[LeArc] ICE STORM WARNING!!

[Brandon Sullivan]

..ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE  
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST  
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.   
  
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE  
AREA MID MORNING SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE  
SOUTHWEST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY  
AFTERNOON WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH  
EXPECTED BY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER  
TO PRIMARILY RAIN SATURDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.  
  
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO DAMAGE TO TREES AND  
POWER LINES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES.   
  
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-  
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE  
TRAVEL DANGEROUS 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.