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Snow Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 30, 20087 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this snow advisory at Jan 30, 2008, 4:47 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 10:24 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2008, 4:47 AM CST (10:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2008, 10:24 PM CST
Expired
Feb 1, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 41 counties

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

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS43 KEAX 301047
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
447 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO
THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN
KANSAS TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE MISSOURI REGION
BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.
LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION ON FRIDAY.

KSZ025-102>104-MOZ012>015-020>025-028>033-301900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
TRENTON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY
447 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI BY TOMORROW MORNING...THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS
MISSOURI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...2 TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS
NORTH OF THE AREA AND HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER.

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

$$

KSZ057-060-105-MOZ037>040-043>046-053-054-301900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK...
OLATHE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
447 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI BY TOMORROW MORNING...THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS
MISSOURI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...4 TO 7 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS
EXPECTED NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. HOWEVER THE TRACK OF THE STORM
SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...AND A SHIFT NORTH OR SOUTH WILL
ULTIMATELY CHANGE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

$$

NRR
15 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 301725
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1125 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI
BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME GRADUALLY LIGHTER
HEADING NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE
REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING.

KSZ025-102>104-MOZ012>015-020>025-028>033-310130-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-
CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
TRENTON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY
1125 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI BY TOMORROW MORNING...THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD
EAST ACROSS MISSOURI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...2 TO
4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH
LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI...AND HEAVIER AMOUNTS
TO THE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

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

$$

KSZ057-060-105-MOZ037>040-043>046-053-054-310130-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK...
OLATHE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
1125 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008

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

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

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI BY TOMORROW MORNING...THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD
EAST ACROSS MISSOURI DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. SOMEWHAT LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF
THE MISSOURI RIVER....HOWEVER THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM REMAINS
SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...AND ANY SHIFT NORTH OR SOUTH WILL DETERMINE
WHICH LOCATIONS EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. 

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.

$$

21
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 302145
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST-NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI BY
THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL BANDS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME GRADUALLY LIGHTER HEADING NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION BY FRIDAY
MORNING.

KSZ057-060-105-MOZ037-043-053-310545-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T0900Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK...
OLATHE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE SPORADICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...ADDING TO THE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES COMMONLY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS..

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.

$$

MOZ044>046-054-310545-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T1200Z/
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...
CLINTON
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD
INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL WILL
CONTINUE SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES
OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO THE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS.

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.

$$

MOZ038>040-310545-
/O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

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

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD
INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL WILL
CONTINUE SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES
OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. 

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

$$

MOZ004>008-011-016-017-310545-
/O.EXA.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...AND MOVE INTO
NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE
SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY
FRIDAY MORNING.

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

$$

KSZ025-103-104-MOZ021>025-028>033-310545-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY
THURSDAY MORNING...THEN CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS MISSOURI
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING.

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

$$

KSZ102-MOZ012>015-020-310545-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T1200Z/
DONIPHAN-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...ST. JOSEPH
345 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND
SPREAD INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI MISSOURI LATER THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EVENING
HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING.

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

$$

21
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 310424
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT WILL TAKE AIM FROM NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...THE OZARKS...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION IS LOOKING TO
SPARE MUCH OF THE REGION OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL FALL ACROSS
THE REGION ON FRIDAY.

KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-311230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T0900Z-080201T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN SUBURBS DURING THE MID
MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT. BRISK EAST WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER
SOUTH...LIMITING POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING FURTHER SOUTH FROM PAOLA
TO HARRISONVILLE.

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

$$

MOZ044-311230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
JOHNSON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARRENSBURG
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE WARRENSBURG AREA AND
ADJACENT COMMUNITIES DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY.
LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AROUND MIDNIGHT. BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COULD LEAD TO
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER
SOUTH...LIMITING POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN AREAS.

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

$$

KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...
BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING AND
GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO MID MISSOURI. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH
4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
NIGHT. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE
SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO THE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY REDUCED TO ONE
HALF MILE OR LESS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE EVEN GREATER
TOWARD THE OZARKS AS THIS STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER SOUTH.

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

$$

KSZ025-103-104-MOZ021>025-028>033-038>040-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-
SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING AND
GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER
AMOUNTS FURTHER EASTERN ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. AMOUNTS OF AROUND
AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY
METRO. 

BRISK NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS.

