WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 326 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* WHILE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT IN NATURE...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 IN
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES
OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE HALF MILE. SNOW DRIFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
EXCESS OF THREE FEET AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSIBLE
IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
* THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10
BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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