HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 655 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 700 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING
SOME SLICK SPOTS ON OUTSIDE SURFACES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL INITIALLY BE WIDESPREAD ON TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION SPREADING
INTO CENTRAL IOWA ON WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BUT WARMER AIR
HEADING INTO IOWA SHOULD HELP TRANSITION MUCH OF THE MIXTURE TO
RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY PRIOR TO A GRADUAL TRANSITION BACK TO
ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY. SOME MINOR TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED FROM THIS SNOW. RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO BECOME
PROBLEMATIC DUE TO THE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY...HOWEVER RAINFALL
REPORTS OR OTHER ADVERSE WEATHER REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED.
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