BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 622 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS: LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH MID MORNING. SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE UP
TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR. OTHERWISE...WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH WILL
CONTINUE. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AND RURAL
AREAS.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: THE SNOW IS WINDING DOWN...BUT TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL
IOWA.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK IN MUCH OF CENTRAL
IOWA...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...SOME GRADUAL
DECREASE IN WIND SPEED IS EXPECTED WITH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN
VISIBILITIES.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
DANGEROUS WINTER STORM...AND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW
ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS TODAY...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ROAD CLOSURES.
SNOW DRIFTS OF 8 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES EXIST AS WELL WITH THE VERY STRONG
WINDS. WIND CHILL READINGS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW
ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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COGIL
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