Black Hawk County, IA
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN IS IN EFFECT FROM
9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF RAIN WILL TRANSITION FREEZING PRECIPITATION
TOWARDS MIDNIGHT THEN TO ALL SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A BRIEF
PERIOD OF SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
SATURDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW
BY 9AM.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TOWARDS
DAYBREAK WHICH WILL ADD TO THE DIFFICULTY OF WALKING OR DRIVING
ON SLICKENED ROADS. THERE MAY ALSO BE A PERIOD OF FOG THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE A REDUCTION IN
VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING OR WALKING DIFFICULT.
ON SATURDAY THE WIND WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING TO 30 TO 45
MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY. BLOWING
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AS TEMPERATURES
PLUMMET...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT LATER
THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE THROUGH MORNING AND BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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.