WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 529 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 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.
* SNOW WAS INCREASING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WITH THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE UNIONVILLE...MILAN...KIRKSVILLE
AND UNIONVILLE AREAS TO CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. AS THE
STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS AND MATURES...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE LATER
THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY.
* SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN
AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN
ROCKPORT WITH THE ACCUMULATIONS DIMINISHING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN
KIRKSVILLE.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...
AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE
TONIGHT OR 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. PRECIPITATION SHOULD LARGELY 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.
$$
BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 529 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 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.
* SNOW WAS INCREASING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WITH THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE UNIONVILLE...MILAN...KIRKSVILLE
AND UNIONVILLE AREAS TO CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. AS THE
STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS AND MATURES...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE LATER
THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY.
* SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN
AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN
ROCKPORT WITH THE ACCUMULATIONS DIMINISHING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN
KIRKSVILLE.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...
AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE
TONIGHT OR 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. PRECIPITATION SHOULD LARGELY 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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