512 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 Nat’l. Weather Service/Des Moines… 
 
 LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AND PERSIST  THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE TODAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AN  INCH OR TWO AT MOST LOCATIONS…BUT FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE  VISIBILITY TO BELOW TWO MILES AT TIMES AND LEAD TO SLICK ROAD  CONDITIONS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THE ROADS HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED OR PLOWED.

The snow began falling in Atlantic a little after 3:30-a.m.  by 5-a.m., we’d picked up .2″ of snow here at the KJAN studios.