Full Notification

DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
326 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2019

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE EXPECTED. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY EXPECTED. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR THE BLIZZARD WARNING, FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.