Snow Expected To Wind Down, But Travel Conditions Still Are Going To Be Dangerous

BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA-IOWA IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-
LINN IA-
905 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE THROUGH 12 PM...
SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH
AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 12 PM. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL
BE REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE. MOST LOCATIONS WILL PICK UP AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY 12 PM RESULTING IN TOTAL SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. MOST ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND WILL
REMAIN THAT WAY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO FLURRIES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH MINOR OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND PRACTICE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING DUE TO SLICK SPOTS
CAUSED BY THE ICE AND SNOW.
CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-HENRY IL-JACKSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-
JOHNSON IA-LOUISA IA-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTT IA-
STEPHENSON IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
905 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE THROUGH 12 PM...
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH AN HOUR
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 12 PM. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. MOST LOCATIONS WILL PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY 12 PM RESULTING IN TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
5 INCHES BY NOON. MOST ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND WILL REMAIN THAT
WAY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING TO FLURRIES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND PRACTICE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING DUE TO SLICK SPOTS
CAUSED BY THE ICE AND SNOW.
CLARK MO-DES MOINES IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-JEFFERSON IA-
LEE IA-MCDONOUGH IL-SCOTLAND MO-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
905 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW TO DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH AN
HOUR WILL DECREASE TO FLURRIES BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON TODAY. UNTIL
THEN...VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE.
MOST LOCATIONS WILL PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW BY
12 PM RESULTING IN TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. MOST ROADWAYS
ARE SNOW COVERED AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THIS MORNING. FLURRIES WILL
GRADUALLY END BY MID AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND
PRACTICE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING DUE TO SLICK SPOTS CAUSED BY THE ICE AND
SNOW.
...SNOW IS FALLING AND ACCUMULATING...
.SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA AND HAS
BEEN ACCUMULATING. THIS SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM SYSTEM
MOVING FROM MISSOURI TO MICHIGAN TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION QUICKLY AND THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EVENING.
THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS BY TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO EQUAL 3 TO 4
INCHES MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FRIENDSHIP THROUGH
VIROQUA AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...TO
STRAWBERRY POINT IN NORTHEAST IOWA. NORTHWEST OF THIS AREA...1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1006 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF AND END BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE
RANGE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES OR DELAYS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
...ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING...
.A QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. THIS
IS BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN NOON
AND LATE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-DES MOINES-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
1006 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE RATE OF SNOWFALL THIS MORNING MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 1 INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES...AND
CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED LOCAL VISIBILITIES OF A FEW HUNDRED FEET.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THE HEAVY SNOW AXIS AND GREATEST POTENTIAL OF 4 UP TO LOCALLY
6 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA
TO CLINTON IOWA...TO NEAR FREEPORT ILLINOIS LINE. AREAS FROM
MONMOUTH AND MACOMB...TO SOUTH OF PRINCETON ILLINOIS WILL BE ON
THE LOWER END WITH AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
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.
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1006 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING...BECOMING FLURRIES BY MID
AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS RESULTING IN STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES WITH LOCALLY 6 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR FAIRFIELD IOWA.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN
EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS OR ROUGHLY
ALONG A MEMPHIS MISSOURI...MONMOUTH ILLINOIS TO NEAR PRINCETON
ILLINOIS LINE. MOST ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POOR WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW
AND ICE. LOW VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE FROM LESS THAN A
MILE UP TO TWO TO THREE MILES BY MID AFTERNOON.
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.
$$
NICHOLS
...LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...
.LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS.
BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-
MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...
ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...
CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1020 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES...THERE WILL LIKELY
BE BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH AN
ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNT POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN IOWA.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
KINNEY
MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
1103 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY.
NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.