Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 4:24 AM CST for 22 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 58 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 4:24 AM CST (10:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 26 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:32 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Maryville, MO | COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE ESTIMATED ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION SO FAR THIS EVENING. |
| Feb 5, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 8 S Elwood, MO | 6 TO 7 INCHES. |
| Feb 6, 12:15 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 W Gallatin, MO | |
| Feb 6, 12:47 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Cameron, MO | CAMERON EM ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SNOWFALL...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 6, 1:24 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Rockport, MO | WITH SNOW ONGOING AND POOR VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 6, 1:26 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Oregon, MO | WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Atchison, KS | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OBSERVED. |
| Feb 6, 1:32 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Leavenworth, KS | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 1:39 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Maryville, MO | TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. SNOW ONGOING...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 6, 1:41 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Savannah, MO | SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 1:43 AM CST | SNOW 5 | St Joseph, MO | FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 1:45 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Platte City, MO | SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 1:47 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Liberty, MO | TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACUUMULATION. |
| Feb 6, 1:50 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Edwardsville, KS | MODOT REPORTS 12 CAR ACCIDENT ON I-435 BETWEEN K-32 AND KANSAS AVE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. INTERSTATE CLOSED IN THIS LOCATION. |
| Feb 6, 2:07 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Gallatin, MO | SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 2:14 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Cameron, MO | ONE HALF MILE VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. |
| Feb 6, 2:17 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Maysville, MO | FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 2:19 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Albany, MO | SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 2:21 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Plattsburg, MO | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 2:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Bethany, MO | FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. |
| Feb 6, 2:43 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Princeton, MO | TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WITH SNOW ONGOING. |
| Feb 6, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Feb 6, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nnw Glenwood, MO | |
| Feb 6, 7:37 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Osborn, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Chillicothe, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Kirksville, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Milan, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Kci Airport, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Bonner Springs, KS | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Kearney, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Grant City, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hamilton, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Tarkio, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Cameron, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Downing, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Maryville, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | Atchison, KS | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Cosby, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Leavenworth, KS | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Unionville, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bethany, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Gallatin, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Amity, MO | |
| Feb 6, 8:57 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Ridgeway, MO | WITH DRIFTS APRROACHING 3 FEET |
| Feb 6, 9:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Princeton, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Excelsior Springs, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Smithville, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Trenton, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.7 | Plattsburg, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Fairfax, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Spickard, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | Conception, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Albany, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Pattonsburg, MO | |
| Feb 6, 10:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Burlington Jct, MO | |
| Feb 6, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Kci Airport, MO | |
| Feb 6, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | St Joseph, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 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 051024 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHANGING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND THEN OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ABOVE THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED INTO THE DEEPENING STORM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN AN 80 MILE WIDE CORRIDOR SITUATED ALONG A ST. JOSEPH TO PRINCETON LINE. INCREASING SURFACE WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP SHARPLY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER...AND THESE AREAS MAY ALSO SEE SOME MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ025-103-104-MOZ013-020>022-028-029-051830- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.080205T2100Z-080206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLOWLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE I-29 AND I-35 CORRIDORS NORTH OF KANSAS CITY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OF FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>004-011-012-051830- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLOWLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE I-29 AND I-35 CORRIDORS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OF FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ005>008-014>017-023-024-051830- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.080205T2100Z-080206T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLOWLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OF FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ030>032-037>039-043-044-051830- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.080205T2100Z-080206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.080206T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL... RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TOWARD SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLOWLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...BUT DRY AIR SPREADING IN ALOFT IS LIKELY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE SNOW INTENSITY...POSSIBLY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. AS A RESULT...A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO EASTWARD ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS ADVISORY...FROM PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG MAY SEE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH MINOR ICING THE BIGGEST THREAT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM KANSAS CITY TO MARSHALL...AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE ADVISORY. THOSE TRAVELING INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ025-051830- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.080205T2100Z-080206T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.080206T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA 424 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TOWARD SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLOWLY BELOW FREEZING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...BUT DRY AIR SPREADING IN ALOFT IS LIKELY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE SNOW INTENSITY...POSSIBLY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. AS A RESULT...A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR MACON...AND LESSER ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH TOWARD MOBERLY. THOSE TRAVELING INTO NORTH TOWARD KIRKSVILLE AND IOWA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS REGION. 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. $$ BOOKBINDER
