[LeArc] Winter Weather Advisory

[Brandon Sullivan]

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...POWERFUL...CRIPPLING AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

.A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY
THROUGH SUNDAY...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE AREA WITH VERY HIGH SNOW AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. AS THE SYSTEM
PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND A MIX OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND
SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH THIS
WINTRY MIXTURE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND
ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER
INCH OR MORE WILL OCCUR IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY...ALONG
WITH SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION. THIS EXTENT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH
STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
TURNS TO HEAVY SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR. SOME WHITEOUT
AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DOWN TO THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR BY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES. THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH OF THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR.

IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-241830-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0006.070224T1020Z-070225T0000Z/
VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...
MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
420 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY..AND
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE
DRIVING.


Everyone Stay Safe


-Brandon KC9ILN