From the NWS Quad Cities’ Blizzard Warning Update

…LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI…IOWA AND ILLINOIS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA.

THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO THE QUAD CITIES THROUGH FREEPORT ILLINOIS…WHERE WIDESPREAD TOTALS AT LEAST 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST
OF THIS LINE…AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STORM…ALONG WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS…ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY.