[LeArc] WeatherIL - McDonough County

[Tony Coniglio]

> 
> IAZ067-068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-
> MOZ009-010-051745-
> /O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/
> /O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T2100Z/
> MUSCATINE-SCOTT-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.MUSCATINE.BETTENDORF.DAVENPORT.
> WAPELLO.FAIRFIELD.MOUNT PLEASANT.BURLINGTON.KEOSAUQUA..
> FORT MADISON.STERLING.ROCK FALLS.MOLINE.ROCK ISLAND.
> KEWANEE.PRINCETON.HENNEPIN.ALEDO.OQUAWKA.MONMOUTH.
> CARTHAGE.MACOMB.MEMPHIS.KAHOKA
> 343 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
> 
> WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
> WEDNESDAY.
> 
> THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
> STORM WARNING.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
> WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
> 
> RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY & CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF
> FREEZING RAIN & SLEET BY LATE AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
> RAIN.SLEET.& SNOW WILL BE SEEN THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
> OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR
> WILL BE SEEN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT & SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
> INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WED CAUSING
> BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY
> DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT & WED MORNING.
> 
> CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDER SNOW
> LATE TONIGHT. IF THUNDER SNOW DOES OCCUR.SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO
> 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.
> 
> CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW
> WILL DEVELOP HALFWAY BETWEEN OSKALOOSA & OTTUMWA IA.TO
> HALFWAY BETWEEN FREEPORT & ROCKFORD IL. STORM TOTAL
> SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THIS AXIS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE
> POSSIBLE. THE ADDITION OF ANY THUNDER SNOW WOULD RESULT IN
> LOCALIZED AREAS OF OVER 12 INCHES. AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 8
> INCHES ARE EXPECTED SE OF THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS.
> 
> A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
> FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.COMBINED WITH
> STRONG WINDS & POSSIBLY.SLEET.AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS
> EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR
> IMPOSSIBLE.SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY & TAKE YOUR WINTER
> SURVIVAL KIT.
> 
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