[LeArc] Winter Storm Warning

[Tony Coniglio]

> URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 307 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
> 
> ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY DUE TO SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS
> AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...
> 
> .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING.
> STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
> TO THE NORTHEAST. PERIODS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK
> SIDE OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS. TEMPERATURES
> PLUNGING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS
> EVENING WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS THE STRONG
> WINDS CONTINUE. THIS WILL CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION
> WHERE STRANDED PERSONS MAY FREEZE TO DEATH WHILE VISIBILITIES
> REMAIN VERY POOR IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
> 

 IAZ066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-
> 034-035-MOZ009-010-291715-
> /O.CON.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.080129T1800Z-080130T0600Z/
> CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-
> JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
> BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-
> CLARK-
> INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
> DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
> FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
> ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
> HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
> MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
> 307 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
> 
> ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
> CST TONIGHT...
> 
> A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
> CST TONIGHT.
> 
> A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 8
> AM AND NOON TODAY. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
> 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY COMBINE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO
> CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 3
> INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE
> OUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES
> WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW ZERO AFTER SUNSET AND COMBINED WITH THE
> STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE
> EXPECTED. ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE WILL BE AT RISK OF THEIR LIFE
> WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
> 
> THE SNOW WILL END BY EARLY EVENING WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING
> AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OR WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE
> ISSUED FOR TONIGHT.
> 
> 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.
> 
> $$
> 
> ERVIN
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