Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2008, 3:38 PM CST for 10 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Feb 16, 2008, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr. 15 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 16, 2008, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 3:44 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 17, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mound City, MO | MODERATE SNOW FALLING |
| Feb 17, 7:28 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Maryville, MO | |
| Feb 17, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Albany, MO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT 1 INCH PER HOUR |
| Feb 17, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Grant City, MO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 17, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Princeton, MO | |
| Feb 17, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ridgeway, MO | |
| Feb 17, 9:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rock Port, MO | POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO ICE AND HIGH WINDS. POWER OUT TO NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY. |
| Feb 17, 9:42 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Maryville, MO | |
| Feb 17, 9:48 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mound City, MO | NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY REPORTED 1-2 INCHES. |
| Feb 17, 9:51 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Oregon, MO | NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY REPORTED 1-2 INCHES. |
| Feb 17, 9:52 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Savannah, MO | |
| Feb 17, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Grant City, MO | |
| Feb 17, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Savannah, MO | |
| Feb 17, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Maryville, MO | SNOW HAS ENDED |
| Feb 17, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Unionville, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 162138 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL INITIALLY BRING IN WARMER AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE...PRODUCING RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...BUT PRODUCE A BOUT OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL SWITCH OVER TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD TONIGHT...HOWEVER THERE WILL THEN BE A RAPID TRANSITION BACK OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WITH THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW SPREADING EAST EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTH KANSAS CITY SUBURBS NORTHEAST TO UNIONVILLE. AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WILL BE THE INCREASINGLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL ALSO GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE SNOWFALL. MOZ001>005-011-012-170545- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0003.080217T0300Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION BACK TO FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TO SNOW IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT...AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ006>008-170545- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0003.080217T0300Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ025-102-MOZ013-020-021-170545- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T0900Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...CAMERON... ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT...AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>024-170545- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0004.080217T0600Z-080218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST LATER SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ057-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-170545- /O.NEW.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T0900Z-080217T2100Z/ MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND SPREAD WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST LATER SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ025-030>032-038-039-170545- /O.NEW.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 338 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND SPREAD WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW IN CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ 21
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 170523 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1123 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-171330- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 1123 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ MOZ006>008-171330- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 1123 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-171330- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T0900Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 1123 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-171330- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 1123 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NRR
000 WWUS43 KEAX 170713 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 113 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-171515- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 113 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ MOZ006>008-171515- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 113 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY MORNING...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-171515- /O.EXT.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 113 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-171515- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 113 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DUX
000 WWUS43 KEAX 170907 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 307 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-171715- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 307 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING THAT SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE EXPERIENCED A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ006>008-171715- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 307 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING SLIPPERY STRETCHES ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID MORNING SUNDAY...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-171715- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 307 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-171715- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 307 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DUX
000 WWUS43 KEAX 171136 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 536 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-171945- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 536 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW SNOWFLAKES REPORTED AS WELL. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORT THAT SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE EXPERIENCED A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON MAJOR ROADWAYS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES...A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK...COMPLETELY CHANGING TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ006>008-171945- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 536 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A FEW SNOW FLAKES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SLIPPERY STRETCHES ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALONG WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID MORNING SUNDAY...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-171945- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 536 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WITH REPORTS OF A FEW SNOWFLAKES MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN IN AREAS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS RAIN SNOW MIXTURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-171945- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.080217T1200Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 536 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DUX
