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.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 354 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...
.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO MUCH OF THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA TUESDAY AND CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT
TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
ILZ009-016>018-024>026-034-035-080600-
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WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...
MACOMB
353 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. A PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT
TIMES IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF
NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...
ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
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. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
$$
DLF/DLS

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 314 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM COULD PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW...HIGH
WINDS...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-070515-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0005.091208T1200Z-091210T0000Z/
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-
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...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
314 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MID WEST ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS
A POTENTIAL FOR NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IF THIS
OCCURS...WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WOULD MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BASED ON THE EXACT
TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL PORTIONS
OF THE WATCH AREA COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. WARM AIR PULLED NORTH AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM
COULD PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
RAPIDLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING.
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. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
$$
KUHL