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...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE FREEZING AT
MOST LOCATIONS THEREFORE ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE IN
THE FORM OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ICY PATCHES...HOWEVER...ARE
LIKELY THIS MORNING AS SOME ROAD SURFACES REMAIN AT TO BELOW
FREEZING...RESULTING IN PATCHY ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL WILL
REMAIN HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON LESS TRAVELED ROADS.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION
BACK TO A WINTRY MIX MID TO LATE MORNING TODAY AND EVENTUALLY TO
ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE INTENSITY INCREASING LATE.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EIGHT TO TWELVE 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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