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Snow Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 20, 200616 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this snow advisory at Jan 20, 2006, 4:33 AM CST for 16 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2006, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2006, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201033
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
433 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.A FAST MOVING...BUT INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL DELIVER A BOUT OF
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER TO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING...BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SPREADING INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM ATCHISON KANSAS AND ST. JOSEPH TOWARD KIRKSVILLE. IN
ADDITION...MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS...ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL. IF THIS
OCCURS..LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR
THE IOWA BORDER.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-201845-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.060120T1800Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
433 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET INITIALLY...WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP
AND OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS SNOW WILL
ALSO LIKELY BE VERY WET AND HEAVY. PERSONS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING TO AVOID UNNECESSARY INJURY.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>032-037-201845-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.060120T1600Z-060121T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
433 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING
OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE...LEADING TO PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. WITHIN
THE ADVISORY AREA...ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY GREATLY FROM ONE LOCATION
TO ANOTHER...DEPENDING ON THE DURATION OF THE RAIN AND SLEET.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS
CITY...NORTHEAST ACROSS CHILLICOTHE AND MACON. FURTHER
SOUTH...LIGHTER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND A GREATER MIXTURE OF RAIN
AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH
OR LESS FROM OVERLAND PARK AND LEES SUMMIT NORTHEAST ACROSS
CARROLLTON AND KEYTESVILLE. A SMALL CHANGE IN STORM TRACK COULD SHIFT
THESE ACCUMULATIONS...SO PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

BOOKBINDER
9 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201535
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
935 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE QUICK TO BRING A ROUND OF
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER TO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT RAIN HAS BEGUN TO FALL SOUTH OF
THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FURTHER
NORTH ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. A CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM ATCHISON KANSAS AND ST. JOSEPH TOWARD KIRKSVILLE. IN
ADDITION...MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS...ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL. IF THIS
OCCURS..LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR
THE IOWA BORDER.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.060120T1800Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
935 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN AS A
MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
EXPECTED. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>032-037-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.060120T1600Z-060121T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
935 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET
HAS BEEN REPORTED AT LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHILE
FURTHER SOUTH LIGHT RAIN HAS FALLEN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO
THE LATE MORNING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH
COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. WITHIN THE ADVISORY
AREA...ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY GREATLY FROM ONE LOCATION TO
ANOTHER...DEPENDING ON THE DURATION OF THE RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW.

TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS CITY...NORTHEAST ACROSS CHILLICOTHE
AND MACON. FURTHER SOUTH...LIGHTER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND A
GREATER MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP ACCUMULATIONS
GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS FROM OVERLAND PARK AND LEES SUMMIT
NORTHEAST ACROSS CARROLLTON AND KEYTESVILLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

STOFLET
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201814
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1214 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.THE BAND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS SETTING UP A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN
PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY
TO FALL FROM NORTH OF SAINT JOSEPH TO ALBANY TO PRINCETON. A
COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT KANSAS
CITY...CHILLICOTHE...AND KIRKSVILLE.

KSZ025-102-MOZ013>017-020-202145-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH
1214 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS REPLACED THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR SAINT JOSEPH...ATCHISON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...TRENTON...
AND KIRKSVILLE WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A COMBINATION OF
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTS PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOME OF NORTHEAST KANSAS.
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S WILL PREVENT MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON
WELL TRAVELED ROADS...BUT SOME ICE ACCRETION IS LIKELY ON SIDE
STREETS...TREES...AND POWER LINES BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM SAINT
JOSEPH...TO TRENTON...TO KIRKSVILLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

MOZ001>008-011-012-202145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
1214 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
MARYVILLE...ROCKPORT...PRINCETON...MOUND CITY...UNIONVILLE.

SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OVER FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI HAVE BEEN
LIGHT THUS FAR...BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS
AFTERNOON AS BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SET UP OVER NORTHERN
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA. SNOW TOTALS BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL BE
AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...AND GRANT CITY.
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR BETHANY...UNIONVILLE...AND
PRINCETON.

SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
AS HIGH AS AN INCH PER HOUR. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED QUICKLY
CAUSING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>032-037-202145-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
1214 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SOME OCCASIONAL SLEET...WILL
CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS IN THE KANSAS CITY...RICHMOND...CHILLICOTHE...
AND MACON AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S WILL
KEEP MOST WELL TRAVELED ROADS FROM FREEZING...BUT SOME SIDE STREETS
MAY BECOME SLICK ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING.

PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BRIEFLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS
CITY METRO MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
THE CHILLICOTHE AND MACON AREAS MAY ALSO RECEIVE AROUND AN INCH BY
MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 202005
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
205 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.THE BAND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS SETTING UP A BIT FURTHER NORTH
THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE LIKELY TO FALL FROM NORTH OF SAINT JOSEPH TO ALBANY TO
PRINCETON. A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO IMPACT KANSAS CITY...CHILLICOTHE...AND KIRKSVILLE.

MOZ001>008-011-012-202315-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
205 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOUND CITY...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...AND BETHANY.

AS OF 2 PM...AROUND OF INCH OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN THE MARYVILLE...
ROCKPORT...AND BETHANY AREAS. MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE MISSOURI
IOWA BORDER...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...AND PRINCETON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>032-037-202315-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
205 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
FOR KANSAS CITY...SAINT JOSEPH...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE...
CARROLLTON...AND MACON.

A COMBINATION OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

FOR KANSAS CITY...PERIODS OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE METRO
THROUGH 4 PM...BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO LIGHT SNOW THIS
EVENING. NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY CAN EXPECT
SOME PROBLEMS WITH MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING
ROADS TO BECOME SLICK. AS PRECIPITATION TURNS TO SNOW THIS EVENING...
UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN LEAVENWORTH...PLATTE CITY...AND
GLADSTONE.

FOR THE CHILLICOTHE...MACON...CARROLLTON...AND KIRKSVILLE AREAS
PERIODS OF SLEET AND RAIN WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLICK THIS
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER SUNSET. SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 202158
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
358 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.A BAND OF SNOW IS PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. BY THIS EVENING AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS IN THE KIRKSVILLE...TRENTON...AND SAINT
JOSEPH THIS AFTERNOON. SLICK SPOTS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED AS FAR SOUTH AS
THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF KANSAS CITY.

MOZ001>008-011-012-210100-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
358 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOUND CITY...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...AND BETHANY.

BY LATE THIS EVENING...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE
MISSOURI IOWA BORDER. AS OF 330 PM...AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW HAS
FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON FROM TARKIO TO MARYVILLE TO BETHANY. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING AS A BAND OF SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA MOVES THROUGH
NORTHERN MISSOURI.

SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES CAUSING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS AND SLICK
ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS EVENING...AND BE
PREPARED FOR RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO FALLING SNOW.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>032-037-210100-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
358 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
FOR KANSAS CITY...SAINT JOSEPH...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE...
CARROLLTON...AND MACON.

RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET HAS CAUSED TRAVEL PROBLEMS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS
OF 330 PM...THE MOST TREACHEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED AROUND
KIRKSVILLE AND TRENTON. FREEZING RAIN BEGAN AROUND KIRKSVILLE SHORTLY
AFTER NOON TODAY CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON STREETS...AND NUMEROUS
CAR ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

FURTHER WEST...BOUTS OF RAIN AND SLEET CAUSED ROADS TO BECOME SLICK
AT TIMES AROUND SAINT JOSEPH...CHILLICOTHE...AND EXCELSIOR SPRINGS.
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED
PERIODS OF SLEET CONTRIBUTING TO SLIPPERY ROADS.

THIS EVENING...EXPECT A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW AS COLDER AIR IS
INGESTED INTO THIS STORM SYSTEM. A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE FROM NORTH KANSAS CITY THROUGH CHILLICOTHE TO
KIRKSVILLE...AS THE STORM MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 202328
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
528 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

.A BAND OF SNOW IS PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. BY THIS EVENING AS MUCH AS 2 TO
4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER. SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS IN THE
KIRKSVILLE...TRENTON...AND SAINT JOSEPH THIS AFTERNOON. SLICK
SPOTS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
KANSAS CITY.

MOZ001>008-011-012-210230-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
528 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

AS OF 5 PM...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WERE COMMON IN
THE MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...PRINCETON...AND TRENTON AREAS. THREE
INCHES WAS REPORTED NEAR ROCKPORT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE IN MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY AND BETHANY. STORM
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ALONG THE MISSOURI
IOWA BORDER BY MID EVENING.

FOR ROCKPORT AND TARKIO...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...BUT
THE COMMUNITIES OF MARYVILLE...TROY...GRANT CITY...AND ALBANY WILL
EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 7 PM...WITH A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF ONE
OR TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW FOR BETHANY AND PRINCETON WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM
AND 830 PM. TOTAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE
SNOW COMES TO AN END DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>032-037-210230-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
528 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 

FOR KANSAS CITY AND SAINT JOSEPH...A SNOW BAND WILL MOVE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY FOR A QUICK INCH OF SNOW.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE ON GRASSY AREAS...AND FOR KANSAS
CITY...NORTHERN SUBURBS LIKE PLATTE CITY...GLADSTONE...AND PLATTE
CITY WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS THAN SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE CITY. THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO
AN END BY 8 PM IN KANSAS CITY AND SAINT JOSEPH.

FOR CHILLICOTHE AND KIRKSVILLE...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS BETWEEN 530 PM AND 630 PM. AS THE SUN
SETS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING. UNTREATED STREETS WILL
BECOME ICY. DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KOCH
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210107
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
707 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006


MOZ001-002-011-210215-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON
707 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW WAS ENDING IN THE MARYVILLE AREA AND HAD ENDED IN
ROCKPORT AND CORNING. MARYVILLE REPORTED THEY HAD RECEIVED ONE AND A
HALF TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL. 

$$

MOZ003>008-012-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...SAVANNAH
707 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH
REACHING THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
BETHANY...BY 830 PM AND INTO THE PRINCETON AREA BY 9 PM. UNIONVILLE
AND LANCASTER SHOULD SEE SNOW CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 10 PM. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BRINGING A STORM
TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TO COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR THE
IOWA BORDER.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ013>017-020>025-028>032-037-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
707 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

THE STORM SYSTEM BRINGING THE MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FROM EASTERN
KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WAS STARTING TO MOVE PAST THE REGION.
THE WINTRY MIX HAD CHANGED OVER TO SNOW IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE KANSAS
CITY METRO AREA...ATCHISON KANSAS AND ST JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS
THROUGH 9 PM. A QUICK HALF INCH TO INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE. 

FURTHER TO THE EAST IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE
OCCURRING...WHICH WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY LATE
EVENING. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS FROM AROUND CHILLICOTHE...TRENTON TO KIRKSVILLE WILL BE
SEEING MAINLY SNOW THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AN
INCH OR TWO WILL BE OCCURRING IN THOSE AREA. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN ALONG WITH SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

PC
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210315
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
915 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

MOZ003-004-012-210415-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
SAVANNAH
915 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW HAD ENDING ACROSS WORTH...GENTRY AND ANDREW COUNTIES...AFTER
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. 

$$

KSZ025-102-MOZ013-020-210415-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH
915 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW HAD ENDED ACROSS ATCHISON..DONIPHAN...DE
KALB AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES. SNOWFALL TOTALS AVERAGED IN THE 1 TO 2
INCH RANGE ACROSS THE REGION.

$$

MOZ005>008-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...
LANCASTER...DOWNING
915 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL MOVE FROM THE BETHANY AREA TO NEAR
PRINCETON BY 10 PM. UNIONVILLE AND LANCASTER SHOULD SEE SNOW
CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 11 PM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BRINGING A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TO
COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR THE IOWA BORDER.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ014>017-021>025-028>032-037-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
CHARITON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
915 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO
AREA THROUGH 10 PM...AND BE EAST OF CHILLICOTHE...RICHMOND AND
CARROLLTON BY 11 PM. THE SNOW SHOULD EXIT THE MACON AND KIRKSVILLE
AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
AN INCH OR LESS OF WET SNOW AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND OR JUST
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN ALONG WITH SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

PC
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210434
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1034 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

MOZ005-006-210545-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
HARRISON-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...PRINCETON
1034 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF
HARRISON AND MERCER. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE
REGION BEFORE IT ENDED.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ014-021-022-028>030-037-210545-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-DAVIESS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...PLATTSBURG...
KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE
1034 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION AND NO
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.  

$$

MOZ007-008-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING
1034 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL EXIT THE UNIONVILLE AND LANCASTER
AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE BRINGING A STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TO
COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE IOWA BORDER.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MOZ015>017-023>025-031-032-210600-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE
1034 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL EXIT THE TRENTON AND CHILLICOTHE AREAS
BY 11 PM. THE SNOW SHOULD EXIT THE MACON AND KIRKSVILLE AREAS
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE A HALF
AN INCH OR LESS OF WET SNOW AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND OR JUST
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN ALONG WITH SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210600
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1200 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2006

MOZ007-008-210700-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING
1200 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY. 

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS EXITED NORTHEAST MISSOURI. SOME LIGHT SNOW
WILL LINGER THROUGH 1 AM BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

MOZ015>017-023>025-031-032-210700-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060121T0600Z/
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL-CHARITON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE
1200 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

ALL OF THE LIGHT SNOW HAS EXITED THE REGION AND NO ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.


$$

MJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 20, 3:50 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:50 AM CST, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
350 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION..

SYNOPSIS...

