Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2008, 6:25 AM CST for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 10 hr. 9 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 21, 2008, 6:25 AM CST (12:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2008, 4:02 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Paola, KS | THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SLEET WAS MEASURED. |
| Feb 21, 7:02 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Boonville, MO | AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET REPORTED. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Mound City Ks, KS | A HALF INCH OF SLEET WAS MEASURED. |
| Feb 21, 10:56 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | 5 Ese Clinton, MO | SLEET WAS MEASURED AT ONE INCH AND STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 11:18 AM CST | SLEET 0.8 | Warrensburg, MO | ESTIMATED 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SLEET HAS FALLEN. |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Mound City Ks, KS | |
| Feb 21, 12:16 PM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Pleasant Hill, MO | A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE. |
| Feb 21, 12:16 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Whiteman Afb, MO | ONE INCH OF SLEET REPORTED AT THE AIR FORCE BASE. |
| Feb 21, 2:39 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Boonville, MO | AROUND A HALF INCH OF SLEET FELL IN TOWN. |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 211225 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 625 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY. KSZ060-MOZ044>046-053-054-212030- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0004.080221T1225Z-080222T0600Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 625 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EARLY THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...A SECOND LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND MODERATE SLEET CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LA CYGNE KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF LINN...BATES...HENRY...AND PETTIS COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH...SCATTERED RUMBLES OF THUNDER CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL SERVE TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION RATES IN THOSE AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING MAY APPROACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-043-212030- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 625 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET HAVE DEVELOPED AND CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...DEPOSITING A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND PRODUCING SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL PASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...POCKETS OF MODERATE SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. IN GENERAL...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DUX
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 211348 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 748 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY. KSZ060-MOZ044>046-053-054-212200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 748 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF MORE WIDESPREAD MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LA CYGNE KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF LINN...BATES...HENRY...AND PETTIS COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH... SCATTERED RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO FURTHER INCREASE PRECIPITATION RATES IN THOSE AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING MAY APPROACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ057-103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-043-212200- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL 748 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL PASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...POCKETS OF MODERATE SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. IN GENERAL...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NRR
000 WWUS43 KEAX 211435 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 835 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY. KSZ057-MOZ043-212245- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL 835 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EARLY THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF MORE WIDESPREAD MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF LINN...BATES... HENRY...AND PETTIS COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH... SCATTERED RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO FURTHER INCREASE PRECIPITATION RATES IN THOSE AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING MAY APPROACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ060-MOZ044>046-053-054-212245- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LINN KS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 835 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF MORE WIDESPREAD MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF LINN...BATES... HENRY...AND PETTIS COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH... SCATTERED RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO FURTHER INCREASE PRECIPITATION RATES IN THOSE AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING MAY APPROACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN ADDITION...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-212245- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 835 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL PASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...POCKETS OF MODERATE SLEET... FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. IN GENERAL...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 211622 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1022 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY. KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-220030- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 1022 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. MOUND CITY KANSAS REPORTED ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET AT 8AM WITH PAOLA REPORTING THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SLEET. ADDITIONAL SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF LINN...BATES COUNTIES THROUGH 11AM THEN ACROSS HENRY...PETTIS...AND COOPER COUNTIES THROUGH 1 PM. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-220030- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 1022 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WHILE THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL PASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...AREAS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. IN GENERAL...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 211708 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1108 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH FRIDAY. KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-220115- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 1108 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THIS MORNING...SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. MOUND CITY KANSAS REPORTED ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET AT 8AM WITH PAOLA REPORTING THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SLEET. AT 1056AM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH 5 MILES ESE OF CLINTON IN HENRY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SLEET MIXED WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CENTERED ON PORTIONS OF HENRY...PETTIS...COOPER...AND JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI THROUGH 1 PM. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARD OF ONE INCH WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-220115- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 1108 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WHILE THE BULK OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL PASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...AREAS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. IN GENERAL...A THIN GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 211917 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 117 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI... .A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN ALOFT... AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES. WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN REPORTED PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID MISSOURI REGION INTO ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS. THE THREAT FOR LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE IN SEVERAL WAVES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-220330- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 117 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. UPWARD OF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM LINN COUNTY KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD TO JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI SO FAR TODAY. ADDITIONAL SLEET MIXED WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF SCATTERED LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE REMAINDER THE AFTERNOON. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARD OF ONE INCH WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY...AND THOSE TRAVELING ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-220330- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 117 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A LIGHT GLAZE ON EXPOSED SURFACES WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARD OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. SCATTERED AREAS OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST..IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVE MORE ACCUMULATION THAN OTHERS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 212202 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 402 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 KSZ057-060-MOZ043>046-053-054-212315- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 402 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. $$ KSZ103>105-MOZ021>025-028>033-037>040-212315- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080222T0600Z/ LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 402 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. $$ DEROCHE
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 21, 6:07 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 6:07 AM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
607 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008
...UPDATED AVIATION...
.DISCUSSION...
