[LeArc] Winter Storm Watch Update

[Jesse Risley]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
346 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...

.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW. STRONG WINDS
WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY PRODUCING BLIZZARD TO
NEAR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE WITH SIGNIFICANT AND
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-071800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WS.A.0005.091208T1200Z-091210T0000Z/
WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...
MACOMB
346 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WARM AIR PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...AND SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 45 MPH.
THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE...AT TIMES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME PARTS OF THE
WATCH AREA TO EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE BITING
NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.