HOMECOMING ROYALTY

...WINTER STORM TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND A WINTRY
MIX TO PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO TEMPERATURES
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING, THERE WILL BE A VERY TIGHT
GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BAND.

FOR AREAS THAT RISE ABOVE FREEZING, PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES WILL
BE SLOW TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE VERY COLD CONDITIONS THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS. THIS INCREASES THE RISK FOR LIGHT ICING AMOUNTS FROM
FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S AND
INTO THE 10S TONIGHT, WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS HAZARDOUS INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS THAT CHANGE TO ALL RAIN TODAY WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. THIS COULD
LEAD TO A FLASH FREEZE SITUATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THERE COULD ALSO
BE A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUTE THIS EVENING AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET
AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES

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...SLICK MORNING COMMUTE WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIFTING
SNOW...

AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK
TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. IF TRAVELING THIS
MORNING BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN, GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF BRAKING
DISTANCE AND REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGEABLE ROAD CONDITIONS.