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...WINTER STORM TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND A WINTRY
MIX TO PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO TEMPERATURES
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING, THERE WILL BE A VERY TIGHT
GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BAND.

FOR AREAS THAT RISE ABOVE FREEZING, PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES WILL
BE SLOW TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE VERY COLD CONDITIONS THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS. THIS INCREASES THE RISK FOR LIGHT ICING AMOUNTS FROM
FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL THROUGH THE 20S AND
INTO THE 10S TONIGHT, WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS HAZARDOUS INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS THAT CHANGE TO ALL RAIN TODAY WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. THIS COULD
LEAD TO A FLASH FREEZE SITUATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD,
IA TO THE QUAD CITIES WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI, EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUTE THIS EVENING AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES

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