Winter Weather Message
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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
340 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011
…WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER
TODAY AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. A BAND OF SNOW IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. IN ADDITION…INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS COULD LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS THIS EVENING.
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EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ESTHERVILLE…ALGONA…FOREST CITY…
NORTHWOOD…EMMETSBURG…GARNER…MASON CITY…POCAHONTAS…
HUMBOLDT…CLARION…HAMPTON…SAC CITY…ROCKWELL CITY…
FORT DODGE…WEBSTER CITY…DENISON…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…
AUDUBON
340 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST
AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS MAINLY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS MAKING DRIVING
HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE YEAR
ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA…SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
EXTRA CAUTION AS THEY READJUST TO WINTER DRIVING. REDUCED
VISIBILITIES COULD ADD TO DRIVING HAZARDS THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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LEE
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