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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
255 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-131700-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WS.A.0001.260316T0000Z-260317T0000Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLINTON, MAQUOKETA, ROCK ISLAND,
HENNEPIN, GALENA, GENESEO, MOUNT CARROLL, MANCHESTER, CEDAR
RAPIDS, VINTON, IOWA CITY, MOLINE, DAVENPORT, PRINCETON, MARENGO,
ANAMOSA, MUSCATINE, INDEPENDENCE, FREEPORT, DUBUQUE, BETTENDORF,
STERLING, AND TIPTON
255 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50
MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EAST
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY
DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY
MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE
BRANCHES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY FALL
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING, LEADING TO SLICK ROAD
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
JTS
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