WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 330 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ON THURSDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30 BEFORE CHANGING TO MIXED PRECIPITATION.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4
INCH. A MAJOR ICE STORM IS POSSIBLE IF TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
* EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY CAUSE
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND KNOCK TREE BRANCHES DOWN WHERE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE LESS THAN A MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION.
* SIGNIFICANT TO SEVERE TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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