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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
339 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS IOWA SATURDAY ACCOMPANIED BY
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BUT A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND. EXPECT
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

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EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY
339 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3...MAINLY
DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION.
HOWEVER...A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES.
THE WIND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT SNOW PACK
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND 
CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. SLIGHT WARMING WILL
OCCUR BY MIDDAY SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

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PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
339 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY ALONG THE HIGHWAY
3 CORRIDOR...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LITTLE OR NO
ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT
SNOW PACK AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

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