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