[LEARC] Winter storm Thursday into Friday

[Richard R Sample]

The following is from the National Weather Service......

SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE ON THURSDAY.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF THE S. PLAINS AND
INTO THE MIDWEST ON THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN
EXTREME SE IA & NE MO BY NOON THURSDAY.
THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD INTO NE IA & WESTERN IL
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT & DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA. EAST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THUR NIGHT & WILL BE GUSTING TO
AROUND 30 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING & DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW.

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024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200430-
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BUCHANAN-DE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WA-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.INDEPENDENCE.MANCHESTER.DUBUQUE.
VINTON.CEDAR RAPIDS.ANAMOSA.MAQUOKETA.MARENGO.
IA CITY.TIPTON.CLINTON.MUSCATINE.BETTENDORF.
DAVENPORT.SIGOURNEY.WA.WAPELLO.FAIRFIELD.
MOUNT PLEASANT.BURLINGTON.KEOSAUQUA..FORT MADISON.
STERLING.ROCK FALLS.MOLINE.ROCK ISLAND.KEWANEE.
PRINCETON.HENNEPIN.ALEDO.OQUAWKA.MONMOUTH.CARTHAGE.
MACOMB.MEMPHIS.KAHOKA
220 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THUR AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THUR AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING.SNOW BEGINNING IN SE IA & NE MO
 BY NOON THUR & REACHING NE IA & WESTERN
 IL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL
 THE AREA THUR NIGHT & THEN DIMINISH ON FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.5 TO 7 INCHES.

* WINDS.EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THUR AFTERNOON INTO
 THUR NIGHT. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING & DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* VISIBILITIES.REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW.

* TEMPS.IN THE 20S.

* IMPACTS.CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE THE SNOW
 BEGINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND
 ROADS BECOMING QUICKLY SNOW COVERED & ICY.

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. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

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