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051 WWUS43 KDVN 011324 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING AND COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SO FAR THE SNOW HAS BEEN VERY WET BUT WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE POWDERY SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BUT THE INTENSITY WILL DECREASE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024-MOZ009-012130- /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 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. THE LOWEST TOTALS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ IAZ089-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ010-012130- /O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0300Z/ DES MOINES-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...KAHOKA 724 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS BETWEEN 30-35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW HAS RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. ROAD CREWS MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY CLEARING THE WET SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN KEEPING UP WITH THE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$