… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING… ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 9 AM WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS… NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES… SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES… AROUND 30.

* IMPACTS… TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND CONTINUE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE… SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

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… SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT…

.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO INDIANA TONIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST IOWA… WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. 3 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A SHARPER CUT OFF OF SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST AS DRY AIR GETS DRAWN INTO THE SYSTEM. WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE REGION… AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE SNOW… WILL LEAD TO WINTER STORM CONDITIONS.