WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1006 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW
AFTER 10 PM.
* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH.
* IMPACTS...ICE COVERED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS ARE LIKELY THIS
EVENING.
WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH FROM
THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
FARTHER NORTH.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH AREA UP TO OVER A FOOT ALONG AND
WEST OF A CARROLL TO MASON CITY LINE.
* WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ON FRIDAY.
* VISIBILITY...SNOW AREAS WILL SEE VISIBILITIES GENERALLY LESS
THAN ONE MILE FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM WITH FREQUENT
VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN THE
HEAVIER SNOWS. WITH INCREASING WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WATCH AREA.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE
WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1006 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW
AFTER 10 PM.
* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH.
* IMPACTS...ICE COVERED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS ARE LIKELY THIS
EVENING.
WINTER STORM WATCH...
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH FROM
THE HIGHWAY 30 TO HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDORS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
FARTHER NORTH.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH AREA UP TO OVER A FOOT ALONG AND
WEST OF A CARROLL TO MASON CITY LINE.
* WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY BECOMING NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ON FRIDAY.
* VISIBILITY...SNOW AREAS WILL SEE VISIBILITIES GENERALLY LESS
THAN ONE MILE FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM WITH FREQUENT
VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE IN THE
HEAVIER SNOWS. WITH INCREASING WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WATCH AREA.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT IN THE
WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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.
$$
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