Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2007, 10:40 AM CST for 22 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 15 hr. 49 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
- Dec 22, 2007, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2007, 1:54 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 27 counties
Atchison County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 12:15 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.25 | Basehor, KS | HEAVY PEA-SIZED ICE PELLETS |
| Dec 22, 12:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Platte City, MO | SNOW BEGAN AT 1130 AM CST. ONE INCH ON THE GROUND. MIXING WITH SLEET AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 22, 12:50 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 S Atchison, KS | SNOW BEGAN AT 1100...CURRENTLY HEAVY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND. |
| Dec 22, 12:50 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Leavenworth, KS | SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. ONE INCH ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 22, 1:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | St Joseph, MO | SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. I29 CLOSED NEAR MILE MARK 50. MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT REPORTED. |
| Dec 22, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 22, 2:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Cameron, MO | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME...VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. SNOW COVERING THE GROUND...AROUND AN INCH ACCUMLATION THUS FAR. |
| Dec 22, 2:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Dearborn, MO | INTERSTATE 29 CLOSED FROM DEARBORN MO TO IOWA STATE LINE DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. RELAYED BY MEDIA IN ST JOSEPH MISSOURI |
| Dec 22, 2:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Gallatin, MO | |
| Dec 22, 2:50 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Cameron, MO | VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE...WINDS NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 27 MPH. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 22, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Plattsburg, MO | 3 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED IN PLATTSBURG |
| Dec 22, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Platte City, MO | |
| Dec 22, 3:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 22, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Trenton, MO | BLOWING SNOW AND ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 3:24 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Excelsior Springs, MO | ESTIMATED ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 22, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Faucett, MO | TWO INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. |
| Dec 22, 3:37 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Bethany, MO | TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WITH BLOWING SNOW |
| Dec 22, 3:43 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Bethany, MO | TWO TO THREE INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 22, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Ne Weston, MO | FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 22, 4:08 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Trenton, MO | WINDS DECREASED BUT STILL REPORTING BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 22, 4:08 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Leavenworth, KS | STILL SNOWING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REPORTED. |
| Dec 22, 4:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 22, 5:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Leavenworth, KS | |
| Dec 22, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Gallatin, MO | |
| Dec 22, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 1 Ese Trenton, MO | 18 TO 20 INCH DEEP DRIFTS ON NORTH SIDE OF BUILDINGS. LESSER TRAVELED ROADS NEARLY IMPASSBLE DUE TO DRIFTS. VISIBILITIES RUNNING BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 5:59 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cameron, MO | ESTIMATED FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SNOWFALL WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 6:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 22, 7:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.7 | Trenton, MO | WITH SNOW DRIFTS UP TO THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR FEET. |
| Dec 22, 7:16 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Leavenworth, KS | SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST SEVEN HOURS. |
| Dec 22, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Coatsville, MO | ALSO HAVE A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICING FROM EARLIER FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 22, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Raytown, MO | |
| Dec 22, 8:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | Trenton, MO | FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH IN THE PAST HOUR AND PRESENT VISIBILITY IS ESTIMATED AT ONE HALF OF A MILE. |
| Dec 22, 9:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Gallatin, MO | EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH ONE FOOT SNOW DRIFTS AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. |
| Dec 22, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Kci Airport, MO | OBSERVER AT KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 2.1 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 9:49 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Leawood, KS | |
| Dec 22, 9:54 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cameron, MO | ESTIMATED FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 22, 9:59 PM CST | SNOW 5 | De Soto, KS | |
| Dec 22, 10:03 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 E Olathe, KS | ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. |
| Dec 22, 10:08 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Osawatomie, KS | |
| Dec 22, 10:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Leavenworth, KS | |
| Dec 22, 10:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Effingham, KS | |
| Dec 22, 10:33 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Atchison, KS | |
| Dec 22, 10:53 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Liberty, MO | |
| Dec 22, 11:07 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Pleasant Hill, MO | |
| Dec 22, 11:10 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Albany, MO | |
