418 WWUS43 KDMX 141211 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 611 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGH AFTERNOON... SNOW HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE MAIN PART OF THE STORM IS NOW CROSSING IOWA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS MORNING WITH UP TO SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL ALONG WITH BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS. THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-046>050-059>062-073>075-085- 086-096-097-142015- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160215T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 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...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... 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...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES... NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 611 AM CST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS NOW MOVING THROUGH BOTH NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL IOWA. SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE CAUSING BLOWING SNOW ACROSS ROAD SURFACES EARLY TODAY. SNOWFALL HAS INCREASED OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESS EAST THROUGH THE MORNING...AFFECTING MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. THE NEW AREA OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IS EXPECTED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WHICH WILL PRODUCE SLICK...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED AND CAN BE RELAYED DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USING TWITTER HANDLE NWS DES MOINES...HASHTAG NWSDMX OR POST TO THE NWS DES MOINES FACEBOOK PAGE. && $$ REV