[LeArc] Winter Storm To Impact The Area Tommorow!

[Brandon Sullivan]

SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECTFOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAYEVENING.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF THECENTRAL ROCKIES...PASSING THROUGH IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORMAPPROACHES...WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL LIFT OVER VERY COLD AIRALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL SPREADPRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET INITIALLY THAT WILLCHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET ACROSS EASTERNIOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI SATURDAY AFTERNOON.SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ISEXPECTED. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAINLY NORTH OFHIGHWAY 30 WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SATURDAY EVENING ALL THEPRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TOOVER 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE TO RESULT IN EXTREMELYHAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TOTREES AND POWER LINES. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THISPRODUCT AND WINTER SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONALINFORMATION AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...AN EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 130 PMCST.SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.