URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE-
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL-
355 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY...
.LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL PULL COLD AIR INTO THE AREA...TURNING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT
355 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE LOW 20S.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.