Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 12, 2007, 1:45 PM CST for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 15 hr. 18 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
- Jan 12, 2007, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2007, 4:47 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Macon County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:00 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Butler, MO | SHERIFF REPORTED COUNTY ROADS ICE COVERED |
| Jan 12, 3:17 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Boonville, MO | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED .25 TO .5 OF AN INCH OF SLEET. |
| Jan 12, 3:24 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Warrensburg, MO | *** 1 FATAL *** EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED .25 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY .25 OF AN INCH OF SLEET. FATAL CAR ACCIDENT 1 MILE SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD SE 500 ATTRIBUTED TO WEATHER. |
| Jan 12, 3:24 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Warrensburg, MO | *** 1 FATAL *** EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED .25 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY .25 OF AN INCH OF SLEET. FATAL CAR ACCIDENT ATTRIBUTED TO WEATHER. |
| Jan 12, 3:31 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Paola, KS | REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
| Jan 12, 3:44 PM CST | SLEET 0.37 | Sedalia, MO | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 1/4 TO 3/8S OF AN INCH OF SLEET. |
| Jan 12, 3:55 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 3 Se Clinton, MO | |
| Jan 12, 5:13 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Butler, MO | 0.60 INCHES OF ICE MEASURED SINCE 9 AM. ROAD CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS BUT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS TREES AND POWERLINES...IS MINIMAL. SEVERAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS REPORTED. |
| Jan 12, 5:21 PM CST | SLEET 0 | New Franklin, MO | ST LOUIS WFO SPOTTER TRAVELING THROUGH NEW FRANKLIN REPORTS ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ALONG HIGHWAY 40. |
| Jan 12, 6:10 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Clinton, MO | 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET ALONG WITH A GLAZE OF ICE |
| Jan 12, 6:17 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 1 Nw Warrensburg, MO | |
| Jan 12, 7:27 PM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Sedalia, MO | 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET HAS FALLEN OVER A GLAZE OF ICE |
| Jan 12, 8:08 PM CST | SLEET 0.8 | Raymore, MO | 0.8 INCHES OF SLEET HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING...REPORT VIA E-SPOTTER |
| Jan 12, 8:40 PM CST | SLEET 1 | N Fayette, MO | ONE INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF 0.1 INCHES OF ICE |
| Jan 13, 2:00 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Butler, MO | |
| Jan 13, 2:30 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Clinton, MO | |
| Jan 13, 2:30 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Warrensburg, MO | |
| Jan 13, 3:00 AM CST | SLEET 3 | Sedalia, 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KEAX 121945 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO TUMBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ARCTIC AIR PUSHES SOUTHWARD THROUGH MISSOURI AND KANSAS. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL OVERRUN THE SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET...ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. KSZ060-MOZ032-033-039-040-043>046-053-054-122230- /O.CAN.KEAX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1945Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ LINN KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 3 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES FROM PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE HARRISONVILLE...CLINTON AND BOONVILLE MISSOURI AREAS. BY EARLY SATURDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WIT NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ KSZ057-122230- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1945Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAOLA 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 69 AND 169 CORRIDORS...WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. ADDITIONAL ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WIT NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ MOZ025-122230- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1945Z-070113T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH AREAL COVERAGE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION INCREASING BY 3 PM. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS BEING REPORTED ON ROADWAYS...WITH UP TO ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY. ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. 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. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-122230- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TRACE AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 470 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. PERIODS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF BY SATURDAY MORNING. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WIT NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ KSZ103-104-MOZ021>024-028>031-122230- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 145 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TRACE AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. THROUGH 4 PM...PERIODS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH BY SATURDAY 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. $$ SF
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 121957 CCA WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO TUMBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ARCTIC AIR PUSHES SOUTHWARD THROUGH MISSOURI AND KANSAS. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL OVERRUN THE SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET...ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. KSZ060-MOZ032-033-039-040-043>046-053-054-122245- /O.CAN.KEAX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1953Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ LINN KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 3 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES FROM PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE HARRISONVILLE...CLINTON AND BOONVILLE MISSOURI AREAS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BY EARLY SATURDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE TOTAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WITH A NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ KSZ057-122245- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1953Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ MIAMI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAOLA 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 69 AND 169 CORRIDORS...WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. ADDITIONAL ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WITH A NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ MOZ025-122245- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.070112T1953Z-070113T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH AREAL COVERAGE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION INCREASING BY 3 PM. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS BEING REPORTED ON ROADWAYS...WITH UP TO ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY. ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-122245- /O.COR.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TRACE AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 470 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. PERIODS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF BY SATURDAY MORNING. BEYOND TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT AS THE MAIN UPPER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THREAT OF MORE ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW...WITH A NARROW BAND OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON MISSOURI. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY. 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. 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. $$ KSZ103-104-MOZ021>024-028>031-122245- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 153 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL INCREASE DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TRACE AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH ALREADY ARE BEING REPORTED ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES...AND A THICK GLAZING EXISTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70...INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. THROUGH 4 PM...PERIODS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH BY 4 PM...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SF
