Alert archive / Missouri / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this snow advisory at Jan 31, 2008, 3:09 AM CST for 9 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2008, 11:47 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 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 KSGF 310909 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST TODAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO MIDDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS WINDS TURN TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL DROP VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW A HALF MILE AND WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 6 TO 9 INCHES SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. KSZ073-MOZ066-311715- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...NEVADA 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ055-067-068-078-311715- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1500Z-080201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ BENTON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...APPLETON CITY... OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ056-311715- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1800Z-080201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VERSAILLES 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ079-089-094-102-311715- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1800Z-080201T1200Z/ POLK-DADE-LAWRENCE-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...MONETT...CASSVILLE 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. .A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-311715- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-103>106-311715- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1800Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 309 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ LINDENBERG
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KSGF 310942 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 342 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST TODAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO MIDDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS WINDS TURN TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL DROP VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW A HALF MILE AND WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 6 TO 9 INCHES SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-311745- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 342 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-311745- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1800Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 342 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-078-311745- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.080131T1200Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 342 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LINDENBERG
000 WWUS43 KSGF 311220 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 620 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST TODAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. A RAPID ONSET OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 6 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-312030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 620 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL REACH THE JOPLIN AND PITTSBURG KANSAS AREAS BY 8 AM. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-312030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1800Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 620 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI OR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 BY 10 AM. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR JOPLIN...TO BRANSON...TO GAINESVILLE BY 8 AM...AND THE SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS AREAS BY 10 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-078-312030- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 620 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. A RAPID ONSET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 311316 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 716 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST TODAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. A RAPID ONSET OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 6 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOZ057-058-069>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-312130- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0001.080131T1316Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 716 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...OR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 BY 10 AM. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR JOPLIN...TO BRANSON...TO GAINESVILLE BY 8 AM...AND THE SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS AREAS BY 10 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-312130- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 716 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL REACH THE JOPLIN AND PITTSBURG KANSAS AREAS BY 8 AM. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-078-312130- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 716 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. A RAPID ONSET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 311453 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST TODAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. A RAPID ONSET OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND 6 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO ROLLA LINE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-101-312300- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING...AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-312300- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...OR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD BY 10 AM. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM JOPLIN EAST TO SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON...TO WEST PLAINS AND HOUSTON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 BY MIDDAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL END LATE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING...AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-078-312300- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 853 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. A RAPID ONSET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED RESULTING IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 311742 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. MOZ079-089-010145- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ097-MOZ077-010145- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...LAMAR 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ101-MOZ088-093-101-010145- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CHEROKEE-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE NEXT ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL AGAIN INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-094>098-102>106-010145- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-078-010145- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 1142 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 311918 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 118 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. KSZ101-MOZ088-093-101-010330- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CHEROKEE-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 118 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF JOPLIN. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE WITH UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-094>098-102>106-010330- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 118 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL INITIALLY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI NORTHEAST TO SPRINGFIELD. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE WITH UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING THE HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ KSZ073-097-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-010330- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...WARSAW... COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... GREENFIELD 118 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 312152 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 352 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TRACK EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. KSZ101-MOZ088-093-101-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CHEROKEE-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 352 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF JOPLIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET...WITH UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 800 PM. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-094>098-102>106-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 352 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THIS AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET...WITH UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SENECA...TO BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR... ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ KSZ073-097-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...WARSAW... COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... GREENFIELD 352 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND PERSISTING INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 800 PM. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 010043 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 643 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WITH THIS BAND OF SNOW MAY APPROACH TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S...SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE MORE EASILY ON ROADWAYS. INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. KSZ101-010600- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS 643 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH...AND TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ088-093-101-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE 643 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-094>098-102>106-010845- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 643 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SENECA...TO BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR... ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ KSZ073-097-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...WARSAW... COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... GREENFIELD 643 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO PITTSBURG KANSAS THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 6 INCHES...MAINLY IN BARTON AND VERNON COUNTIES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS43 KSGF 010333 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 933 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL TRACK SLOWLY EAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WITH THIS BAND OF SNOW MAY APPROACH ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S...SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE MORE EASILY ON ROADWAYS. INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. MOZ088-093-101-010445- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE 933 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL WAS GRADUALLY TAPERING TO FLURRIES OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AS THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT EXITS THE REGION. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-010445- /O.CAN.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 933 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOWFALL WAS GRADUALLY TAPERING TO FLURRIES OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AS THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT EXITS THE REGION. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-090>092-094>098-102>106-011145- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 933 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR MAINLY EAST OF SPRINGFIELD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SENECA...TO BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR... ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 7 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ MOZ055-056-068-079-089-010600- /O.CON.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 933 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO BOLIVAR THROUGH LATE EVENING... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 5 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS43 KSGF 010547 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1147 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL COMING TO AN END OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. MOZ057-069-080-081-090>092-094>096-102>105-010700- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MILLER-CAMDEN-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA 1147 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL WAS RAPIDLY EXITING SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK THROUGH THE NIGHT...SO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT. $$ MOZ055-056-068-079-089-010700- /O.CAN.KSGF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 1147 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS EXITED THE AREA WITH NO ADDITIONAL SNOW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$ MOZ058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-011200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON 1147 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AS A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...BRINING TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO UNDER ONE HALF MILE MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. $$ TERRY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 31, 2:38 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 2:38 AM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
238 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND HAS BEEN
SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST OVERNIGHT. BEST PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE TO BE
ACROSS EAST TEXAS WITH ANOTHER CIRCULATION DEVELOPING DOWN THERE.