| Dec 22, 11:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Plattsburg, MO | ESTIMATED FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 22, 11:34 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Maysville, MO | ESTIMATED FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 22, 11:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Bethany, MO | ESTIMATED THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 23, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Lancaster, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 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 221640 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH WILL DROP EVERYONE IN EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI BELOW THE FREEZING TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS...BECOMING WIDESPREAD IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE TEMPERATURES PLUNGING...A CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL BE OCCURRING...WITH POSSIBLY A PERIOD OF SLEET DURING THIS CHANGE OVER. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS...UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS...AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS NOW EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALSO...WITH THE MORE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE STORM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE OF A PROBLEM. THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPPED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOCATIONS IN A SWATH FROM ST JOSEPH AND HARRISONVILLE NORTHEAST THROUGH BETHANY AND KIRKSVILLE. THE SNOW SHOULD BE THE HEAVIEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. KSZ025-057-103>105-MOZ004-005-013-014-020>022-028>030-037-038-043- 230045- /O.UPG.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.071222T1800Z-071223T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0005.071222T1640Z-071223T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-GENTRY- HARRISON-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S TODAY...PERIODS OF MORNING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 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. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230045- /O.UPG.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.071222T2100Z-071223T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0005.071222T2100Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S TODAY...PERIODS OF MORNING AND AFTERNOON RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. BY THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ060-MOZ044-053-054-230045- /O.EXT.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.071222T1640Z-071223T0300Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S TODAY...PERIODS OF MORNING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. BY THIS AFTERNOON... PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>003-011-012-230000- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. A STEADIER SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230045- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.071222T2100Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1040 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S TODAY...PERIODS OF MORNING AND AFTERNOON RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 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. $$ CUTTER
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 221949 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THIS OCCURS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...HAS SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS IT PULLS MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW HAS SET UP ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS NOW EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALSO...WITH THE MORE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE STORM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE OF A PROBLEM. THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPPED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOCATIONS IN A SWATH FROM ST JOSEPH AND HARRISONVILLE NORTHEAST THROUGH BETHANY AND KIRKSVILLE. THE SNOW SHOULD BE THE HEAVIEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. KSZ025-057-103>105-MOZ004-005-013-014-020>022-028>030-037-038-043- 230300- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-GENTRY- HARRISON-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH LEADING TO MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS. ALSO...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED A MULTI CAR ACCIDENT IN ST JOSEPH...CLOSING INTERSTATE 29 THROUGH THE CITY NEAR MILE MARKER FIFTY. OTHERWISE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN NOTED FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY NORTH THROUGH ST JOSEPH SO FAR. FROM DOWN TOWN KANSAS CITY SOUTH THROUGH HARRISONVILLE IT IS STILL TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH THE CHANGE TO SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE EVENT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL OR SHOPPING PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WILLY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230400- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.071222T2100Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON... PERIODS OF AFTERNOON RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 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. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>003-011-012-230000- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. REPORTS OF UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM TARKIO IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. A STEADIER SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ060-MOZ044-053-054-230300- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE LOW 30S THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS THROUGH CLINTON MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230400- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.071222T2100Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 149 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S TODAY... PERIODS OF AFTERNOON RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 222216 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THIS OCCURS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...HAS SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS IT PULLS MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW HAS SET UP ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM TOPEKA NORTHEAST THROUGH ST JOSEPH IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ENOUGH WARM AIR HAS MIXED IN ALOFT TO ALLOW MORE SLEET FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR...CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL TRAVERS INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BRINGING AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE KC METRO BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. KSZ057-MOZ043-230300- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ MIAMI-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A LITTLE WARM AIR ALOFT...AHEAD OF THE SNOW STORM...HAS MITIGATED THE SNOWFALL TOTALS THAT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MIAMI AND CASS COUNTIES. EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK TO 3 TO 5 INCHES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT WE HAVE DOWN GRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIAMI AND CASS COUNTIES TO A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL OR SHOPPING PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ025-103>105-MOZ004-005-013-014-020>022-028>030-037-038-230300- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-GENTRY-HARRISON- DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. REPORTS CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 29 FROM DEARBORN NORTH THROUGH ST JOSEPH...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH FROM THE NORTH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN NOTED IN AND AROUND ST JOSEPH...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES SEEN JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY NORTHEAST THROUGH BETHANY. FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY SOUTH THROUGH HARRISONVILLE IT IS STILL TRANSITIONING FROM SLEET TO SNOW. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR ST JOSEPH...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE EVENT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL OR SHOPPING PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WILLY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230630- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S LATE THIS AFTERNOON...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW DURING EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 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. