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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
410 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER ...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE OUT OF KANSAS ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA
THROUGH THURSDAY. BEHIND THE LOW A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL
DEVELOP. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF IOWA THROUGH FRIDAY.
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>027-033>038-010615-
/O.UPG.KDMX.BZ.A.0001.070301T0900Z-070302T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0002.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0900Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER
410 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND END AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OFF AND ON AND PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
WILL BE LIGHT BUT ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION FALLING OVER THE AREA
WILL ONLY COMPOUND ANY REMAINING PROBLEMS FROM LAST WEEKENDS ICE
STORM.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE
MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. BY LATE THURSDAY 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW
WILL FALL. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN THE WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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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