WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 405 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO
AREAS FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES IN
THE EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST
TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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SCHAUMANN
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