Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 2:56 PM CST for 19 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 45 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 23, 2009, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 9:26 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 22 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 3:14 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Columbus, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED HEAVY FREEZING RAIN FALLING WITH ACCUMULATING ICE OCCURING ON EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 24, 3:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Fort Scott, KS | A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATION ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. |
| Dec 24, 3:40 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Columbus, KS | THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS SLEET CONTINUING WITH ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Nevada, MO | LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATING. NO AMOUNT GIVEN...BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE ROADS SLICK. |
| Dec 24, 5:18 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Fort Scott, KS | 1/4 INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION. NOW MIXED PRECIPITATION SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 5:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Joplin, MO | SEVERAL REPORTS OF LIGHT GLAZE REPORTED IN JOPLIN OVER THE PAST HOUR. FREEZING MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME REPORTS OF SNOW NOW COMING IN FROM RANGELAND ROAD AND I-44. |
| Dec 24, 6:04 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Pittsburg, KS | FREEZING RAIN EARLIER FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. CURRENTLY NO PRECIPIATION FALLING. TEMPERATURE 26 DEGREES. |
| Dec 24, 6:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Neosho, MO | FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS. |
| Dec 24, 6:44 PM CST | SLEET 1 | Columbus, KS | ONE INCH OF SLEET. STILL SLEETING. |
| Dec 24, 6:48 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Neosho, MO | DEPTH NEAR ZERO. TEMPERATURE 28 DEG F. REPORT VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Dec 24, 7:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Greenfield, MO | PRECIPITATION SWITCHED OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURE 31 DEG. |
| Dec 24, 7:18 PM CST | SLEET 1.3 | Fort Scott, KS | 1 1/4 INCHES OF SLEET. STILL SLEETING. |
| Dec 24, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Carthage, MO | SLEET AND SNOW MIXED ACCUMULATION. NOW LIGHT SNOW AND MIST. |
| Dec 24, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 W Columbus, KS | SLEET/SNOW ACCUMULATION. MAINLY FALLING AS SNOW NOW. |
| Dec 24, 7:39 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Granby, MO | SLEET CHANGED TO SNOW. DUSTING ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 24, 8:23 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 W Columbus, KS | SLEET/SNOW ACCUMULATION. MAINLY FALLING AS SNOW NOW. |
| Dec 24, 8:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Monett, MO | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATION MIXED. MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. NOW HEAVY SLEET. REPORT FROM PUBLIC RELAYED THROUGH LOCAL TV STATION. |
| Dec 24, 8:52 PM CST | SLEET 0.8 | Pittsburg, KS | MEASURED .8 INCHES OF SLEET ON THE GROUND IN THE SW PART OF PITTSBURGH KS AT COCORAHS STATION. THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SINCE ABOUT 4PM THIS EVENING. STILL RECEIVING HEAVY SLEET. NO SNOW ON GROUNG AS YET. |
| Dec 24, 9:33 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Marionville, MO | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 24, 9:41 PM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Aurora, MO | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPORTED WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 24, 10:10 PM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 5 Nw Springfield, MO | SNOW AND SLEET MIX AT NWS WFO SPRINGFIELD. SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION PRIOR TO SWITCH OVER. |
| Dec 24, 10:14 PM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Mount Vernon, MO | MIXED ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. 29 DEG F. |
| Dec 24, 10:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Columbus, KS | ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR. |
| Dec 24, 10:46 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Appleton City, MO | ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION SO FAR. |
| Dec 24, 11:50 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pittsburg, KS | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. HEAVY SNOW ONGOING. |
| Dec 25, 12:35 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Nevada, MO | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 2:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Columbus, KS | |
| Dec 25, 2:25 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Nevada, MO | HALF INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 2:28 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Neosho, MO | HALF INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 2:28 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Carthage, MO | ONE INCH SLEET COMBINED WITH 3 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 2:28 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | Lamar, MO | |
| Dec 25, 2:28 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 E Lamar, MO | JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 160...T AND A. |
| Dec 25, 2:40 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Anderson, MO | QUARTER INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 2:48 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Osceola, MO | ONE HALF INCH SLEET COMBINED WITH 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 2:51 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Stockton, MO | HALF INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH ONE INCH OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 2:54 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.75 | Greenfield, MO | THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 2 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 2:56 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | Mount Vernon, MO | HALF INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 1 INCH OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 3:06 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Warsaw, MO | QUARTER INCH OF SLEET COMBINED WITH 1 INCH OF SNOW |
| Dec 25, 3:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Weaubleau, MO | FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF A LAYER OF SLEET |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Carthage, MO | |
| Dec 25, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 Ne Fair Grove, MO | |
| Dec 25, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Dadeville, MO | |
| Dec 25, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Fort Scott, KS | 12 HOUR TOTAL |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KSGF 232056 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING AND INTERACT WITH GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-240500- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR 256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO LAMAR TO SCHELL CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROAD WAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 69 IN KANSAS AND HIGHWAY 71 IN MISSOURI. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ056-069-080-095-103-240500- /O.EXB.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ MORGAN-CAMDEN-DALLAS-CHRISTIAN-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... BUFFALO...NIXA...OZARK...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO AREAS FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MOZ055-067-068-078-079-088>090-093-094-101-102-240500- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...APPLETON CITY... OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO AREAS FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HATCH
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KSGF 232205 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING AND INTERACT WITH GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-240600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR 405 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO LAMAR TO SCHELL CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROAD WAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 69 IN KANSAS AND HIGHWAY 71 IN MISSOURI. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-088>090-093>095-101>103-240600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 405 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO AREAS FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES IN THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ SCHAUMANN
