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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE
AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY...AND
GRADUALLY ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE
LIKELY OVER EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AND FAR
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY...WHICH
WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOWFALL...AS WELL
AS SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024-MOZ009-010530-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.W.0002.150201T0100Z-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
325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR
  HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. 

* WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST
  WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN
  CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING 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-MOZ010-010530-
/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
325 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE
  HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. THERE SHOULD BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW 
  THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS BECOMING EAST OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST
  WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN
  CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME BLOWING 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.

&&

$$

HAASE/MCCLURE