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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
351 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO
THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A
PROLONGED LIGHT SNOW EVENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-
DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...
OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
351 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH TODAY.
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE ADVISORY
AREA AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS FORECAST FOR
TODAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH AN
ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNT POSSIBLE.  

WINDS WILL NOT BE A FACTOR THIS MORNING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  

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.

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