BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS ALL BUT FAR
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WHERE SLEET WILL
CONTINUE TO MIX IN THROUGH AROUND 2 AM. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE
RANGED FROM 1/4 INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THUS
FAR HAVE BEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND POINTS NORTHWARD.
* SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 2 INCHES PER
HOUR POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER
MISSOURI AND PLEASANTON KANSAS...NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY
METRO. NORTH OF THIS AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 6 TO
10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM MOUND CITY MISSOURI NORTH TO THE IOWA
BORDER...DUE TO DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT
DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE OFTEN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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