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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
316 AM CST WED JAN 6 2010

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO
THURSDAY...WITH MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOLLOWED BY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-
092>094-061730-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.100106T1500Z-100108T0000Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-
MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...
GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...
CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON
316 AM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY AFTER 6 AM. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT INTO
  THURSDAY. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE THURSDAY..WITH ONLY MINOR
  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY
  BEFORE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH
  HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY...INCREASING TO
  15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH 20
  TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FORECAST. VISIBILITIES
  WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON
  THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILLS...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW
  TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED 
TO COMMENCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PEAKING ON THURSDAY. NUMEROUS  
LESS TRAVELED RURAL ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSIBLE  
DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE  
ALSO EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SOME POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR WHERE  
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN ON POWER LINES AND TREES  
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF AUDUBON...CRAWFORD AND CARROLL COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

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084>086-095>097-061730-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.100106T1800Z-100108T0000Z/
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
316 AM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST...APPROACHING THE INTERSTATE 30
  CORRIDOR BY MID DAY...AND OVER THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE
  EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
  OFF THURSDAY WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WINDS
  WILL BE WILL BE LIGHT TODAY BEFORE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING TONIGHT
  AND THURSDAY.

* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY INCREASING TO 15
  TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. PEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH 20
  TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
  REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILLS...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT
  AND THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED 
TO COMMENCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PEAKING ON THURSDAY. NUMEROUS  
LESS TRAVELED RURAL ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSIBLE  
DURING THIS TIME. IN ADDITION...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE  
ALSO EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$