… WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING… SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF OTTUMWA TO GALESBURG ILLINOIS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS… NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES… AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES… AROUND 30.

* WIND CHILL READINGS… AS LOW AS 17.

* IMPACTS… TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SPREAD NORTH FROM MISSOURI. WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW… SLEET … AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

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… SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED…

.A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS STATES INTO INDIANA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE REGION… WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER A PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA… WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WIND WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE REGION… AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE SNOW… IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THIS STORM TO CHANGE TRACK… AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY VARY QUITE A BIT OVER THE WATCH AREA… WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY IN SOUTHERN SECTION. HOWEVER… STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY TO ALSO BRING VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TO LOCATIONS THAT SEE LESSER SNOW TOTALS.