Blizzard Warning

From the National Weather Service in the Quad-Cities:

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TONIGt AS BLOWING SNOW PRODUCES VISIBILITY UNDER 1/4 MILE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.