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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
229 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026
..STRONG WINDS, SNOW, AND BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY
.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS FROM AROUND MIDDAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING
TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL BLOW BOTH FALLING SNOW AND SNOW ALREADY
ON THE GROUND, GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITY WITH NEAR-BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE REDUCED VISIBILITY, STRONG
CROSSWINDS, AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-036>039-050-211830-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WW.Y.0004.260121T1700Z-260122T0500Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-
GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, MANLY, CLEAR
LAKE, KANAWHA, CLARION, WELLSBURG, DYSART, FONDA, EMMETSBURG,
IOWA FALLS, CONRAD, EAGLE GROVE, ESTHERVILLE, GARNER, WAVERLY,
PARKERSBURG, MASON CITY, CLARKSVILLE, ROLFE, GLADBROOK,
NORTHWOOD, BRITT, ALLISON, SHELL ROCK, LAKE MILLS, CEDAR FALLS,
WATERLOO, BELMOND, HUMBOLDT, DUMONT, TAMA, TOLEDO, GREENE,
LAURENS, HAMPTON, POCAHONTAS, FOREST CITY, WEBSTER CITY, ACKLEY,
APLINGTON, ALGONA, ELDORA, GILMORE CITY, DIKE, AND TRAER
229 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11
PM CST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW, STRONG WINDS, AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
MPH. VISIBILITY MAY FALL BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INTO NORTHEASTERN IOWA.
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AND STRONG CROSSWINDS.
BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY, WITH
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS COMBINATION WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.
GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.
FOR THE LATEST TRAVEL CONDITIONS, CHECK THE IOWA 511 APP,
WWW.511IA.ORG, OR DIAL 511.
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