WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 400 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 SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET THEN
ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN END CHRISTMAS
DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST
LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 13...60
AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING.
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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