Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

354 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

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354 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING

THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY

RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER. ICE JAMS ARE

POSSIBLE ALONG AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS DUE TO THE SNOW MELT AND

WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR

ICE JAMS IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND EAST OF

INTERSTATE 35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THURSDAY AND

THURSDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND VISIBILITIES ARE

APPRECIATED AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ICE JAMS FOR THURSDAY AND

THURSDAY NIGHT.