Sunday, February 20, 2011

2-20-2011 Ice storm 17:00 update Milwaukee

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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ051-052-059-060-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AND GRADUALLY
BECOME LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ALONG.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ046-047-057-058-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...BECOMING
LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ON.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ056-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
SAUK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BARABOO
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
HEAVIER SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7
INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94.
AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET
AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS.

* SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND
ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR
DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER
TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY.
SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

* BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON
UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON
TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT
TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ030-031-035>037-045-210515-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ038>040-048>050-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE
SNOWFALL INTENSITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON..AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL
DISRUPTION AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
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Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ062>066-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A
TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE
I-94 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH WELL INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING
NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...DUE TO ICE AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
ANY HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
COLLAR/DAVIS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS
EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* PLAN ON UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

AJ

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.

* LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAIN OF THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING.
AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK
TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY
LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
358 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

WIZ030-031-035>037-045-210000-
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
358 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OBSERVED...

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TRACKING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL
PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT. BETWEEN 3 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AS OF 3 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY
BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

TRAVEL HAS BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. AT 315 PM CST...THE MARATHON
COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS CAR ACCIDENTS ALONG
HIGHWAY 51 OR I39 IN THE WAUSAU AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT.

$$
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
358 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

WIZ038>040-048>050-210000-
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
358 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OBSERVED...

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TRACKING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL
PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. BETWEEN 2 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

TRAVEL HAS BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT.

$$
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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2-20-2011 Ice storm 17:00 update La Crosse

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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7
INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94.
AROUND AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET
AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* IN THE SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS.

* SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND
ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH. USE CAUTION OR
DELAY TRAVEL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE OVER
TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY.
SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW MAY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

* BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND NOON ON MONDAY...LOOK FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...UP TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON
UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON
TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT
TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ030-031-035>037-045-210515-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ018>021-210515-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES A QUARTER MILE
OR LESS. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ038>040-048>050-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE
SNOWFALL INTENSITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON..AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL
DISRUPTION AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
256 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

MNZ038-WIZ006>009-210500-
/O.EXT.KDLH.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...
HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
256 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL LIFT NORTH OVER PINE...
BURNETT...WASHBURN...SAWYER AND PRICE COUNTIES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTALS SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY
ACROSS EACH COUNTY...GENERALLY INCREASING TO THE SOUTH.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS
AT TIMES.

* MAIN IMPACT: ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS THAT
WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE AND LET
SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ046-047-057-058-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...BECOMING
LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ON.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ056-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
SAUK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BARABOO
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
HEAVIER SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ051-052-059-060-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AND GRADUALLY
BECOME LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ALONG.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...

.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
210230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 13 INCH RANGE
APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO
MORA.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.
&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...

.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY WITH
PERIODS OF SNOW INTO MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
INTO MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* PLAN ON RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS
EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* PLAN ON UNTREATED ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

AJ

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIDELY VARYING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH HAS NOW
LIFTED INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND AS IT CROSSED SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PLAN ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS
WINDS INCREASE...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER STORM...PLAN ON 8 TO 13 INCHES OF WET AND
HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO 5 INCHES OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210530-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
330 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.

* LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAIN OF THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING.
AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK
TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY
LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. 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 DES MOINES IA
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN OMAHA AND DES MOINES WILL CONTINUE TRACKING
ACROSS IOWA THIS EVENING...REACHING WESTERN ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT.
NORTH OF ITS PATH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO INTERMITTENT FREEZING
DRIZZLE.

IAZ004>007-015>017-210200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...WHICH MAY BE
FREEZING AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREA
THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT THE SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO
INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH MAY LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS.

* STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICING
TONIGHT WOULD BE MINOR...NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WERE PARTIALLY COVERED IN SNOW AND ICE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEY WILL REMAIN SLICK AND ICY IN SPOTS THROUGH
DAYBREAK MONDAY DUE TO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN THIS INSTANCE...
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

SMALL
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM OMAHA...NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ005-010>013-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
311 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY.

* SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY MID-AFTERNOON...
AND COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE
LOWEST ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED NEAR THE UPPER MICHIGAN BORDER.
GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

* TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

&&

$$

MPC
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ062>066-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A
TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE
I-94 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH WELL INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING
NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...DUE TO ICE AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
ANY HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

MNZ080-081-089-090-210530-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SWITCH
TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED
BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL VISIBILITIES
BELOW A MILE. IN ADDITION... POWER LINE AND TREE STRESS MAY OCCUR
IN AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN SEEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
JM/JH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...

.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY WITH
PERIODS OF SNOW INTO MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
INTO MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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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Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

SDZ050-063-064-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T1200Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



* TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH
THE EVENING...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN HALF AN
INCH.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW
WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ061-062-065>067-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T0600Z/
LYON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...
CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE AROUND AN INCH OR
LESS.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME STRESS ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES
AND TREES IN THOSE AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE
BEEN SEEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

IAZ002-003-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT
SNOW BY THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...
WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SWITCH
AROUND TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME STRESS
ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES AND TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
335 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EVENING...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND EXIT
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE
BLACK HILLS. WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THESE AREAS
LATE THIS EVENING.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON HAVE
GENERALLY RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP
TO A FOOT OR MORE HAVE FALLEN FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE AVAILABLE BY
CALLING 511...OR 1-866-697-3511. IN WYOMING...CALL 511...OR 1-888-
996-7623.

SDZ012-025-026-031-043-046-047-049-072-073-210600-
/O.CON.KUNR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/
BUTTE-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-JACKSON-
MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...SPEARFISH...
RAPID CITY...WALL...KADOKA...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER...
STURGIS...UNION CENTER
335 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 /435 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING.

* SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH
ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS.

* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 25
BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS REDUCED
VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. USE CAUTION WHEN
OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN OMAHA AND DES MOINES WILL CONTINUE TRACKING
ACROSS IOWA THIS EVENING...REACHING WESTERN ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT.
NORTH OF ITS PATH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO INTERMITTENT FREEZING
DRIZZLE.

IAZ004>007-015>017-210200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...WHICH MAY BE
FREEZING AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREA
THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT THE SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO
INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH MAY LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS.

* STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICING
TONIGHT WOULD BE MINOR...NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WERE PARTIALLY COVERED IN SNOW AND ICE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEY WILL REMAIN SLICK AND ICY IN SPOTS THROUGH
DAYBREAK MONDAY DUE TO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN THIS INSTANCE...
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

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Flood Advisory
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
555 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011

NEC039-210000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FA.Y.0008.110219T2355Z-110221T0000Z/
/00000.N.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMING NE-
555 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN...
CENTRAL CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY

* AT 545 PM CST...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO ICE JAMS ALONG THE
ELKHORN RIVER. THE FIRST ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST UPSTREAM FROM
THE TOWN OF WISNER. THE SECOND ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST
DOWNSTREAM FROM WEST POINT. AREAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF THESE ICE JAMS
INDICATE LOW LAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING WAS UNDERWAY. CONTINUED
ICE JAMMING AND OVERNIGHT RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO CONTINUED MINOR
FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO
CROSS SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4192 9674 4185 9669 4174 9670 4174 9676
4183 9676 4189 9682 4198 9702 4203 9702

$$

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2-20-2011 Ice storm14:00 update Milwaukee

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ051-052-059-060-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AND GRADUALLY
BECOME LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ALONG.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ046-047-057-058-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...BECOMING
LIGHTER AS THE DAY WEARS ON.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH
TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ056-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
SAUK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BARABOO
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...DUE TO ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
HEAVIER SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TYPES THIS AFTERNOON AS
WARMER AIR PULLS UP INTO THE AREA...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAVE
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH THESE HAVE
DIMINISHED GREATLY SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN
ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO
12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO
5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-210230-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

* VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS WHEN THE HEAVIER
SNOW IS FALLING.

* SNOW...SLEET AND ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. HEAVY
PRECIPITATION RATES COULD LEAD TO SNOW FALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR SLEET
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. USE CAUTION OR DELAY TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TYPES THIS AFTERNOON AS
WARMER AIR PULLS UP INTO THE AREA...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAVE
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH THESE HAVE
DIMINISHED GREATLY SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN
ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO
12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO
5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210230-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WITH 1 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN
ADDITION...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL OR SLEET SHOWERS.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK TRAVEL ON
UNTREATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON
TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY AS WINDS INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1201 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ030-031-035>037-045-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
1201 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MIDDAY...THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION
AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1201 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO CENTRAL
ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES
THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN
AND WISCONSIN.

WIZ038>040-048>050-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
1201 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND MIDDAY.
THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON..AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH WILL
CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES LATE TODAY INTO
TONIGHT.

* TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL
DISRUPTION AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MILWAUKEE TO THE DELLS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...EXPECT A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

AS COLDER AIR WRAPS FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW.

WIZ062>066-210415-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
210 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A
TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE
I-94 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH WELL INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING
NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...DUE TO ICE AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN
ANY HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
COLLAR/DAVIS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TYPES THIS AFTERNOON AS
WARMER AIR PULLS UP INTO THE AREA...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAVE
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH THESE HAVE
DIMINISHED GREATLY SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN
ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO
12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO
5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ008>011-018-019-WIZ054-210230-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110220T1828Z-110221T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* LOOK FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PLAN ON ANY RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY
LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* EXPECT ICY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. 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
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TYPES THIS AFTERNOON AS
WARMER AIR PULLS UP INTO THE AREA...

.A WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS
SPREAD A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE BAND OF SNOW...INTO
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHICH WAS IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAVE
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...THOUGH THESE HAVE
DIMINISHED GREATLY SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING.

AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...PLAN
ON CONDITIONS TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME...WITH SNOW CONTINUING NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH.

COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT WILL CONVERT ANY RAIN BACK TO
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY AND AS WINDS INCREASE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

FOR THIS ENTIRE WINTER STORM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 TO
12 INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND 1 TO
5 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

IAZ029-030-WIZ061-210230-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0008.110221T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE
1228 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN...PLAN ON THE
RAIN TO CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING...
AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION BY NOON ON MONDAY.

* EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN AND LINGERING WATER FREEZING WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING
FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

&&

$$

AJ

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE