Robert
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CLOSE OUT THE
WEEKEND...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING
LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS
THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA
SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF
PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW.
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR
LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING.
CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED
AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION
OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN
PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT
BEFORE ENDING AND EXITING THE AREA ON MONDAY.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM
INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE
HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-192315-
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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
913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENTIRELY SNOW
BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS EXPECTED.
* THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN
ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT
SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.
&&
$$
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WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSEURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CLOSE OUT THE
WEEKEND...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING
LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS
THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA
SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF
PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW.
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR
LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING.
CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED
AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION
OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN
PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT
BEFORE ENDING AND EXITING THE AREA ON MONDAY.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM
INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE
HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
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192315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
CRAWFORD-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
PLATTEVILLE
913 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT.
RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF
AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN.
* VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AS
THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND
ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN 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...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.
&&
$$URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1102 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN
IOWA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE ROCKIES
TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE STORM
SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT OF THE REGION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS
POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY
SUNDAY...BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
IAZ006-007-016-017-200115-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY
1102 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS LIKELY TO
BE PERIODS WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK AND FORTH
FROM A WINTRY MIX TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION SWITCHES TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND SUNSET SUNDAY
EVENING.
* STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER OF INCH TO AROUND A HALF INCH
AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICE COVERED
ROADS MAKING TRAVELING VERY HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...ICE WILL
LIKELY COVER TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR POWER OUTAGES.
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
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH
AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A
TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM
SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A
TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER
INCH.
AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO LONE ROCK LINE MAY REMAIN ALL
SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY.
LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE
LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN
THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE
RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS.
WIZ062-063-067>069-200000-
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/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110222T0000Z/
IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN
CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR ALL RAIN FOR A TIME
MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW
IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...THE LESSER AMOUNTS
TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH ONE
QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE
TO SNOW AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING.
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
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH
AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A
TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM
SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A
TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER
INCH.
AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO LONE ROCK LINE MAY REMAIN ALL
SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY.
LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE
LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN
THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE
RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS.
WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-200000-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110222T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW MAY MIX WITH
FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO BARABOO LINE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO BARABOO LINE.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA...WITH
DECENT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
1/4 MILE AT TIMES 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
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH
AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A
TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM
SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A
TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER
INCH.
AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO LONE ROCK LINE MAY REMAIN ALL
SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY.
LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE
LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN
THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE
RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS.
WIZ056-200000-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110222T0000Z/
SAUK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BARABOO
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE
TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME
MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW
IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS A
TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE
TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING.
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
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH
AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A
TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM
SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A
TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER
INCH.
AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO LONE ROCK LINE MAY REMAIN ALL
SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY.
LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE
LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN
THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE
RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS.
WIZ064>066-070>072-200000-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110222T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
949 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN
CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR ALL RAIN FOR A TIME
MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW
IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...THE LESSER AMOUNTS
TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH
ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE
TO SNOW AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING.
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.
&&
$$
COLLAR/DAVISURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
413 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO BEGIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN OVER THE REST OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY....
.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT
LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO
LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA. THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE UNDER THE WARNING BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW NOW APPEARS LIKELY IN A WIDE BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH
WILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES. AREAS FROM
GRANITE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...FAIRIBAULT...THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE COULD PICK
UP NEAR A FOOT OF SNOW. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH
RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MORA...AND AREAS NORTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SOME ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AD DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE PRECISE TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT
WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...WE ARE GAINING CONFIDENCE
THAT THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA...WHICH
WILL PLACE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
MNZ041>045-047>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-191815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...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
413 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6
AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE
APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORA.
* 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 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
413 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO BEGIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN OVER THE REST OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY....
.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT
LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO
LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA. THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE UNDER THE WARNING BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW NOW APPEARS LIKELY IN A WIDE BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH
WILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES. AREAS FROM
GRANITE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...FAIRIBAULT...THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE COULD PICK
UP NEAR A FOOT OF SNOW. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH
RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MORA...AND AREAS NORTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SOME ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AD DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE PRECISE TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT
WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER...WE ARE GAINING CONFIDENCE
THAT THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA...WHICH
WILL PLACE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-191815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
413 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS
POSSIBLE DURING PART OF THE DAY SUNDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE
APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90
CORRIDOR.
* 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 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.
&&
$$
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