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 051503 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 903 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHANGING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND SNOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ABOVE THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED INTO THE DEEPENING STORM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA MAINLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN AN 80 MILE WIDE CORRIDOR SITUATED ALONG A ST. JOSEPH TO PRINCETON LINE. INCREASING SURFACE WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP SHARPLY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER... AND THESE AREAS MAY ALSO SEE SOME MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-052315- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 903 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW THIS MORNING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO GALLATIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. TO THE SOUTHEAST...THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS MORNING. BY LATE AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL STEADILY INCREASE WITH MAINLY SNOW NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY AND A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE I-29 AND I-35 CORRIDORS NORTH OF KANSAS CITY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OF FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-052315- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.080206T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 903 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING...BUT DRY AIR SPREADING IN ALOFT IS LIKELY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE SNOW INTENSITY...POSSIBLY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. AS A RESULT...A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO EASTWARD ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS ADVISORY... FROM PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG MAY SEE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH MINOR ICING THE BIGGEST THREAT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM KANSAS CITY TO MARSHALL...AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE ADVISORY. THOSE TRAVELING INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KEAX 051820 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHANGING RAIN GRADUALLY OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ABOVE THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED INTO THE DEEPENING STORM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA MAINLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN AN 80 MILE WIDE CORRIDOR SITUATED ALONG A ST. JOSEPH TO PRINCETON LINE. INCREASING SURFACE WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP SHARPLY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER... AND THESE AREAS MAY ALSO SEE SOME MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-060230- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO MAYSVILLE TO BETHANY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL STEADILY INCREASE WITH MAINLY SNOW NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM IN A CORRIDOR FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY 9 PM WITH THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE I-29 AND I-35 CORRIDORS NORTH OF KANSAS CITY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-060230- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.080206T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 1220 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT...BUT DRY AIR SPREADING IN ALOFT IS LIKELY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE SNOW INTENSITY. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. AS A RESULT...A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO EASTWARD ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS ADVISORY... FROM PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG MAY SEE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH MINOR ICING THE BIGGEST THREAT. FURTHER NORTH...FROM KANSAS CITY TO MARSHALL...AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE ADVISORY. THOSE TRAVELING INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DB
000 WWUS43 KEAX 052159 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 359 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...CHANGING THE RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ABOVE THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED INTO THE DEEPENING STORM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS... NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AMOUNTS LOCALLY HIGHER THAN 10 INCHES...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF KANSAS CITY TO NEAR KIRKSVILLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP SHARPLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. HOWEVER...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM MAY TAKE A TRACK FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED HIGHER AND WINTER ADVISORIES UPGRADED. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-060600- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 359 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION RAPIDLY EXPANDING NORTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA. EARLY THIS EVENING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA NORTHEAST TO NEAR KIRKSVILLE. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP...ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-060600- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.080206T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 359 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM WITH THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE METRO. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THE TRACK OF THE STORM MAY GO FURTHER SOUTH. IF THAT IS THE CASE...UPGRADES TO THE ADVISORIES AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD THIS EVENING...ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DB
000 WWUS43 KEAX 060027 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 627 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING WILL TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED AT OR ABOVE FREEZING FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY...BUT ARE SLOWLY COOLING BELOW FREEZING FROM THE NORTHWEST AS COLDER AIR IS PULLED SOUTH FROM NEBRASKA. CURRENTLY...ONLY DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND VERY LIGHT SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION WAS RAPIDLY FORMING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND HEADING TOWARDS WESTERN MISSOURI. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BEGIN ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AMOUNTS LOCALLY HIGHER THAN 10 INCHES...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF KANSAS CITY TO NEAR KIRKSVILLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SHARPLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. HOWEVER...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM MAY TAKE A TRACK FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED HIGHER AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES UPGRADED. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-060830- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 627 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. EARLY THIS EVENING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND VERY LIGHT SNOW COVERED THE WARNING AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WERE FALLING BELOW FREEZING AS NORTH WINDS PULLED COLDER AIR FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA. MEANWHILE...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...AND MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD OVERSPREAD EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM...AND WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES IN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BANDS. