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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.

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