HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 1041 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...GRAND RIVER NEAR CHILLICOTHE AND SUMNER
THIS HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK IS BASED ON THE FORECAST RAINFALL FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CRESTS MAY VARY IF ACTUAL RAINFALL IS GREATER OR
LESS THAN ANTICIPATED.
LOCATION: GRAND RIVER NEAR CHILLICOTHE
FLOOD STAGE: 24.0 FEET
LATEST STAGE: 5.4 FEET AT 10 AM WEDNESDAY
FORECAST CREST: 25.3 FEET THURSDAY DEC 24
AT 24.0 FEET...LOW-LYING CROPLAND FLOODS.
LOCATION: GRAND RIVER NEAR SUMNER
FLOOD STAGE: 26.0 FEET
LATEST STAGE: 10.9 FEET AT 10 AM WEDNESDAY
FORECAST CREST: 32.1 FEET FRIDAY DEC 25
AT 28.0 FEET...RURAL ROADS ARE UNDER WATER.
LATER STATEMENTS...POSSIBLY WARNINGS...WILL BE ISSUED AS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS
EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
* MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH
HEAVY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MORE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.
AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH
RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND
POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING
FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR CONSIDER MAKING
ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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