239 WWUS43 KDMX 261349 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 749 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A COMBINATION OF BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IAZ033-045-059>062-262200- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140226T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.140226T2100Z-140227T0900Z/ SAC-CARROLL-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...CARROLL...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL 749 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING BECOMING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL PRODUCE SLICK AREAS AS SNOW BUILDS UP ON THE ROAD SURFACE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IAZ044-057-058-071>075-261500- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140226T1400Z/ CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK... CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 749 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... WILL CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY AND IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH THE MORNING...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034>039-046>050-262200- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140226T1700Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0014.140226T2100Z-140227T0900Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL- TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...ROCKWELL CITY... MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK 749 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING BECOMING STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL PRODUCE SLICK AREAS AS SNOW BUILDS UP ON THE ROAD SURFACE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. 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. && $$