000 WWUS43 KEAX 171220 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 620 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-172030- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 620 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN IS NOW QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ALREADY REPORTED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES. BY TIME THE SNOW ENDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ006>008-172030- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 620 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A FEW SNOW FLAKES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SLIPPERY STRETCHES ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALONG WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID MORNING SUNDAY...AND IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP OF ANY REMAINING THIN ICE LAYER. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-172030- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 620 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. RAIN IS QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH SNOW NOW REPORTED IN AREAS ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW OVERSPREADING THE REMAINING ADVISORY AREAS BY 9 AM. AS SNOW SPREADS EASTWARD...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-172030- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 620 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EXPECTED AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DUX
000 WWUS43 KEAX 171352 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 752 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-172200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 752 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MANY ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS...WITH BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES. BY TIME THE SNOW ENDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED ON TOP OF A GLAZE OF ICE RECEIVED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ006>008-172200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 752 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN CONTINUES TO TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW REPORTED ALREADY AS FAR EAST AS PRINCETON AND TRENTON. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON MANY ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...DUE TO A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN MISSOURI BY THE MID MORNING HOURS. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-172100- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 752 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THE WEST...WITH MODERATE SNOW REPORTED IN AREAS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY REACHED AN INCH IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS...WITH HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS APPROACHING 2 INCHES FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AREA TRAFFIC CAMERAS INDICATE THAT MANY ROADWAYS ARE NOW SNOW COVERED...WITH DRIVING CONDITIONS REMAINING HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS..WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED AT TIMES. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AREAS APPROACHING 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-172200- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 752 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS QUICKLY TRANSITIONED TO SNOW THIS MORNING....WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THIS SNOW HAS CAUSED ROADWAYS TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY...ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DUX
000 WWUS43 KEAX 171602 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>005-011-012-180000- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THROUGH 9 AM...RIDGEWAY REPORTED 3 INCHES ON THE GROUND...2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW HAS FALLEN IN GRANT CITY AND MARYVILLE WITH 1 INCH IN ALBANY. ALTHOUGH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN ATCHISON COUNTY THE COMBINATION OF EARLIER SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COMBINED WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN...AND POWER IS OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MANY ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE MORNING BUT NOT BEFORE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. COUPLE THE SNOW ON TOP OF A GLAZE OF ICE RECEIVED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ006>008-180015- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE ENTIRE REGION HAS NOW CHANGED OVER TO SNOW WITH 2 INCHES REPORTED IN PRINCETON AND 1.5 INCHES IN UNIONVILLE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON MANY ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...DUE TO A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS...OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-172100- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGE AREA OF WET SNOW COVERS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PLATTE CITY AREA...2 INCHES IN LEAVENWORTH WITH MANY LOCATIONS AROUND AN INCH. AREA TRAFFIC CAMERAS INDICATE THAT MANY ROADWAYS ARE SLUSH TO SNOW COVERED...WITH DRIVING CONDITIONS REMAINING HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS..WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AREAS APPROACHING 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-180000- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 1002 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAVY WET SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS SNOW HAS CAUSED ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLUSH TO SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY...ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS...AND GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MJ
000 WWUS43 KEAX 171950 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY... MOZ001>004-011-012-172100- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ013-020-021-028-029-037-043-172100- /O.CAN.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080217T2100Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ MOZ005-180000- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BETHANY 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND END BY 3 PM. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE ON ANY ICE OR SNOW COVERED POWER LINES. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN GRADUALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. $$ MOZ006>008-180300- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THROUGH THE NOON HOUR KIRKSVILLE REPORTED 3 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE ANY ICE OR SNOW COVERED POWER LINES. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-180000- /O.CON.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY COME TO AN END BY 4 PM. LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MET AS SOON AS IT FALLS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MJ
000 WWUS43 KEAX 172144 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 344 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 MOZ006>008-172245- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER... DOWNING 344 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALL ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR EVEN SOME SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. $$ MOZ005-172245- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BETHANY 344 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALL ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR EVEN SOME SPRINKLES ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. $$ MOZ014>017-022>025-030>032-038-039-172245- /O.CAN.KEAX.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL 344 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW FLURRIES OR EVEN SOME SPRINKLES REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ MJ
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 16, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST TO DELAY ONSET OF PRECIPITATION SOMEWHAT...AS UPPER
LOW EJECTING EWD SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED.
PRECIPITATION SHIELD HAS MADE IT INTO SERN KANSAS...BUT IS HAVING
TROUBLE MOVING NORTH INTO A DRIER AIRMASS. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES HAVE STALLED AS THICKER CLOUD COVER HAS
SPREAD OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...WILL LIKELY SEE TEMPS ACTUALLY
SLOWLY RISE AFTER SUNSET DUE TO ADVECTIVE PROCESSES. HEAVY RAINFALL
STILL LOOKS ON TAP FOR MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.
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&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
/458 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008/
UPPER LEVEL CUTOFF LOW IS SITUATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
THIS MORNING...BEING NUDGED TO THE EAST BY A SHORTWAVE THAT HAS
DIVED INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ALL THE MODELS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD
HANDLE ON THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THE TIMING.
PREFER THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER 00Z NAM VERSION OF HANDLING THIS
SYSTEM...AS CUT OFF LOWS ARE NOTORIOUSLY SLOW IN GETTING
GOING...ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE THIS THAT IS SO FAR SOUTH OF THE KICKING
WAVE. THE 06Z RUNS ARE SUPPORTING THIS IDEA AS WELL...WITH THE 06Z
GFS COMING IN MUCH SLOWER.
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A ONE TWO PUNCH FOR OUR AREA...AS IT WILL
INITIALLY BRING HEAVY RAIN...THEN SWITCH TO SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AS STRONG WINDS DEVELOP IN ITS
WAKE.
