[LeArc] Significant Ice Storm To Impact Area Monday! (Winter Storm Watch)

[Brandon Sullivan]

McDonough (Illinois)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
402 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2007

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY PULLING
WARM AIR UP OVER THE COLD SURFACE AIR...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
IT NOW APPEARS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT ICING TO OCCUR. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENTS ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...PRODUCING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.

ADDITIONALLY...IT NOW APPEARS THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL
AFFECT THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING FROM THIS STORM.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL WHILE TRAVELING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET ...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL.  MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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