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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 19, 200631 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 4:31 AM CST for 31 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 28 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2006, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 21, 2006, 3:33 AM CST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 36 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 20, 6:46 AM CSTSNOW 0.5Mound City, MOTRACE ON GRASSY SURFACES
Mar 20, 6:46 AM CSTSNOW 2Rockport, MO1-2 INCHES. SOME ACCUMULATION ON STREETS.
Mar 20, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Tarkio, MO
Mar 20, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 0.5Oregon, MODUSTING OF SNOW ON ROADS AND GRASSY SURFACES
Mar 20, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Muscotah, KSONE INCH SNOW ON GROUND IN MUSCOTAH; 0.5 INCH OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES IN EASTON.
Mar 20, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Rockport, MO1 INCH OF SNOW. BLOWING SNOW.
Mar 20, 7:59 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Grant City, MO
Mar 20, 9:23 PM CSTSNOW 1Newtown, MO
Mar 20, 9:34 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Rockport, MOBLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO.
Mar 20, 9:35 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Maryville, MO
Mar 20, 9:36 PM CSTSNOW 1Trenton, MO
Mar 21, 1:21 AM CSTSNOW 4Rockport, MOWINDY AND STILL SNOWING
Mar 21, 1:24 AM CSTSNOW 2Maryville, MO
Mar 21, 1:26 AM CSTSNOW 1Oregon, MO
Mar 21, 1:27 AM CSTSNOW 4Grant City, MO3 TO 4 INCHES
Mar 21, 1:28 AM CSTSNOW 2Albany, MO
Mar 21, 1:37 AM CSTSNOW 4Kirksville, MO3 TO 4 INCHES WITH BLOWING SNOW
Mar 21, 1:41 AM CSTSNOW 3Princeton, MOBLOWING SNOW
Mar 21, 1:44 AM CSTSNOW 1Bethany, MO
Mar 21, 1:46 AM CSTSNOW 4Milan, MO3 TO 4 INCHES
Mar 21, 1:48 AM CSTSNOW 2Trenton, MO1 TO 2 INCHES
Mar 21, 1:50 AM CSTSNOW 2Brookfield, MO1 TO 2 INCHES
Mar 21, 1:51 AM CSTSNOW 4Macon, MO3 TO 4 INCHES AND BLOWING SNOW
Mar 21, 1:53 AM CSTSNOW 1Moberly, MO
Mar 21, 1:54 AM CSTSNOW 1Keytesville, MO
Mar 21, 2:02 AM CSTSNOW 2Savannah, MO
Mar 21, 3:06 AM CSTSNOW 2Maysville, MO1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ROADS VERY SLICK
Mar 21, 3:17 AM CSTSNOW 1St Joseph, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2006-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2006-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 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 191031
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A STRONG LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MISSOURI
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT...

.A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM STILL OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES...IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS IT EJECTS INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET
MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO
LIKELY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-191845-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT
BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED MY TUESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-191845-
/O.EXB.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1800Z-060321T1200Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA
431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MONDAY
NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST
WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-191845-
/O.EXA.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY
NIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-191845-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE MONDAY
NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST
WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

DB
13 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 191837
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1237 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A STRONG LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...

.A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM STILL OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES...IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS IT EJECTS INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. A LARGER AREA OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY
WET SNOW AND SLEET MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND
FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.


KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-200245-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
1237 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING
THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED MY TUESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL
FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-200245-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
1237 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREAD
EAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI ON MONDAY WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY
NIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-200245-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1800Z-060321T1200Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA
1237 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
MONDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OR TWO OF SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MIX IN
WITH THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BEFORE THE
SNOW DIMINISHES TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL
FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-200245-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
1237 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST
WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST NORTHEAST WIND FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WILL
FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 192143
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
343 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A STRONG LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST...AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT. A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS
AND EXTREME NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET ARE
POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO
LIKELY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-200545-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
343 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO NOON CST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET LATE MONDAY MORNING AND
MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW MONDAY EVENING.
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SNOW RATES OF
AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE
TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. STRONG
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE
DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-200545-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
343 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE
PRE-DAWN HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN
INCH OR LESS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 INCHES IN THE ST JOSEPH AREA TO 14 INCHES IN
THE TARKIO...ROCKPORT AND FAIRFAX AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MISSOURI. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING MORE
DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-200545-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0004.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
343 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY AREA DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS OF MONDAY
MORNING. DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR UP TO HALF AN INCH OF SLEET AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE PRECIPITATION
WILL PRIMARILY BE SLEET...MIXED WITH RAIN...WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING. THE SLEET AND RAIN
WILL TURN TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
RANGING FROM 2 INCHES OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE METRO TO 6
INCHES FROM LEAVENWORTH TO PLATTE CITY BY TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-200545-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1800Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
343 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND SPREAD
EAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI ON MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
TO ALL SNOW MONDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH 
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

