WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE HALF MILE. SNOW DRIFTS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED
AND IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY.
* THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL
ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU.
IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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