BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA
OVERNIGHT...AFTER A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW LAST EVENING. THUS
FAR...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...TO AROUND 6 INCHES ACROSS
PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOW...WITH RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR...HAS
MOVED EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...HOWEVER LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SUNRISE HOUR. LIGHT SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL
MORE INCHES IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE
AREA.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 40 TO 45 MPH. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF THREE
FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT
DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM
MOUND CITY MISSOURI NORTH TO THE IOWA BORDER...DUE TO DANGEROUS
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW...AND OTHER
STATE AND LOCAL HIGHWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME IMPASSIBLE
* TRAVEL HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS
NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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