WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1241 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO AREAS FROM
KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES IN THE EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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FOSTER
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