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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
253 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-222100-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
253 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A POTENT ARCTIC FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS
AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH, COMBINED WITH
THESE SNOW SHOWERS, COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW OF EXISTING SNOWPACK IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BENTON, BUCHANAN, DELAWARE,
LINN, AND JONES COUNTIES IN EASTERN IOWA, WITH A HIGH WIND
WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN
EASTERN IOWA, WHERE THERE IS VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, EXISTING
SNOWPACK. HAZARDOUS, EVEN DANGEROUS, TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FOR THE
EVENING COMMUTE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE.
ANY WET ROADWAYS OR SURFACES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 COULD TURN ICY
AND SLIPPERY THIS EVENING, AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET BELOW
FREEZING.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
AN EXTREME COLD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA FROM
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
OF 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE, AND TRAVEL IMPACTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
JTS
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