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-060830- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 627 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. EARLY THIS EVENING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AS TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS WERE PULLING COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD...AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. MEANWHILE...AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE ADVISORY AREA. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD OVERSPREAD EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM...AND WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TONIGHT WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THE TRACK OF THE STORM MAY GO FURTHER SOUTH...AND IF THAT IS THE CASE...UPGRADES TO PARTS OR ALL OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 060429 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1029 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WILL TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE SLOWLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING...WITH THE 32 DEGREES LINE RUNNING ROUGHLY FROM KIRKSVILLE TO OSOWATOMIE. COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER SOUTH FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA...WITH THE ENTIRE REGION FALLING TO OR BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW WERE WIDELY REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH MORE INTENSE SNOWFALL MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING ACROSS KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. WHILE PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE AREA BEYOND MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW APPEAR TO BE SETTING UP FROM WICHITA...TO TOPEKA..TO ST JOSEPH THIS EVENING. THE BANDING SNOW STRUCTURE OVERNIGHT LOOKS TO BE MOST FAVORABLE FROM ST JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE...AND INTO SOUTHERN IOWA OVERNIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SHARPLY SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-061230- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 1029 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THIS EVENING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COVERED THE WARNING AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING AS NORTH WINDS PULLED COLDER AIR FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA. ANY AMOUNT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...WITH INTENSITIES INCREASING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE SNOW MAY LOCALLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS... ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES IN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BANDS. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN SNOW BANDS...MOST LIKELY TO SET UP ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-061230- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 1029 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THIS EVENING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AS TEMPERATURES WERE FALLING TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. NORTH WINDS WERE PULLING COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD...AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE LIMITED BY DRIER AIR IN THE MIDLEVELS...AND A CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING DRIZZLE TOWARDS THE MORNING HOURS IS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO END WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 060734 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 134 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WILL TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS STORM TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ST. JOSEPH TO PRINCETON. ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE...DRY AIR WRAPPING IN AROUND THE STORM SYSTEM WAS OCCURRING AS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN LIMITED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OF SLEET AND SOME SNOW...WITH MOST STATIONS OTHERWISE REPORTING A STEADY DRIZZLE. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-061545- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 134 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 1:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE SNOW...WITH EMBEDDED BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...DEVELOPING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST KANSAS CITY SUBURBS TO CAMERON TO UNIONVILLE...ESPECIALLY FOCUSED BETWEEN EFFINGHAM KANSAS...ST. JOSEPH...MOUND CITY AND SAVANNAH...AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARD BETHANY AND PRINCETON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES LOCALLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR. THE HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. AN ISOLATED RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES BY DAYBREAK WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...A WEDGE OF VERY DRY AIR ALOFT CONTINUED TO WRAP IN AROUND THE STORM SYSTEM...RAPIDLY CUTTING OFF PRECIPITATION ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS OF SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE DOWNGRADED IN THIS AREA IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...A VERY RAPID CHANGE IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED ALONG I-29 BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH...AS WELL AS I-35 BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND CAMERON. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID TRAVEL IF HEADED INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI OR ADJACENT KANSAS AND IOWA. THIS EVENING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COVERED THE WARNING AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING AS NORTH WINDS PULLED COLDER AIR FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA. ANY AMOUNT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...WITH INTENSITIES INCREASING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE SNOW MAY LOCALLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS... ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES IN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BANDS. CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN SNOW BANDS...MOST LIKELY TO SET UP ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-061545- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 134 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 1:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. A WEDGE OF VERY DRY AIR ROTATING AROUND THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT TO AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH A INTERMITTENT SHOWERS OF LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET POSSIBLE. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER ROADS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. 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. $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 060949 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 349 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS STORM TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF MODERATE SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH LOCALIZED HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH TO BETHANY. ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE...DRY AIR WRAPPING IN AROUND THE STORM SYSTEM WAS OCCURRING AS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN LIMITED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OF SLEET AND SOME SNOW...WITH MOST LOCATIONS OTHERWISE REPORTING A STEADY DRIZZLE. MOZ017-022>024-029-061800- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 349 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 3:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. A WEDGE OF VERY DRY AIR ROTATING AROUND THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER ROADS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO NORTHEAST TOWARD CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD AND KIRKSVILLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. NEW SNOW AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>016-020-021-028-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 349 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 3:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 3 AM AVERAGED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN ST. JOSEPH AND BETHANY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES BY NOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO BETHANY. