WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 418 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...ALTHOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WITH THIS STORM SHOULD
OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICING OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH IS EXPECTED FROM THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EITHER SIDE OF THOSE AREAS.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME
PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THURSDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES FROM ATLANTIC...DES MOINES AND GRINNELL...UP TO OVER A
FOOT ALONG AND WEST OF A DENISON...TO FORT DODGE...TO MASON CITY
LINE.
* WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEE FORE INCREASING EVEN
FURTHER BY FRIDAY. WINDS BY THAT TIME MAY BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS EVEN HIGHER.
* VISIBILITY...DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE MILE AND
EVEN DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWS. WITH
INCREASING WINDS AND SNOW COINCIDENT BY FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW
AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY THAT TIME.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE WATCH
AREA ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION AND
CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SNOW
ACCUMULATES AND WINDS INCREASE. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW
AREAS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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