Alert archive / Missouri / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 4:26 PM CST for 7 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 17 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
- Dec 24, 2009, 4:26 PM CST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 9:42 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 24, 4:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 W Peculiar, MO | FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW...ROADS WHITE COVERED AND ROADS STARTING TO GET ICY. |
| Dec 24, 4:39 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Raymore, MO | |
| Dec 24, 4:58 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Easton Ks, KS | SLEET COMING DOWN...1/4 INCH ON GROUND...ROAD BECOMING ICY. |
| Dec 24, 5:04 PM CST | SLEET 0.15 | Independence, MO | SLEET COMING DOWN...AROUND AN 1/8TH OF INCH...ROADS BECOMING SLICK. |
| Dec 24, 5:15 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Leavenworth, KS | SLEETING FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES...1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH OF SLEET ACROSS THE COUNTY...ROADS ARE TREACHEROUS AT BEST. |
| Dec 24, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Bonner Springs, KS | HEAVY SNOW FALLING...TEMPERATURE 18 NOW. APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES SNOW ON GROUND NOW. |
| Dec 24, 6:49 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | De Soto, KS | HEAVY SNOW FALLING...ESTIMATE 1.25 INCHES ON GROUND SO FAR. |
| Dec 24, 7:07 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 5 Se Kansas City, MO | |
| Dec 24, 7:24 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Leavenworth, KS | VISIBILITY 1/8 MILE WITH 18-20 INCH SNOW DRIFTS COMMON. |
| Dec 24, 8:30 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | 3 E Lees Summit, MO | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH SLEET |
| Dec 24, 9:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 E Lawrence, KS | |
| Dec 24, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Overland Park, KS | MEASURED AT 85TH AND METCALF |
| Dec 24, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Platte City, MO | PLATTE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE ESTIMATES SNOW AT 2 INCHES |
| Dec 24, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Troy, KS | DONIPHAN COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE ESTIMATES SNOW AT 3 INCHES...WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 45 MPH. |
| Dec 24, 9:41 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Olathe, KS | JOHNSON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE ESTIMATES SNOW 3 INCHES WITH DRIFTS OVER A FOOT. ESTIMATES WINDS AT 40MPH GUSTS. |
| Dec 24, 9:45 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Oregon, MO | SHERRIF OFFICE REPORTS VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FOR LAST 3 HOURS. SNOW DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH. |
| Dec 24, 9:48 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Tarkio, MO | ATCHISON SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN AROUND 100 FEET OR LESS FOR THE LAST 3 HOURS. WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET HIGH. SNOW 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 24, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Maryville, MO | NODAWAY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. 3 TO 4 FT SNOW DRIFTS. WINDS 25 TO 30 GUSTS TO 40 MPH ESTIMATE. |
| Dec 24, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Cameron, MO | ONE INCH SNOWFALL ON GROUND. ESTIMATE WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ROADS ICY AND HAZARDOUS. |
| Dec 24, 9:55 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Savannah, MO | ANDREW COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN BELOW 50 FT FOR THE LAST 3 HOURS WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS OVER 1 FOOT. WINDS HAVE BEEN 30 TO 40 MPH. |
| Dec 24, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Lees Summit, MO | |
| Dec 24, 10:14 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Bonner Springs, KS | HAS 3 INCHES OF SNOW...SNOW HAS PACKED DOWN DUE TO SLEET FALLING OVER THE 2 INCHES THAT FELL EARLIER...HEAVY SNOW FALLING AGAIN. |
| Dec 24, 10:14 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Leavenworth, KS | 2 TO 4 INCHS SNOW ON GROUND...BLOWING AROUND DRIFTS 2 FEET. ESTIMATE WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY HAS BEEN LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE FOR OVER 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 24, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Cameron, MO | 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW...30 TO 40 MPH WINDS...SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING |
| Dec 24, 11:21 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 E Lees Summit, MO | 1 INCH OF SNOW IN ABOUT 15 MIN...VSBY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. |
| Dec 24, 11:26 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Basehor, KS | 4 TO 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW...MAJOR DRIFTING WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH. |
| Dec 24, 11:51 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.8 | Pleasant Hill, MO | OFFICIAL MEASUREMENT AT NWS OFFICE |
| Dec 24, 11:51 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lees Summit, MO | |
| Dec 25, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 5 Se Platte City, MO | KANSAS CITY INTL AIRPORT |
| Dec 25, 12:05 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Kansas City, MO | OBSERVER AT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT |
| Dec 25, 12:05 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Bonner Springs, KS | WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY AND 20-30 MPH WINDS |
| Dec 25, 12:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Leavenworth, KS | |
| Dec 25, 12:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | St Joseph, MO | ROSECRANS AIRPORT OBSERVER |
| Dec 25, 1:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Fairway, MO | SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 25, 1:54 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Agency, MO | 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY AND STRONG WINDS |
| Dec 25, 1:54 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Olathe, KS | WITH 2 FT DRIFTS |
| Dec 25, 2:01 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Raymore, MO | ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF SNOW. LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. DRIFTS UP TO 3 FT WITH STRONG WINDS. SEVERAL CARS SLIDING OFF HIGHWAY 71. |
| Dec 25, 2:05 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 5 Sw Olathe, KS | NEW CENTURY AIRPORT. BETWEEN 11 PM-2 AM FREQUENT VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW 1/4 MILE WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS CONSISTENTLY GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. |
| Dec 25, 3:05 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ne Fairway, MO | STILL SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW NEAR THE GROUND. SNOWFALL HAS BECOME MUCH LIGHTER WITH BETTER VISIBILITIES FROM TOWER CAMERA. |
| Dec 25, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Kansas City Ks, KS | PASSED ALONG FROM BROADCAST MEDIA |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Pleasant Hill, MO | OFFICIAL NWS MEASUREMENT OF 4.0 INCHES SNOW/0.8 INCHES SLEET SO FAR STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 6:08 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Cameron, MO | ALONG WITH 3.5 FT DRIFTS |
