[LeArc] Winter Storm Watch at until 12:00pm, Tue Feb 13 2007

[My-Cast]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
302 AM CST SUN FEB 11 2007

...A WINTER STORM IS ON THE WAY...

.A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIND WILL IMPACT THE REGION MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM
ARE STILL TO BE DETERMINED...IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-
KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-
LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...
MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
302 AM CST SUN FEB 11 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON MONDAY...BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY TO COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 30. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES ARE LIKELY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND HIGHWAY 34...AND 6 TO 10
INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

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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