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>003-011-012-230000- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. REPORTS OF UP TO AN 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AN END FROM MOUND CITY MISSOURI TO GRANT CITY BY 6 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ060-MOZ044-053-054-230300- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE UPPER 20S RESULTING IN MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS THROUGH CLINTON MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY 6 PM. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230630- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 416 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 230029 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THIS OCCURS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH MISSOURI OVERNIGHT PRODUCING PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI AS IT PULLS MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW SET UP ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM TOPEKA NORTHEAST THROUGH ST JOSEPH IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ENOUGH WARM AIR HAS MIXED IN ALOFT TO ALLOW MORE SLEET FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR...CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL TRAVERS INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY LATE THIS EVENING...BRINGING AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO BY THE TIME THE STORM COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. KSZ025-103>105-MOZ004-005-013-014-020>022-028>030-037-038-230300- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-GENTRY-HARRISON- DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. REPORTS CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 29 FROM DEARBORN NORTH THROUGH ST JOSEPH...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH FROM THE NORTH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN NOTED IN AND AROUND ST JOSEPH...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES SEEN JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY NORTHEAST THROUGH BETHANY. AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY HAVE SEEN THE SLEET FINALLY TRANSITIONED TO SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCH BEING SEEN THUS FAR THIS EVENING. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR ST JOSEPH...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE EVENT COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230830- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING...RAIN AND SLEET HAS FINALLY TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW. THE BANDS OF SNOW ACROSS AREAS FROM CHILLICOTHE...TO TRENTON...AND PRINCETON...TO KIRKSVILLE WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM AROUND TRENTON INDICATE THAT 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN...WITH THE WIND DRIFTING THE SNOW AS DEEP AS TWENTY INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>003-011-012-230300- /O.EXT.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. REPORTS OF UP TO AN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...BUT WILL TAKE TO NEARLY 9 PM TO MOVE THROUGH AND EXIT THE ADVISORY AREA. MINOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFTER 9 PM...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL COME TO AN END. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-044-053-054-230300- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE 20S THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FINALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230830- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 629 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE LOWER 30S AND INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING...PERIODS OF RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OR SLEET. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW MID EVENING. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. 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. $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 230311 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SWEPT NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI...PRODUCING WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AS IT PULLED MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP NORTHEAST TONIGHT ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI GETS ITS FAIR SHARE OF WINTER WEATHER. A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW SET UP ACROSS AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM PRODUCED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM TOPEKA NORTHEAST THROUGH ST JOSEPH IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ENOUGH WARM AIR MIXED IN ALOFT TO ALLOW MORE SLEET FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR...CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL TRAVERS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BRINGING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE NORTH TIERS OF MISSOURI FROM BETHANY AND CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. KSZ025-103>105-MOZ004-020-028-230415- /O.EXP.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-GENTRY-BUCHANAN- PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ALBANY...STANBERRY... ST. JOSEPH...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO AREAS SUCH AS ST JOSEPH HAS MOVED TO THE EAST. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS AREAS FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS ON NORTH THROUGH ST JOSEPH. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>003-011-012-230415- /O.EXP.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO AREAS NORTH OF ST JOSEPH IN FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS MOVED TO THE EAST. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS AREAS THESE AREAS. THEREFORE...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MOZ005-013-014-021-022-029-030-037-038-230600- /O.EXT.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ HARRISON-DE KALB-DAVIESS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...CAMERON...GALLATIN... JAMESPORT...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. AREAS STILL AFFECTED BY THE WINTER WEATHER WILL RANGE FROM THE MISSOURI SIDE OF KANSAS CITY NORTH THROUGH BETHANY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR MAYSVILLE TO TRENTON...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE EVENT COMES TO AN END AT MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BANDS OF SNOW ACROSS AREAS FROM CHILLICOTHE...TO TRENTON...AND PRINCETON...TO KIRKSVILLE WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM AROUND TRENTON INDICATE THAT 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN...WITH THE WIND DRIFTING THE SNOW AS DEEP AS TWENTY INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-044-053-054-230600- /O.EXT.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAS BEEN SLOW TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS AROUND MIDNIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 911 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED FROM THE RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 230432 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SWEPT NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI...PRODUCING WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AS IT PULLED MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP NORTHEAST TONIGHT CONTINUING TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. THIS STORM PRODUCED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM TOPEKA NORTHEAST THROUGH ST JOSEPH IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ENOUGH WARM AIR MIXED IN ALOFT TO ALLOW MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR...CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL TRAVERS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... BRINGING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN TIERS OF MISSOURI FROM BETHANY AND CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE REST THE EVENING HOURS. MOZ013-021-029-037-230545- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ DE KALB-CLINTON-CLAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON...PLATTSBURG...