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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR IOWA...

.ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND WARMTH ALOFT WILL PUSH INTO IOWA TODAY
AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN KANSAS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING. 

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271800-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.130127T1200Z-130128T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO
356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL 
  DEVELOP BY 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE 
  AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER
  INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH
  ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF WATERLOO AND MASON CITY.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. 
  HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT 
  ANTICIPATED. 

* IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL RAPIDLY BECOME ICE COVERED AND 
  VERY SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROAD 
  SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN 
  BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

IAZ023-024-033>036-044>049-057>062-072>075-083>086-094>097-271800-
/O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-
WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...
JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON...
GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...
BLOOMFIELD
356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL CONTINUE
  TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA BY 9 AM. THE FREEZING RAIN
  WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A
  LINE FROM TAMA TO FORT DODGE.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 
  ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS UP TO 
  TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY WITH GROUND
  TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL
  GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY
  MORNING...BUT THE COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY TAKE
  SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM...PROLONGING THE THREAT OF SLICK ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

IAZ004-005-015-050-271800-
/O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.130127T1200Z-130127T2100Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
TOLEDO
356 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL 
  BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. 

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO 
  TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SOME LIGHT SLEET 
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. 
  SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AS 
  TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF 
  THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR THE ICE 
  ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME BRANCHES AND POWER 
  LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

JUNGBLUTH

