More Info On Snow Advisories

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
845 PM CST TUE NOV 20 2007
...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
ON WEDNESDAY...
.NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD COLD AIR ACROSS ALL OF IOWA OVERNIGHT. EVEN
THOUGH THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI WEDNESDAY...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN
IOWA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SHOULD OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING.
JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-
WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA..CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
845 PM CST TUE NOV 20 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE 1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOW...BUT SOME AREAS SOUTHEAST OF CHARITON AND
GRINNELL COULD SEE UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO END EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO
20 MPH RANGE WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING...WHICH COULD REDUCE
VISIBILITY...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING...
BLOWING SNOW SHOULD BE LIMITED.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WITH
LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY SINCE
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON...AND CHECK THAT YOUR
WINTER SAFETY KIT IS UP TO DATE AND PACKED IN YOUR VEHICLE.
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REV
...FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO OHIO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT
DRAPED FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. A SWATH OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM
SIGOURNEY...THROUGH TIPTON AND MAQUOKETA IOWA...TO FREEPORT
ILLINOIS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EITHER SIDE OF THIS AXIS.
DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-
SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND
903 PM CST TUE NOV 20 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...SLOWLY
CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW
ENDS BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON...AND
WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY
OF THE YEAR. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND INTO SOUTHERN IOWA...
AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...SO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION BEFORE DEPARTING ON YOUR TRIP.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLICK...SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING.