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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
903 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007

.A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WILL
GRADUALLY ADVANCE EASTWARD ONLY REACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AS IT CROSSES WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

IAZ004-005-015-023-033-044-261100-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SN.Y.0008.071226T0600Z-071226T1800Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CRAWFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
POCAHONTAS...SAC CITY...DENISON
903 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO EVER
SO SLOWLY CROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE THE
INTENSITY DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING THE HEAVIER PERIODS
OF SNOW.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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