BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 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 AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHILE A SLEET AND SNOW MIX
CONTINUES SOUTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW
WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED
FROM 1/4 INCH TO AS MUCH AS 3/4 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 INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...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 TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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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