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Manchester Police Department
Sunday January 4th, 2015 :: 04:13 p.m. CST

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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY

BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON...
CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA
356 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
MONDAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY...
* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO.
* MAIN IMPACT...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS.

FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING...
* TIMING...MID AFTERNOON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES.
* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AREA ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
HAZARDOUS. THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN
DRIFTING SNOW AND AREAS OF 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.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE
OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS

Instructions:

NONE

Address/Location
Manchester Police Department
208 E Main St
Manchester, IA 52057

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 563-927-3355

Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Winter Storm Warning

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