MORNING RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WAS ALREADY
WIDESPREAD FROM THE DIVIDE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. FURTHER
EAST...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED THAT THE SUBTROPICAL JET PLUME WAS
QUICKLY UNDERGOING CYCLONIC CURVATURE WITH RAPID MOISTENING OF THE
MID/UPPER LEVELS NOTED FROM CENTRAL TEXAS INTO MISSOURI. AT THE
SURFACE...SIGNIFICANT COOLING AND MOISTENING OF THE LOW LEVELS WAS
ALSO BEING OBSERVED IN THE WAKE OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...WITH
DEWPOINTS NOW INTO THE MID-UPPER 20S. STRATUS WAS QUICKLY ADVANCING
SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA.

SHORT TERM...

BIG CHANGES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE NEXT 12
HOURS AS A VIGOROUS PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO PULL OUT OF
THE ROCKIES. NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE FINALLY COME INTO EXCELLENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE MASS FIELDS...ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATING INTO THE
OVERALL GFS SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PREFERRED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS.

STRONG FRONTOGENESIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING AS
ISALLOBARIC FLOW CONTINUES REORIENT AND COMPACT THE PRE-EXISTING
LOW LEVEL THERMAL GRADIENT. INCREASED CONVERGENCE AND PERSISTENT
WARM/MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL THEN LEAD TO AN AREA OF INTENSE
ISENTROPIC ASCENT OVER MID MISSOURI DURING THE MID-LATE MORNING
HOURS...SPREADING INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECIPITATION IS NOW A CERTAINTY AND WILL LIKELY COME IN TWO WAVES.
THE FIRST WAVE...DRIVEN BY STRONG FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AND
ISENTROPIC ASCENT WITHIN THE SYNOPTIC WARM CONVEYOR JET...WILL
LIKELY BREAK OUT OVER CENTRAL MO BY MID MORNING...AND GRADUALLY
SHIFT AND EXPAND NORTHWARD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS DISCUSSED FOR
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...CONVECTION WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
TODAYS EVENT. MODEL CROSS SECTIONS DEPICT THIS PROMINENT FEATURE
BEST AS A SHARPENING FRONTAL SLOPE WILL ALSO BECOME VERY STEEP
ACROSS THE CWA. ABOVE THE TOP OF THE DEEPENING COLD POOL (850MB
CENTRAL MO TO 700MB NRN MO)...THE GFS CONTINUES TO DEPICT 200-500
J/KG MUCAPE...SUPPORTING AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDER CHANCES TODAY.
GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE WARM ADVECTION INITIALLY...THE ONSET
PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE...WITH RAIN SOUTH
AND A TRANSITION AREA OF SLEET/GRAUPEL/MIX BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW
OVER FAR NORTHERN MO. CONVECTION WOULD CERTAINLY LEND TO RAPID
DYNAMIC COOLING AND A TENDENCY TOWARD FROZEN PRECIPITATION.

THE SECOND WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL EVOLVE FROM THE ONGOING
ACTIVITY OVER CO/WRN KS AS STRONG ISENTROPIC PRESSURE ADVECTION
OCCURS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING MID-UPPER LEVEL COLD CORE. LIGHT
SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD NORTHWEST MISSOURI FROM THE SOUTH
AND WEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AS THIS
FORCING COMBINES WITH THE IMPRESSIVE FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AND
THERMODYNAMICS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE RAPID
COOLING ALOFT WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHERN
MISSOURI...WITH THE GFS AND NAM BOTH SHOWING NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC
LAPSE RATES DEVELOPING AFTER 00Z. THE RESULT MAY A PERIOD OF INTENSE
SNOW/THUNDERSNOW OVER THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. DEFORMATION SNOWS SHOULD THEN EXIT EASTERN ZONES
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WILL GO WITH A HIGH END SNOW ADVISORY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI FOR 3-5
INCHES BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WITH THE
FORECAST CONVECTION OCCURRING ABOVE 800MB...MODEL PARAMETERIZATION
SCHEMES ARE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THIS IN THEIR ALREADY HEALTHY QPF
OUTPUT. AS A RESULT...THE ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF CONVECTION COULD VERY
WELL RESULT IN LOCALIZED WARNING SNOWS AND WILL MENTION THIS
POTENTIAL IN THE HWO.

FURTHER SOUTH...WILL ALSO POST A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA NORTHEAST TOWARD MACON...WHERE A COMBINATION
OF RAIN/SLEET/SNOW WILL ULTIMATELY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...RESULTING
IN A COUPLE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. DUE TO THE STORM TRACK...IT IS
QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO...FROM OVERLAND
PARK TO LEES SUMMIT...MAY RECEIVE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
ACCUMULATION WHILE THE NORTHLAND PICKS UP SEVERAL INCHES. FOR THE
MATTER OF THIS EVENT AFFECTING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR...FELT IT WAS
PRUDENT TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE METRO IN THE ADVISORY.

LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SENSIBLE WEATHER BEYOND TONIGHT AND PREVIOUS
FORECAST ALREADY HANDLES SNOW PACK MODIFICATION TO THE TEMPS
TONIGHT-SAT. NO CHANGES MADE TO GOING PACKAGE BEYOND TONIGHT.

BOOKBINDER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
345 PM...
THE STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING OUR MUCH ADVERTISED MIXED BAG OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS PROGRESSING THROUGH THE SALT LAKE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPSTREAM KICKER FORMING OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA SHOULD PUSH OUR STORM THROUGH QUICKLY TOMORROW. SO DESPITE
FORECAST CHARTS SUGGESTING STRONG JET COUPLING...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...AND DEEP FRONTOGENETIC FORCING...THE FAST MOVING
PROGRESSION OF THE STORM SHOULD LIMIT SNOW TOTALS TO FOUR INCHES OR
LESS OVER OUR FORECAST AREA.

THE 12Z AND 18Z RUNS OF THE NAM AND GFS HAVE COME INTO GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE 500 MB TROUGH. THE
THERMAL GRADIENT OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL BE TIGHT TOMORROW...AND
MODEL THERMAL PROFILES ARE NEVER COMPLETELY RELIABLE 24 HOURS OUT.
BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE KANSAS CITY METRO WILL BE CLOSE TO THE RAIN
SNOW LINE ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATE TOMORROW MORNING. WITH AN
ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL DRY AIR TO OVERCOME DURING THE MORNING...I
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS OF SLEET AT THE
ONSET OF THE EVENT ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE.
THAT TRANSITION ZONE WILL LIKELY SINK SOUTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON
AS THE STORM INGESTS COLDER AIR AND MOVES EAST.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE TOUGH WITH A STORM MOVING THIS FAST...
ESPECIALLY SINCE STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND STRONG FORCING
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME CONVECTIVE BANDING IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE
DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE INGESTED INTO THE STORM THE FURTHER EAST
IT MOVES...SO I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT THE CORRIDOR FROM
CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE COULD EXPERIENCE SIX HOURS OF MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW. I DOUBT THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL HEAVY SNOW BAND
WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER ONE AREA FOR THAT ENTIRE SIX HOURS
SO...WITH A SNOW RATE AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR...UP TO FOUR INCHES
SEEMS LIKE A GOOD CONSERVATIVE FORECAST FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. FURTHER WEST TOWARD KANSAS CITY AND SAINT
JOSEPH...A SHORTER DURATION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET WILL CUT
DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM THE NORTHLAND TO
THE IOWA BORDER IS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME.

KOCH

A BROAD TROUGH WILL BE POSITIONED ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD DEVELOPING
A CLOSED LOW WITHIN THE TROUGH AND BRINGING IT SOUTH ALONG THE WEST
COAST DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. LATER NEXT WEEK THIS
CLOSED LOW IS FORECAST TO SWING OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS.
SEGMENTS OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY WITHIN THE MEAN TROUGH ARE FORECAST TO
EJECT OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE CLOSED LOW AND REMAIN DIFFICULT TO
PINPOINT WITH MUCH CONFIDENCE. KEPT ONLY SLIGHT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR MOISTURE RETURN TO REACH. OTHERWISE...THE COOLEST DAY
IN THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME LOOKS TO BE MONDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO MODERATE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

STOFLET

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT...ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT...NORTH OF A LINE
FROM LEES SUMMIT TO CARROLLTON TO MACON.
KS...SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ATCHISON/DONIPHAN
COUNTIES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.

WFO EAX
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 1:01 PM CST, 15 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
101 PM CST THU JAN 19 2006

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-201200-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
101 PM CST THU JAN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILD FIRES THIS AFTERNOON FROM EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES AT
OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT SHOULD AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING TODAY ARE KANSAS
CITY...PAOLA...HARRISONVILLE...CLINTON...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...AND
MOBERLY...AND KIRKSVILLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
AND THEN ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ON
FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER EARLY FRIDAY...HOWEVER NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM.
AT THIS TIME...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE. THE CITIES OF KANSAS
CITY...SAINT JOSEPH...AND BETHANY CAN EXPECT ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW
TOMORROW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS TOMORROW WILL BE APPRECIATED.

KOCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 4:33 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEAXAdair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay and 11 more19 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Missouri, 2006Snow Advisories in Kansas, 2006Every snow advisory in 2006

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