Alert archive / Missouri / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this blizzard warning at Dec 8, 2009, 2:17 PM CST for 16 counties in Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 32 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
- Dec 8, 2009, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 9:03 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | Rockport, MO | |
| Dec 8, 9:09 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Cameron, MO | |
| Dec 8, 9:17 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 Sw Winston, MO | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 68 ON INTERSTATE 35 |
| Dec 8, 9:52 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Albany, MO | 4-5 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Trenton, MO | STORM TOTAL AMOUNT |
| Dec 8, 10:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Tarkio, MO | |
| Dec 9, 1:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Albany, MO | VISIBILITY ZERO TO 1/4 MILES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AROUND 8 INCHES ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 9, 2:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Princeton, MO | UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW AND ZERO TO 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS OVERNIGHT |
| Dec 9, 4:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Gallatin, MO | 7 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 9, 4:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Rock Port, MO | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW IN 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Dec 9, 4:13 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Maryville, MO | VISIBILITIES OFTEN 1/4 MILE OR LESS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 4:26 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Oregon, MO | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WITH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. |
| Dec 9, 4:26 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Troy, KS | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WITH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Dec 9, 4:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bethany, MO | |
| Dec 9, 5:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Princeton, MO | |
| Dec 9, 6:25 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Savannah, MO | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. |
| Dec 9, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Albany, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 9, 6:37 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 Ne St Joseph Arpt, MO | I29 REPORTED CLOSED FROM MILE MARKER 50 TO THE IOWA BORDER |
| Dec 9, 6:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lancaster, MO | ALONG WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Dec 9, 6:40 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Lancaster, MO | 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND VISIBILITIES REPORTED BELOW 1/4 FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD |
| Dec 9, 6:40 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Unionville, MO | PERSISTANT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. SOME TREES DOWN. |
| Dec 9, 6:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Milan, MO | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Dec 9, 6:48 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Milan, MO | SUSTAINED VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE AND 6-8 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 9, 7:53 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 5 Sw Spickard, MO | ESTIMATED 8 INCHES ACCUMULATION WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY BELOW 1/4 MILE |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Kirksville, MO | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Grant City, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 7 INCHES |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Savannah, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Unionville, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 10 INCHES |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Bethany, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 10 INCHES |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Conception Junction, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Amity, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | King City, MO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KEAX 082017 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 217 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS...IOWA AND NEBRASKA. THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE LOCALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SOUTH OF THE STORM TRACK WILL GREATLY LIMIT WINTER WEATHER ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE...WHERE A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO. KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-090430- /O.NEW.KEAX.BZ.W.0001.091209T0300Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0300Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 217 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE WINTER STORM WARNING AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS AND MATURES VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT OF SNOW. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECIPITATION SHOULD LARGELY BE OVER WITH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ025-103-104-MOZ021>025-028>031-090430- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 217 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THIS TRANSITION WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. ONCE THIS TRANSITION OCCURS MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * THIS WINTRY MIXTURE WILL LIMIT OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS BUT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM GENERALLY LEAVENWORTH TO MACON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. MINOR AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SHOULD OCCUR PRIMARILY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ057-105-MOZ032-033-037>039-043-044-090430- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ MIAMI-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS- JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 217 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KANSAS CITY TO MARSHALL TO MOBERLY LINE...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES LATER THIS EVENING A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...A BURST OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEN ANY SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL LIKELY BE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS...DUE TO PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING NO SIGNIFICANT ICING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ON MAINLY ELEVATED SURFACES. THE SNOW THIS EVENING MAY BE MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY...CREATING SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * AFTER THE TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR A WINTRY MIX WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 11
