[LeArc] Winter Storm Warning from 6pm (11/30)

[Duane Whittingham]

Winter Storm Warning


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING...

.AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS
THE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI
WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE AREA MOST FAVORED FOR SEEING THE
HEAVY SNOW AND HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO BURLINGTON IOWA. STRONG
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.


IAZ089-099-ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301800-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0004.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0005.061201T0000Z-061201T1800Z/
DES MOINES-LEE-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...
MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
400 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON...TO BURLINGTON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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Amateur Radio Operator
Duane Whittingham - N9SSN
Skywarn, ARES/RACES, EMA/ESDA
Red Cross Volunteer & SATERN Member