WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 726 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL
RATES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...BUT
HEAVIER SNOW BANDS MAY PRODUCE RATES EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER
HOUR. EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS
FORECAST AS TEMPERATURES HOVER SLIGHTLY ABOVE 32 DEGREES.
* LONGER TERM TRENDS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AND HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN EASTERN AREAS OF THE WARNING. WESTERN AREAS WILL
RECEIVE FROM TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW BY SATURDAY.
LOCALIZED TWENTY INCH AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES WEST OF AN ALGONA THROUGH LAMONI LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE WEST SECTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.
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