MO/MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 200432
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1032 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST...AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
OVERNIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING OVER
PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. STRONG
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW
AND FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-201200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
1032 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO
EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT BEFORE
CHANGING TO SNOW OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS OF MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR
LESS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HOWEVER... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE BY LATE MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 8 INCHES IN THE ST JOSEPH AREA TO AROUND 12 INCHES IN THE
TARKIO...ROCKPORT AND FAIRFAX AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MISSOURI. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING
MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-201200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
1032 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SNOW RATES OF AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR AT
TIMES MONDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TUESDAY
MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING
MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-201200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0004.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
1032 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY AREA DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS OF MONDAY
MORNING. DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR...UP TO HALF AN INCH OF SLEET AND
SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE
PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY BE SLEET...MIXED WITH RAIN...WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING. THE
SLEET AND RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
METRO...TO 5 INCHES FROM LEAVENWORTH TO PLATTE CITY BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

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.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-201200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1800Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
1032 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND POSSIBLY SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO
CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW MONDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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 AND STATEMENTS.

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201044
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN ONE HALF OF MISSOURI
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING
AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. SLEET AND SNOW
WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS
MORNING...SPREADING SOUTHEAST TO THE I-70 CORRIDOR BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY
SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 70. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...FURTHER REDUCING
VISIBILITIES.

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-201845-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0004.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T2200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN
KANSAS CITY AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4
PM...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW AND SLEET WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.
A CONTINUATION OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...WITH THE SNOW DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE METRO TO 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-201845-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.060320T1800Z-060321T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY
ACCUMULATION...BUT BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-201845-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T1900Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
12 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TODAY WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS. THEN THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES...BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING
MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-201845-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TODAY.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE MID-AFTERNOON
HOURS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING
RANGING FROM 10 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-201845-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.060321T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
444 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE
PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.

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.

$$

DB
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201543
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN ONE HALF OF
MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT. PERIODS OF
SNOW WITH SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING...SPREADING SOUTHEAST TO A GRANT
CITY...ST JOSEPH...LEAVENWORTH KANSAS LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY BY
TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. STRONG
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW...FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
TODAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE MID-
AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THREE TO SIX INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
TUESDAY MORNING RANGING FROM 10 TO 12 INCHES. IN ADDITION...
STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

AS OF 8 AM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE
TARKIO AND ROCKPORT AREAS OF ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T1900Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THEN THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES...BEFORE ENDING
TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS
LIKELY.

THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT. IN
ADDITION...A STIFF EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE DRIVING
MORE DIFFICULT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T2200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN
KANSAS CITY AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 4 AND 6
PM...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE METRO AND QUICKLY SPREAD EAST. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
AND SLEET WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. A CONTINUATION OF
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH THE SNOW
DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE METRO TO 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE
NORTH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY
ACCUMULATION...BUT BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. STRONG
EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-202345-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.060321T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
943 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH
THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.

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.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 201918
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006


KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-210330-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING AROUND THE NOON HOUR.
HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS RELOADING FOR ANOTHER ROUND LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. A HEAVIER MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL START UP AGAIN
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 6 PM WITH MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 PM. AFTER 6 PM...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
RATHER RAPIDLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
MIDNIGHT AND NEARLY A FOOT BY DAWN OVER ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI.

IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS AND FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-210330-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PATCHY LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON WITH NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES
BY DAWN. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY DUE
TO EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-210330-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T2200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING AROUND THE NOON HOUR.
HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS RELOADING FOR ANOTHER ROUND LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL START UP AGAIN
BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 7 PM. BEFORE 7 PM
...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
RATHER RAPIDLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE METRO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.

IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS AND FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-210330-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH LITTLE IF ANY
ACCUMULATION...BUT BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF A
BROOKFIELD TO MACON LINE AND 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHWARD TO MARSHALL AND 
FAYETTE. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-210330-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.060321T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH
THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 202051
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-210500-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 3 AND 6
PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS POCKETS OF SLEET SHOWERS THAT
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BUT SHORTLIVED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE
CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 6 PM WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
AFTER 6 PM...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RATHER RAPIDLY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT AND NEARLY A FOOT
BY DAWN OVER ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI.

IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS AND FURTHER REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-210500-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PATCHY LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS POCKETS OF SLEET
SHOWERS THAT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BUT TEMPERATURES ABOVE
FREEZING WILL PROHIBIT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 PM. THE PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 INCHES
BY DAWN. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY DUE
TO EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-210500-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T2200Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS SOME OF THE SLEET
SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BUT TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING
WILL PROHIBIT ACCUMULATIONS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY 7 PM. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RATHER RAPIDLY BETWEEN 8
PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1
TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE METRO AND 2 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.

IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS AND FURTHER REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-210500-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES
COOL THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF A BROOKFIELD TO MACON LINE
AND 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHWARD TO MARSHALL AND FAYETTE. STRONG EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-210500-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.060321T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
251 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME POCKETS OF
SHORT-LIVED SLEET SHOWERS. A CLAP OF THUNDER OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE HEAVIER SLEET SHOWERS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

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.

$$

LVQ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 202242
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-210645-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. AREAS IN AND
AROUND THE TARKIO AND ROCKPORT AREAS MAY SEE SOME SNOW MIXED IN AS
WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER QUICKLY TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN
6 AND 7 PM. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE
RATHER RAPIDLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT BY DAWN OVER
ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI.

VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES
ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-210645-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PATCHY LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS POCKETS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET SHOWERS...BUT TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING
WILL PROHIBIT ANY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER 8 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES BY DAWN.
IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY DUE TO EAST
WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-210645-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER RAPIDLY TO ALL SNOW BY 7 PM FROM
TONGANOXIE TO PLATTE CITY...SPREADING EAST TO THE LIBERTY AND BLUE
SPRINGS AREAS BY 8 PM. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RATHER QUICKLY BETWEEN
8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND AND AROUND AN INCH SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70.

IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-210645-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060321T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING
WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF A BROOKFIELD TO
MACON LINE AND 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTHWARD TO MARSHALL AND FAYETTE.
STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-210645-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.060321T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
442 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. A CLAP OR TWO OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THE HEAVIER SLEET SHOWERS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...DIMINISHING
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BY MID TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210049
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-210900-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM. THE
TARKIO AND ROCKPORT AREAS MAY SEE MAINLY SNOW...WITH A THIN LAYER OF
ACCUMULATED SNOW BY 8 PM. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 8 PM...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE RATHER
RAPIDLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST
MISSOURI BY MORNING.

VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH MAY FURTHER REDUCE
VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-210900-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EVENING HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AFTER 10 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAWN. IN
ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS POSSIBLE DUE TO EAST
WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-210900-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 8 PM FROM
TONGANOXIE TO PLATTE CITY...SPREADING EAST TO THE LIBERTY AND BLUE
SPRINGS AREAS BY 10 PM. THE SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE RATHER QUICKLY
BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND AND AROUND AN INCH
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-210900-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES COOL LATE THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 9 AND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW AND
SLEET MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
NORTH OF A BROOKFIELD TO MACON LINE AND 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTHWARD TO
MARSHALL AND FAYETTE. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-210900-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
649 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. A CLAP OR TWO OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
HEAVIER SLEET SHOWERS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THE PRECIPITATION MAY
CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT...DIMINISHING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.
TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES
BY MID TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210230
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-211030-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN FROM
HOLT TO MARYVILLE TO GRANT CITY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>023-211030-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW
WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN EARLY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4
INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7
INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-211030-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS
THE METRO AREA BY 10 PM. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE METRO AREA BY THAT TIME. THE SNOW MAY BE
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES FROM 10 PM THROUGH 2 AM...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY 2 AM...MAINLY FROM BONNER SPRINGS TO
INDEPENDENCE. TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY BE 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE METRO WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN SECTIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-030>033-038>040-211030-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MAINLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM BROOKFIELD TO MACON. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY
MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN EARLY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
FROM BROOKFILED TO MACON NORTHWARD BY MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING.

FROM BROOKFIELD TO MACON SOUTHWARD...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL.
THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-211030-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
830 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

PERIODS OF RAIN...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES
COOL...THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT...DIMINISHING
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES BY MID TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210449
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1049 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

MOZ003>006-013>015-021>024-030>033-038>040-211300-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...
MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN
1049 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY. WHILE HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE
STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36. THIS MIX OF
FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR OVERNIGHT AND MORNING DRIVERS.

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

$$

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001-002-011-012-020-028-029-037-211300-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-
NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-BUCHANAN-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...ST. JOSEPH...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
1049 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY. WHILE HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE
STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE METRO AREA...WITH THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS
EXPECTED IN THE NORTHLAND. THIS MIX OF FREEZING AND FROZEN
PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR OVERNIGHT
AND MORNING DRIVERS.

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

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-025-211300-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
1049 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST
WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO FURTHER REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...MAKING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-211300-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1049 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE
WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING AND
FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE SLICK AND DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210824
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
224 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

MOZ007-008-016-017-025-211630-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
224 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

CALLS TO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE PRODUCED REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
GENERALLY IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG
EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO FURTHER REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...MAKING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>024-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-211630-
/O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-
BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
224 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

MOST LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW...LITTLE MORE THAN
FLURRIES. HOWEVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE STILL REPORTING
MAINLY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...MAINLY FROM MOUND CITY TO BETHANY MAY SEE AN INCH OR LESS
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MID MORNING. HOWEVER ELSEWHERE...NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE WET ROADS FROM THE RECENT PRECIPITATION
MAY BECOME SLICK...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP TO BELOW
FREEZING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING ON BRIDGES OR
OVER-PASSES.

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

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 210933
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
333 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...SNOWSTORM WINDING DOWN THIS MORNING...

.THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH THIS EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM FELL IN IOWA AND
NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM WEAKENS THIS MORNING...ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI
WILL BE MINIMAL.

MOZ007-008-016-017-025-211045-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...LA PLATA
333 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MACON...MILAN...UNIONVILLE AND KIRKSVILLE.

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI ALONG THE IOWA BORDER MAY RECEIVE AN
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOW THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.

AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 3 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW IN MILAN...KIRKSVILLE...AND MACON. SINCE NORTHEAST
WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON THROUGHOUT THE
REGION...DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON SOME RURAL ROADS DIFFICULT THIS
MORNING. DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.

$$

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>024-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-211045-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060321T1800Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-
BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
333 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KANSAS CITY...SAINT JOSEPH...
MARYVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...WARRENSBURG...AND SEDALIA.

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT
NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY. AS OF EARLY THIS
MORNING...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONE TO TWO INCH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN SAINT JOSEPH...TRENTON...BETHANY...AND MOBERLY.
THREE TO FOUR INCHES FELL ALONG THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER IN
ROCKPORT...GRANT CITY...AND PRINCETON. SNOW AMOUNTS WERE MUCH HIGHER
OVER WESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...WHERE SEVERAL LOCATIONS
RECEIVED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW.

TRAVELERS OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS
MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
SLICK IN SPOTS.

$$

KOCH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 3:55 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:55 AM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
355 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...

A MAJOR WINTER STORM APPEARS QUITE CERTAIN ON MONDAY AS SHORT TERM
MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO
MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS.

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE DETAILS FOR MONDAY...THE LATEST RADAR MOSAIC
INDICATES A SLOW EAST MOVEMENT OF A BAND OF RAIN IN EXTREME ERN KS
AND WRN MO. THE EWD MOVEMENT HAS BEEN INHIBITED BY A DRY LOW LEVEL
ERLY FLO. A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVR THE NRN TX PNHNDL WAS ENHANCING LLVL
ISENTROPIC LIFT. THE SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE
CWA WITH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT DECREASING THIS AFTN. PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO WARM
TEMPERATURS AND GROUND FOR THE NW CORNER.

FOCUS THEN QUICKLY SHIFTS TO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ALL
MODELS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK JUST SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70. GFS APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FM ITS WARM SEASON
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK WITH NUMEROUS SPURIOUS SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. THIS PLAYS HAVOC WITH THE QPF FIELDS WITH
SPURIOUS UVV COUPLETS.

PREFER TO TREND TOWARD THE MORE BULLISH QPF OF THE CANADIAN AND NAM
AS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND QG FORCING IS QUITE STRONG OVER THE NRN 2/3RDS
OF THE CWA. THE NAM ALSO SUGGESTS LOW STATIC STABILITY ABOVE H7
MONDAY WITH A WELL DEFINED TROWAL ACROSS NRN MO.

