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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
249 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
IAZ040>042-051>053-191700-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0004.260220T0000Z-260220T1200Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANAMOSA, MANCHESTER, DUBUQUE, CEDAR
RAPIDS, INDEPENDENCE, AND VINTON
249 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING IS EXPECTED. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS, BLOWING SNOW AND MINOR
DRIFTING OF SNOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER
SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS ADVISORY. UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE SNOW
BAND MAY SET UP REMAINS AND A LAST MINUTE UPGRADE TO A WINTER
STORM WARNING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SNOW WILL INITIALLY MELT ON
AREA ROADWAYS BEFORE ACCUMULATING. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS
WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT 511IA.ORG OR BY CALLING 511.
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