UPPER CIRCULATION STILL ACROSS NEW MEXICO. TWO MAIN AREAS OF
PRECIPITATION OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FIRST...ASSOCIATED
WITH THE BEST MOISTURE WAS IN A BAND FROM LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI. THE SECOND ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WAS
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. IT IS THE TRACK
OF THIS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS WHICH WILL BE THE MAIN
FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.
MODELS HAVE TRENDED FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW FROM
12-24 HOURS AGO AND AS A RESULT THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL ALSO
BE SHIFTED SOUTH. SHOULD START TO SEE INCREASING COVERAGE OF SNOW
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WITH MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. COULD SEE A QUICK BURST
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THERE BETWEEN 12-16Z.
WITH FURTHER SOUTH TRACK OF LOW THAN YESTERDAY...HEAVIEST SNOW
DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WILL SHIFT SOUTH ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. COULD SEE SOME BANDING AS TROWAL SETS UP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND HAVE
OUR HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS IN THAT REGION. WILL BE DOWNGRADING
WARNING TO AN ADVISORY IN WEST CENTRAL INTO A PORTION OF CENTRAL
MISSOURI AS FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE DIPPED BELOW 6 INCH WARNING
CRITERIA. WILL STILL PROBABLY SEE 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THAT REGION.
REMAINDER OF CWA WILL LIKELY SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS TURN TO
THE NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY. THIS IS THE REASON FOR CONTINUING WITH
THE WINTER STORM WARNING INSTEAD OF A HEAVY SNOW WARNING. THE
AFTERNOON COMMUTE MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS WITH BLOWING HEAVY SNOW
AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/2 MILE.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST AND
SHOULD EXIT THE ENTIRE AREA BY 12Z FRI. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH
THE COOLER GUIDANCE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THE FRESH
SNOW COVER AND HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE SEVERAL DEGREES OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE THE HIGHEST SNOWPACK IS EXPECTED.
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT WEST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BRINGING BACK WARMER TEMPERATURES AND WILL
LIKELY MELT MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK. RAIN CHANCES WILL LIKELY
INCREASE AS WE HEAD OUT OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF
THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK.
LINDENBERG
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAF PACKAGE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO ADVERTISED WINTER
STORM. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY. AS
ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES AND THE COLUMN SATURATES...CEILINGS WILL
LOWER TO IFR AND LIKELY REMAIN PREDOMINATELY IFR THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE PREDOMINATELY SNOW.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 15Z AND WILL LINGER
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES FROM THE SNOW WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. THE SNOW WILL END
AND CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 06Z AT BOTH SITES.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
MOZ057-058-069>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT FOR MOZ077-088-093-101.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
MOZ055-056-066>068-078.
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:11 PM CST, 9 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 511 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-312315- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 511 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT BEFORE PUSHING INTO OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL MOVE OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. A SECOND LARGE SCALE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE THURSDAY EVENING RUSH HOUR. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON TO AVA TO SALEM MISSOURI. SOUTH OF THIS LINE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. THIS MAY LIMIT OVERALL PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS... WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) GAGAN
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.