[LeArc] Blizzard Warning

[Jesse Risley]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
941 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TOMORROW DUE TO SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS AND
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...

.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
TO THE NORTHEAST. THE RESULTANT SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS.


HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
941 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE
MORNING. BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN
EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND
RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO NEAR ZERO BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. ANYONE STRANDED
OUTSIDE WILL BE AT RISK OF THEIR LIFE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.

THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE 
TUESDAY NIGHT.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

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"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last." 
Robert Louis Stevenson





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