/438 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008/
LARGE SCALE ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 290-300K SFC CONTINUES TO PUMP
AMPLE MOISTURE INTO THE CWA. THROUGH THE NIGHT...ELEVATED
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ON NOSE OF 30-35 KNOT LOW-LVL JET
AND STREAMED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. VARIOUS
PRECIPITATION TYPE REPORTED THIS MORNING...WITH EVERYTHING FROM
SLEET TO SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COMMON. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED A
LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL LIKELY MAKE FOR A MESSY
COMMUTE THIS MORNING.
A VERY TRICKY FORECAST TODAY AS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS
AS TO HOW THIS DAY IS GOING TO EVOLVE. FIRST THINGS FIRST AS WE
CONTINUE TO SEE ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE HAS NOW EJECTED NORTHEAST
OUT OF THE PARENT LOW IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. BIG QUESTION IS HOW
FAST WILL THE LOW-LVL JET VEER OFF...HOW WILL THERMAL PROFILES
MODIFY...AND HOW CLOSE WILL THIS AREA GET TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CWA. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO DIFFER ON THE THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THEY ARE BOTH BEGINNING TO AGREE
THAT A SHARP CUTOFF TO THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF FZRA WILL EXIST VERY
NEAR THE THE CWA. LOW-LVL WIND FIELDS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR
CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS AS THIS LARGE
AREAS OF FREEZING PRECIP HEADS NORTHEAST. DO FEEL LOW-LVL JET WILL
VEER OFF BY MID MORNING FOCUSING PRECIP FURTHER EAST...HOWEVER THIS
MAY NOT BE SOON ENOUGH ALLOWING THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES TO
EXPERIENCE A GOOD BOUT OF SLEET AND OR FZRA THIS MORNING.
BY MIDDAY...GUIDANCE IS INDICATING A STRONG AREA OF MID-LVL
FRONTOGENESIS FORMING JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN
REFORM A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IN THOSE AREAS. IN ADDITION...GIVEN
THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION AND A GOOD DEAL OF
ELEVATED INSTABILITY PRESENT ON SOUNDINGS...THUNDER CANNOT BE RULED
OUT. AS A RESULT HAVE INCREASED ICE AMOUNTS CLOSER TO A QUARTER INCH
IN THOSE AREAS.
BACK TO THE VERY SHORT TERM...WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE MOVEMENT OF
THIS BAND. I MAY NEED TO UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE
SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF THE CURRENT STRENGTH
AND TRAJECTORIES HOLD TRUE AS ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BREAK THE 1/4
INCH MARK WHEN COMBINED WITH SLEET. HOWEVER...CURRENT CALLS TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT ONLY INDICATE AN 1/8 INCH OF ICE AND ROADS ARE DOING
WELL.
FURTHER NORTH...GIVEN THE TIGHT THERMAL GRADIENT EXPECTING A MIX OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE
MORNING HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS ALONG THE I-70
CORRIDOR...GENERALLY LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1-2 INCHES. WAY UP NORTH ALONG AND NORTH
OF HWY 36...INDICATIONS POINT TO A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY. AS A RESULT...HAVE
EXPANDING WINTER WX ADVISORY IN THOSE AREAS.
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF TOWARDS SUNSET THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE EVENING. STILL NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON THE IDEA OF A
DEFORMATION SNOW BAND SPREADING ACROSS THE CWA ON FRIDAY AS UPR LOW
EJECTS EASTWARD. HOWEVER MODEL CONSENSUS POINTS TO 1-3 INCHES OF
SNOW POSSIBLE AS THIS BAND MOVES THROUGH CENTERED ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-70. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES ON THIS SNOW...AND THE FACT THERE WILL
LIKELY BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...WILL GIVE THE DAY
SHIFT TIME TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE IF THE
CURRENT ADVISORY NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED THROUGH FRIDAY.
YET ANOTHER SYSTEM APPEARS HEADED FOR THE REGION ON SATURDAY...RIGHT
NOW A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE APPEARS POSSIBLE. SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE
ON FOR SURE. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PAST SATURDAY.
31
&&
.AVIATION...
PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THERE
MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING BEFORE AN AREA
OF SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING
FRIDAY. PREDOMINANTLY MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD...WITH MVFR TO VFR VSBYS EXPECTED.
NRR
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY FOR MOZ021-MOZ022-
MOZ023-MOZ024-MOZ025-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ032-
MOZ033-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ039-MOZ040-MOZ043-MOZ044-MOZ045-
MOZ046-MOZ053-MOZ054.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY FOR KSZ057-KSZ060-
KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 5:59 AM CST, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 559 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-221200- 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- 559 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THIS MORNING. AREAS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACCOMPANIED AT TIMES BY THUNDER. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH AND SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 2 OR MORE INCHES. ALL THOSE TRAVELING TODAY ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AS ROADS WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS. THIS MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE MAIN CULPRIT OF THIS WINTRY WEATHER WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. WITH THE PASSING OF THIS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE A DEVELOPING AREA OF SNOW. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY...AT THIS TIME ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL ARRIVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE DAY. DUX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 21, 6:18 AM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
618 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 AM FREEZING RAIN 7 SE PARKER 38.26N 94.90W
02/21/2008 E0.00 INCH LINN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SOME SLEET.
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS OBSERVED.
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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.