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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 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 SOME SLEET
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA THIS MORNING AND PERSIST ACROSS NORTH
AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING.

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-037>039-271930-
/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
1015 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* TIMING TRENDS...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH
  SLEET...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF
  DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
  QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH SLEET MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR
  NORTHERN IOWA AT TIMES...ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR IF AT
  ALL.

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

* 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 MAY BEGIN TO BRING DOWN
  BRANCHES AND POWER LINES BY SUNDAY 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 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>097-271930-
/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
1015 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

* TIMING TRENDS...INTERMITTENT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH NOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING PRIMARILY TO ALL
  RAIN...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TAMA TO
  FORT DODGE.

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

* IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
  SLICK AND ICY THROUGH MIDDAY. 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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