SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 838 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

...SNOW MOVING IN THROUGH LATE EVENING...
A LARGE AREA OF SNOW OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE EAST AND OVERSPREAD
MUCH OF THE AREA ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 380 AND
HIGHWAY 218 THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE
IN INTENSITY AT TIMES AND GENERALLY ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF UP TO
A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...MANY UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES
WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF
QUITE A FEW MINOR ACCIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE DES MOINES METRO
AREA THIS EVENING WITH THIS AREA OF SNOW. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING
BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED
ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 337 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

...HIGH IMPACT...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TUESDAY INTO 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
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA
TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF THE SEASON. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS 2 TO 3
INCHES NORTH OF A MARENGO...IOWA TO GALENA...ILLINOIS LINE BY
SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF A FAIRFIELD...IOWA TO STERLING...ILLINOIS LINE.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SLICK ROADS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING WITH PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...A HIGH IMPACT...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD
PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WHICH WOULD
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING 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
FORECAST AREA COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ON WEDNESDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 34 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR IS PULLED
NORTHWARD...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY
NIGHT.
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 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 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
$$

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