WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 314 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MID WEST ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS
A POTENTIAL FOR NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IF THIS
OCCURS...WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WOULD MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BASED ON THE EXACT
TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL PORTIONS
OF THE WATCH AREA COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. WARM AIR PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM
COULD PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
RAPIDLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING.
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. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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KUHL
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