WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 317 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TUESDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...ENDING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES MAY BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCATIONS IN EXTREME
NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR THE IOWA BORDER HAVING THE POTENTIAL FOR 8
TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...CREATING DANGEROUS 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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