BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 346 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDER-SNOW MAY OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50
MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT
TIMES IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIODS OF STRONG
WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT...
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS AND TREES MAY ALSO
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE BITING
NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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