[LeArc] URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE (Watches and Warnings for the area/Macomb under a Warning)

[Duane Whittingham]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2002

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING AIM FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY...AND THEN LIFT 
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A 
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG A STATIONARY 
FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM OKLAHOMA TO OHIO. AS THIS OCCURS... 
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD OVER THE COLD AIR NORTH OF 
THE FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION 
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET 
AND SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND 
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND 
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...SNOW WILL BE MORE 
DOMINANT THROUGH THE EVENT...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION TO START WITH 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE 
SOUTHEAST LATE THURSDAY...SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT OVER THE ENTIRE 
AREA.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS NOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST 
MISSOURI...AND THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER 
STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY INTO 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE REST OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST 
ILLINOIS. SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME ICE ACCUMULATION LOOKS CERTAIN OVER 
THIS AREA...BUT SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS IN THE TRACK OF THE 
STORM. SNOW TOTALS RANGING FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS 
THE WATCH AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE PATH OF 
THE STORM STILL EXISTS...WHICH WILL AFFECT WHICH LOCATIONS RECEIVE 
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS 
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING 
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE 
LATEST FORECASTS.

IAZ089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301100-
CLARK MO-DES MOINES IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-LEE IA-MCDONOUGH IL-
SCOTLAND MO-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB...
CARTHAGE...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...BURLINGTON...
OQUAWKA AND MOUNT STERLING

...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS 
THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS 
OF 1/2 INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY BEFORE THE 
PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO MAINLY SNOW. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS 
SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE...AS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY 
SLICK AND ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES. 
$$

ILZ016>018-024-301100-
BUREAU IL-HENRY IL-MERCER IL-PUTNAM IL-
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...PRINCETON...KEWANEE AND ALEDO

...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON...
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE 
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AND ENDING THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME ICE 
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
INCHES. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS COULD PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
OF SNOW THURSDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
$$

IAZ063>068-076>078-087-088-ILZ009-015-301100-
CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-HENRY IA-IOWA IA-JEFFERSON IA-JOHNSON IA-
KEOKUK IA-LOUISA IA-MUSCATINE IA-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...STERLING...ROCK ISLAND...MOLINE...
WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...MUSCATINE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...FAIRFIELD...DAVENPORT...
CLINTON...BETTENDORF AND PRINCETON

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON...
SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO 
THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE 
ENDING THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES 
WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS COULD PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND 
DRIFTING OF SNOW LATE THURSDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
$$


IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301100-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CARROLL IL-DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-JACKSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JONES IA-LINN IA-STEPHENSON IL-
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...GALENA...FREEPORT...VINTON...MAQUOKETA...
MANCHESTER...INDEPENDENCE...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MOUNT CARROLL AND MONMOUTH

...WINTER STORM WATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND 
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES. TOTAL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS 
COULD PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THURSDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
$$
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