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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...ICY CONDITIONS PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...

.MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA THIS EVENING AHEAD OF
PLAINS LOW PRESSURE. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF FOG WILL
CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING.
ALTHOUGH ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE
APPRECIABLE...CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN IOWA MAY SEE LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.

IAZ033-034-046-047-060>062-074-075-085-086-096-097-272200-
/O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-GREENE-BOONE-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-
MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...
ALBIA...OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO
THE EVENING...AIR AND ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS AND NO ADDITIONAL
ICING.

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IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-280030-
/O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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
252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...ONLY A FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT MOST THIS EVENING DURING
  INTERMITTENT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. HOWEVER CONDITIONS
  WILL SHOW LITTLE IMPROVEMENT WITH AREAS OF FOG AND TEMPERATURES
  HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH
  SUNSET...BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN
  ICE COVERED AND SLICK IN SPOTS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN
  AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK AS
  WINDS DIMINISH...BUT THE ICE AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN A
  FEW BRANCHES AND POWER LINES THROUGH THAT TIME RESULTING IN
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE...IN THIS CASE ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

&&

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IAZ004-005-015-023-024-035-036-048>050-280030-
/O.EXT.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130128T0300Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
252 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...CONDITIONS WILL SHOW LITTLE
  IMPROVEMENT INTO THE EVENING. INTERMITTENT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING
  DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE WITH AREAS OF FOG AND TEMPERATURES
  HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK
  AND ICY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO OCCUR
  UNTIL WINDS DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

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