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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
546 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-
084>086-095>097-111515-
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
546 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...LIGHT SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO IMPACT CENTRAL IOWA
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH IOWA TODAY AND IN ADDITION
TO INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW AND MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2
INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WITH
AMOUNTS INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD BECOME
EXTRA ICY WITH THIS LIGHT SNOW BECAUSE THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS 
PUSHED ROAD TEMPERATURES BACK TO ABOVE FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS.
THE WARM ROADS COMBINED WITH MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVING MAY LEAD TO
A MELTING AND FREEZING PROCESS LEADING TO AREAS OF ICE.

AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW
HOWEVER IF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS...THE POTENTIAL
WILL INCREASE. FINALLY, THE COMBINATION OF THE COLDER AIR AND
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO
10 BELOW BY THURSDAY MORNING.

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DONAVON