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

...WINTRY MIX OVER IOWA...

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

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-272115-
/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
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SOME
  SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION
  WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND TAPER
  OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE
  QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS JUST OVER THREE
  TENTHS OF AN INCH. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH
  ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF WATERLOO AND MASON CITY...BUT
  THE LIKELIHOOD OF SLEET APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING.

* 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.

&&

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IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>036-044>050-057>062-072>075-083>086-
094>097-272100-
/O.CON.KDMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130127T2100Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-
MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...
POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...
KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
711 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* TIMING TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT BY
  MID MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY
  NOON 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.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLICK SINCE GROUND
  TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY
  WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK 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.

&&

$$

JUNGBLUTH

