HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 507 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
445 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE RAIN WHICH WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND IN EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.
SHARPLY COLDER AIR ON STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND PRECIPITATE THIS CHANGE. THE RAPID CHANGE
TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE PONDED WATER TO FREEZE ON
AREA ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT COULD TALLY BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED...BUT REPORTS OF RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SNOW TOTALS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...STRONG...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
CHRISTMAS...
.A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE STORM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES OVER
THE AREA. TONIGHT...FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH ON THURSDAY TO ALLOW THE
PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN RAIN IN ALL BUT THE FAR NORTH...WHERE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN A TIMES. AS THE STORM SYSTEM
NEARS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...COLDER AIR WILL BE PULLED BACK
INTO THE AREA. THIS COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE RAIN BACK
TO SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
909 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN.
* AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY
WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY SNOW
WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THUS... THE WINTER
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS... MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER
OUTAGES.
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. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.  BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
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