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS DROP OFF SHARPLY ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE. THOSE TRAVELING ALONG I-29 BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH...AS WELL AS I-35 BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND CAMERON SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND USE EXTREME CAUTION AS ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 349 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 3:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. A WEDGE OF VERY DRY AIR ROTATING AROUND THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT TO AREAS OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WITH INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER ROADS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ICY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE KANSAS CITY METRO EASTWARD ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER LATER THIS MORNING. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA MAY PICK UP 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 061154 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 554 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN WITH ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES STILL EXPECTED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM EASTERN KANSAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE FINAL BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>016-020-021-028-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 554 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 5:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY TO UNIONVILLE. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>032-037>039-043-044-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG 554 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 5:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY TO UNIONVILLE. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED...RESULTING IN A ICY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ017-022>024-029-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 554 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 5:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY TO UNIONVILLE. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED...RESULTING IN A ICY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 061401 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 801 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN WITH ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES STILL EXPECTED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM EASTERN KANSAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE FINAL BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND IS PRODUCING FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS AREAS FROM WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME QUITE SLICK AS THE SNOW THEN FALLS UPON THE THIN GLAZE DEPOSITED BY THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. HENCE...THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED SOUTH INTO AREAS FROM BUTLER TO CLINTON AND SEDALIA. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>016-020-021-028-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 801 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 7:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ045-053-054-061800- /O.EXA.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDALIA...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 801 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 7:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND...RESULTING IN A ICY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS FROM BUTLER NORTHEAST THROUGH CLINTON TO SEDALIA. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ017-022>025-029>032-037>039-043-044-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS- JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 801 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AT 7:30 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED TO FALL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND...RESULTING IN ICY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THE AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY AROUND NOON. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CUTTER
000 WWUS43 KEAX 061541 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 941 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SNOW WINDING DOWN WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO STILL POSSIBLE... .LOW PRESSURE HAS TRACKED INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...WITH A FINAL AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE. THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BAND EXTENDED FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO BOONVILLE...WITH A QUICK BURST DEPOSITING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH. TRAILING THIS AREA INTO EASTERN KANSAS...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AROUND THE NOON HOUR. KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>016-020-021-028-061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 941 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THIS MORNING..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE AND PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. SNOWFALL REPORTS THUS FAR THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND THE NORTH KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR KIRKSVILLE...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES FROM NEAR ATCHISON KANSAS THROUGH ST JOSEPH...AND ACROSS GALLATIN AND BETHANY TO THE IOWA BORDER. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINE WITH AREAS WHERE HEAVIER SNOW HAS FALLEN...CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AS HIGH A 3 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ017-022>025-029>032-037>039-043>045-053-054- 061800- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS- JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 941 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THIS MORNING ...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA EARLIER IN THE MORNING... AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE FELL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW BAND...RESULTING IN A ICY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THE AXIS OF SNOW WILL ROTATE AND PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING...BRINGING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 061806 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1206 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM QUICKLY WINDING DOWN OVER THE AREA... .THE MAIN BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND ALTHOUGH FLURRIES AND A FEW VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY REMAIN OVER PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...AND LOCATION FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI THAT RECEIVED 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT COULD STILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ025-102-103-MOZ002>008-011>016-020-021-028-070000- /O.EXP.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.BS.Y.0001.080206T1806Z-080207T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON- MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY- SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON 1206 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH 3 PM. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...AND COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS...AND CREATE CONTINUED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ104-MOZ001-061915- /O.EXP.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT 1206 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM. $$ MOZ017-070000- /O.EXP.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.BS.Y.0001.080206T1806Z-080207T0000Z/ ADAIR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KIRKSVILLE 1206 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM. HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...AND COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY LEAD TO FURTHER DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS...AND CREATE CONTINUED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ057-060-105-MOZ022>025-029>032-037>039-043>045-053-054-061915- /O.EXP.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD... MACON...LA PLATA...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 1206 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...AND 4 PM ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. $$ 21
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 Feb 5, 3:40 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:40 AM CST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
340 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT
NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...
