Winter Storm Winding Down for Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
855 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY SHIFT
EAST...
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY TO OHIO. AS IT DOES...IT WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW INTO THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD
SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT AND POWDERY IN NATURE...AND NORTH WINDS
INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER THIS EVENING
WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AREAS.
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
855 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
MANY LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE VERY LIGHT SNOW UNTIL
MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING...BUT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED. OF MORE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN...NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE POWDERY SNOW FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT..MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB
855 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES
BY MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN NARROW BANDS
OF HEAVY SNOW. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE POWDERY
SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
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.