Winter Weather

Winter Weather Advisory Expanded

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that will go into effect at Midnight tonight and be in effect until 6am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Boone, Calhoun, Emmet, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Story, Webster and Wright.

PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT AND
COULD BE IN VARIOUS FORMS RANGING FROM FREEZING RAIN…TO SLEET OR
SNOW…AND ANY COMBINATION OF THE THREE. ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS OF ANY
PARTICULAR PRECIPITATION TYPE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SIGNIFICANT THROUGH DAYBREAK…ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING OR FROZEN
PRECIPITATION ON AREA ROADS MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SHOULD CHECK THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING FOR THEIR DESTINATION.
WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT OF THE
SEASON…MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS DRIVING IN THESE
ELEMENTS…LIKELY UNACCUSTOMED TO THESE CONDITIONS.

MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD OCCUR TUESDAY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE ADVISORY COULD VERY WELL BE EXPANDED INTO
ADDITIONAL AREAS AS DETAILS OF WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS BECOME
BETTER DEFINED.