Ice Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN IOWA TO ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TRACY AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA...TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
INTO GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE STRONG
NORTH WINDS... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS.
FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A
FEW INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ICE IN SOME AREAS. A STRETCH
FROM TYNDALL AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA
INCLUDING SHELDON AND PRIMGHAR HAS ALREADY SEEN MODERATE TO HEAVY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WILL GET SOME MORE ICING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
IAZ002-003-012>014-SDZ068>071-210100-
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OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A
HALF INCH WERE ALREADY REPORTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH INCH OR LESS
ARE EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING STRESS ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES AND TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
&&
$$
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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN IOWA TO ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TRACY AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA...TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
INTO GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE STRONG
NORTH WINDS... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS.
FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A
FEW INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ICE IN SOME AREAS. A STRETCH
FROM TYNDALL AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA
INCLUDING SHELDON AND PRIMGHAR HAS ALREADY SEEN MODERATE TO HEAVY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WILL GET SOME MORE ICING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
IAZ001-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-SDZ061-062-065>067-210100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...
MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1057 AM 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 FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...A TIGHT GRADIENT OF BOTH SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL VARY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...TO 3 TO 6
INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SIOUX FALLS TO WINDOM. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR SO HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED IN MOST OF THE AREA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH
LOCAL VISIBILITIES BELOW OF HALF MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...
POWER LINE AND TREE STRESS MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE 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.
&&
$$
WILLIAMS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
914 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS
TODAY...REACHING SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
TO NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT.
IAZ004>007-015>017-202315-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY
914 AM 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.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOVER
NEAR THE FREEZING MARK LEADING TO CONTINUE PROBLEMS WITH ICE AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
* STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET
AMOUNTS TO AROUND AN INCH BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICE COVERED
ROADS MAKING TRAVELING VERY HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...ICE MAY
COVER TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
SMALL
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY...
...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA....
.A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH NOON
MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM MINNESOTA. WINTER STORM
WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY.
A LARGE AREA OF MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
MOVING TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WHILE SNOW
GRADUALLY DEVELOPS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME
HEAVY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED
SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA..LEADING TO ICY ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS...AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AND
TREES. THE GREATEST RISK OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO THE 20 TO 30 MPH
RANGE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND MONDAY MORNING...BUT WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING.
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. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE THE
LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW...IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. 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.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTHEAST
COLORADO...TOWARD EASTERN IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT.
MNZ076-082>085-091>093-201845-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0014.110220T1200Z-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
437 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND A MIX OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THOUGH THE DAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE
SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE.
* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 4
INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 BY AFTERNOON...BUT ONLY NEAR AN
INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT
TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
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.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
429 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SHOWERS AND SLEET ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
THIS MORNING WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD
EXCEED 1/4 INCH...ESPECIALLY IN KNOX COUNTY...BEFORE ANY
PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING NORTH OR
NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICING. IN
ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
NEZ011-201830-
/O.CAN.KOAX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110220T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0004.110220T1029Z-110221T0300Z/
KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLOOMFIELD
429 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...OR RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...WILL
MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION COULD
TAPER OFF OR END FOR A TIME LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD RESUME AS SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR TWO
FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF AN INCH IN
NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.
* WINDS WILL START OUT NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND THEN BECOME
MORE NORTH OR NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS...AS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS DEVELOP THIS
MORNING...THE INCREASING WINDS COULD CAUSE POWER LOSSES DUE TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...TRAVEL WOULD BE
DIFFICULT AND EVEN MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. THE STRONG WINDS COULD
COMBINE WITH THE SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING 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.
&&
$$
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