HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 416 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LIGHT RAIN WILL FREEZE AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES IN SOME
AREAS OVERNIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS
EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY APPROACH
THE STATE AND BRING A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN TO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY SNOWFALL AND ICE
ACCUMULATION REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED.
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