000 WWUS43 KDMX 140951 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 351 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009 .FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW OVER THE NORTHWEST...WITH THE CHANGEOVER PUSHING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. IAZ092-093-141500- /O.EXA.KDMX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-091214T1500Z/ TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 351 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE SOUTH...WINDS WILL TURN NORTHERLY. THE NORTH WINDS WILL BRING IN COLDER AIR AND CHANGE THE FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ICY ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>074-081- 082-141500- /O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-091214T1500Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...CORNING...CRESTON 351 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF A CHARLES CITY TO CLARINDA LINE THROUGH 6 AM. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER 6 AM...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA BY 8 OR 9 AM. OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE...LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION OVER THE NORTHWEST. SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A WATERLOO TO ATLANTIC LINE...WITH UNDER ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...ICY ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$