SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 133 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...RAPID FREEZING OF WATER ON ROADS LIKELY AS STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...
A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
ARE FALLING AT A RATE OF 10 DEGREES OR MORE PER HOUR. THIS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE RAPID FREEZING OF ANY WATER WHICH AS ACCUMULATED ON
AREA ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...SIDEWALKS...AND OTHER EXPOSED
SURFACES. THIS WILL CAUSE BLACK ICE CONDITIONS...AND COULD MAKE
DRIVING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD
CONDITIONS. WATCH FOR WET ROADS WHICH WILL LIKELY FREEZE VERY
RAPIDLY AS TEMPERATURES DROP. ALLOW FOR EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE AND
SLOW DOWN APPROPRIATELY FOR TURNS AND CURVES IN THE ROAD.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND AS
IT FALLS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND BEFORE IT TRANSITIONS
TO SNOW...THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL TO
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE WITH A DUSTING POSSIBLE FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. THE SYSTEM
WILL ALSO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH ACROSS THE BI-STATE REGION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE
DIMINISHING SOME ON SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY 20
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PERSIST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY
WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE 1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR
LESS ELSEWHERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND ANY
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPORTS OF WINTER
WEATHER AND AMOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY ARE ALSO REQUESTED.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
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