Full Notification

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON...
CEDAR RAPIDS
413 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT...
BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND THEN DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR
VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 6 TO 7 INCHES OR MORE
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE
YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.