FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 408 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD WITH TIME...INTO
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE THIS EVENING.
* TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
* VISIBILITY...THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF FOG
TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN AREAS.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH AREAS OF BLACK ICE...
ESPECIALLY ON LESS TREATED ROADS. IT WILL TAKE ONLY VERY MINOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION...
THE ICE CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE ROAD...SO A ROAD THAT
APPEARS TO BE CLEAR MAY ACTUALLY BE ICY.
...WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...ALTHOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY
OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WITH THIS STORM SHOULD OCCUR FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICING OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH IS EXPECTED FROM THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EITHER SIDE OF THOSE AREAS.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM
ATLANTIC...DES MOINES AND GRINNELL...UP TO OVER A FOOT ALONG AND
WEST OF A DENISON...TO FORT DODGE...TO MASON CITY LINE.
* WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE INCREASING EVEN
FURTHER BY FRIDAY AND TURNING AROUND TO NORTH AND NORTHWEST.
WINDS BY THAT TIME MAY BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
EVEN HIGHER.
* VISIBILITY...DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE MILE AND
EVEN DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWS. WITH
INCREASING WINDS AND SNOW COINCIDENT BY FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW
AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY THAT TIME ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE WATCH
AREA ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION AND
CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SNOW
ACCUMULATES AND WINDS INCREASE. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREAS...
TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
ZOGG/LEE
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 408 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD WITH TIME...INTO
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE THIS EVENING.
* TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
* VISIBILITY...THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF FOG
TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN AREAS.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH AREAS OF BLACK ICE...
ESPECIALLY ON LESS TREATED ROADS. IT WILL TAKE ONLY VERY MINOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION...
THE ICE CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE ROAD...SO A ROAD THAT
APPEARS TO BE CLEAR MAY ACTUALLY BE ICY.
...WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...ALTHOUGH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY
OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WITH THIS STORM SHOULD OCCUR FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICING OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH IS EXPECTED FROM THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EITHER SIDE OF THOSE AREAS.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM
ATLANTIC...DES MOINES AND GRINNELL...UP TO OVER A FOOT ALONG AND
WEST OF A DENISON...TO FORT DODGE...TO MASON CITY LINE.
* WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE INCREASING EVEN
FURTHER BY FRIDAY AND TURNING AROUND TO NORTH AND NORTHWEST.
WINDS BY THAT TIME MAY BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
EVEN HIGHER.
* VISIBILITY...DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE MILE AND
EVEN DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWS. WITH
INCREASING WINDS AND SNOW COINCIDENT BY FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW
AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY THAT TIME ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE WATCH
AREA ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION AND
CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS SNOW
ACCUMULATES AND WINDS INCREASE. IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW AREAS...
TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
ZOGG/LEE
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