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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
328 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
.A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF THE
UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND, MAINLY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH LINGERING IMPACTS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS MAY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS DURING THIS
TIME. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR SOUTH INTO IOWA THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR, BUT THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE THE
HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IS OVER NORTHERN IOWA, THOUGH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH LESSER SNOW AS FAR SOUTH AS ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR
IS POSSIBLE.
IAZ033>039-045>050-058>062-131830-
/O.EXB.KDMX.WS.A.0001.260316T0000Z-260316T1500Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GRINNELL, PANORA, CONRAD, WELLSBURG,
ACKLEY, LAKE VIEW, WALL LAKE, POMEROY, WAUKEE, TRAER, DYSART,
PERRY, ADEL, NEWTON, GLADBROOK, CEDAR FALLS, AMES, JEFFERSON,
ODEBOLT, WATERLOO, CARROLL, WEBSTER CITY, ROCKWELL CITY, IOWA
FALLS, GRUNDY CENTER, BOONE, FORT DODGE, MANSON, TAMA, REINBECK,
DES MOINES, EARLY, CASEY, TOLEDO, DIKE, MARSHALLTOWN, SAC CITY,
SCHALLER, BAYARD, LAKE CITY, ELDORA, AND GUTHRIE CENTER
328 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-131830-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.A.0001.260315T0300Z-260316T1500Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GARNER, GREENE, LAKE MILLS, EMMETSBURG,
LAURENS, APLINGTON, CLEAR LAKE, GILMORE CITY, WAVERLY,
ESTHERVILLE, ALLISON, FOREST CITY, KANAWHA, DUMONT, SHELL ROCK,
NORTHWOOD, POCAHONTAS, BELMOND, FONDA, CLARKSVILLE, ROLFE,
HAMPTON, MASON CITY, EAGLE GROVE, MANLY, PARKERSBURG, CLARION,
ALGONA, BRITT, AND HUMBOLDT
328 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST TO 50 MPH OR
HIGHER.
* WHERE...FAR NORTHERN IOWA.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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