BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 156 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
.A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY
STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.  A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. STRONG
WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN BLIZZARD TO
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE...IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE SNOWS
AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND EXPANSE HAVE BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE
AREA. STORM STRENGTH IS ANOTHER MATTER. IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN
20 TO 30 YEARS SINCE THE IMPACTS OF A WINTER STORM OF THIS
STRENGTH HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE AREA.
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
155 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 POSSIBLE BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDER-SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WINDS
OF THIS STRENGTH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN RURAL
AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS
MAY ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
&&
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 155 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
.A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY
STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.  A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. STRONG
WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN BLIZZARD TO
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE...IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE SNOWS
AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND EXPANSE HAVE BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE
AREA. STORM STRENGTH IS ANOTHER MATTER. IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN
20 TO 30 YEARS SINCE THE IMPACTS OF A WINTER STORM OF THIS
STRENGTH HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE AREA.
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/O.EXT.KDVN.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091209T0600Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
155 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 POSSIBLE BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDER-SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WINDS
OF THIS STRENGTH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN RURAL
AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS
MAY ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 506 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH IMPACT...VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
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 HIGH IMPACT...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE
PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW...
BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS WARMER AIR IS PULLED NORTHWARD...BUT
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING.
THUNDER-SNOW MAY OCCUR TONIGHT RESULTING IN SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG
NORTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES PRODUCING DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK
AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM...PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ALONG
AND ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI COULD EXPERIENCE BLIZZARD TO
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY ENDING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
ON WEDNESDAY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.
SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO OVER 6 FEET WILL BECOME COMMON BY AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL WILL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS STARTING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. HEADLINES FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM THAT COULD RESULT IN PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES OVER LARGE AREAS AND DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES OR LARGE
TREE LIMBS. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THIS PRODUCT AND
OTHER LOCAL OFFICE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
MORE SPECIFICS ON THIS POWERFUL SYSTEM AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS REGARDING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND WINTER WEATHER
IMPACTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
$$

BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 416 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY
STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT.
STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY RESULTING
IN BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING SNOW.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE...IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE SNOWS
AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND EXPANSE HAVE BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE
AREA. STORM STRENGTH IS ANOTHER MATTER. IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN 20 TO
30 YEARS SINCE THE IMPACTS OF A WINTER STORM OF THIS STRENGTH HAVE
BEEN SEEN IN THE AREA.
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015-MOZ009-010-081830-
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
ROCK ISLAND-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
416 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 POSSIBLE BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDER-SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WINDS
OF THIS STRENGTH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN RURAL
AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS
MAY ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING SNOW
AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
$$