000 WWUS43 KEAX 122239 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WILL PACK A PUNCH ACROSS THE THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED AS A POTENT UPPER STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES EJECTS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES INTO THE PLAINS. MOZ033-040-044>046-053-054-130330- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ RANDOLPH-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING A GLAZING OF ICE AND UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...LEADING TO UP TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND HIGHWAY RAMPS. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER MISSOURI THROUGH WARRENSBURG TO BOONVILLE...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IMPACTING THE CLINTON AND SEDALIA AREAS. BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS TO A CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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-MOZ032-039-043-130330- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CHARITON-SALINE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING AN EIGHTH TO A QUARTER ICE ACCUMULATION WITH UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ALSO BEING REPORTED. SLEET AND BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF A BIT BY 6 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. ROADS ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WITH LITTLE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND LIMIT ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-130330- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.070113T1200Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR TO CONCORDIA MISSOURI. SLEET AND BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF A BIT BY 6 PM. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. 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. $$ MOZ025-130330- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A LARGE SWATH OF SLEET WITH PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MOBERLY AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BY 8 PM...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL ALLOW SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO APPROACH ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ103-104-MOZ021>024-028>031-130330- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 439 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CHILLICOTHE AREA. SLEET AND BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF A BIT BY 6 PM IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND KANSAS CITY AREAS...AND BY 8 PM IN THE KINGSTON AND CHILLICOTHE AREAS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 435 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. 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. $$ SF
000 WWUS43 KEAX 130057 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WILL PACK A PUNCH ACROSS THE THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED AS A POTENT UPPER STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES EJECTS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES INTO THE PLAINS. MOZ033-040-044>046-053-054-130800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING A GLAZING OF ICE WITH UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...LEADING UP TO OR EXCEEDING TWO INCHES OF SLEET AND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND HIGHWAY RAMPS. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER MISSOURI THROUGH WARRENSBURG TO BOONVILLE...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IMPACTING THE CLINTON AND SEDALIA AREAS. BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO A CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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-MOZ032-039-043-130800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CHARITON-SALINE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE INDICATING AN EIGHTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ALSO BEING REPORTED. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. ROADS ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WITH LITTLE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND LIMIT ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-130800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...WHICH HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR TO CONCORDIA MISSOURI. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 470 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. 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. $$ MOZ025-130800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A LARGE SWATH OF SLEET WITH PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MACON AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY TEMPORARILY CEASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL ALLOW SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO APPROACH ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. 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. $$ KSZ103-104-MOZ021>024-028>031-130800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 657 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. EARLY THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...WHICH HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CHILLICOTHE AREA. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435 AND INTERSTATE 635 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDORS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 130319 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AND PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED AS A POTENT UPPER STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES EJECTS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES INTO THE PLAINS. KSZ103-104-MOZ021>024-028-131130- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CHILLICOTHE AREA. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SLEET HAS NOW SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435 AND INTERSTATE 635 URBAN LOOPS... AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDORS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL AGAIN BE LIFTED OVER THE COLD AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TEMPORARILY ENDS LATER IN THE EVENING. 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. $$ MOZ033-040-044>046-053-054-131130- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING A GLAZING OF ICE WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...LEADING UP TO OR EXCEEDING TWO INCHES OF SLEET AND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WERE REPORTING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES... OVERPASSES AND HIGHWAY RAMPS. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER MISSOURI THROUGH WARRENSBURG TO BOONVILLE...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IMPACTING THE CLINTON AND SEDALIA AREAS. BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO A CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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-MOZ032-039-043-131130- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CHARITON-SALINE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE INDICATING AN EIGHTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ALSO BEING REPORTED. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. ROADS ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WITH LITTLE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND LIMIT ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-131130- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...WHICH HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR TO CONCORDIA MISSOURI. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435..INTERSTATE 635 AND INTERSTATE 470 URBAN LOOPS...AS WELL AS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. BEYOND TONIGHT...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW PRODUCING TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ON SUNDAY. BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BLANKET THE AREA. 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. 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. $$ MOZ025-131130- /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. PERIOD OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MACON AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. THE SLEET MAY TEMPORARILY CEASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY SATURDAY. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...THUS UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL AGAIN BE LIFTED OVER THE COLD AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TEMPORARILY ENDS LATER IN THE EVENING. 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. 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. $$ MOZ029>031-131130- /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS ARE INDICATING AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET...ON TOP OF A GLAZING OF ICE...WHICH HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CHILLICOTHE AREA. PERIODIC SHOWERS OF SLEET...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH BY SATURDAY MORNING. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EXIST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 435 LOOP AND INTERSTATE 70...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURTAIL ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL AGAIN BE LIFTED OVER THE COLD AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TEMPORARILY ENDS LATER IN THE EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ025-102-MOZ004>008-012>017-020-131130- /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING... SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 919 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BE LIFTED OVER THE COLD AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS SATURDAY...BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TEMPORARILY ENDS LATER IN THE EVENING. 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. $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 131047 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AND PRODUCE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED STARTING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT WITH MORE SLEET AND SNOW. CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY ALSO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN. THEN A FINAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION THAT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL BE OCCURRING ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MOZ033-040-044>046-053-054-131900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION HAD EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SLEET OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY ON MONDAY. 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-MOZ032-039-043-131900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CHARITON-SALINE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION HAD EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH...BUT SLEET AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SLEET AND SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO TWO INCHES ON SUNDAY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MOZ025-131900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.070114T1800Z-070115T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION HAD EXITED THE REGION THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH...BUT SLEET AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH SLEET AND SNOW MAY OCCUR WITH THE FINAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. $$ KSZ105-MOZ037-038-131900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.070113T1800Z-070115T0600Z/ JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION HAD EXITED THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AS THE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO MOVE IN THIS MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH SLEET AND SNOW MAY OCCUR WITH THE FINAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MOZ029>031-131900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.070114T1800Z-070115T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION HAD EXITED THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AS THE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO MOVE IN THIS MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY ON MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ004>008-012>017-020>024-028-131900- /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.070114T1800Z-070115T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0002.070113T1800Z-070114T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEN ONE LAST ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY EXIT THE REGION BY EARLY ON MONDAY. 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. 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. $$ MOZ001>003-011-131900- /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.070114T1800Z-070115T1200Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON 447 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME LIGHTER SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR ON SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL THE WINTRY WEATHER SHOULD EXIT THE REGION EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. $$ PC
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 Jan 12, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1045 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
.DISCUSSION...
HAVE UPGRADED THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS MAY REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH UNTIL LATER
THIS EVENING...LATEST THINKING IS THAT AN INCREASED PERIOD OF
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE
THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING DRIZZLE/FREEZING
RAIN THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...THOUGH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
TO SEE SLEET MIX IN ALSO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE MIXED
PRECIPITATION...INCLUDED FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW FLURRIES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED. ALSO MADE SOME DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO
TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY.
STOFLET
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
/521 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007/
A POTENT WINTER STORM IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE QUESTION THAT WILL OCCUPY THIS MORNINGS
FORECAST IS JUST HOW FAR NORTH THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL
GET...AND HOW MUCH ACCUMULATION WE WILL ULTIMATELY END UP WITH.
ALOFT SATELLITE IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS SHOW A SOUTHWEST
FLOW DOMINATING THE PLAINS AS A LOW CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTH THROUGH
THE GREAT BASIN TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SHOWS A DECENT PLUME OF MOISTURE STRETCHING NORTHEAST THROUGH TEXAS
AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. CLOSER TO
THE SURFACE THE COLD FRONT HAS SURGED SOUTH DUE TO THE SHEAR WEIGHT
OF THE COLD AIR BEHIND IT. THE LATEST SURFACE OBS INDICATE THE THE
FRONT IS JUST LEAVING OUR CWA...PLACING THE FRONT FROM JUST NORTH OF
QUINCY ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST ALONG OUR BORDER TO NEAR TULSA.
TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY IN THE COLD POOL AND DEW POINT
DEPRESSIONS ARE RANGING BETWEEN 5F AND 8F DEGREES. 3 HOUR PRESSURE
CHANGES SHOW A 5MB INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT I FEEL THAT THE
COLD POOL WILL SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE OZARKS DUE TO
THE TERRAIN. THE SALLOWNESS OF THE COLD POOL IS REINFORCED BY THE
OBSERVATION THAT THE 8H FRONT IS STILL LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
THIS MORNING ACCORDING TO THE 8H PROFILER NETWORK...SOME 175 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE FRONT.
LIGHT PRECIP IN THE FORM OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS BEGINNING TO APPEAR
ON SURFACE OBS AND RADAR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA AS OVERRUNNING MOISTURE BEGINS INTERACTING WITH THE COLD FRONT.
THIS IS MERELY THE RESULT OF THE FIRST OF MANY SMALL SHORTWAVES THAT
WILL EJECT ACROSS THE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE MAIN
LOW...TO OUR WEST...TRAVERSES EAST EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK. THE GFS
AND WRF ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT AS TO THE POSITION OF THE
COLD FRONT WELL TO OUR SOUTH...AND THE ELEVATED 8H FRONT HANGING
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
RESULTING TEMPERATURES PROFILE INDICATES A SHALLOW COLD POOL WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE DEEPER
LAYER OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE 8H FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE REGION AS A LARGE PORTION OF THE ENERGY FROM THE LOW TO
OUR WEST EJECTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS
LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
MODEL SOUNDINGS DESCRIBE THE DRY SHALLOW COLD POOL QUITE WELL ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY AND TOMORROW...BUT ALSO SHOW THAT SUFFICIENT DEEP
LAYER MOISTURE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE A PROBLEM AT TIMES WITHIN
AND ABOVE THE WARM NOSE ABOVE THE COLD POOL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION FOR NOW WILL RESIDE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE
FORECAST AREA...CLOSEST TO THE BETTER MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH. BOTH
THE GFS AND WRF AGREE THAT THE NEXT SHORTWAVE OF ANY IMPORT IS
CURRENTLY ENTERING WEST TEXAS AT THIS TIME. THIS WAVE WILL ADVECT
ENOUGH MOISTURE NORTH TO SPREAD OUR LIKELY POPS NORTH TO A LINE FORM
KANSAS CITY TO MACON FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...AFTER
TONIGHT THE VAGARIES IN THE PATHS OF THE SHORTWAVES MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN PRECIP TYPES AND AMOUNTS WITH ANY CONFIDENCE.
THEREFORE...WHILE I HAVE ADJUSTED TODAYS WEATHER ADVISORIES AND EVEN
EXTENDED THEM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...I HAVE KEPT THE WINTER
WATCH INTACT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO
ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO PIN DOWN PRECIP TYPE...AMOUNTS...AND NEEDED
WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS.
FOR TODAY I HAVE LEFT THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN PLACE ALONG MUCH
THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDGE OF THE CWA...BUT DID EXPAND IT TO RUN
THROUGH THE NIGHT UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY. MODEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
AND RELATIVELY WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITING FACTORS IN
ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAY...AND EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...KEEPING ACCUMULATIONS UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH. FARTHER
WEST...IN AREAS FROM THE KC METRO NORTHEAST TO MACON...I HAVE
CONVERTED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
AND RAN IT OUR THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT
SLEET WILL MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DUE TO THE SLIGHTLY DEEPER
AND COLDER POOL OF AIR AS YOU MOVE WEST AND NORTH. ADDITIONALLY...
THE LARGE DEW POINT DEPRESSION MIGHT ALLOW FOR ENOUGH DIABATIC
COOLING AS THE RAIN FALLS THROUGH THE SURFACE LAYER TO RESULT IN
SLEET. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL COVER THE POTENTIAL MIXED
PRECIP TYPE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
CUTTER
/1005 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007/
SEVERAL CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE THIS EVENING. MOST
IMPORTANTLY IS THE CANCELLATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY ACROSS
FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. MUCH DRIER AIR HAS
ADVECTED IN FROM ERN NEBRASKA WITH SFC T/TD SPREADS IN EXCESS OF 5F.