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 082329 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 529 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS...IOWA AND NEBRASKA. THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE LOCALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SOUTH OF THE STORM TRACK WILL GREATLY LIMIT WINTER WEATHER ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE...WHERE A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED BEFORE TRANSITIONING BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO. KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-090730- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0001.091209T0300Z-091209T1800Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 529 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE. * SNOW WAS INCREASING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE UNIONVILLE...MILAN...KIRKSVILLE AND UNIONVILLE AREAS TO CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS AND MATURES...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ROCKPORT WITH THE ACCUMULATIONS DIMINISHING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN KIRKSVILLE. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY... AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECIPITATION SHOULD LARGELY BE OVER WITH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ025-103-104-MOZ021>025-028>031-090730- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 529 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * THE MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS AND MATURES...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THE WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ057-105-MOZ032-033-037>039-043-044-090730- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ MIAMI-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS- JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 529 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER BY 6 PM WITH THE TRANSITION TO SNOW QUICKLY REACHING CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 9 OR 10 PM. A QUICK BURST OF MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW MAY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE ADVISORY AREA. * AFTER THE TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR A WINTRY MIX WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KEAX 090402 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS...IOWA AND NEBRASKA. THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY. DRIER AIR SOUTH OF THE STORM TRACK WILL GREATLY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE. WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT TONIGHT...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS BLUSTERY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO. KSZ104-MOZ023>025-029>031-091200- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WYANDOTTE-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE SNOW HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE REGION ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WRAP BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY LATE EVENING. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BEFORE ENDING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. * BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ057-MOZ043-044-090515- /O.CAN.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ MIAMI-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH A PERIOD OR TWO OF LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-091215- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE. * ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW...WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY...WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF QUICKLY AFTER 4 AM. * SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROCKPORT...8 TO 10 INCHES IN HOLT COUNTY...8 INCHES NEAR WINSTON AND SAVANNAH...NEARLY 7 INCHES IN CAMERON...AND 6 INCHES IN GILMAN CITY. TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 INCHES FROM LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE TO LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 14 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. THE SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ025-103-MOZ021-022-028-091200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WHILE THE BULK OF THE SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE BACK THROUGH THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF AFTER 4 AM. * SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH 9 PM INCLUDED AROUND 7 INCHES IN CAMERON... 6 INCHES IN LEAVENWORTH...AND 4 AND A HALF INCHES IN PLATTE CITY. TOTAL STORM SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ105-MOZ032-033-037>039-091200- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL 1002 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WRAP BACK ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS BEFORE SUNRISE. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW..BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MJ
000 WWUS43 KEAX 091206 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 606 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...EFFECTS OF MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS .. .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE STORM TRACK TOOK THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN ALREADY FALLEN. WHILE THE BULK OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS...VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS BLUSTERY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND AT OR BELOW ZERO TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO. KSZ025-103-MOZ021-022-028-091315- /O.EXP.KEAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...LEAVENWORTH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON 606 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * AT 6AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WAS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES RESULTING FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAVE IMPROVED THIS MORNING RESULTING IN IMPROVED TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KSZ104-105-MOZ023>025-029>033-037>039-091315- /O.EXP.KEAX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL 606 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * AT 6AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WAS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES RESULTING FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAVE IMPROVED THIS MORNING RESULTING IN IMPROVED TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-091800- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 606 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE. * WHILE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROCKPORT...8 TO 10 INCHES IN HOLT COUNTY... 8 INCHES NEAR WINSTON AND SAVANNAH...NEARLY 7 INCHES IN CAMERON...AND 6 INCHES IN GILMAN CITY. TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 INCHES FROM LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE TO LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 14 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. * WHILE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS ENDING...LIGHT SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS43 KEAX 091503 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 903 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED... .THE MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO LIFT TO THE EAST AND AS A RESULT THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS HAS ENDED. HOWEVER NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AT TIMES A MILE. THIS WILL ALSO LEAD TO VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. KSZ102-MOZ001>008-011>017-020-092315- /O.CAN.KEAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0010.091209T1503Z-091210T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON... UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH 903 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CAN CANCELED. * STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AT TIMES A MILE IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES OF -5 TO -15 ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$ CDB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 8, 11:47 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 11:47 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1147 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
.UPDATE...
