WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1058 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE
ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER THE IMPACT OF STRONG WINDS
WILL LIKELY INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
WEDNESDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES
ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER A
FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY LATE TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...
ESPECIALLY ON LESS TREATED ROADS AND WALKING SURFACES. THE
APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF COMBINING
HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND MAY RESULT
IN ROAD CLOSURES. AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS...THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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MOYER
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