[LeArc] URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE..WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1010 PM CST WED JAN 30 2002

...WINTER STORM HITTING AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET SOUTH...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI OVERNIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI
WILL SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BY THURSDAY
MORNING. AS THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SPREAD NORTH...IT MAY LIMIT
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING OVER ALREADY SNOW-PACKED AREAS JUST
SOUTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE
ALREADY REPORTED AS ICE COVERED WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT
AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BELLE PLAINE...TO
MAQUOKETA...TO MILLEDGEVILLE ILLINOIS. NORTH OF THIS LINE...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT. ROADS ARE REPORTED EITHER SNOW-
PACKED OR ICE COVERED AND VERY TREACHEROUS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DRESS WARMLY AND MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION.  BE
SURE THAT YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND THAT BRAKES...LIGHTS...BATTERY
...EXHAUST...HEATER CONNECTIONS...DEFROSTER...AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS
ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.


IAZ089-098-099-ILZ025-026-MOZ009-010-311800-
CLARK MO-DES MOINES IA-HENDERSON IL-LEE IA-SCOTLAND MO-VAN BUREN IA-
WARREN IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...KAHOKA...
KEOSAUQUA...MEMPHIS...MONMOUTH...OQUAWKA

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED
WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AND PRODUCE SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES.

$$

ILZ034-035-311800-
HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH BEFORE
SWITCHING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL CONTINUE FROM CARTHAGE AND MACOMB WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A 1/4 INCH. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH
COUNTIES BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...MAKING
FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THOSE AREAS BY THURSDAY
MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO
6 INCHES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY.

$$

IAZ078-087-088-ILZ016>018-024-311800-
BUREAU IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-JEFFERSON IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL-PUTNAM
IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...FAIRFIELD...HENNEPIN...KEWANEE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...PRINCETON...WAPELLO

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED BEFORE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES MIDDAY THURSDAY. TOTAL
STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES...WITH SOME ISOLATED 12 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ063>068-076-077-ILZ009-015-311800-
CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-KEOKUK IA-MUSCATINE IA-
ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...CLINTON...
IOWA CITY...MARENGO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...
STERLING-ROCK FALLS...TIPTON...WASHINGTON

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. THE
SNOW MAY BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD
MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE
SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS
BY MIDDAY THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES....WITH
SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-311800-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CARROLL IL-DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-JACKSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JONES IA-LINN IA-STEPHENSON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...CEDAR RAPIDS...DUBUQUE...
FREEPORT...GALENA...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...MAQUOKETA...MOUNT
CARROLL...VINTON

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES OVERNIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVIER.
OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SNOW
WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES. A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A
CEDAR RAPIDS TO MOUNT CARROLL LINE.

$$


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