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO MANY LOCATIONS TODAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS CITY AND VICINITY LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-230545- /O.CAN.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO MANY LOCATIONS TODAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS PLEASANT HILL...HARRISONVILLE... AND BUTLER. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BANDS OF SNOW ACROSS AREAS FROM CHILLICOTHE...TO TRENTON... AND PRINCETON...TO KIRKSVILLE WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM AROUND TRENTON INDICATE THAT 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN...WITH THE WIND DRIFTING THE SNOW AS DEEP AS TWENTY INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ005-014-022-030-038-230600- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT... KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. AREAS STILL AFFECTED BY THE WINTER WEATHER WILL RANGE FROM CONCORDIA NORTH THROUGH BETHANY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR MAYSVILLE TO TRENTON...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE EVENT COMES TO AN END AT MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MOZ044-054-230600- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAS BEEN SLOW TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS AROUND MIDNIGHT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1032 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING... PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED FROM THE RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 230601 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1201 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SWEPT NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI...PRODUCING WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AS IT PULLED MOISTURE UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR SITING ON THE SURFACE. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP NORTHEAST TONIGHT CONTINUING TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. THIS STORM PRODUCED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM TOPEKA NORTHEAST THROUGH ST JOSEPH IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ENOUGH WARM AIR MIXED IN ALOFT TO ALLOW MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR... CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL TRAVERS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... BRINGING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN TIERS OF MISSOURI FROM BETHANY AND CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE REST THE EVENING HOURS. MOZ005-014-022-030-038-230715- /O.EXP.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT... KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA 1201 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO MANY LOCATIONS TODAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS AREAS FROM BETHANY SOUTH TO CONCORDIA. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MOZ044-054-230715- /O.EXP.KEAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0600Z/ JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 1201 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO MANY LOCATIONS TODAY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN END OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS AREAS FROM WARRENSBURG TO CLINTON. THEREFORE...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 1201 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM AROUND TRENTON INDICATE THAT 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN...WITH THE WIND DRIFTING THE SNOW AS DEEP AS TWENTY INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230900- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1201 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 20S THIS EVENING... PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED FROM THE RAIN AND SLEET TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM EXITS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 230754 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 154 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 MOZ006>008-015>017-023-024-031-230900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...CARROLLTON 154 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ MOZ025-032-033-039-040-045-046-230900- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071223T0900Z/ MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 154 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE ADVISORY WITH NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ DB
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 Dec 22, 6:26 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:26 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
626 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERN WILL BE IN THE SHORT TERM WITH APPROACHING WINTER
STORM.
RAPIDLY EVOLVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWING THIS SYSTEM BEGINNING TO WRAP UP QUITE NICELY AS
110+KT H25 FLOW ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AXIS. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW PUSHING INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...PROGGED TO MERGE WITH SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM DURING
THE DAY. THIS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN INTERESTING SCENARIO FOR THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. INTENSIFYING SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM HAS
INDUCED PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS WEST TEXAS WITH DEEPENING SFC LOW
ALREADY TAKING SHAPE ACROSS NW TEXAS/SW OK. OVERALL...MODEL GUIDANCE
HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON THINGS SO FAR AND ONLY DEVIATE SLIGHTLY AS THE
EVENT TRANSITIONS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST.
SFC COLD FRONT NOW EDGING INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH WINDS ALREADY
GUSTING ABOVE 30KTS AS 1028MB SFC HIGH SETTLES INTO THE NORTHERN
TIER OF THE COUNTRY. RADAR BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS PRECIP BEGINNING
TO OVERSPREAD BEHIND THE SFC FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN
IOWA. HOWEVER...THIS WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME SOME DRIER AIR ABOVE THE
H85 LAYER TO SATURATE THE COLUMN ENOUGH FOR PRECIP TO REACH THE GROUND.
HOWEVER...THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FAIRLY QUICKLY AS THE STORM
SYSTEM EVOLVES EASTWARD.
INITIALLY AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SFC FRONT WILL REMAIN WARM
ENOUGH FOR PRECIP TO FALL AS RAIN...AND EXPECT ALL LIQUID ACROSS
THE SOUTHEASTERN 2/3RDS OF THE CWA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. BY THE
AFTERNOON...AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A KIRKSVILLE TO CLINTON LINE SHOULD
TRANSITION TO SNOW...PERHAPS MIXED IN WITH SLEET AT TIMES BEFORE
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES MAY HAVE A LONGER
TRANSITION PERIOD AS COLDER AIR WILL BE SLOWER TO PUSH INTO THIS
AREA WITH SFC LOW PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
MISSOURI...HALTING THE BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY TO SOME EXTENT.