/1121 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009/
HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. A DRY SLOT
ASSOCIATED WITH A LEADING PV ANOMALY HAS SPREAD OVER THE REGION WHICH
HAS REMOVED THE ICE CRYSTALS FROM ALOFT RESULTING IN MIXED BAG OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION. REPORTS FROM THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TO FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WATER VAPOR ANALYSIS TIMES THIS DRY
SLOT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH RE-SATURATION OF
THE SNOW GROWTH REGION OCCURRING LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS
EVENING. ONCE THIS OCCURS A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WILL HAPPEN. THIS
TRANSITION WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST RAPIDLY WITH CENTRAL MISSOURI
GOING TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
ESPECIALLY THE FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE WILL ACCUMULATE MAINLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES WITH THE FREEZING LINE FROM ROUGHLY MOBERLY THROUGH
KANSAS CITY.
A GROWING CONCERN IS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR/WIND CHILLS AS THIS SYSTEM WRAPS UP OVER
THE REGION. AS A RESULT WE ARE ASSESSING THE NEED FOR BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI. A DECISION WILL BE MADE BY THE
AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE.
CDB
&&
.DISCUSSION...
/443 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009/
COMPLEX SCENARIO UNFOLDING THIS MORNING WITH POTENT WINTER STORM
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. CURRENT SFC
ANALYSIS INDICATING SFC LOW BECOMING BETTER ESTABLISHED ACROSS
WESTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING AS HEIGHT FALLS CONTINUE TO ACROSS THAT
REGION. ACROSS OUR NECK OF THE WOODS...MODEST ISENTROPIC ASCENT HAS
RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL FROM AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO MACON MISSOURI LINE. REPORTS THUS FAR HAVE
INDICATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-2 INCHES ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH
REPORTS OF UPWARD OF 3-4 INCHES ALONG A NARROW STRIP FROM ATCHISON
KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI. SOUTH OF THE SNOW LINE...A LLVL
POCKET OF DRY AIR AS ANALYZED VIA 00Z RAOBS HAS LIMITED
PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION SO FAR. THIS HAS RESULTED IN BASICALLY TWO
SEPARATE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT...ONE A BAND OF SNOW
STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSOURI AND TWO A BAND OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 00Z DETERMINISTIC MODEL
GUIDANCE INDICATES THIS DRY POCKET TO GRADUALLY LIFT OFF THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY POINT BUFR
SOUNDINGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI
SHOWING THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN TO GRADUALLY SATURATE BETWEEN 15-18Z.
FOR THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE CURRENT AREA OF SNOW TO PERSIST AS
ISENTROPIC ASCENT CONTINUES WITH PERHAPS A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF
ECHOES THROUGH MID MORNING. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...MAY SEE SOME AREAS
OF DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME
BEFORE MORE AMPLE SATURATION IS ALLOWED TO OCCUR. BY MID TO LATE
MORNING AND INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...MODELS INDICATE THE DRY
POCKET TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD ALLOWING DEEPER ISENTROPIC LIFT TO
OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE CWA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE WIDESPREAD
PRECIP. HOWEVER DURING THIS TIME...WARMER LLVL TEMPS WILL ADVECT
NORTHWARD LEADING TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIP TO TRANSITION ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MACON LINE.
THEN BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...STRONG HEIGHT FALLS OVERSPREAD THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST AS THE UPPER TOUGH AXIS SWINGS OUT AND
BECOMES SLIGHTLY NEGATIVELY TILTED. THIS WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL
DYNAMICALLY FORCED PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WITH SFC
LOW SLIDING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. AS THIS OCCURS...EXPECT DRY
SLOT TO ROTATE IN ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MAY PUSH INTO THE
SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS WELL. THIS MAY LEAD TO A BREAK IN PRECIP BY THE
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THIS AREA. THEN AS THE SYSTEM
TRANSITIONS EASTWARD BY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TRANSITION
TO MOSTLY ALL SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE SHOULD OCCUR...WITH THE EXCEPTION
PERHAPS BEING THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
GIVEN WHERE THE CURRENT SNOW LINE IS LOCATED AND THE ACCUMULATIONS
RECEIVED THUS FAR...CURRENT WARNINGS LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND
WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT HEADLINES FOR NOW. AFOREMENTIONED REASONING MAY
LIMIT OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI TO PERHAPS A
DUSTING TO UPWARD OF A COUPLE OF INCHES...MAINLY AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS EASTWARD. IN CONTRAST...AREAS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS STILL STAND A CHANCE TO SEE UPWARD OF 6 TO GREATER
THAN 10 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTY STILL LIES AS
TO WHETHER THERE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS SNOW BAND ACROSS THIS AREA
THROUGH THE DAY OR IF THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD DURING THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN PRECIP SHUTS OFF FOR A WHILE OR A LEAST
WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY.
