Few Official Snowfall Reports are available. Here's what's available as 6:15 - Lt Snow is still falling in some locations:
Iowa County: .08", Pow County: 1" South of I-80/East of Hwy 63 - 2" North of I-80/West of Hwy 63, Polk County: 3.7", Mahaska County: 1", Tama County: 1.5", Marshall County 2".
Lt Snow will change to Lt Rain and end around Noon Today. High Temps will range from the Low 40's Today and Thurs, to the Mid 50's thru at least next Tuesday - then colder.....We'll remain dry thru Saturday before rainshowers move in Sunday and Monday - then a Lt Snowshowers next Tuesday/Wed.
Today (9th) thru next Wed (16th):
Breezy/Snow changing to Rain will end before noon Today - Dry/Seasonal/Breezy 10th thru 12th - Rainshowers/Breezy 13th/14th, Snowshower and Windy on the 15th - Dry 16th.
Thursday (17th) thru Thurs (24th): Snowshowers and Breezy on the 17th - then Dry thru 21st - Rain to Snow/Breezy on the 22nd - Dry 23rd/24th.
ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM CENTRAL TIME... FEMA WILL CONDUCT A NATIONWIDE TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OR THE EAS. TO AVOID CONFUSION... THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ROUTINE WEEKLY TEST THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY... NOVEMBER 9... WAS INSTEAD HELD NOVEMBER 8.
THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL EAS TEST IS TO ASSESS THE READINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EAS AND IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. ALTHOUGH THE EAS IS FREQUENTLY USED BY THE NWS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SEND ALERTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND OTHER EMERGENCIES... THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NATIONAL ACTIVATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE NATIONWIDE TEST OF THE EAS WILL BE HEARD ON LOCAL AND SATELLITE RADIO AND SEEN ON LOCAL... CABLE... AND SATELLITE TV FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 30 SECONDS. HOWEVER... THE NATIONAL EAS TEST MESSAGE WILL NOT BE BROADCAST OVER ANY NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS... AS IT IS INTENDED TO TEST OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THE NATIONAL TEST WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO LOCAL EAS TESTS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN WHAT VIEWERS WILL SEE AND HEAR. THE AUDIO MESSAGE WILL REPEAT... THIS IS A TEST. TELEVISION... CABLE OR SATELLITE VIDEO TEST MESSAGE SCROLLS MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE THAT THIS IS A TEST. THE MESSAGE WILL LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AND THEN REGULAR PROGRAMMING WILL RESUME. AS FEDERAL... STATE... TRIBAL... AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PREPARE TO TEST THEIR CAPABILITIES... REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE SHOULD ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIT AND PLAN FOR THEMSELVES... THEIR FAMILIES... COMMUNITIES... AND BUSINESSES.
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