Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2008, 7:55 PM CST for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 21, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. 60 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 20, 2008, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2008, 3:03 AM CST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 37 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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, 3:11 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Camdenton, MO | SLEET OVER A LAYER OF ICE. |
| Feb 21, 3:52 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Norwood, MO | AROUND 1 INCH OF ICE AND SLUSH ON HWY 60 BETWEEN MACOMB AND NORWOOD. HWY C AND PP IN NORWOOD AROUND 1/1 INCH OF ICE ON ROAD. |
| Feb 21, 3:52 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Flemington, MO | ICE AND SLEET COMBINTATION. |
| Feb 21, 3:52 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Norwood, MO | AROUND 1 INCH OF ICE AND SLUSH ON HWY 60 BETWEEN MACOMB AND NORWOOD. HWY C AND PP IN NORWOOD AROUND 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON ROAD. |
| Feb 21, 4:58 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Nevada, MO | BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.50 INCHES OF SLEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 5:29 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Cross Timbers, MO | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA. |
| Feb 21, 6:33 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Stover, MO | ROADS ARE COVERED AND SLICK. |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 6 Ne Willard, MO | |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 6 W Edwards, MO | MIXED WITH SOME SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 6:57 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Gainesville, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 4 Ne White Church, MO | SLEET AND SNOW MIXED. |
| Feb 21, 7:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 7 W Columbus, KS | |
| Feb 21, 7:12 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 6 Ne Willard, MO | 0.2 INCHES OF SLEET ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 7:21 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 2 Nw Cabool, MO | SLEET ON TOP OF A GLAZE OF ICE. |
| Feb 21, 7:25 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 4 W Pittsburg, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:36 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Sw Rolla, MO | PORTION OF INTERSTATE 44 CLOSED DUE TO ICE RELATED ACCIDENT. THREE TRACTOR TRAILERS REPORTED OVER TURNED. |
| Feb 21, 7:42 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Ne Protem, MO | |
| Feb 21, 7:52 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Gravois Mills, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Blue Eye, MO | THUNDER SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Carthage, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Gravois Mills, MO | ADDITIONAL 1/4 INCH ACCUMULATION SINCE 8 AM. |
| Feb 21, 8:09 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Columbus, KS | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Feb 21, 8:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Theodosia, MO | ICE COVERING TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Feb 21, 8:18 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Caplinger Mills, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 6 Ese Schell City, MO | MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. ABOUT 1/8 INCH OF ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Feb 21, 8:37 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Summersville, MO | THIN LAYER OF ICE COVERING ALL OUTSIDE SURFACES |
| Feb 21, 8:38 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Waco, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 N Cross Timbers, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:47 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Niangua, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:49 AM CST | SLEET 1 | 3 N Wheatland, MO | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 8:53 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | 3 Sw Winona, MO | |
| Feb 21, 8:53 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 4 W Laurie, MO | HEAVY ONGOING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 21, 8:58 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | 5 Sw West Plains, MO | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.4 | Pleasant Hope, MO | SLEET AND ICE COMBINATION. |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Pittsburg, KS | THUNDER REPORTED WITH SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 9:23 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Branson, MO | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED VIA MEDIA. |
| Feb 21, 9:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Eminence, MO | |
| Feb 21, 9:53 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Joplin, MO | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON BRANCHES |
| Feb 21, 10:02 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Columbus, KS | A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ON METAL SURFACES AND BRANCHES. |
| Feb 21, 10:32 AM CST | SLEET 2.25 | Pittsburg, MO | |
| Feb 21, 10:38 AM CST | SLEET 1.1 | Versailles, MO | SLEET CONTINUES TO FALL. SLEET IS IN ADDITION TO 0.10 INCHES OF ICE. |
| Feb 21, 10:43 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Nevada, MO | SLEET FREEZING RAIN MIX FELL IN NEVADA. FREEZING RAIN EARLIER ...ESPECIALLY BEFORE SUNRISE. SLEET FALLING NOW. A FEW CAR ACCIDENTS OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 21, 10:52 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Vienna, MO | 0.16 INCHES MELTED DOWN. |
| Feb 21, 10:54 AM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Branson, MO | 1 2 INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 10:56 AM CST | SLEET 1 | 1 N Macks Creek, MO | JUST NORTH OF MACKS CREEK. |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 21, 11:02 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Willard, MO | THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE TOTAL. |
| Feb 21, 11:02 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Willard, MO | THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH OF ICE TOTAL. |
| Feb 21, 11:13 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Salem, MO | STATE HIGHWAY 119 COVERED FROM SALEM TO MONTAUK. |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Lebanon, MO | 0.50 SLEET. 0.10 ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 11:30 AM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Versailles, MO | ADDITIONAL 0.40 INCHES OS SLEET IN THE LAST HOUR. STILL MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET FALLING. |
| Feb 21, 11:44 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Joplin, MO | ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ON BRANCHES. PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 11:45 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Joplin, MO | 0.5 INCHES OF ICE ON POWER LINES IN JOPLIN. |
| Feb 21, 12:25 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Fort Scott, KS | 3/4 TO 1 INCH OF SLEET REPORTED. |
| Feb 21, 12:25 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Bronson, KS | ON TOP OF SLEET. |
| Feb 21, 1:11 PM CST | SLEET 2 | Lamar, MO | GLAZE OF ICE AS WELL. |
| Feb 21, 1:14 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Stockton, MO | |
| Feb 21, 1:17 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Greenfield, MO | |
| Feb 21, 1:23 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Ozark, MO | FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIME OF REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 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 210155 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 755 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES THIS EVENING. SEVERAL WAVES OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT ADVANCES NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. MOST AREAS WILL SEE PRECIPITATION BEGIN SLEET OR SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>104-211000- /O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0006.080221T0600Z-080221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.080221T0600Z-080223T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0003.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER- DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 755 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...CHANGING TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE AND SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO BE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ MOZ055>058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-105-106-211000- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0003.080221T1200Z-080223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.080221T0600Z-080223T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK- DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD... MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 755 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START LATE TONIGHT AFTER 2 TO 3 AM IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SOME LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY SEE MORE OF A SLEET AND SNOW MIXTURE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TOWARDS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO MORE FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI TO THREE TENTHS OF A INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER SLEET AND SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE AND SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO BE POSSIBLE. 