BY WEDNESDAY...STRONG CAA COUPLED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOW PACK WILL
LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IF CLOUDS BEGIN TO CLEAR
AS EXPECTED. MOST AREAS WILL SEE WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR OR WELL
BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI WHERE
READINGS COULD DIP FROM -10 TO -15 BELOW BY THURSDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE BEYOND DAY 3.
DEROCHE
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...VERY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING APPEARS
TO BE THE MAIN TIME FRAME FOR HEAVIER SNOW ACROSS THE TAF SITES.
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WARM AIR NOSE ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY
AREA...WILL STILL HAVE A WINTRY MIX WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
FREEZING RAIN FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...BUT ICING SHOULD BE MINOR.
SURFACE LOW WILL BE MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES BY
00Z...WHICH WILL BE SWITCHING THE WINDS...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL NOT
BE HITTING UNTIL LATE EVENING TO AROUND MIDNIGHT TIMEFRAME. THERE
MAY STILL BE LIGHT SNOW FALLING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT
OF BIGGER CONCERN OVERNIGHT WILL BE THE BLOWING SNOW WITH THE STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS...SO WILL GO WITH THAT IN THE PREVAILING GROUP.
PC
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MOZ032-033-
037>039-043-044.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MOZ001>008-
011>017-020>025-028>031.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ057-105.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
KSZ025-102>104.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 1:01 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 101 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-091915- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 101 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FROM GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH THROUGH MOBERLY. NORTH OF THIS AREA PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALL SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MATURES...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY WORK INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LEADING TO A RAPID TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO MACON MISSOURI HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL APPROACHING A FOOT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THIS STORM EXITS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND THE EXPECTED SNOW PACK. IN ADDITION...THE BRISK WINDS WILL LEAD TO WINDS CHILL READINGS NEAR OF BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE IOWA AND MISSOURI BORDER MAY EXPERIENCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -15 DEGREES. PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CDB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 8, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1245 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1243 PM SNOW AMITY 39.87N 94.43W
12/08/2009 E0.0 INCH DEKALB MO CO-OP OBSERVER
ESTIMATE 2 MORE INCHES SINCE THIS MORNINGS TOTAL WHICH
WAS 4...SO TOTAL OF 6 INCHES CURRENT AT THIS TIME. STILL
LIGHT SNOW.
&&
ACHLocal storm report, Dec 8, 1:11 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
111 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1243 PM HEAVY SNOW AMITY 39.87N 94.43W
12/08/2009 E6.0 INCH DEKALB MO CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
SFLocal storm report, Dec 8, 1:12 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
112 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1249 PM SNOW ESE LA PLATA 40.03N 92.49W
12/08/2009 E1.0 INCH MACON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SFLocal storm report, Dec 8, 1:13 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
113 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1251 PM HEAVY SNOW TARKIO 40.44N 95.38W
12/08/2009 E6.5 INCH ATCHISON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SFLocal storm report, Dec 8, 1:27 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
127 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0116 PM HEAVY SNOW ROCKPORT 40.42N 95.52W
12/08/2009 M7.0 INCH ATCHISON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
COMBINED WITH 5.5 INCHES MEASURED YESTERDAY MORNING, 12.5
INCH TOTAL SNOW DEPTH.
&&
SFLocal storm report, Dec 8, 2:15 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
215 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM FREEZING RAIN SAVANNAH 39.94N 94.83W
12/08/2009 E0.10 INCH ANDREW MO PUBLIC
&&
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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.