WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 341 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE
EVENING AS WELL AS PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATER TONIGHT...
.AN EXTREMELY STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HIGH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO
THE EVENING. ALSO A BAND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 6 PM. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT
IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXTREME DRIFTING AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THEN AS THE WINDS
DECREASE SOME...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS WILL BE
REPLACED BY BITING WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CLINTON-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
341 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THEN IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATER TONIGHT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
PM CST THIS EVENING.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING INTENSE WINTER STORM
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN RURAL AND OPEN
AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME. THE LOSS OF DAYLIGHT WILL ALSO
ADD TO THE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
LATER TONIGHT...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
FRIGID ARCTIC AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA TO PRODUCE BITING WIND CHILLS
OF 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WIND CHILLS WILL
THEN NOT IMPROVE ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA UNTIL NOON THURSDAY.
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.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 528 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...HIGH IMPACT...VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY...
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
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE
SLOWLY ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MID
MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. SNOW DRIFTS OF 3 TO OVER 6 FEET WILL BECOME
COMMON BY LATE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN IOWA AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS INTO THIS EVENING.
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS STARTING THIS 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20
TO 30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. HEADLINES FOR THIS COLD WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS REGARDING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND WINTER WEATHER
IMPACTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY.
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