SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 827 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DROP COMING...
COLD AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL DROP TEMPERATURES INTO
THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW WET ROADS
TO FREEZE WITH A LAYER OF ICE ON THEM...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
ADDITIONALLY...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ALSO BE SEEN. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNSET.
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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
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261045-
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-
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: 433 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL TURN THE RAIN TO A
MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN IOWA.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW...POSSIBLY
HEAVY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DUBUQUE IOWA TO
MEMPHIS MISSOURI.
IAZ063>065-076-077-087-098-MOZ009-241845-
/O.EXB.KDVN.WS.A.0006.091225T0600Z-091226T1200Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA....MEMPHIS
432 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* COLDER AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT WILL CAUSE THE
  RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THEN
  THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW ON
  FRIDAY...POSSIBLY HEAVY. AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
  IS EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  FRIDAY NIGHT AS SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
  MILE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR INVADES THE AREA.
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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