URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
946 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015
…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…
VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA… MARENGO…IOWA CITY…TIPTON…CLINTON… MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF… DAVENPORT…WAPELLO… BURLINGTON…GALENA…FREEPORT…MOUNT CARROLL…STERLING…ROCK FALLS… MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…KEWANEE…PRINCETON…HENNEPIN… ALEDO…OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH
946 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TIMING…LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH…SOUTH ROADWAYS. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED…WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.
