Midwest Chasing

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN CHANGE
TO ALL RAIN BY THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
INCH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN A FEW LOCATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE
OR TWO TENTHS OF ICE IS STILL EXPECTED. THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION
COMBINED WITH STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
CAUSE SOME TREES AND POWERS LINES TO COME DOWN.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.  ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE
BRANCHES...SNAPPED POWER LINES AND LOSS OF POWER.