.DISCUSSION...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A CLASSIC MID LATITUDE
CYCLONE QUICKLY MATURING OVER THE NEW MEXICO/COLORADO ROCKIES.
MULTI-LAYERED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTENSE SUBTROPICAL JET
WAS BEING CHANNELED NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS.
THIS WAS OCCURRING ABOVE AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST LOW LEVEL
AIRMASS THAT CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.
VIGOROUS ASCENT...AIDED BY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS THIS
REGION...WAS EVIDENT IN BOTH IR AND MOISTURE CHANNELS AS WELL AS
RECENT LIGHTNING OBSERVATIONS.
ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAD SETTLED WELL SOUTH OF THE
CWA...A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINED IN PLACE OVER
THE REGION THIS MORNING. PROLIFIC WARM ADVECTION REGIME JUST NOW
GETTING UNDERWAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL QUICKLY SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING. ELEVATED CONVECTION ORGANIZING
OVER SW OKLAHOMA...ASSOCIATED WITH A LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH...WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND OVERSPREAD THE CWA AFTER 7 AM...BEING
FURTHER ENHANCED BY PRE-EXISTING LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE AND
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE. OF CRITICAL CONSEQUENCE ARE THE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WHICH CONTINUE TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING. MODELS
CONTINUE TO UNDERFORECAST 2M TEMPS...AND EXPECT THAT FREEZING LINE
WILL NOT ONLY HOLD NW OF THE AREA THIS MORNING BUT COOL ONLY ACROSS
NW MO THIS AFTERNOON AS SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS HELD UP BY RENEWED
SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE OZARKS. AS A RESULT...WILL GO WITH
RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY S/E OF I-35 FOR THIS MORNING...CHANGING
TO A MIX LATE AFTERNOON. FURTHER NORTHWEST...WARM NOSE GENERALLY
EXPECTED TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGH 18Z BEFORE COOLING SLIGHTLY ALONG
WITH THE SURFACE. COLD RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF
SLEET/FREEZING RAIN BEFORE GOING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AS
STRONG DIABATIC COOLING FINALLY WINS OUT.
FOR TONIGHT...INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A MAJOR WINTER
STORM OVER THE NRN CWA. AS UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND
CLOSE OFF...A WESTWARD CHANNELING OF THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT WILL
FEED A STEADY STREAM OF HIGH THETA-E AIR INTO THE MID LEVEL
CIRCULATION. NOT SURPRISINGLY...CROSS SECTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW
INTENSE AGEOSTROPHIC VERTICAL MOTIONS IN THE DEVELOPING TROWAL
ASSOCIATED WITH A CLASSIC SLOPED FRONTOGENESIS REGION. VERY HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT (WITH MIXING RATIOS OF 3-4 G/KG)...FAVORABLE
DENDRITIC GROWTH IN THE ASCENT REGION...AND A SLOWED STORM
PROGRESSION RESULT AN 8 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL ACROSS NE KS/NRN MO AND SRN IOWA. NEGATIVE EQUIV POT
VORTICITY AND EVEN THETA-E FOLDING ABOVE THE ELEVATED FRONTAL ZONE
WILL LIKELY SUPPORT BANDED HEAVY SNOWFALL AND EVEN A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. THE RESULT IS SOME HEFTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WITH 8
TO 12 INCH TOTALS EXPECTED ALONG AND 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
FROM ST. JOSEPH TO PRINCETON (NOTE THIS HEAVY SNOW SWATH WILL
STRETCH WELL INTO KANSAS AND IOWA). WITH QPF TOTALS BEING ADVERTISED
BY THE SREF ENSEMBLES...00Z/06Z NAM AND THE ECMWF...TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF A FOOT (ESPECIALLY IF CONVECTION IS PRESENT) CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
IN ADDITION...INCREASING SURFACE WINDS TO 15 KNOTS WILL ALSO LEAD TO
BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM THE
NW METRO THROUGH KIRKSVILLE AND NORTHWARD...BEGINNING AT 18Z ON THE
PREMISE THAT MIXED PRECIP MAY BEGIN EARLIER.
