Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 27, 2009, 3:24 PM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr. 23 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Morgan County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:00 AM CDT | SLEET 1 | Girard, KS | |
| Mar 28, 1:39 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Mapleton, KS | ICING TREES AND SURFACES |
| Mar 28, 1:39 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Mapleton, KS | ICING TREES AND SURFACES |
| Mar 28, 1:41 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Bronson, KS | TREE ICING |
| Mar 28, 2:15 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Devon, KS | FZRA HAS TURNED ALL TO SNOW AT DEVON...FULTON AND MAPLETON IN BOURBON COUNTY |
| Mar 28, 2:36 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Fort Scott, KS | THREE ACCIDENTS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADS. A HALF INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN 15 MINUTES |
| Mar 28, 3:13 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Nevada, MO | FZRA...SLEET AND SNOW OBSERVED IN NEVADA. NO ACCUMULATIONS IN NEVADA. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN VERNON COUNTY DUE TO SLICK ROADS ON HIGHWAYS 54 AND 71. |
| Mar 28, 3:21 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Pittsburg, KS | VERNON COUNTY EM REPORTS ONE INCH OF SNOW IN PITTSBURG |
| Mar 28, 3:23 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | 3 W Deerfield, MO | HALF INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING IN BUNNYVILLE FROM VERNON SHERRIFF DEPUTY |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 S Uniontown, KS | HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS FROM SLICK ROADS ON HIGHWAY 3 |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM CDT | SLEET 1 | 4 S Horton, MO | |
| Mar 28, 4:24 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Mapleton, KS | 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW IN MAPLETON WITH .5 INCHES OF SLEET. 1 INCH OF SNOW AT FORT SCOTT. .5 INCHES OF SNOW AT REDFIELD. STILL SNOWING HARD ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Mar 28, 4:24 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Mapleton, KS | 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW IN MAPLETON WITH .5 INCHES OF SLEET. 1 INCH OF SNOW AT FORT SCOTT. .5 INCHES OF SNOW AT REDFIELD. STILL SNOWING HARD ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Mar 28, 4:52 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Redfield, KS | 0.13 INCHES OF ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES AROUND REDFIELD. SOME REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY KANSAS |
| Mar 28, 5:25 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Columbus, KS | 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.25 INCHES OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 28, 5:46 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Girard, KS | |
| Mar 28, 5:52 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Lamar, MO | STILL SNOWING HARD |
| Mar 28, 5:59 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Nevada, MO | NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON HIGHWAYS 71 AND 54 ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO SLIDEOFFS |
| Mar 28, 6:24 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Girard, KS | ALSO 1 INCH OF SLEET AT 11 AM THIS MORNING. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Sw Mapleton, KS | 15 20 HOUUSE SW OF MAPLETON HAVE LOST POWER DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS WELL. STILL SNOWING HARD. |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 7 S Fort Scott, KS | |
| Mar 28, 7:56 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Lamar, MO | STILL SNOWING HARD. ALSO A MIX OF FZRA AND SLEET EARLIER THAT MELTED. |
| Mar 28, 8:08 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | 4 S Horton, MO | STILL SNOWING HARD. ALSO 1 INCH OF SLEET ESTIMATED AT 415 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KSGF 272024 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. RAIN WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY... RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST. MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED...RANGING FROM A GLAZE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO AROUND ONE INCH...IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI....BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-280430- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.090328T0600Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FIVES INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ055-056-068-280430- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-280430- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.090328T0600Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ069-079>081-090-091-280430- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1500Z-090329T0600Z/ CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-070-280430- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ071-280430- /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ PHELPS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROLLA 324 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAGAN
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KSGF 272131 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. RAIN WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY... RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST. MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED...RANGING FROM A GLAZE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO AROUND ONE INCH...IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI....BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-280545- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FIVES INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ055-056-068-280545- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-280545- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ069-079>081-090-091-280545- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1500Z-090329T0600Z/ CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-280545- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA 431 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 280202 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EARLY ON SATURDAY...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. THIS WILL BE A GRADUAL CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE FROM WEST TO EAST. MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED...RANGING FROM A GLAZE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI....BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES. MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO INCHES...IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-281200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ055-056-068-281200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-281200- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T0900Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY...AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE. IF PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW EARLIER THAN EXPECTED...HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND AN UPGRADE TO A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ069-079>081-090-091-281200- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1500Z-090329T0600Z/ CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-281200- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA 902 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A VERY STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...COLD AIR OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED SURFACES... WITH ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARJENBRUCH/CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 280938 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY... .RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG WITH COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE THESE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-281745- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SOMETIME DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS EPISODE OF SNOWFALL WILL END MOST LIKELY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ055-056-068-281745- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.090328T1200Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SOMETIME DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS EPISODE OF SNOWFALL WILL END SOMETIME TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-281745- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SOMETIME DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS EPISODE OF SNOWFALL WILL END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ069-079>081-090-091-281745- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1500Z-090329T0600Z/ CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY EXITING THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-281745- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA 438 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY EXITING THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CRAMER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 281620 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY... .RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG WITH COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE THESE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. MOZ055-056-068-290030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-290000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS EPISODE OF SNOWFALL WILL END DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-290000- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RAIN HAS BEGUN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO THREE INCHES IN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH SNOW MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ069-079>081-090-091-290030- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CAMDEN...POLK...DALLAS...LACLEDE... GREENE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...SLEET AND AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THIS RAINFALL...