WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 329 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO IN EXCESS OF FOOT
OF SNOW TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE.
* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING
EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI SEEING MAJOR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW
MAY 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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