Posted on 02/24/2007 2:40:28 PM PST by george76
Drops more than 1 foot of snow on Wisconsin
A large, fast-moving snowstorm closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday and dumped more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest.
Seven deaths were blamed on the weather, all in traffic accidents on slippery Wisconsin roads.
Interstate 70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 200 miles in both directions from just east of Denver to Colby, Kan., because of blowing snow and slippery pavement, according to Colorado and Kansas highway officials.
Between Denver and the beginning of the highway closure, about 35 cars collided in a pileup in whiteout conditions Saturday morning on an icy section of I-70
A number of other highways also were closed in the two states.
''Basically there's zero visibility at this time,'' Kansas Department of Transportation spokeswoman Barb Blue said just before noon.
A stretch of about 60 miles of I-80 was closed in both directions in western Nebraska, from Sidney to the Wyoming line, as snow was driven by wind gusting to 52 mph. Westbound traffic was barred from more than 270 miles of I-80, from North Platte to the Wyoming line, more than half the length of the state.
The weather service posted blizzard and winter storm warnings for parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
airlines canceled 230 arrivals and departures at Chicago's O'Hare International and 40 at Midway
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...
.POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT AND BE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY. A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW EVENT WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY.
IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-049-050-250500-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.BZ.W.0001.070224T2145Z-070226T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
345 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL ABATE SOME LATER TONIGHT...BUT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT WILL BE ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT
TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE END OF SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...EXPECT DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE AREA EXPERIENCED AN ICE STORM ON SATURDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
And Al Gore wins an Oscar tomorrow. He truly is a POS.
this storm is in memory of that great scientist...algore
/s
Al needs to STFU. Everytime he opens his mouth we get a snowstorm, ice storm, or blizzard.
Right behind the tornados in AK...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gore+Effect
It has been named. :)
a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest ?
High winds, poor visibility trigger pile-up
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=65361
We got 6" last night into today with brutal winds up to 40 MPM. Now the snow has started in earnest, and we're to get another 9-10 inches.
We're hunkered down; no problems so far, but it's going to be a Winter Wonderland by morning.
Think warm thoughts! :)
My camellias, azaleas and Pink Flowering magnolias are in bloom. Spring has sprung on the Texas Gulf Coast.
So where is my FEMA cash card?
I have a bucket of Heinekens and I'm going to ride this storm out. All I know is the government better come rescue me and bus me to some football stadium or I'm going to go on a looting rampage.
Shorts and t-shirt through Garden of the Gods today..
Thanks for the heads upsun shining and no snow in the banana belt
I am still waiting for my FEMA cash card too
the downslope winds apparently kept DIA open, yet smacked the plains 30 miles east.
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