WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITIONING TO
SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF INTERSTATE
44. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AND THEN TO
SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65
CORRIDOR BY 9 TO 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. 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 71...13...
60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. 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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