WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 533 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY.
* AT 5 AM...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BAND OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF A TRACE TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS BAND...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO CHILLICOTHE TO MACON. THE
SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT TIME. THE
SNOWFALL MAY TAPER TO LITTLE MORE THAN FLURRIES THROUGH THE REST OF
THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME FREEZING
DRIZZLE OR SLEET. HOWEVER AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO GALLATIN
AND UNIONVILLE MISSOURI. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHEN THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST.
* THE SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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