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

$$

KSZ102-MOZ004>008-011>017-020-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
DONIPHAN-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...AND
SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOWFALL
WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EVENING
HOURS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
TREND FURTHER SOUTH...AREAS TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER MAY SEE LITTLE OR
NO ACCUMULATION. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

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

$$

BOOKBINDER
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 310455 CCA
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED FRIDAY TO THURSDAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT WILL TAKE AIM FROM NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...THE OZARKS...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION IS LOOKING TO
SPARE MUCH OF THE REGION OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL FALL ACROSS
THE REGION ON THURSDAY.

KSZ057-105-MOZ037-043-311230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T0900Z-080201T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN SUBURBS DURING THE MID
MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT. BRISK EAST WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER
SOUTH...LIMITING POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING FURTHER SOUTH FROM PAOLA
TO HARRISONVILLE.

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

$$

MOZ044-311230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
JOHNSON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARRENSBURG
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE WARRENSBURG AREA AND
ADJACENT COMMUNITIES DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
AROUND MIDNIGHT. BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COULD LEAD TO
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER
SOUTH...LIMITING POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN AREAS.

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

$$

KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...
BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING AND
GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO MID MISSOURI. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 
HOURS...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED 
BY THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL 
ALSO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO THE 
VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY REDUCED 
TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE EVEN 
GREATER TOWARD THE OZARKS AS THIS STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TREND 
FURTHER SOUTH.

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

$$

KSZ025-103-104-MOZ021>025-028>033-038>040-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-
SALINE-HOWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING AND
GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER
AMOUNTS FURTHER EASTERN ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. AMOUNTS OF AROUND
AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY
METRO. 

BRISK NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS.

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

$$

KSZ102-MOZ004>008-011>017-020-311230-
/O.EXT.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
DONIPHAN-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
1024 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...AND 
SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT 
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND EVENING 
HOURS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO 
TREND FURTHER SOUTH...AREAS TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER MAY SEE LITTLE OR 
NO ACCUMULATION. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

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

$$

BOOKBINDER
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 310936
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
336 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

.THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL TAKE AIM FROM NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...ACROSS THE OZARKS...AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION WILL
SPARE MUCH OF THE REGION FROM THE BRUNT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

KSZ060-MOZ045-046-053-054-311745-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...
BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
336 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE...AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY
MID MORNING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI
THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATER TO THE SOUTH OF
THIS AREA...AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TREND FURTHER
SOUTH.

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

$$

KSZ025-102-MOZ004>008-011>017-020>025-311045-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...
TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA
336 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE SNOW CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST TODAY...WITH EXPECTED SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS GENERALLY AT AROUND 1 INCH OR LESS AND ONLY POCKETS OF 2
INCHES...SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE SNOW
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KSZ057-103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-043-044-311745-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG
336 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST-
NORTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND GRADUALLY INTO CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE
AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. POCKETS OF
4 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

BRISK EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS IN BLOWING SNOW.

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

$$

NRR
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 311327
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
727 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

.THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE
AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL OCCUR TODAY.

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-312130-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
727 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND IS
CURRENTLY MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM MOUND CITY KANSAS AND BUTLER MISSOURI THROUGH THE
SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH
9 AM. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS CAN BE
EXPECTED...BEFORE SNOWFALL INTENSITIES INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. POCKETS OF 4 INCHES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. BRISK EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN
BLOWING SNOW.

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

$$

21
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 311453
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

.THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF
THE AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG
WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL OCCUR TODAY.

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-312300-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.080131T1500Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A COUPLE BANDS OF SNOW WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...WITH A BAND OF
MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEES SUMMIT THROUGH PAOLA. THIS
BAND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO THE NORTH AND
EAST THROUGH 11 AM. OTHER BANDS OF SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED IN THESE SNOW BANDS.

OTHERWISE...SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 1 TO 3
INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. POCKETS OF
4 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. BRISK EAST-
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN
BLOWING SNOW.

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

$$
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 311744
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1144 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

.THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF
THE AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...WILL OCCUR TODAY.

KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-010145-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1144 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SEVERAL BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUE OVER AND NEAR THE ADVISORY AREA
LATE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST BAND WAS LOCATED NORTH OF THE KANSAS
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL
BANDS OF SNOW WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...AND MOVING TOWARDS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. POCKETS OF 3 INCHES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. BRISK
EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE MILE OR LESS
IN BLOWING SNOW.

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

$$

21
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 311940
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
140 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008


KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-010345-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...
INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
140 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN FOCUSED ACROSS THE
OZARKS...THEN THE AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
LOCATIONS FROM SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY END UP
WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA MAY PICK
UP AN INCH OF SNOWFALL.

THROUGH 330 PM...THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS
FROM AROUND CENTERVILLE KANSAS...THROUGH HARRISONVILLE AND
BUTLER...TO CLINTON AND WARRENSBURG...CONCORDIA...SWEET
SPRINGS...MARSHALL AND MOBERLY.

BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE MILE OR LESS
IN THE HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW.

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

$$

PC
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 312031
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
231 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

KSZ103-104-MOZ028-029-312145-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-PLATTE-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
231 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE METRO AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD REMAIN UNDER AN INCH. 

$$

KSZ057-060-105-MOZ030>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-010445-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-
LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK...
OLATHE...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...
MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
231 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN FOCUSED
ACROSS THE OZARKS...THEN THE AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF FURTHER TO
THE NORTH. LOCATIONS FROM SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI MAY END UP WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE SOUTHEAST
PORTION OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF JOHNSON
COUNTY IN KANSAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND THE GRANDVIEW...LEES
SUMMIT...BLUE SPRINGS AREA IN MISSOURI MAY PICK UP AN INCH OF
SNOWFALL.

THROUGH 4 PM...THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...WILL BE AFFECTING
AREAS FROM AROUND CENTERVILLE TO LOUISBURG KANSAS...THROUGH
BELTON...HARRISONVILLE AND ADRIAN...TO ODESSA...HOLDEN...WARRENSBURG...
CONCORDIA....MARSHALL AND MOBERLY.

BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ADDING TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE
MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW.

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

$$

PC
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 312127
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
327 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

KSZ057-105-MOZ030-037-312230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
MIAMI-JOHNSON KS-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...
RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
327 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF KANSAS CITY AND
PORTIONS OF MIAMI COUNTY IN KANSAS AND RAY COUNTY IN MISSOURI...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE UNDER AN INCH. STILL DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH FOR
WET AND SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS UNTIL THE SNOW ENDS BY SUNSET. 

$$

KSZ060-MOZ031>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-010530-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
327 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING...AND INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN FOCUSED
ACROSS THE OZARKS...THEN THE AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF FURTHER TO THE
NORTH. LOCATIONS FROM SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY
END UP WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF 3
INCHES. 

THROUGH 5 PM...THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...WILL BE
AFFECTING AREAS FROM AROUND BUTLER...ADRIAN AND ARCHIE...TO
HOLDEN...WARRENSBURG...CONCORDIA...SWEET SPRINGS...MARSHALL...FAYETTE AND
MOBERLY. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF KANSAS
CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADWAYS. 

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

$$

PC
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 312254
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
454 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

KSZ060-MOZ031>033-038>040-043>046-053-054-010600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
454 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW AVERAGING ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE HAS SET UP
FROM RICH HILL THROUGH BUTLER...WARRENSBURG...MARSHALL TO FOREST
GREEN. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS THIS
BAND SHIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THROUGH
4:30 PM AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED ON THE CAMPUS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AT WARRENSBURG AND AROUND 1 INCH OF
SNOW HAS FALLEN IN MARSHALL. MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON
GRASSY SURFACES BUT ROADS WERE BECOMING SLUSH COVERED. 

THROUGH 7 PM...THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...WILL AFFECT AREAS EAST OF
A BUTLER...WARRENSBURG...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...TO JACKSONVILLE LINE. 
MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF KANSAS CITY SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS.

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

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 010123
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
723 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

KSZ060-MOZ031-038-043-053-010230-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
LINN KS-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...
RICH HILL
723 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EAST AND SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY FROM
CARROLLTON TO LEXINGTON TO HARRISONVILLE AND BUTLER THROUGH 9 PM.
HOWEVER...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.

$$

MOZ032-033-039-040-044>046-054-010600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...CLINTON
723 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED DOWN TO ABOUT HALF A
MILE WITH MODERATE SNOW. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE EAST OF A DEEPWATER TO SEDALIA TO MOBERLY LINE. 

EARLIER THIS EVENING A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW PRODUCED 3 TO 5 INCH
SNOWS FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF URICH THROUGH CHILHOWEE AND
WARRENSBURG. GENERALLY 2 INCH SNOWFALLS HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA.

THROUGH 9 PM...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS EAST OF A WINDSOR
TO SEDALIA TO MOBERLY LINE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY
50 EAST OF KANSAS CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AND SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS.

