HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 438 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912111000;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
425 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
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BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON
IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY
IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-
JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-
STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
425 AM CST THU DEC 10 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
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER UNTIL LATE MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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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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IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON
341 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING STILL REMAINS 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 27 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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