NEWS ARCHIVE

(Clinton Area) -- ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...read the statement here

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- 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... GALENA... FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH

634 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR MAINLY THROUGH 9 AM CDT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME SPOTS THROUGH MID MORNING...THUS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Written 3/18/2013 by Station Staff

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