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573 WWUS43 KDVN 010235 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SPREADING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES LIKELY OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOWFALL. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-011045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-SCOTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...MEMPHIS 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-011045- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 835 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. RAIN...OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ON SUNDAY... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SHEETS