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SKYSCAN FORECAST Saturday, February 4, 2012 Chris Parks
*Winter Storm Warning until 6am Sunday for CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION counties*
*Winter Storm Warning until Midnight for MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY counties.*
*Winter Weather Advisory until 6am Sunday for Clarke, Taylor and Ringgold Counties*
*Winter Weather Advisory until Midnight tonight for Fremont and Page Counties*
Today: Snow and areas of blowing snow. NNE @ 15-30. 5-9 inches of snow accumulation possible. H 32.
Tonight: Snow until 9pm. Cloudy then partly cloudy. N @ 10-20. L 19.
Sunday: Mostly Sunny. NW @ 5-10. H 33.
Monday: Sunny. W @ 5-10. H 35.
Tuesday: Partly Sunny. H 31.
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Two people were killed Friday during a single-vehicle crash east of Emerson, in Montgomery County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of the car, 78-year old Gladys Bowen, of Imogene, and a passenger in the vehicle, 87-year old Hazel Hinkle, of Emerson, died in the crash which occurred on 200th Street (Old Highway 34), about three-quarters of a mile east of Emerson, near Avenue A.
Officials say the women were traveling eastbound, when for reasons unknown, the 1999 Lincoln Towncar they were in went out of control, entered a ditch and struck a concrete culvert and creek bank. The impact caused both women to be ejected out the right front door of the car. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Both women died at the scene. It’s not clear what time the crash occurred. The accident remains under investigation.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
409 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
…HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY…
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. A PERIOD OF SNOW WITH THUNDER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. IF THE THUNDER SNOW OCCURS…SNOWFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS & UNION COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DENISON…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…AMES…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…ADEL…DES MOINES…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…WINTERSET…CORNING…CRESTON
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY…
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON TODAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. A SHARP CUTOFF IS EXPECTED ALONG A WEST TO EAST LINE FROM NORTHERN CRAWFORD THROUGH NORTHERN STORY COUNTIES.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS…HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS DURING THE PERIOD. THE FALLING SNOW…COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS… WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME ICY AS THE SNOW FREEZES TO THE PAVEMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
359 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
TODAY…SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 11 INCHES. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.
TONIGHT..MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW AROUND 20. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 15 TO 20. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S.
Police in Glenwood reported Friday, a Pacific Junction man was arrested Thursday, on drug charges. 27-year-old Bradley Ott was taken into custody on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Ott was brought to the Mills County Jail and later released on bond.
Sheriff’s officials in Mills County say a Pacific Junction man is facing a burglary charge. 61-year old Daniel Lee Wick was arrested Thursday night on charges of burglary and public intoxication Wick was being held in the Mills County Jail on $5,300 bond.
The Cass County Communications Center in Atlantic says no serious injuries were reported following a rollover accident Friday night, west of Wiota. According to the dispatch reports, the accident happened near 67404 Hamburg Road, at around 10:15-p.m. A vehicle collided with a bridge guardrail and overturned. The male driver was not injured. A dog was reportedly traveling with him in the vehicle, as well. The accident was investigated by the Iowa State Patrol. Anita Rescue and Wiota 1st Responders were called to the scene. No other details are currently available.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press (3:31-a.m.)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Air Force recommends retiring 21 F-16 fighter jets from an Iowa Air National Guard base in Des Moines and cutting the number of refueling tankers at a base in Sioux City. A Guard spokesman said yesterday the Air Force has proposed replacing the F-16s with remotely piloted aircraft at the 132nd Fighter Wing in Des Moines. The Air Force would cut the number of KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from nine to eight at the 185th Refueling Wing in Sioux City.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The success of a recent St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in Clinton, Iowa and other U.S. cities. Organizers of the parade that drew an estimated 100,000 observers and 20,000 participants in St. Louis on January 28th say they needed just one month and less than $40,000 to pull it off.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The director of an Iowa City neighborhood center is charged with failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse in a Head Start program that she oversees. The Iowa City-Press Citizen reports Sue Freeman-Murdah was arrested on Wednesday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe has resigned after 13 seasons, leaving the Hawkeyes for another coaching position. The Hawkeyes did not say yesterday where O’Keefe is going. The surprise departure, which was first reported by the Des Moines Register, leaves both coordinator jobs open at Iowa.
(Source: Severe Storms Predication Center/Norman, OK 3:28-A.M. cst)
AREAS AFFECTED…Eastern NE & Western IA
CONCERNING…HEAVY SNOW….
INCH AN HOUR SNOWFALL RATES /GREATER IN THUNDERSNOW/ WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING. CESSATION OF HEAVIER RATES IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL NEB. HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED IN THE FAVORED LEFT EXIT REGION OF A MID-UPPER LEVEL JET…NOW QUICKLY PROGRESSING NORTHEASTWARD.
WITH THE LESSENING OF MORE SUPPORTIVE VERTICAL MOTION…RATES SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. UNTIL THEN…WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY HAS SUPPORTED THE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEB. THIS AREA OF ENHANCED CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHERN IA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BRIEF BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSNOW.
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