URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE*
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL*
341 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT ICE EVENT TO AFFECT THE AREA...
.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR FLOWING NORTH WILL RIDE UP OVER THE COLD SURFACE AIR PRODUCING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE INFLOW OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
COUNTIES INCLDUE-BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE... MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY... TIPTON... CLINTON... MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO... BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...MACOMB
341 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. BY EVENING THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH SUNDAY MORNING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST THAT THAT THIS
WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING.
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. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.