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

...ICING CONTINUES OVER IOWA...

.ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO IOWA TODAY AHEAD OF
PLAINS LOW PRESSURE. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A FEW PERIODS OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST
ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THE EVENING.

IAZ044-045-057>059-072-073-083-084-094-095-272000-
/O.CAN.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-MADISON-WARREN-CLARKE-
LUCAS-DECATUR-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...
GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...LEON...CORYDON
100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

AIR AND ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED JUST ABOVE FREEZING
AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH
OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

$$

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-272130-
/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
100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH A FEW
  PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON
  BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS
  WILL BE MINIMAL...BUT STILL SUFFICIENT TO KEEP MANY ROADS SLICK
  AND ICY.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
  QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. 

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MANY ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS WILL REMAIN ICE
  COVERED AND VERY SLICK IN SPOTS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN
  AROUND THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO
  THE ROAD SURFACES...THE ICE ACCUMULATION AND WIND MAY BEGIN TO
  BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN
  SOME POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE WATERLOO
  AND CEDAR FALLS AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-046>050-060>062-074-075-085-086-
096-097-272100-
/O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-
MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...
OTTUMWA...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
100 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH A FEW
  PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THE
  AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...BUT
  STILL SUFFICIENT TO KEEP MANY ROADS SLICK AND ICY.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO 
  TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. 

* IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED INTO THE
  AFTERNOON...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
  SLICK AND ICY. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO
  OCCUR UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM FURTHER.

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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