INITIAL PROBLEM WILL BE THE STRONG WAA WING EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING AHEAD OF THIS WAVE. ISENTROPIC SURFACES IN THE 296-298K
RANGE SHOW STRONG LIFT TAKING PLACE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
WEST CENTRAL TO CENTRAL MISSOURI. PWAT IN THE INCH TO INCH AND A
QUARTER RANGE FORETELL THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION
TO THE STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSES AND THE 850 MB WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN
STREAM KICKER...HEADS INTO MISSOURI...THIS SHOULD INTENSIFY THE 850
MB FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM A LOW JUST SOUTH
OF KANSAS CITY...TO NEAR THE KIRKSVILLE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL
FRONTOGENETIC FORCING SHOULD PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL INTO
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI OVERNIGHT.
LOOKING A BIT HIGHER UP IN THE STORM...A TROWAL STRUCTURE BECOMES
EVIDENT OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES
AT LOWER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WARM ENOUGH IN MOST AREAS
OVERNIGHT TO KEEP THE PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN...POSSIBLY
FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE ONE EXCEPTION MAY BE THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM
WILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAP SOME OF THE COLDER AIR DIVING SOUTHWARD
IN THE WAKE OF THE NORTHERN STREAM 850 MB FRONT. AS THIS COLDER AIR
CONTINUES TO FEED INTO THE SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING THERE SHOULD BE A
FAIRLY RAPID TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST OF
THIS VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM. THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DEEPEN AS IT MOVES OFF INTO ILLINOIS SUNDAY MORNING...SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASING THE SURFACE WINDS...AND CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW. AT TIMES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. HAVE CONCERNS
THAT WE MAY DRAW THE HEAVIER SNOW FURTHER SOUTH IN NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. WILL ADD A TIER OF COUNTIES TO
THE WINTER STORM WATCH. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT MAKE THE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF A WARNING...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THESE PROBLEMS MAY EXTEND
INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA AS WELL...ALTHOUGH WITH THE STORM SYSTEM
PICKING UP SPEED DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...THE TIMEFRAME FOR HEAVY
SNOW THAT FAR SOUTH MAY BE SHORTER...RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY LESS
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE
WATCHED.
WINDS WILL STAY UP THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS THE NORTHERN STREAM
WAVE AND CUT OFF LOW MERGE TO OUR EAST. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
DEEPEN THE SURFACE LOW AS IT MOVES OFF INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT DOES BEGIN TO SLACKEN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH
SHOULD HELP TO EASE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS. WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES COLD ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH THE ANTICIPATED
SNOW COVER AND A COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. WE SHOULD
BEGIN TO SEE A WARM UP ON TUESDAY...BUT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES LOWER
THAN GUIDANCE DUE TO THE SNOW FIELD.
PC
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS HAVE SPREAD OVER TERMINALS...WITH IFR CONDITIONS NOT THAT
FAR AWAY TO THE SOUTH...AND PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE TERMINAL
CORRIDOR. HAVE TRENDED FORECAST TOWARDS IFR/LIFR DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AS PRECIPITATION FINALLY MOVES IN.
RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE
TAF PERIOD...WITH VERY GUSTY SFC WINDS EXPECTED. VSBY COULD END UP
MUCH WORSE WITH BLSN...BUT WILL HEDGE SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC FOR NOW.
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&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY FOR MOZ017-MOZ021-
MOZ022-MOZ023-MOZ024-MOZ025-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-
MOZ032-MOZ033-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-
MOZ045-MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-MOZ004-MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ008-
MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ013-MOZ014-MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ020-
MOZ021-MOZ022-MOZ023-MOZ024.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
KSZ025-KSZ102.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON SUNDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ060-
KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 12:46 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1246 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-171900- 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- 1246 PM CST SAT FEB 16 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 A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE TONIGHT. THE ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD...AND IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH ALREADY WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF RIVER FLOODING FROM THIS EVENT...ESPECIALLY IN RIVERS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. SOME THUNDER MAY ACCOMPANY THIS HEAVIER RAINFALL...BUT NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. IN NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK...BUT THEN MAY GO BACK TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING. TOWARD THE MORNING HOURS...A TRANSITION BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY OCCUR AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES TO THE EAST AND NORTH WINDS INCREASE...BRINGING COLDER AIR BACK INTO THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS...WITH SNOWFALL BY THE SUNRISE HOUR AT AN INCH OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING OFF INTO ILLINOIS. AS IT DOES...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING IN COLDER AIR...WHICH WILL BRING A TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVER TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR IN A BAND FROM AROUND KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH...NORTH EAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA...WITH THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL OCCURRING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 40 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. ALL THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...FLOODING...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ARE APPRECIATED. 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:38 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | EAX | Adair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 14 more | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.