THE MAIN FCST PROBLEM IS DEFINING THE TRANSITION ZONE FM SNOW TO
SLEET DURING THE TIMES OF MAX UVV...LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. AS PER THE NAM FCST SOUNDINGS THE TRANSITION ZONE
WILL LIKELY BE THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR....WITH MAINLY SNOW TO THE
NORTH AND SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO THE SOUTH. THE I-70 CORRIDOR WILL
LIKELY SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY...CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE AFTN. ACROSS THE EXTREME SRN PORTION OF THE
CWA...RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL FALL WITH THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG SFC WINDS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE.

AS FAR AS AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE CONCERNED...THE COOK AND GARCIA METHODS
SHOW IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ACROSS NRN MO...WITH WEAK CONVECTIVE
INSTABILITY LIKELY PRODUCING AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE. THIS
SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE SNOW THAN CURRENTLY
FORECASTED ESPECIALLY IF THE NAM QPF IS CORRECT. RATHER TAKE THE A
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FOR THE TIME BEING...AS MAJOR SNOW STORMS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE ARE QUITE RARE.

THE LATEST 06Z NAM HAS ARRIVED AND SUGGESTS A MORE SRN TRACK THAN
EARLIER MODELS. THIS WOULD SUGGESTS THAT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE
HEAVIER ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR AS THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WOULD BE
EARLY IN THE AFTN. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT DIGEST THE LATEST MODELS
AND UPGRADE AMOUNTS ACCORDINGLY.

HAVE UPGRADED THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE EXTREME NW CORNER OF MO
AND ISSUE WATCHES FOR THE I-70 CORRIDOR AND NERN GRIDS.

OTHERWISE...THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE MONDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY AND
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO SHEAR EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.

DB

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 930 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006)

DISCUSSION...

NEW DATA STARTING TO TRICKLE IN. SO FAR HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THAT
MAKES ME WANT TO CHANGE THE FORECAST MUCH. SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE OVERNIGHT WILL BE RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
SNOW. SLEET LOOKS A LITTLE LESS LIKELY CONSIDERING HOW WARM SURFACE
TEMPS STILL ARE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WILL LEAVE IT IN THE FORECAST
AS SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE WELL BELOW ZERO AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING
WILL HELP COOL THE LOWER PORTION OF THE COLUMN. DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY...GFS SOUNDING SHOWS DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE MID AND UPPER
LEVELS. NAM DOES NOT SHOW THE DRY AIR AS MUCH. WATER VAPOR LOOP IS
NOW SHOWING AN AREA OF SINKING/DRYING OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SO
THE GFS MAY BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WILL LET MID SHIFT WATCH THIS
FEATURE BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. THINK PRECIP WILL
AT LEAST LIGHTEN UP DURING THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE FILLING IN AGAIN
SUNDAY EVENING...IN REGION OF STRONG DIFFLUENCE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW SUNDAY.

NRR

PREV DISCUSSION...

402 PM SAT...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS A LIKELY EVENT OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND INCLUDES THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE CWA.
WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MO AND NORTHEAST KS FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. A FOOT OF SNOW OR MORE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY IN THE WATCH
AREA AND THE AREA WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDED IN FUTURE FORECASTS.

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE MODEL RUNS UNDER OUR BELT THE
FORECAST REMAINS COMPLEX THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES
TO DEEPEN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. AND WILL GRADUALLY UNDERTAKE A
NEGATIVE TILT AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS. AS IT DOES SO SEVERAL
IMPULSES AND INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT/WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BRING
PERIODS OF WINTRY WEATHER TO THE CENTRAL U.S. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS THE FIRST SUCH IMPULSE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO NM/WEST
TX. ELEVATED CONVECTION IS SPREADING DOWNSTREAM AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE
AND IS HEADED FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN CWA. A LARGE EASTERLY FETCH OF
DRY AIR IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO EAT AWAY AT THE
LEADING EDGE OF EACH WAVE OF PRECIPITATION UNTIL THE BOUNDARY LAYER
BECOMES SATURATED. WILL USE THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AS A PROXY FOR
LIMITING THE EASTERN EDGE OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
HAVE TRIED TO LIMIT THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.

AS THIS FIRST WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST TONIGHT SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. EXPECT TO SEE PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE WESTERN CWA
ON SUNDAY WITH THE AREA SLOWLY EXPANDING EASTWARD AS THE BOUNDARY
LAYER COOLS DUE TO EVAPORATIVE COOLING.