| Dec 25, 6:08 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 S Basehor, KS | 4 FOOT DRIFTS COMMON |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Osawatomie, KS | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | St Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Pleasant Hill, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Raymore, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Butler, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Cameron, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Kearney, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Kansas City, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.7 | Basehor, KS | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Bonner Springs, KS | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Conception, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Maryville, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Paola, KS | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Lees Summit, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Easton Ks, KS | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Tarkio, MO | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Independence, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 242226 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY... ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. A POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM NOW MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS WILL BEGIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. COLD AIR HAS NOW FILTERED INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH SCATTERED PRECIPITATION AFFECTING EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A KANSAS CITY TO BETHANY MISSOURI LINE. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS FURTHER EAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A UNIONVILLE TO CLINTON LINE MAY TAKE LONGER TO TRANSITION AND PRECIPITATION MAY NOT BECOME SNOW UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY BE THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A BUTLER MISSOURI TO MARYVILLE MISSOURI LINE TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WITH TRAVEL PEAKING DURING THE HOLIDAY... VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-250630- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.091224T2226Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A ST JOSEPH TO MARYVILLE LINE WHILE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING EAST OF THIS LINE. A TRANSITION TO SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXING AT TIMES WILL TAKE PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF THIS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-250630- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * LIGHT RAIN IS BEGINNING TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-250630- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. * MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER IN THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY OR CONSIDER MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-250630- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.091225T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. * MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ DEROCHE
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KEAX 250129 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 729 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO FRIDAY... ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS CHANGE HAS ALREADY OCCUR ED GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO POSSIBLY 3/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER 1/4 MILE WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-250930- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 729 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHILE SLEET CONTINUES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 1/4 INCH TO AS MUCH AS 3/4 INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. * SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND PLEASANTON KANSAS...NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF THIS AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-250930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 729 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM...BEFORE THE FINAL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THROUGH FRIDAY. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1/4 TO POSSIBLY AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES ON TOP OF THE SLEET WILL BE AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH HIGHER RATES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-250930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 729 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM...BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY OR CONSIDER MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-250930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 729 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. * MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING... TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NRR
000 WWUS43 KEAX 250355 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS CHANGE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO POSSIBLY 3/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER 1/4 MILE WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-251200- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHILE A SLEET AND SNOW MIX CONTINUES SOUTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 1/4 INCH TO AS MUCH AS 3/4 INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND POINTS NORTHWARD. * SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND PLEASANTON KANSAS...NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF THIS AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM MOUND CITY MISSOURI NORTH TO THE IOWA BORDER...DUE TO DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE OFTEN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-251200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOWFALL RATE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-251200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...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 SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY OR CONSIDER MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-251200- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. * MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. AFTER CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NRR
000 WWUS43 KEAX 250644 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS CHANGE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY TO KANSAS CITY MISSOURI AND PAOLA KANSAS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO POSSIBLY 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER 1/4 MILE WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-251445- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS ALL BUT FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...WHERE SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MIX IN THROUGH AROUND 2 AM. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 1/4 INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AND POINTS NORTHWARD. * SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND PLEASANTON KANSAS...NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF THIS AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM MOUND CITY MISSOURI NORTH TO THE IOWA BORDER...DUE TO DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE OFTEN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-251445- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TODAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-251445- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...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 SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM...WITH THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY THEREAFTER. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY MORNING. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY OR CONSIDER MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-251445- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1244 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH 1/4 TO AROUND 1 INCH POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOWFALL...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY...OR CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NRR
