WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET
BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS EVENING MAINLY AFTER 9 PM ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON...
TO LEBANON...TO ELDON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
CHRISTMAS EVE BEFORE ENDING CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. 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 CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAYS 63 AND 160.
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS
AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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