National Weather Service Text Product
AFOS product WSWDMX
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTCDisplaying AFOS PIL: WSWDMX
Product Timestamp: 2012-02-29 15:52 UTC
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291 WWUS43 KDMX 291552 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 952 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL THURSDAY... .FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THURSDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-010000- /O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.120229T1552Z-120301T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 952 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF FALLING SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA COMBINING WITH STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH...THOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST...NEAR 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE AROUND 1/2 TO 1/4 OF A MILE AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO BRIEFLY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS...AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW AND BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL CREATE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ AWB