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

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 010353
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
953 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

MOZ044-054-010500-
/O.CAN.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
JOHNSON MO-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON
953 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL REMAIN
THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

MOZ032-033-039-040-045-046-010600-
/O.CON.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
953 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

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

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED DOWN TO
ABOUT A MILE AT TIMES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
EAST PILOT GROVE TO MOBERLY LINE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOONVILLE
AND FAYETTE. THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT.

EARLIER THIS EVENING A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW PRODUCED 3 TO
5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF URICH THROUGH CHILHOWEE AND
WARRENSBURG. GENERALLY 2 INCH SNOWFALLS HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA.

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

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KEAX 010555
WSWEAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1155 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

MOZ032-033-039-040-045-046-010700-
/O.EXP.KEAX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
1155 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

THE SNOWFALL HAS RAPIDLY EXITED CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS WEST OF COLUMBIA. 
ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK THROUGH THE NIGHT SO
EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED FOR THOSE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT.

$$

MJ

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 29, 11:28 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 11:28 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1128 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST ON TRACK THIS EVENING WITH WINDS RAPIDLY SUBSIDING AS
SURFACE RIDGE AXIS QUICKLY APPROACHES FROM OUR IMMEDIATE WEST.
AMAZING TEMPERATURE DROP TODAY. WAS LIKE WATCHING A BAD DAY ON WALL
STREET TODAY AS TEMPS SPIRALED DOWNWARD...FINALLY PLATEAUING IN THE
UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS AFTER STARTING OUT IN THE MID 50S.
WITH CLEAR SKIES...DIMINISHING WINDS...AND A THIN COATING OF FRESH
SNOW...FIRST THOUGHTS WERE THAT RADIATIONAL COOLING WOULD LEAD TO
ANOTHER PRECIPITOUS DROP IN TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH
THE PATTERN SO PROGRESSIVE...WE ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY WARM
ADVECTING/DOWNSLOPING ALOFT WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL WNW FLOW PER 00Z
KTOP SOUNDING. OBJECTIVE MODEL GUIDANCE CERTAINLY TOO WARM OVERNIGHT
(WITH CURRENT TEMPS BELOW THEIR PROJECTED LOWS)...BUT THINK ANOTHER
6-7 DEGREES WILL BE ABOUT IT...BOTTOMING OUT NEAR ZERO ALONG THE
IOWA BORDER AND 10 ABOVE TOWARD PAOLA AND BUTLER.

EYES THEN SHIFT TOWARD THURSDAY FOR THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM.
CLIMATOLOGY WOULD FAVOR THE FAR SRN CWA INTO THE OZARKS FOR BEST
SNOWS GIVEN UPPER LOW TRACK ACROSS NRN ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...THIS
SYSTEM FEATURES A CLASSIC DUAL FRONT STRUCTURE GOING FOR IT...WITH A
DEFINED INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE ARKLATEX SURFACE
LOW ALL THE WAY TO THE IOWA BORDER. THIS SURFACE REFLECTION IS OFTEN
A GOOD INDICATOR OF STRONG DEFORMATION BANDING AND FRONTOGENESIS
ALOFT RELATED TO A DEEPENING TROWAL...AND COULD RESULT IN A
SECONDARY AREA OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. DAY SHIFT FORECAST
APPEARS TO HAVE THIS IDEA WELL HANDLED...AND WILL SEE WHAT THE 00Z
SOLUTIONS HAVE TO OFFER.

BOOKBINDER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...

STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH BLEW THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING HAS
CLEARED ALL BUT SERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN ITS WAKE
GUSTY NWLY WINDS AND BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCED. THE SNOWFALL...TIED TO FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING IN THE
500-700MB LAYER...SHOULD QUICKLY PROGRESS INTO ERN MISSOURI...AND
BECOME FAR LESS INTENSE AS ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE AND ENTRAINMENT OF
DRIER AIR INTO THIS 500-700MB LAYER EVOLVES. COINCIDENTLY...WIND
SPEEDS WHICH HAVE GENERALLY RANGED FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WILL SLACKEN AS LOW PRESSURE EXITS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...AND
SFC RIDGING BUILDS DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. WILL LET WIND
ADVISORY RIDE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...THOUGH MAY BE ABLE TO BE
CANCELLED EARLY IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE.

SEASONABLY CHILLY WEATHER LOOKS TO REIGN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
AS THE COLDEST AIRMASS CORE DEFLECTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...AND THE
CNTRL PLAINS AREA RESUMES BACK INTO A SHORT PERIOD OF QUASI-ZONAL
FLOW...AWAITING THE NEXT BUCKLING OF THE JET STREAM ON THURSDAY.
HAVE UNDERCUT NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE TEMPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS
MODELS AGAIN SEEM TO HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE SRN SURGE OF COOLER
AIR...EVEN IN THE +3HR FORECAST. HAVE FOLLOWED CLOSER TO MAV
GUIDANCE DEPICTING A SMALL DIURNAL RANGE THURSDAY WITH INCREASING
CLOUDS AND INCREASING PRECIP.

