[LeArc] WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY.

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
415 PM CST THU FEB 28 2002

...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...
.A VIGOROUS LATE WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS ON FRIDAY
AND
MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND 
EARLY EVENING...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEST OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE FOUND 
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE 
TAPERING TO FLURRIES. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS 
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL 
FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PREPARE 
NOW FOR THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.

IAZ040-041-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-010500-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-DELAWARE IA-IOWA IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-VAN BUREN IA-WASHINGTON IA-
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...WASHINGTON...VINTON...TIPTON...
SIGOURNEY...MARENGO...MANCHESTER...KEOSAUQUA...IOWA CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...FAIRFIELD...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA AND MOUNT STERLING

...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...
SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL 
CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES.  
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 
BY SATURDAY EVENING. ALSO...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

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