WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN AND SOUTH OF
THE KANSAS CITY METRO BY LATE MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS
OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS
AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL
SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND
10 BELOW.
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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