HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED In Mid West TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
259 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SOME SLEET AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY BY DAWN TUESDAY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH 2
TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING ICE
ACCUMULATIONS....
A COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER MUCH OF KANSAS INTO
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH TUESDAY...WHILE A POWERFUL
STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MEXICAN BAJA SHIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. A LONG-DURATION EVENT...BEGINNING OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...IS EXPECTED TO
BRING DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION.
AT 4 PM...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED A RAPIDLY EXPANDING AREA OF
FREEZING RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AND KANSAS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE
LEADING EDGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL REACH A KANSAS CITY TO WARRENSBURG
LINE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM...AND THEN OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION OVERNIGHT.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN RAPID ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WITH AMOUNTS LOCALLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH. DUE TO THE
HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...THIS LONG DURATION STORM MAY CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES...WHILE MAKING TRAVEL
DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...
STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE..LANCASTER...
DOWNING...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY..KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
359 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT.
AT 4 PM...A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WAS QUICKLY INCREASING IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS
PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS
EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH WILL PRODUCE RAPID ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH. THE AREA OF HIGHEST IMPACT INCLUDES
KANSAS CITY...ST JOSEPH...CHILLICOTHE... KIRKSVILLE AND SURROUNDING
AREAS. THIS LONG DURATION STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FOOD. CHECK FURNACES AND
FUEL LEVELS. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS IN ENCLOSED AREAS! IT IS NOT
SAFE TO OPERATE A GENERATOR IN YOUR HOUSE...OR EVEN IN AN
ATTACHED GARAGE. THE EXHAUST FROM THE GENERATOR CONTAINS CARBON
MONOXIDE...A DEADLY GAS THAT IS BOTH COLORLESS AND ODORLESS.
GRILLS AND STOVES DESIGNED FOR COOKING SHOULD NOT BE USED TO
GENERATE HEAT INDOORS AS THESE DEVICES ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR
PROLONGED USE AND ALSO PRODUCE CARBON MONOXIDE.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED
ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED
AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND CARRY ALONG A SAFETY SUPPLY KIT
THAT INCLUDES FOOD... BLANKETS AND A CELL PHONE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES
AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
...A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY LATE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT...LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. THERE
WILL BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT TO PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF
SLEET...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STRAWBERRY
POINT IOWA TO FENNIMORE WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME ALL SNOW BY NOON TUESDAY WHEN COLDER AIR IS PULLED INTO
THE SYSTEM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY
ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA ALONG WITH SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
CLAYTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PLATTEVILLE
329 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
TUESDAY.
A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW
BY NOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA ALONG WITH SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...HIGH IMPACT ICE AND WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH MAJOR AMOUNTS OF ICE IN THE FORM OF
FREEZING AND SLEET WITH SOME SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF I-80 WILL AFFECT
THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ICE TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM JUST OVER ONE TENTH INCH TO AROUND 1 INCH.
LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND
LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO
BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT TREE AND
POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE TRAVEL
PROBLEMS.
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
CLINTON...MOUNT CARROLL
355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED
ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT
MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE
ACCUMULATION ON MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE
ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM
BEGINS.
IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY
LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE
PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED
POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE
355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
QUARTER INCH. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE
IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON MANY TREES IN THE WARNING
AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE
THE STORM BEGINS.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVER THE AREA. SNOW TOTALS COULD BE HIGHER LOCALLY
IF MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. ON THE OTHER HAND...IF
MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS FREEZING RAIN...THEN ICE
AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH LOCALLY NEAR A HALF INCH.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF
SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER
INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL
OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM.
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD
AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE ACCUMULATION
THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ALREADY
ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH
BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO
PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE
RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS
DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER
SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS
LINE.
IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY
LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE
PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES
AND LOSS OF POWER.
BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT
355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG
WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND
MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. ONE FACTOR THAT MAY MAKE THIS
STORM WORSE IT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A SMALL ICE ACCUMULATION ON
MOST TREES IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION IS UNLIKELY
TO MELT OR FALL OFF BEFORE THE STORM BEGINS.
IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY
LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE
PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF
SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
355 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT.
A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER
INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL
OCCUR DURING AND WELL AFTER THIS STORM.
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME
WIDESPREAD BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE
WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA
TO MUSCATINE IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENT MAY RIVAL THE
RECORD FEBRUARY 24 2007 ICE EVENT CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS
DAMAGE TO TREES. LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR VERY HEAVY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH ARE 30 MILES EITHER
SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO BURLINGTON IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS
LINE.
IN THESE TYPE OF HEAVY ICE EVENTS...EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES MAY
LEAD TO THE RISK OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHEN PEOPLE MISUSE
PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER
LINES AND LOSS OF POWER.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
.FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WILL BE THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN MAINLY
SNOW TO THE NORTH AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
MORNING BEFORE A CHANGE TO SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
WILL BE LIKELY THERE BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALONG
INTERSTATE 80...A QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS FORECAST...WITH A CHANGE
TO SNOW BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATION ALONG INTERSTATE 80
COULD ALSO TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...WITH
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE TO
SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON.
SAUNDERS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAHOO
357 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATION BEGINNING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX
WITH THEN CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AM...WITH
MAINLY SNOW FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY.
BY THE MORNING DRIVE TIME TUESDAY...ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER INCH
IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY
COULD PUSH TOTALS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE...WITH MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW TAPERING OFF IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...
SIDNEY...CLARINDA...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
357 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW BRINGING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND ACCUMULATING SNOW TO
THE REGION.
FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING IN SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA AND EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE
TO A SLEET AND SNOW MIX ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 2
AND 6 AM...WITH THE CHANGEOVER OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA BEFORE NOON TUESDAY.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING LINCOLN...OMAHA AND COUNCIL
BLUFFS...TO ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER NEAR FALL
CITY. ABOUT A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE COMMON FROM THE
BEATRICE AREA THROUGH SOUTHWEST IOWA NEAR RED OAK AND CLARINDA.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
5 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 TO AN INCH OR TWO IN SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS IN
DURING THE MORNING DRIVE TIME TUESDAY MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80. BE PREPARED FOR MANY DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES BECAUSE OF THE
ICE...AND BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED LINES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM WILL HAVE A
MAJOR IMPACT ON REGIONAL TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW
EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. TRAVEL MAY EVENTUALLY BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY.
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY
357 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...THEN CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY BEFORE WINDING
DOWN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY ON TOP OF
THE ICE THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
DERGAN
LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...
CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH
SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES...LIKELY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
THAT MAY LAST FOR SOME TIME.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO
THE DANGER.
DURING SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE
POWER OUTAGES. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS A BIG CONCERN DURING
POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE MISUSE OF PORTABLE HEATING DEVICES WHEN
POWER IS LOST. PROPER VENTILATION IS A MUST WHEN USING PORTABLE
HEATING DEVICES.
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...
OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD..MOUNT AYR
402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO
CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND
SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE
HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF STATE
HIGHWAY 92 AND WEST OF AN OSKALOOSA TO MOUNT AYR LINE. FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDORS...ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH SLEET OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES ON TOP OF THE ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
AUDUBON
402 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATE THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN TENTH OR TWO WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW PRIOR TO
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS THE FORECAST INTO TUESDAY WITH
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
CC