IN ADDITION...AIR IN THE WARM ELEVATED LAYER REMAINS BELOW
SATURATION...AND APPEARS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT ANY FREEZING
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. KEPT THE FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY GOING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MAINLY IN ANTICIPATION
OF BETTER MOISTURE ARRIVING FRIDAY MORNING SUPPORTING PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TO BE QUITE SCANT...WITH THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR SOUTHERN STRIP OF COUNTIES IN MY CWA
WHERE BETTER SATURATION IS EXPECTED TO EXIST. STILL REMAINS A GOOD
DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY ACROSS THE KC METRO AREA...AND MIDNIGHT SHIFT
WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THESE POSSIBILITIES.
MORE CERTAIN IS THE INCREASED FORWARD PROPAGATION OF THE COLD
FRONT...AND ADVANCEMENT OF MUCH COLDER AIR. HAVE ADJUSTED ZONES FOR
THE QUICKER WIND SHIFT...AND HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES JUST ABOUT
AREAWIDE CONSIDERING THE LOWER 20S AND TEENS ALREADY PRESENT ACROSS
ERN NEBRASKA.
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/345 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007/
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CNTRL IOWA INTO THE NW TIP OF
MISSOURI THROUGH CNTRL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WERE ABNORMALLY WARM IN THE 50S..AND EVEN 60S IN EASTERN
KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...BUT THE PARTY IS ABOUT OVER WITH
STRONG PRESSURE RISES OVER NEBRASKA AND THE DAKOTAS FORCING A MUCH
COLDER AIRMASS SOUTH...WITH TEMPS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER SOUTH
DAKOTA. THIS AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY ADVECT INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT
WITH TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING.
MEANWHILE...RESIDUAL MOISTURE ABOVE THE SFC BETWEEN 850 AND 950 MB
WILL BE CONDENSED INTO A LOWER CLOUD DECK...AND MARGINAL SYNOPTIC
SCALE LIFT WILL BE PRESENT TO ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF VERY LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AND PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. AN ADVISORY IS
ALREADY ISSUED FOR VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...ALTHOUGH AREAS ACROSS
FAR NW MISSOURI MAY END UP ONLY SEEING TRACE AMOUNTS WHEN ALL IS
SAID AND DONE. NEVERTHELESS...GLAZING DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS COULD PRESENT QUITE A TRAVEL HEADACHE...PARTICULARLY
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
HEADING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AREAS NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO
PRINCETON LINE WILL LIKELY SEE A COMPLETE END TO ANY WINTRY PRECIP
AS STRONGER SUBSIDENCE...DEEPER CAA..AND AN INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR
NEAR THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER. WOULD NOT AT ALL BE SURPRISED TO SEE
SOME BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST AS WELL. OF MORE CONCERN IS AREAS ALONG
ANS SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO MACON LINE WHICH WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO THE
8H WAA AND SURGE OF MOISTURE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS HERE SHOW A MUCH
DEEP SATURATED LAYER MORE CONDUSIVE FOR A MORE PROLONGED FREEZING
RAIN EVENT INTO FRIDAY EVENING. MODEL QPF FIELDS SHOW A RATHER SHARP
BOUNDARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 8H FRONT AND AN INCREASING SFC T/TD
SPREAD. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE DRIER AIR IN THE
WARM NOSE WILL PROGRESS...LET THE ADVISORY GO ONLY UNTIL 00Z
SAT...COVERING FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A WATCH. EXPECT
MOST AREAS FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA NORTH TO EXPERIENCE A
GOOD BREAK IN ANY FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE STARTING SOMETIME FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
MODEL DISCREPANCIES BECOME VERY APPARENT BY EARLY SATURDAY AS THE
GFS PUSHES THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WELL SOUTH INTO SRN
MISSOURI. HOWEVER...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE BACKING 8H WINDS
IN RESPONSE TO SHORTWAVE ENERGY BEGINNING TO EJECT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
WAVE OVER THE DESERT SW. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A FRESH SURGE OF OF
MOISTURE ABOVE THE SHALLOW COLD DOME. 295-300K ISENTROPIC SURFACE
SUPPORT THIS IDEA...ALTHOUGH THE MAIN BRUNT OF THE LIFT APPEARS
FOCUSED ACROSS SRN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. HOWEVER...CANNOT DISCOUNT
THE MAGNITUDE OF WARM MOIST AIR IN THE WARM NOSE...WITH 8H TEMPS AND
DEWPOINTS NEAR +6C...AND AM CONCERNED THAT ANY PERTURBATION IN THE
FLOW CAUSING THIS AIR TO BEGIN TO ADVECT NORTH WILL LEAD TO
REEMERGENCE OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE ACROSS THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA. THUS...HAVE COVERED THE AREA SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WITH A
WATCH.