THEREFORE...KEPT THIS AREA IN LIQUID FORM LONGER WITH A TRANSITION TO
A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BECOMING ALL
SNOW TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL INTENSITY AND DURATION WILL BE THE MAIN CHALLENGES THROUGH
THE EVENT. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED TOWARD A DEEPER AND
SUBSEQUENTLY STRONGER SOLUTION...WHICH SEEMS TO BE SUPPORTED BY
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. IN ADDITION...DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC OUTPUT
SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED PRECIPITATION INTENSITY DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. OPERATIONAL NAM AND GFS WITH SUPPORT FROM THE
00Z ECMWF SHOWING AN EVIDENT TROWAL SIGNATURE DEVELOPING ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS PLACES BANDED SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE CWA...MAIN ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO
UNIONVILLE AS H7 LOW PROGRESSES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO
CENTRAL MISSOURI. HIGHER SNOWFALL INTENSITY IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY
MODERATE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING AS DECENT H7-H3 Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE
AND PRONOUNCED VORT MAX OVERSPREAD THE AREA. IN
ADDITION...FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WITH DECENT OMEGAS WITHIN PRIME
DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH ZONE NOTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS WELL
SUGGESTING ENHANCED LIFT. SOME HINT OF SECONDARY AGEOSTROPHIC
VERTICAL CIRCULATIONS ALSO EVIDENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI SUPPORTING THE
AFOREMENTIONED STRONGER LIFT.
MAIN CAVEAT TO THIS SYSTEM WILL BE OVERALL SPEED AND TRANSITION TIME
NEEDED TO CHANGE LIQUID PRECIP TO FROZEN. GENERALLY WENT WITH SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...IF PRONOUNCED TROWAL FEATURE DOES
DEVELOP... AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED...A
HEADLINE UPGRADE MAY BE WARRANTED. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE AREA WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS
MADE TO ONSET AND DURATION. ALSO...ADDED SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES INTO A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THIS AREA BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW IS MADE.
OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGES MADE BEYOND TONIGHT AS GOING GRIDS SEEM TO
BE IN LINE.
DEROCHE
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVECT IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND EXPECT MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO
RESULT WITH MVFR CONDITIONS AT LEAST. MAY ALSO HAVE SOME DRIZZLE
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS FRONTOGENETIC FORCING HEADS INTO THE REGION
WITH ATMOSPHERE SATURATED BELOW 850 MB LEVEL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
STILL BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT THAT TIME.
SURFACE FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 09Z TO
12Z...BUT PRESSURE GRADIENT DOES NOT TIGHTEN UNTIL THE LATTER HALF
OF THE MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON.
WITH COLDER AIR POURING IN BY THAT TIME...AND DEEPEST SATURATION
ACROSS THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON...SHOULD GO THROUGH A PERIOD OF
RAIN MIXING WITH SLEET THEN OVER TO SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
ADDING TO THE THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE AFTERNOON SO WILL GO
WITH PERIODS OF 1/2SM.
PC
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM
SATURDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-MOZ011-MOZ012.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 PM
SATURDAY FOR MOZ004-MOZ005-MOZ013-MOZ014-MOZ020-MOZ021-
MOZ022-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ043-MOZ044-
MOZ053-MOZ054.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 AM SUNDAY
FOR MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ008-MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ023-MOZ024-
MOZ031.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 AM SUNDAY FOR
MOZ025-MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ045-MOZ046.
KS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 PM
SATURDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM
SATURDAY FOR KSZ102.Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 6:25 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 625 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-231230- 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- 625 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS COLDER AIR WILL AID IN TRANSITIONING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SLEET...SNOW AND RAIN MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO LINGER LONGER ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MACON TO SEDALIA LINE...HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION ENTIRELY TO SNOW BY THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL LOCATIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING THREE TO FIVE INCHES WILL BE CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM EMPORIA KANSAS THROUGH KANSAS CITY AND NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH KIRKSVILLE. IN AREAS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 1-3 INCHES. TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSOURI...A LONGER DURATION OF WARMER AIR WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH SNOWFALL OF 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF MOBERLY TO SEDALIA LINE. THE GREATEST IMPACT FROM THIS SNOWSTORM WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WHERE SNOW COULD COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS. PERSONS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS...SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. BY TONIGHT...COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Macon, Pettis, Randolph and 1 more | 22 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.