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 211022 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 422 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON TAP FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. SEVERAL WAVES OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT ADVANCES NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-211830- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 422 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. PERSISTENT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH THE PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER SUNRISE. PERIODS OF ON AGAIN...OFF AGAIN FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ALOFT MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST. TODAY...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE THIRD AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SLEET. WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 20S...TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THROUGH THE MIDWEST. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 211228 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 628 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON TAP FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. SEVERAL WAVES OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT ADVANCES NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-212030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 628 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE RAPIDLY EXPANDING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. A BAND OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS ACTIVITY... LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE LIKELY. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 20S...TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THROUGH THE MIDWEST. ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 211523 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 923 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. SEVERAL WAVES OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OZARKS THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT ADVANCES NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-212330- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 923 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A BAND OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BAND OF FREEZING RAIN EXTENDING FROM JOPLIN TO BRANSON TO WEST PLAINS WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS ACTIVITY...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 30S. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND THROUGH THE MIDWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH TONIGHT. A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS43 KSGF 211904 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 104 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE OZARKS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT SPREADS NORTH OVER THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE OZARKS ON FRIDAY...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220315- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 104 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO MONETT TO EMINENCE. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED ON FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ TERRY
000 WWUS43 KSGF 212116 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 316 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO RETURN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AFTER A STRONG FIRST WAVE OF FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...ROUND TWO OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS SETTING UP TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. BY MID EVENING...WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF THIS LOW AS PRECIPITATION ONCE AGAIN FORMS NEAR THE EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE AND BEGINS TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD THE OZARKS...PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT SPREADS NORTH OVER THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH AND WE GET ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL ENOUGH TO WHERE ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS SNOW. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220530- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 316 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY MID EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ICE PELLETS...FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL SEE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. COMMUNITIES MOST LIKELY IMPACTED BY THIS ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL BE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FROM JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO EMINENCE. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH...ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON TIME FRIDAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 212315 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 515 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO RETURN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .THE FIRST WAVE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY THAT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS STILL LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH THIS SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE OVERHEAD ON FRIDAY MORNING...COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA AND PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO MOSTLY LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220715- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 515 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY THE LATE EVENING OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN EXPAND EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET ON FRIDAY MORNING AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL TENTH TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ LINDENBERG
000 WWUS43 KSGF 220055 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 655 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO RETURN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .THE FIRST WAVE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY THAT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS STILL LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH THIS SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE OVERHEAD ON FRIDAY MORNING... COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA AND PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO MOSTLY LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220900- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 655 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY THE LATE EVENING OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN EXPAND EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET ON FRIDAY MORNING AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL TENTH TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES THROUGH FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ LINDENBERG
000 WWUS43 KSGF 220313 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 913 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO RETURN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS PUSHING INTO WESTERN KANSAS AT MID EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A CASSVILLE TO SALEM LINE. PREDOMINANTLY HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MORE OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION OVER TO LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW TOWARDS MORNING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OZARKS. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221115- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 913 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A CASSVILLE TO SALEM LINE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHILE LIGHTER FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF THIS LINE. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS. LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHTER FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS LAST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD END DURING THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ LINDENBERG
000 WWUS43 KSGF 220458 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1058 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... .THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT INTO WESTERN MISSOURI BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH 2 AM...GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A BRANSON TO ROLLA LINE. PREDOMINANTLY HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MORE OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHTER. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION OVER TO LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW TOWARDS MORNING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OZARKS. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221300- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1058 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A BRANSON TO ROLLA LINE THROUGH 2 AM WHILE LIGHTER FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET TOWARDS MORNING AND END BY THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS FINAL WAVE OF WINTRY WEATHER. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ LINDENBERG
000 WWUS43 KSGF 220903 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 303 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS TODAY. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221800- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.080222T0903Z-080222T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 303 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET WILL REMAIN BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TRACKS TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ANGLE
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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
531 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008
.DISCUSSION...
