2 products issued by NWS for: Palo IA
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 258 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO LINGER INTO TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM NOW MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE AREA SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES INTO EARLY EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO ISOLATED NEAR 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW... WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-100600- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 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...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 258 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIDESPREAD STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW...AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NICHOLS
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 541 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-101145- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 541 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT AS IT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...RANGING TO 5 TO 9 INCH TOTALS FOR AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY EVEN SEE LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING WEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO WASHINGTON...AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. MORE DETAILED AND UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY AFFECT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING...TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN LATER OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED. $$