WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH
FREEZING DRIZZLE...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS
OCCURRING ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS
BORDERS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 AM IS
EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71
CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS
DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND
KANSAS STATE LINES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO
NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI
STATE LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...
13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND AREA WEB CAMS INDICATE THAT MOST MAJOR STATE
HIGHWAYS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED
FROM HIGHWAY 13 AND POINTS TO THE WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. 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..
$$
|
|
|
