WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING AT
MOST LOCATIONS THEREFORE ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED POCKETS
OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION
BACK TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW BY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE INTENSITY INCREASING LATE.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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