SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
718 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

IAZ040-041-051-052-090330-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…VINTON…
CEDAR RAPIDS
718 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

…THUNDERSNOW AND VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES LIKELY THIS
EVENING IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

AT 710 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE SNOW IN VINTON AND PORTIONS OF BENTON COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING…AND THUNDERSNOW…WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO DYERSVILLE THROUGH 9 PM.

THUNDERSNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE REGION.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND A BLIZZARD WARNING FOLLOWS FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVERNIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE…AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT…IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE…DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW.