[LeArc] ICE STORM WARNING

[Brandon Sullivan]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION...

.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 SIGNIFICANT ICE
AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF
THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE WILL OCCUR
IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. THIS HEAVY ICING...COMBINED
WITH STRONG EAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO
HEAVY SNOW...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
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.

1131 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN CHANGE
TO ALL RAIN BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
INCH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN A FEW LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE
OR TWO TENTHS OF ICE IS STILL EXPECTED. THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION
COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWERS LINES TO COME DOWN.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.  ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE
BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER.