WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1119 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* A SIGNIFICANT LONG DURATION WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A
LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MAJOR TO CRIPPLING SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NORTH
KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE TO MACON.
* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY...SPREADING EASTWARD
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AND
ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCATIONS IN EXTREME NORTHERN
MISSOURI INTO ADJACENT IOWA AND NEBRASKA POTENTIALLY EXPERIENCING A
CRIPPLING SNOW STORM WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT OF SNOW.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT 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 ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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