Jan. 27th Freezing Rain Event


WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 905 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 A STORM SYSTEM IS LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS OBSERVED DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH A GLAZE OF ICE REPORTED ON SIDEWALKS AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE SLOW AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE DAY...AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. SUNDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 24 DEGREES AT DUBUQUE TO 30 DEGREES AT MUSCATINE. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30...TO THE MIDDLE 30S AND LOWER 40S SOUTH. WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 858 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 LOW CLOUDS AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WERE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY...AS A STORM SYSTEM LIFTED NORTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS. ICE ACCUMULATED ON SURFACES...WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING A LIGHT GLAZE TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE WITH THIS STORM. TEMPERATURES ROSE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EVENING HOURS...ALLOWING THE ICE TO MELT OFF ROADS AND SURFACES. AT 8 PM...TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR STEADY OR SLOWING CLIMBING...WITH READINGS RANGING FROM 32 DEGREES IN INDEPENDENCE AND DUBUQUE...TO 39 DEGREES IN MUSCATINE.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 534 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0924 AM FREEZING RAIN NORTH LIBERTY 41.74N 91.61W 01/27/2013 M0.10 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER VIA ESPOTTER POWER LINES, TREES AND OTHER SURFACES ICING,TEMPERATURE 30F 1016 AM FREEZING RAIN 1 ESE WASHINGTON 41.30N 91.68W 01/27/2013 E0.10 INCH WASHINGTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER ROADS ARE SLICK AND MOST SURFACES ARE ICE COVERED. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES. 1105 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 E WHAT CHEER 41.40N 92.28W 01/27/2013 E0.20 INCH KEOKUK IA TRAINED SPOTTER GROUND SURFACES ARE .2 INCH. SOME ELEVATED ARE NEAR .25 WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON ROADWAYS NOTED AS TEMPERATURES ARE RISING. 1106 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 NW IOWA CITY 41.71N 91.60W 01/27/2013 M0.12 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER 1/8TH INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON BRANCHES AND SIDEWALKS. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME. 1111 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 SE GARRISON 42.11N 92.10W 01/27/2013 M0.20 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING WITH A BUILDUP OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES, WINDS ALSO INCREASING 1253 PM FREEZING RAIN 2 N NEW WINDSOR 41.23N 90.45W 01/27/2013 M0.20 INCH MERCER IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0.1 OF NEW ICING FOR A TOTAL OF 0.2 INCHES 0135 PM FREEZING RAIN E WYOMING 42.06N 91.00W 01/27/2013 M0.10 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER SECONDARY AND UNTREATED SURFACES ARE SLICK. MELTING HAS STARTED. 0135 PM FREEZING RAIN 7 E WILLIAMSBURG 41.67N 91.87W 01/27/2013 E0.20 INCH IOWA IA TRAINED SPOTTER SOME TREE LIMBS HAVE UP TO A QUARTER INCH. 0140 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 SSW CORDOVA 41.67N 90.33W 01/27/2013 E0.10 INCH ROCK ISLAND IL TRAINED SPOTTER ICE ACCUMULATION JUST UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME. 0155 PM FREEZING RAIN 4 WNW DUBUQUE 42.52N 90.76W 01/27/2013 M0.10 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER SIDESTREETS SLICK. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRING. 0221 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 ESE EDGEWOOD 42.64N 91.38W 01/27/2013 M0.30 INCH DELAWARE IA TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED THREE TENTHS ICE ACCUMULATION...VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FALLING AT THIS TIME. 0221 PM FREEZING RAIN 4 W STANLEY 42.64N 91.89W 01/27/2013 E0.15 INCH BUCHANAN IA CO-OP OBSERVER COUNTY ROADS VERY SLICK. 0235 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 W BETTENDORF 41.56N 90.49W 01/27/2013 E0.12 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER 1/8 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. 0251 PM FREEZING RAIN SE STANWOOD 41.89N 91.15W 01/27/2013 E0.10 INCH CEDAR IA TRAINED SPOTTER TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. 0251 PM FREEZING RAIN 5 NW CEDAR RAPIDS 42.03N 91.72W 01/27/2013 E0.11 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. 0300 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 WSW SHERRARD 41.31N 90.53W 01/27/2013 E0.15 INCH MERCER IL TRAINED SPOTTER TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. 0358 PM FREEZING RAIN NORTH LIBERTY 41.74N 91.61W 01/27/2013 M0.20 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES IS TWO TENTHS THICK. MELTING TAKING PLACE ON TREES AND BUSHES AT THIS TIME. 0428 PM FREEZING RAIN BRIGHTON 41.17N 91.82W 01/27/2013 M0.20 INCH WASHINGTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER GRAVEL ROADS STILL ICY. ON PAVED ROADS ICE IS PATCHY. EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL 0.42. DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE AT 425 PM. 0434 PM FREEZING RAIN E ANDREW 42.15N 90.59W 01/27/2013 E0.10 INCH JACKSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER && THE REPORTS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 0.3 1 ESE EDGEWOOD IA DELAWARE 0221 PM 0.2 BRIGHTON IA WASHINGTON 0428 PM 0.2 NORTH LIBERTY IA JOHNSON 0358 PM 0.2 7 E WILLIAMSBURG IA IOWA 0135 PM 0.2 2 N NEW WINDSOR IL MERCER 1253 PM 0.2 3 SE GARRISON IA BENTON 1111 AM 0.2 4 E WHAT CHEER IA KEOKUK 1105 AM 0.1 1 WSW SHERRARD IL MERCER 0300 PM 0.1 4 W STANLEY IA BUCHANAN 0221 PM 0.1 1 W BETTENDORF IA SCOTT 0235 PM 0.1 5 NW IOWA CITY IA JOHNSON 1106 AM 0.1 5 NW CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0251 PM 0.1 E ANDREW IA JACKSON 0434 PM 0.1 SE STANWOOD IA CEDAR 0251 PM 0.1 4 WNW DUBUQUE IA DUBUQUE 0155 PM 0.1 1 SSW CORDOVA IL ROCK ISLAND 0140 PM 0.1 E WYOMING IA JONES 0135 PM 0.1 1 ESE WASHINGTON IA WASHINGTON 1016 AM 0.1 NORTH LIBERTY IA JOHNSON 0924 AM $$

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Jan. 27th Freezing Rain Event