FURTHER SOUTH...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF SHARPLY OUTSIDE THE
TROWAL REGION...FURTHER MITIGATED BY A STRONG DRY SLOT THAT
WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST FROM THE BAJA AND SW TEXAS. THIS RESULTS IN A
VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER INCLUDING THE KC
METRO. BY THE TIME THE LOW LEVELS COOL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS
EVENING...MID-HIGH CLOUDS (AND ICE NUCLEI) ARE SCOURED BY THE DRY
SLOT...LEAVING AN AREA OF VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION OR DRIZZLE
OVERNIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. ACROSS THE KC METRO...IT IS
QUITE FEASIBLE THAT NW SUBURBS END UP WITH WARNING SNOWS (AND SOME
SLEET/FREEZING RAIN)...AND SE SUBURBS END UP WITH AN INCH OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION. CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW CRITICAL THE EXACT STORM
TRACK IS...AND A 6-8 INCH GRADIENT OF ACCUMULATION FROM SE JACKSON
TO NW PLATTE COUNTIES IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE. EQUALLY...A SLIGHT
SOUTHWARD SHIFT (PRESENTLY NOT ADVERTISED BY ANY MODEL OR ENSEMBLE)
WOULD BRING HIGHER ACCUMS SOUTHWARD. WITH THAT CLARIFIED...HAVE
PAINTED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS ALL BUT THE REMAINING FAR
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES BEGINNING AT 00Z.
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSLATE EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH MOST AREAS SEEING ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF LIGHT SNOW BEFORE
ENDING. FOCUSING ON THE GREATEST IMPACT EVENT...LITTLE CHANGE MADE
BEYOND 36 HOURS OTHER THAN ADJUSTING TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD OVER NRN
MO WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF A DEEP FRESH SNOWPACK.
BOOKBINDER
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...MVFR CEILINGS WITH LIGHT FOG HAVE OVERSPREAD ALL
3 TERMINALS. UPSTREAM IFR CEILINGS BETWEEN 600 AND 1000 AGL WILL
WORK THEIR WAY SOUTH INTO ALL 3 SITES BETWEEN 8 AND 10Z. LIGHT RAIN
COULD START IN THE KANSAS CITY TERMINALS SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WITH
THE PRECIPITATION STAYING ALL LIQUID FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY.
STJ SHOULD SEE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN
AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. IFR CEILINGS WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL
BE THE RULE THROUGH 00Z. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY
TO SNOW AT STJ BY AROUND 22Z AND BETWEEN 00Z AND 02Z AT MCI/MKC.
MODERATE SNOW RATES LIKELY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...MAINLY AT MCI
AND STJ.
MJ
&&
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR
MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-MOZ004-MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ008-
MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ013-MOZ014-MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ020-
MOZ021-MOZ022-MOZ023-MOZ024-MOZ028-MOZ029.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR
MOZ025-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ032-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ043-
MOZ044.
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR
KSZ025-KSZ102-KSZ103-KSZ104.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY FOR
KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ105.Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 1:00 PM CST, 15 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-051200- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 100 PM CST MON FEB 4 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO BOONVILLE. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. OTHERWISE... A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT THROUGH MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY...BRINGING A SWATH OF SNOW TO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES... IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTHWEST MISSOURI...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH TO A MOUND CITY KANSAS TO WARRENSBURG TO MACON LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY POSTED FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH ADDITIONAL WATCHES LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE BEST TIMING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY SNOW...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AS FAR SOUTH AS A KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE. ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK...AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO BOONVILLE...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW. THE SNOW WILL END LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS ANOTHER THREAT OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI ON THURSDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. DB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EAX | Adair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 10 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Johnson, Lafayette, Saline | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:28 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.