WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX
BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON THEN TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
THEN BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING TONIGHT. A LULL IN THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT
15 TO 25 MPH INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ARE LIKELY.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
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.
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DONAVON
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