...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MIXED
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS CREATING
BLIZZARD TO NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF IOWA ON
SATURDAY...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA LATE THIS
MORNING. WHILE THE SNOW MAY START LIGHT, THE RATE WILL INCREASE WITH
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE VISIBILITY
TO DROP UNDER A HALF A MILE AT TIMES. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST
GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL ALSO AID IN LOWERED VISIBILITY.
SNOW REPORTS SO FAR RANGE FROM BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OVER
SOUTHEAST IOWA WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE STATE.

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, SNOW RATES WILL DECREASE WITH A TRANSITION
TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THEN,
STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST GUSTING OVER 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP
EARLY SATURDAY ALONG WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES, WHICH SHOULD
RESULT IN A FLASH FREEZE ON ROADWAYS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY UNDER ONE-QUARTER
OF A MILE AT TIMES OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MIXED
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* WHERE...CENTRAL IOWA.

* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. INTENSE SNOW RATES
TODAY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. GUSTY
WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND IMPACT POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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

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