WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO
ALL SNOW THIS EVENING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS SLOWLY
TRANSITIONING TO SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. MOSTLY SNOW IS
OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION AND THEN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR TOWARD MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER...LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AND AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MIX IN AT TIMES WITH
SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...
TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND
KANSAS STATE LINES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AS THE LOW TRACKS THROUGH
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...
13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED..
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