ARCTIC FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES MANAGED TO REBOUND FROM THE TEENS INTO
THE 20S AND 30S. MEANWHILE...OUR WINTER STORM PRODUCER HAS MOVED
INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS BEGUN TAPPING INTO MID
LEVEL MOISTURE FETCH FROM THE SUB-TROPICS. CLOSER TO OUR AREA...A
SURFACE LOW DEEPENING ALONG THE ARCTIC FRONT OVER WEST TEXAS WAS
BRINGING LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS.
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING)...
MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION
TYPE...AMOUNTS AND TIMING FOR OUR AREA AS STORM SYSTEM OVER THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS. ALL MODELS
CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ONSET TIMING AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR OUR
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AND SPREADING NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY. USING THE NAM 850 MB 4 C TEMPERATURE...WHICH
INITIALIZED FAIRLY WELL OFF RAOBS...AS GUIDANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
TYPE AND CHANGEOVER...WILL BEGIN PRECIPITATION AS MAINLY SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVER OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES BY LATE EVENING...AND
SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT. WILL THEN
CARRY HIGH POPS THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND GRADUALLY SHIFT
FREEZING RAIN/SLEET LINE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON AND CARRY THROUGH THE EVENING. ONCE THE UPPER SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON...SHOULD SEE
ELEVATED WARM LAYER COOL BACK BELOW 0 C...LEADING TO A TRANSITION
BACK TO MOSTLY SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AS FAR AS HEADLINES GO...WILL GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
OSCEOLA TO MOUNT VERNON TO BRANSON. MAINLY EXPECT BELOW-CRITERIA
ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 6 AM. THEREAFTER...WILL LEAVE
A WINTER STORM WATCH INTACT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
TERRY
LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FORECAST TO BE OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED LIGHT EASTERLY WIND FLOW. WITH
THIS TYPE OF FLOW...BELIEVE MOS MAYBE BE A BIT OPTIMISTIC ON HIGHS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WENT AHEAD AND SHAVED OFF SEVERAL
DEGREES...GIVING US HIGHS IN THE LOW 40S ACROSS OUR EASTERN CWA
AND MID 40S WEST. DEPENDING ON SNOW/ICE PACK FROM OUR UPCOMING
STORM...WE MAY NEED TO TAKE TEMPERATURES LOWER ON LATER FORECASTS.
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI SATURDAY EVENING INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS IN FORECAST FOR THAT
TIME FRAME. THERMAL PROFILES FROM GFS SHOWING THIS PRECIP SHOULD BE
ALL FROZEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTIES DOWN NEAR THE ARKANSAS
STATE LINE. SUNDAY SEES A RETURN OF SOUTHWEST FLOW AND SOME
WARMING OF OUR LOW LEVELS. TEMPERATURES RISE FROM -2C SATURDAY
AFTERNOON TO +6C SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. MID
40S ACROSS OUR EASTERN ZONES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MID 50S
ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST.
OUR NEXT STORM COMES KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF WITH THIS
SYSTEM. GFS SWINGS A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
WITH A GOOD QUARTER INCH OF QPF ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT.
EUROPEAN KEEPS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION FURTHER NORTH IN NORTHERN
MISSOURI. WENT AHEAD AND CONTINUED LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD INITIALLY BE ALL RAIN WITH SOME SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BY MONDAY EVENING/TUESDAY
MORNING...WE ARE BACK IN THE FREEZER AS 850MB TEMPS FALL FROM +4C
MONDAY AFTERNOON TO -10C TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AGAIN WENT BELOW
GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TUESDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS COLD AIR. SHOULD
THE TREND CONTINUE AS THE GFS SUGGESTS...WE WILL HAVE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES ON LATER FORECASTS. WE CONTINUE
UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF WEDNESDAY...SO
SHOULD SEE COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE.
CLAYCOMB
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SHOULD SEE CEILINGS DETERIORATE INTO THE IFR
CATEGORY OVERNIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN/SLEET BEGINNING SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CEILINGS SHOULD HOLD IN THE IFR CATEGORY ONCE IT
DROPS THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WITH CONTINUED
CHANCES OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY.
LINDENBERG
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY FOR MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>104.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 12:56 PM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1256 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-211900- 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- 1256 PM CST WED FEB 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA...TO LEBANON...TO WINONA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A COLD AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT SPREADS INTO THE REGION...AND PRODUCES A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO SALEM MISSOURI. NORTH OF THIS LINE...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. .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) TERRY
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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.