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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SW IA (11/21/13)

News, Weather

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE
1154 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW…WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON…CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS
AFTERNOON…AND THEN TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT…LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ICING ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES…DECKS…AND WALKWAYS. UNTREATED ROADS
COULD BECOME SLICK AS PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET AND SNOW AS
WELL.

* OTHER IMPACTS…GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH…WITH GUSTS
UP TO 30 MPH…WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

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