**National Weather Service Issues Blizzard Warning**
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… KNOXVILLE… OSKALOOSA.. .CHARITON… ALBIA… OTTUMWA… CORYDON… CENTERVILLE… BLOOMFIELD
420 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…
…BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS…INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH NOON TUESDAY SHOULD VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL WIND BLOWN SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS…ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS…LIFE THREATENING AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