000 WWUS43 KEAX 250912 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO SNOW FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SEDALIA TO UNIONVILLE. ALTHOUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI REMAINS ABOVE FREEZING...COLD AIR WAS RUSHING EAST...AND THESE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE A RAPID CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN...TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...TO SNOW THIS MORNING. MINOR SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...HOWEVER POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO 5 TO 10 INCHES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION...AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AFTER A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW LAST EVENING. THUS FAR...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...TO AROUND 6 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW...WITH RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR...HAS MOVED EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SUNRISE HOUR. LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL MORE INCHES IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM MOUND CITY MISSOURI NORTH TO THE IOWA BORDER...DUE TO DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW...AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL HIGHWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME IMPASSIBLE * TRAVEL HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THE MID MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON HOURS. * 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 9 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL HAS BECOME DANGEROUS...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-251715- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE RAPIDLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THOUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. * VERY MINOR ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOWFALL...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING... WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 251146 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI... .SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY...AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO SNOW FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE OF THE REGION. POCKETS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO 5 TO 12 INCHES IN EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL... NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. THE HIGHEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL IN THE PAST COUPLE HOURS...VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...AND THE BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATER THIS MORNING. TRAVEL HAS BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH EXTENSIVE ROAD CLOSURES. VEHICULAR TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY EARLY THIS MORNING. KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043- 053-252000- /O.CON.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AFTER A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW LAST EVENING. THUS FAR...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...TO AROUND 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES AT OR ABOVE 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE SHIFTED NORTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING ELSEWHERE. LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL MORE INCHES IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY. * TRAVEL HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY. 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. && $$ MOZ003>005-014-022-030-252000- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-DAVIESS-CALDWELL-RAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO...RICHMOND 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. REPORTS FROM THE WARNED AREA INDICATES 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TRAVEL HAS BECOME DANGEROUS...AND WILL CONTINUE AS SUCH THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ006-015-023-031-038-044-054-252000- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE... CARROLLTON...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG...CLINTON 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING... WITH POCKETS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. REPORTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALREADY THIS MORNING. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. * TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. && $$ MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-252000- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOWFALL...AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING... WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ 21
000 WWUS43 KEAX 251542 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 TAKING THE LONG ROUTE...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL ROTATE NORTHWEST INTO IOWA THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST. JOSEPH TO CARROLLTON TO MOBERLY LINE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH...OCCASIONAL FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE BIGGER CONCERN BEING 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW. TRAVEL REMAINS EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH EXTENSIVE ROAD CLOSURES. MOST SECONDARY ROADS OVER WESTERN MISSOURI ARE IMPASSIBLE WITH DRIFTS OF ONE TO TWO FEET REPORTED. TRAVEL ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCY PURPOSES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. KSZ102-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-252345- /O.CAN.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0012.091225T1542Z-091226T0000Z/ DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 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 SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE HALF MILE. SNOW DRIFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY. * THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-043-053-252345- /O.CAN.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0012.091225T1542Z-091226T0000Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE- CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY... LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY... WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER... RICH HILL 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO BY LATE MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY. * THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ003>008-014>017-022>025-030>033-039-040-046-252345- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0012.091225T1542Z-091226T0000Z/ WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-DAVIESS-GRUNDY- SULLIVAN-ADAIR-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-RAY-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-SALINE-HOWARD-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY... BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...GALLATIN... JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...BOONVILLE 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...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 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF A CARROLLTON TO MOBERLY LINE. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE HALF MILE. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. * THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ038-044-045-054-252345- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0012.091225T1542Z-091226T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...WARRENSBURG... SEDALIA...CLINTON 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS MID MISSOURI BY LATE MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 58 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 18 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Missouri, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every blizzard warning in 2009
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.