1134 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2015

…SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED WEDNESDAY…

.LOW PRESSURE OVER ALBERTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT…AND ACROSS MISSOURI WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK…AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-ADAIR-MADISON-

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY LATE TONIGHT…AND OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE WATCH AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCHES…WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY…WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EASTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS…WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW…BUT WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK BY MID TO
LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.