BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A ST JOSEPH TO MARYVILLE LINE WHILE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING EAST OF THIS LINE. A TRANSITION
TO SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXING AT TIMES WILL TAKE PLACE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND
PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF
THIS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL PERSIST
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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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