THE MAIN WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM DEVELOP AN
INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH FROM CENTRAL OK INTO CENTRAL MO LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A WARM CONVEYOR BELT IS FORECAST TO SET UP FROM
THE GULF STATES INTO THE MID MS VALLEY AND WRAP ACROSS NORTHERN MO
AND SOUTHERN IA...ALLOWING AN AVENUE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF DEEP
MOISTURE. PROGGED SOUNDINGS AND TIME CROSS SECTIONS SHOW THE EBB AND
FLOW OF A NOSE OF WARM AIR...BELOW 850MB AND ABOVE 0C...POKING
NORTHWARD INTO THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS
SUGGESTS THE HIGH PROBABILITY OF PERIODS OF SLEET INTERMIXED WITH THE
SNOW AND RAIN. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO GET TOO SPECIFIC
WITH THE TIMING OF THE SLEET EVENTS SO WENT WITH A MIX. SHOULD THE
SLEET NOT MATERIALIZE OR NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT AND BASED ON THE
PROJECTED PATH OF THE UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW...PLUS
THE STRONG FRONTOGENTICAL FORCING AND COUPLED JET STRUCTURE THE SNOW
AMOUNTS WOULD LIKELY NEED TO BE RAISED AND EXPANDED SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
THE MO RIVER...INCLUDING THE KC METRO.

MJ

LONG TERM (TUESDAY-SATURDAY)...

AS PRIMARY JET PASSES THROUGH THE MEAN TROUGH...DEEPLY OCCLUDED
SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT AND FILL RAPIDLY TUESDAY MORNING. WELL
DEFINED DEFORMATION BAND WILL ALSO TRANSLATE NORTHEAST...WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA. SINCE THE DISSIPATION OF THESE FEATURES OFTEN LAGS SOME 12
HOURS BEHIND THE INITIAL SYSTEM DECAY...HAVE UPPED POPS AND ADDED
ANOTHER INCH OR TWO ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS FOR TUESDAY MORNING.
CLOUD COVER...EXPECTED SNOW PACK AND STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION
ALSO WARRANT DROPPING MAXES...WITH LOW-MID 30S POTENTIALLY A
STRUGGLE. COULD VERY WELL APPROACH OR BREAK RECORD MIN MAXES FOR
TUESDAY.

IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...COLD SURFACE HIGH AND WEAK SHORTWAVE
RIDGING WILL SCOOT BY TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY AS WE WATCH ANOTHER
SYSTEM DEEPEN WITHIN THE WESTERN LONGWAVE TROUGH POSITION. ALTHOUGH
THIS SECOND SYSTEM SHOULD WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT LIFTS ACROSS THE
ROCKIES EARLY THURSDAY...THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT PACIFIC MOISTURE
TO BRING ANOTHER BOUT OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF
MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

OTHERWISE...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE US WITH SOME LARGE SCALE SIGNALS SUGGESTING THAT A PIECE OF THE
POLAR VORTEX MAY PENETRATE INTO THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. REGARDLESS
OF THE EXTENT OF EASTERN TROUGHING...A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE ROCKIES WILL RESULT IN A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE
CENTRAL STATES BY THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR THE
WEEKEND ARE CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE...COMPLICATED BY LARGE
GRADIENT RESULTING FROM THE JET PLACEMENT AS WELL AS LINGERING SNOW
COVER.

BOOKBINDER

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR
     MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ020.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR MOZ003-
     MOZ004-MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ013-MOZ014-MOZ015-MOZ021-MOZ022-
     MOZ023-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ037-
     MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR MOZ007-
     MOZ008-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ024-MOZ025.

KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR
     KSZ025-KSZ102.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR KSZ103-
     KSZ104-KSZ105.
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 1:00 PM CST, 15 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-191900-
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-
100 PM CST SAT MAR 18 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

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS FORECAST OVER FAR NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. AREAS
WEST OF A GRANT CITY TO KINGSTON TO KANSAS CITY LINE WILL SEE RAIN
DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW BY
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM
SAVANNAH TO MARYVILLE AND AREAS WEST TO THE MISSOURI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A MAJOR LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. AS IT MOVES EAST...A NEARLY STATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FEED CHILLY AIR SOUTH INTO
MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY
WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO GRANT CITY.

THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
ON MONDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW ON MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ATCHISON KANSAS TO
MACON LINE. AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR CAN EXPECT
ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET.

SMALL CHANGES IN THE THERMAL PROFILE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE TRACK
OF THE STORM WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SNOW AMOUNTS. AS A
RESULT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND OTHER AGENCIES WITH WEATHER
INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:43 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Platte13 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.