WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER KANSAS BY MONDAY EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS EARLY AS LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES OR
MORE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS
BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY
GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS 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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NRR
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