...WINTER STORM TO BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW
AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING,
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, SOME
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN A BAND FROM NEAR OTTUMWA IOWA THROUGH
IOWA CITY, TO NEAR THE QUAD CITIES. IN ADDITION, STRONG WINDS FROM
THE EAST TO NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FLUFFY SNOW AND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8
INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI, EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET
AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES

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