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED AREAS. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-290030- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.090328T1800Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA 1120 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MILLER... MARIES...PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SLEET AND SNOW WILL MIX IN WITH THIS RAINFALL...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES...ACCUMULATING MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.. PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 281910 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 210 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY... .RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG WITH COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION. MOZ055-056-068-290315- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-HICKORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... HERMITAGE 210 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BENTON...MORGAN AND HICKORY COUNTIES FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...SLEET AND AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THIS RAINFALL...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE SLOWER ONSET OF SNOW...AS WELL AS WARM GROUND CONDITIONS...LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN BENTON...MORGAN AND HICKORY COUNTIES. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THERE WILL BE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED AREAS. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-290000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 210 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND A GLAZE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 400 PM. THIS EPISODE OF SNOWFALL WILL END DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-290000- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 210 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH SNOW MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ057-058-069>071-079>081-090-091-290315- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE- WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE 210 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CAMDEN...POLK...DALLAS...LACLEDE... GREENE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM. DURING THE MID TO AFTER 400 PM...SLEET AND AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THIS RAINFALL...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED AREAS. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GAGAN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 282131 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 431 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY... .RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...ALONG WITH COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-290545- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 431 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS HAS YET TO SHOW ANY EASTWARD MOVEMENT FROM THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN BOURBON COUNTY AND HEAVY SNOW IS CURRENTLY BEING REPORTED. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ088-089-093-094-101-102-290545- /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE 431 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. A MIX OF RAIN RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH SNOW MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MOZ055>058-068>071-079>081-090-091-290545- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK- DALLAS-LACLEDE-GREENE-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 431 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CAMDEN...POLK...DALLAS...LACLEDE... GREENE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM. DURING THE EARLY EVENING...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THIS RAINFALL...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED AREAS. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 282343 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 643 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO DECREASE LIKELY... .THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS PARKED OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY HAS BEGUN TO MOVE NORTHEAST. THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW THAT WAS FAIRLY STATIONARY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI HAS BEGUN TO MOVE NORTHEAST AS WELL. MODERATE SNOW IS STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MOVES EAST...SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO WARSAW...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-290600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 643 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING BY LATE EVENING. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER WESTERN MISSOURI. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...MODERATE SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY WELL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ MOZ055>058-068>071-079>081-088>091-093-094-101-102-290600- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK- DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 643 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH SNOW MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 290142 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 842 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO DECREASE WEST TO EAST... .THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS PARKED OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE THAT WAS STALLED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI HAS BEGUN TO MOVE NORTHEAST AS WELL. COMMUNITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO STOCKTON TO WARSAW COULD STILL SEE SOME MODERATE SNOW...BUT AT THIS TIME...RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE SNOW WEAKENING AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. COMMUNITIES EAST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES THIS EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-290245- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 842 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. RESIDENTS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WITH CLEARING SKIES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING INTO THE MID 20S. THIS WILL LEAD TO MOISTURE ON ROAD SURFACES TO FREEZE IN PLACES...CONTINUING TO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. $$ MOZ055>058-068>071-079>081-088>091-093-094-101-102-290600- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090329T0600Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK- DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 842 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DUE TO WARM GROUND CONDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY...RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES IN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH SNOW MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS EPISODE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WHICH WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CLAYCOMB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1224 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.UPDATE...
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ACROSS TX AND OK. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM AND CONGEAL INTO A DECENT RAIN BAND THAT WILL
SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST WITH TIME. CURRENT POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON
SHOW THIS NICELY AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS BASED ON
TIMING.
NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO USHER COLD AIR SOUTHWARD...
PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NW OF THE PLATEAU. A DECENT TEMP GRADIENT IS
DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WITH MID 30S IN THE NW AND LOW 60S IN THE
SE. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON TEMPS IN THE FAR NW PORTIONS OF
THE CWA HEADING INTO TONIGHT AS DEWPOINTS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE
UPPER 20S. NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TOMORROW...AND THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOW LEVEL TEMPS.
12Z VERSIONS OF THE NAM/GFS ARE IN AND HAVE CONTINUED THE GOING
WINTER STORM WATCH. WILL WAIT TO VIEW THE 12Z ECMWF BEFORE
CONSIDERING ANY ALTERATIONS TO THE CURRENT W/W/A CONFIGURATION.
