HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 431 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
429 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
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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-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
429 AM CST SAT DEC 26 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
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY AND OVERNIGHT WILL PRESENT SLICK
CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING.
AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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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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