MODELS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE NEXT WAVE
DIGGING INTO THE SRN PLAINS WED NIGHT...THEN CONTINUING ITS
INTENSIFICATION AS IT LIFTS THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY. INITIAL DRY AIRMASS IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH PREDOMINANT ELY
FLOW SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME SATURATED AS STRONG DYNAMICAL LIFT AND
THE ADVECTION OF MOISTURE BOTH FROM THE PACIFIC AND GULF OF MEXICO
OVERSPREAD THE COLD SECTOR OF THE STORM SYSTEM. NAM-WRF MODEL RUNS
HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THE SLOWEST AND FURTHEST SOUTH SOLUTION...AND
REMAINS THE OUTLIER VERSUS GFS AND ECMWF RUNS. THIS FACET IS MOST
TROUBLESOME CONSIDERING A GFS/ECMWF BLEND BRINGS A VERY WELL DEFINED
DEFORMATION BAND WITH ASSOCIATED TROWAL AND FRONTOGENETICAL FEATURES
TO THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A MORE PROLONGED
PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS. STILL TOO EARLY TO
PINPOINT EXACT LOCATIONS OR AMOUNTS...HOWEVER MODEL TRENDS OF
CONTINUING TO SHOW HIGHER QPF IN THIS DEFORMATION BAND MAY
NECESSITATE A WINTER STORM WATCH IN THE NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE.

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MEDIUM RANGE (FRIDAY-TUESDAY)...

UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS IN THE MEDIUM RANGE PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST...AS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HAVE A HARD TIME RESOLVING UPR
LVL FEATURES AS THE PROGRESS THROUGH PACIFIC FLOW REGIME.  FOR
FRIDAY...QUASI-ZONAL FLOW BEHIND MID-WEEK UPR LVL SYSTEM WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. 00Z/12Z ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WITH WEAK
IMPULSE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ZONAL FLOW FOR SATURDAY.  THIS
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO DROP A DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE
CWA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY PRECIP REMAINING WELL TO THE
NORTH OF THE AREA WHERE THE BEST LIFT IS FOUND.

NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK FOR THE BEGINNING OF
NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES EXISTS BETWEEN ECMWF
AND GFS ATTM. REGARDLESS GIVEN INCREASING SWLY FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN SOAR ABOVE
SEASONAL NORMALS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  EARLY INDICATIONS POINT TO A
RAIN EVENT TO BEGIN THE WEEK...WITH PRECIP CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPR TROUGH BY TUESDAY.  WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THIS SYSTEM...AS THERE SHOULD BE AMPLE TIME FOR MOISTURE TO
RETURN TO THE REGION AND MANY DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN ON THE TRACK
AND SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH COULD AFFECT PRECIP TYPES AND AMOUNTS.

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&&

.AVIATION...

CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW...GIVING WAY TO
INCREASE HIGH CLOUDINESS LATE. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS BENEATH SURFACE
RIDGING OVERNIGHT WILL BECOME EAST ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE
HIGH...AND INCREASE TO AROUND 12 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST MIDDAY AS
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM. WINDS WILL
THEN SUBSIDE BELOW 8 KNOTS AFTER SUNSET TOMORROW AND BACK TOWARD THE
EAST AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN WELL TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.

BOOKBINDER

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 12:58 PM CST, 15 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1258 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-301900-
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-
1258 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY PROGRESS ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON DEPOSITING UP TO AN INCH OF
ACCUMULATION BEFORE COMING TO AN END LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OF
LESS AND REDEPOSIT SNOW ON CLEARED ROADWAYS...LEADING TO DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION
WITH RAPIDLY FALLING AIR TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
FALLING AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SOMEWHAT STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA
THURSDAY...AND WITH SUFFICIENTLY COLD AIR ALREADY IN
PLACE...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THE TIMING AND TRACK OF
THIS STORM SYSTEM STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER PRELIMINARY
INDICATION ARE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WOULD
STAND THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:47 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchEAXJohnson, Linn, Miami11 hr
Jan 30, 3:45 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningEAXJohnson, Linn, Miami12 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Missouri, 2008Snow Advisories in Kansas, 2008Every snow advisory in 2008

Sources

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