[LeArc] WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1155 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2002

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL EFFECT THE AREA...
.A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS
AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY DUSK.  SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT 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
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR.  HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE
WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS
UNAVOIDABLE.

ILZ034-035-012200-
HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB
1155 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS
LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING.  THE SNOWFALL WILL
INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY ALSO MIX WITH SOME RAIN AND SLEET. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONAL
SNOW SATURDAY WILL PUSH STORM TOTALS INTO THE 7 TO 10 INCH
RANGE BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AS NORTH
WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH.

IAZ040>042-051-012200-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...
VINTON
1155 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN
INCH EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING.  THE SNOW FALL WILL INTENSIFY
BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7
TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. ALSO...WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.


$$

IAZ052>054-063>065-076-077-ILZ001-002-012200-
CEDAR IA-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-
KEOKUK IA-LINN IA-STEPHENSON IL-WASHINGTON IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...CEDAR RAPIDS...FREEPORT...
GALENA...IOWA CITY...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...TIPTON...
WASHINGTON
1155 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND ACCUMULATE TO AROUND AN
INCH BY EARLY EVENING.  THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  SNOWFALL TOTALS  OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING.  STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8
TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. ALSO...WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.


$$

IAZ066>068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-MOZ009-010-
012200-
BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DES MOINES IA-HENDERSON IL-
HENRY IA-HENRY IL-JEFFERSON IA-LEE IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-
VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WHITESIDE IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
BURLINGTON...CLINTON...FAIRFIELD...FORT MADISON...HENNEPIN...
KAHOKA...KEOSAUQUA...KEWANEE...MEMPHIS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
MONMOUTH...MOUNT CARROLL...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSCATINE...OQUAWKA...
PRINCETON...STERLING-ROCK FALLS...WAPELLO
1155 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND BY EARLY EVENING UP
TO AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS
EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.  BY SATURDAY MORNING
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING.  STRONG NORTH WINDS SATURDAY WILL
COMPOUND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW.  WINDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.


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