GAGAN
&&
.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT RAINFALL PERSISTED OVERNIGHT FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI BACK INTO
EASTERN KANSAS. THIS BELT OF RAIN RESULTED FROM THE COMBINATION
OF A MID LEVEL ZONE OF BAROCLINICITY...THAT WAS POSITIONED
UNDERNEATH A PASSING UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THE GFS AND WRF
290-295 POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE LAYER INDICATED THAT PARCELS WERE
ADVECTING UP THIS ZONE OF BAROCLINICITY. THIS PRESSURE ADVECTIVE
LIFT WILL END THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE TRACKS TO THE
EAST. THIS BAND OF LIGHT RAIN SHOULD EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE...LEAVING
MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF TODAY ACROSS THE REGION.
HOWEVER...RAIN WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OUT WEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A VIGOROUS
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY...CAUSING LARGE SCALE ASCENT TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST.
EVENTUALLY RAIN SHOWERS WILL ENCOMPASS ALMOST ALL OF THE OZARKS
REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AS A
TROUGH OF WARM AIR ALOFT ENHANCES SNOWFALL RATES ALONG THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE.
EVENTUALLY BY SATURDAY...THIS UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS
NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS TRACK WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME
HEAVY OVER SE KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. MOST OF THIS PRECIP
WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN...HOWEVER...THERMAL PROFILES WILL
BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW. AS OF NOW IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BULL SHOALS LAKE UP
TO SALEM. EAST OF THIS LINE (SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI)...WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE MOSTLY RAIN...BUT CAN NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A FEW
FLAKES.
THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. COLLABORATION WITH HPC
ALONG WITH SOME ADJACENT OFFICES LED TO A FORECAST THAT WAS WEIGHTED
TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLUTION. GIVEN THE EXPECTED QPF AMOUNTS...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL UP TO FOUR INCHES IN THE FORT SCOTT AND
NEVADA AREAS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE
SOUTHEAST...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL LIKELY
ONLY EXPERIENCE MINOR AMOUNTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A DEGREE OF
MELTING DUE TO WARM SOIL TEMPERATURES THAT EXIST OVER THE OZARKS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
THE ECMWF WAS GIVEN MORE CREDENCE DUE TO ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACK. THE 00Z GFS WAS COMPLETELY DISCREDITED SINCE
IT ABRUPTLY SHIFTED THE LOW FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. IT WAS ALSO THE
ONLY OPERATIONAL MODEL THAT INDICATED THIS TREND...WHILE MOST OF ITS
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WERE SIMILAR TO THE ECMWF.
WE ALSO ELECTED TO KEEP THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT. IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH THE WATCH WILL NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO AN ADVISORY
IN MOST AREAS TODAY...HOWEVER...WE DECIDED TO GIVE THE DAY SHIFT
ANOTHER MODEL RUN TO ANALYZE THE SITUATION.
A WARMER AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE NATIONS MID SECTION IN
THE WAKE OF THIS EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM. DRY WEATHER WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY. LOOK FOR
AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
BY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE
CONSISTENTLY INDICATED ANOTHER UPPER LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY
FORECASTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE CORN BELT OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA. A
COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS UPPER LOW...AND WILL SPREAD ANOTHER
SHOT OF COOL AIR INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THERE
WILL BE A DECENT AMOUNT OF LIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER...A
FAIRLY DRY AIRMASS WILL EXIST...LIMITING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND
AMOUNTS. AS A MATTER OF FACT...SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE A DRY
FRONTAL PASSAGE ALL TOGETHER.
THE PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE AND MODELS INDICATE THE PASSAGE OF
ANOTHER UPPER SHORTWAVE BY THURSDAY. ULTIMATELY IT DOESNT APPEAR
AS THOUGH ANY SIGNIFICANT EPISODES OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST BEYOND SATURDAYS SNOWFALL.
CRAMER
&&
.AVIATION...
THE PRIMARY FLIGHT HAZARDS FOR THE PERIOD WILL BE LIFR/IFR
CEILINGS...CONVECTION...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...AND WINTER
PRECIPITATION. A LINE OF ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 22Z KEEPING CEILINGS DOWN FOR
THE ENTIRE PERIOD. WINDS SHEAR WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH
ENHANCED EASTERLY WINDS ABOVE A SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS AT THE
SURFACE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SUFFICIENTLY FOR SNOW FIRST FOR
JOPLIN AROUND 14Z WITH A FEW HOURS DELAY FOR SPRINGFIELD COMING IN
NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD.
KARDELL/FOSTER
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR MOZ055>058-068>070-079>081-090-091.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 12:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1218 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281730- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1218 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS REGION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO THE EAST. A DUSTING TO ONE INCH IS FORECASTED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR... INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD...LEBANON...AND ROLLA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) GAGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:24 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | Barry, Benton, Camden, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 13 more | 34 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every winter storm 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.