BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
MID DAY WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ST.
JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE.
* ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW...WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
INTENSITY...WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING OFF QUICKLY AFTER 4 AM.
* SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN MISSOURI. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN ROCKPORT...8 TO 10 INCHES IN HOLT COUNTY...8 INCHES NEAR WINSTON
AND SAVANNAH...NEARLY 7 INCHES IN CAMERON...AND 6 INCHES IN GILMAN
CITY. TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 INCHES FROM
LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE TO LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 14 INCHES
OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WINDS
MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN
MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH
THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL
READINGS BELOW ZERO. THE SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING BUT THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOUR.
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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