Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER RETURNS WITH ARCTIC AIR AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT. MONDAY...A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A POWDERY SNOW...LEADING TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AREA ROADS WILL BECOME QUICKLY SNOW COVERED WITH SOME DRIFTING DUE TO THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW. IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING... * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREA ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 22:13:22 +0000
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