088>093- 100630- /O.EXB.KOAX.WW.Y.0007.130310T1200Z-130311T0000Z/ HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE- SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MISSOURI VALLEY…WOODBINE…LOGAN… DUNLAP…HARLAN…COUNCIL BLUFFS…GLENWOOD…RED OAK…SIDNEY… HAMBURG…TABOR…FARRAGUT…CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…BLAIR… WAHOO…ASHLAND…YUTAN…OMAHA…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION… LA VISTA…SEWARD…MILFORD…LINCOLN…PLATTSMOUTH… NEBRASKA CITY…CRETE…WILBER…FAIRBURY…BEATRICE…TECUMSEH… STERLING…AUBURN…PAWNEE CITY…TABLE ROCK…FALLS CITY …

A large winter storm has began to enter Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa, leaving up to 8-9″ of snow in some places.   A large low pressure system is beginning to move its way into Western Iowa. A mixture of rain and possibly freezing rain will begin in the morning hours Sunday and transition into …

…SPRING FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK NUMBER 2… THIS FLOOD OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA AREA. THIS AREA INCLUDES EASTERN NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA. IT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES… MISSOURI RIVER FROM DECATUR TO RULO NIOBRARA RIVER BIG BLUE RIVER ELKHORN RIVER FROM NELIGH TO …

CURRENT SOIL/DROUGHT CONDITIONS…CALCULATED SOIL MOISTURE VALUES ARE 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION…WITH THE DRIEST CONDITIONS FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTHWARD. THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MONITOR HAS CLASSIFIED THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF I-90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AS BEING IN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT (D4)…WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE REST OF THE REGION …

…SECOND SPRING HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK… THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS THE SECOND PLANNED FLOOD OUTLOOK PROVIDING FLOOD POTENTIAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR THIS COMING SPRING. THIS OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION WHICH WAS COLLECTED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES…INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICALSURVEY /USGS/… US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS /USACE/…MIDWESTREGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER /MRCC/… CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/…US …

…SPRING FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK NUMBER 2… THIS SPRING FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK IS FOR THE QUAD CITIES HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA…WHICH INCLUDES PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA…NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FROM BELOW GUTTENBERG LD10 IOWA TO BELOW GREGORY LANDING MISSOURI. THE …

…SPRING FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK NUMBER 2… THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS ONLY TO THE NWS DES MOINES SERVICE AREA…WHICH INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL…CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. IT COVERS THE TIME PERIOD FOR MID MARCH THROUGH EARLY JUNE 2013. IT INCLUDES PORTIONS THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES… * IOWA…CEDAR…SKUNK…DES MOINES…RACCOON…NISHNABOTNA… 102…THOMPSON AND CHARITON RIVERS. FOR …