[LeArc] Winter Storm Warning

[Jesse Risley]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
353 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

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

.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA TUESDAY AND CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT
TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-080600-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WS.A.0005.091208T1200Z-091210T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.W.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
353 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION 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. A PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.

AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT
TIMES IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...
ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

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.