WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE MISSOURI RIVER...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN
AREAS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
LINGERS TO OUR NORTHEAST.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT IN NATURE...WITH MOST AREAS
RECEIVING LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW.
* HOWEVER...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
POSSIBLE. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NUMEROUS ROADS MAY BE
IMPACTED BY THIS DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING ROADS
THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVELERS ARE
URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION TONIGHT.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS
BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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