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A LULL IN PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE IN STORE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
SATURDAY...WITH THE ISENTROPIC PROGS SHOWING NEAR NEUTRAL ADVECTION
AND EVEN SOME TEMPORARY ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE. DURING THIS TIME THE
FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE BETWEEN EXITING SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO THE EAST
AND THE EASTWARD PROGRESSING MAIN UPPER LOW TO THE WEST. THERE IS
SOME MODEL SUGGESTION THAT ANOTHER RIPPLE IN THE UPPER FLOW IN
ADVANCE OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING
LIFT BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES BECOMING
LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERMAL PROFILES ON SATURDAY
INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FOR MOST OF
THE FORECAST AREA. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH BETTER CHANCES TO
MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND THE BETTER
CHANCES FOR PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI.
THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL ADVANCE ACROSS COLORADO TOWARD WESTERN
KANSAS ON SUNDAY. THE MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN GENERAL
AGREEMENT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES...IN
BRINGING AN AREA OF IMPRESSIVE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ACROSS NORTHERN
KANSAS/NEBRASKA AND INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI/SOUTHWEST IOWA ON
SUNDAY. THESE INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR
PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS
ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY. IF THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE
IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS SUCH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL/MIXED
PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS LOOK INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...THE WATCH WILL NEED TO BE EXPANDED FURTHER NORTH.
THE ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD LATE SUNDAY
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE
CENTRAL CONUS. WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED
FROM MONDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
STOFLET
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ039-
MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-MOZ045-MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR
MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-
MOZ045-MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR MOZ021-MOZ022-
MOZ023-MOZ024-MOZ025-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ037-
MOZ038.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR
KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ105.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ103-
KSZ104-KSZ105.
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR KSZ060.
WFO EAXHazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 1:07 PM CST, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 107 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131200- 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- 107 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 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 MIXED BAG OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CENTRAL MISSOURI... INTO FAR EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR AREAS ALONG FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO TO CARROLLTON TO MACON...PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER. DUE TO THE THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS...PERSONS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING OR AVOID IT ENTIRELY IF NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS TO WARRENSBURG TO MOBERLY...SOUTH ACROSS CLINTON...SEDALIA AND THE TRUMAN LAKE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. GIVEN THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS SPREADING INTO MID MISSOURI...PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING POWER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR SATURDAY...A GENERAL LULL IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED. A MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI SUNDAY...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHERE THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATE SUNDAY. FURTHER NORTH...THE SUNDAY EVENT SHOULD BE MAINLY ALL SNOW...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES EXPECTED. PERSONS ARE URGED TO MONITOR LATER OUTLOOKS AS THIS SECOND STORM APPROACHES...WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. BOOKBINDER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 12, 9:23 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
923 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM FREEZING RAIN WARRENSBURG 38.76N 93.73W
01/12/2007 E0.10 INCH JOHNSON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WITH
INJURIES IN WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY MO.
0859 AM FREEZING RAIN LEES SUMMIT 38.92N 94.38W
01/12/2007 E0.00 INCH JACKSON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 2 FATAL *** LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2 FATALITIES AS
A RESULT OF ICING CONDITIONS. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED AT
INTERSECTION OF HWY 291 AND HWY 150...THE OTHER OCCURRED
IN VICINTY OF LEES SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL. TIME OF EVENTS IS
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
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JLALocal storm report, Jan 12, 10:57 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1057 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 NNE INDEPENDENCE 39.16N 94.32W
01/12/2007 E0.00 INCH JACKSON MO AMATEUR RADIO
*** 1 INJ *** EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SERIOUS
INJURY ACCIDENT AT HWY 291 AND KENTUCKY ROAD
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JLALocal storm report, Jan 12, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1138 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1129 AM FREEZING RAIN ETHEL 39.89N 92.74W
01/12/2007 U0.00 INCH MACON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN HAD PRODUCED
SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACES. SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS
CARS IN DITCHES ALONG HWYS 36 IN MACON COUNTY.
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JLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:34 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | EAX | Linn | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Linn, Miami | 55 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
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.