000 WWUS43 KSGF 240641 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1241 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING AND INTERACT WITH GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-241400- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR 1241 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO LAMAR TO SCHELL CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROAD WAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 69 IN KANSAS AND HIGHWAY 71 IN MISSOURI. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-088>090-093>095-101>103-241400- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1241 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...MOVING INTO AREAS FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES IN THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ FOSTER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 241000 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS LOW...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALL AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY. MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-088>090-093>095-101>103-242100- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0003.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091225T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER- DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET THEN ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN END CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-242100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091224T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY AFTER 3 PM AND CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS EVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO LAMAR TO SCHELL CITY. THE SNOW WILL END CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 69 IN KANSAS AND HIGHWAY 71 IN MISSOURI. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-242100- /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.091225T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS EVENING MAINLY AFTER 9 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON...TO LEBANON...TO ELDON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE BEFORE ENDING CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAYS 63 AND 160. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 241628 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. INITIALLY...RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO SHALLOW COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-250030- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND HIGH WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM NOON THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN END CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM POWELL...TO CARTHAGE...TO NEVADA. UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUST AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71... 13...60...69 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-089-090-094-095-102-103-250030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091225T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE- GREENE-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THEN ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN END CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KIMBERLING CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO OSAGE BEACH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-250030- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.091225T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS EVENING MAINLY AFTER 9 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON... TO LEBANON...TO ELDON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE BEFORE ENDING CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAYS 63 AND 160. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ HATCH
000 WWUS43 KSGF 242132 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM. AS RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO NINE INCHES. LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-250615- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR AT AROUND 7 PM...AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CREATE MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH UP TO TWO TENTHS IN LOCALIZED AREAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUST AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71... 13...60...69 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ055-056-067>069-078>080-089-090-094-095-102-103-250615- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.091225T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BENTON-MORGAN-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE- GREENE-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR AT AROUND 7 PM...AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE... TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-250615- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.091225T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAYS 63 AND 160. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CRAMER
000 WWUS43 KSGF 250030 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. A HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO AN INTENSE STORM MOVING FROM ARKANSAS THROUGH MISSOURI TONIGHT AND EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 250830- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AND THEN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY 9 TO 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...13... 60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-250830- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.091225T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DSA
000 WWUS43 KSGF 250400 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OZARKS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS BORDER WILL SHIFT NORTH THROUGH MISSOURI TONIGHT AND EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 251200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. MOSTLY SNOW IS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AND THEN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR TOWARD MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MIX IN AT TIMES WITH SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE... TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS STATE LINES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AS THE LOW TRACKS THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71... 13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-251200- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A TRACE TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...SOME ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DSA
000 WWUS43 KSGF 250639 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OZARKS... .A STRONG STORM NOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SHIFT NORTH INTO IOWA EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. BANDS OF SNOW WEST AND SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OCCUR OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OZARKS IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW. THIS CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS LATER TONIGHT. OVERALL...LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 251445- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS OCCURRING ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDERS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 AM IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS STATE LINES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71... 13...60 AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND AREA WEB CAMS INDICATE THAT MOST MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED FROM HIGHWAY 13 AND POINTS TO THE WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-251445- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED FREEZING DRIIZLE...SLEET...AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHERE LIGHT SNOW OCCURS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DSA
000 WWUS43 KSGF 250944 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OZARKS... .A STRONG STORM NOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SHIFT NORTH INTO IOWA LATER THIS MORNING. BANDS OF SNOW WEST AND SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OCCUR OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OZARKS IS EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE...CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. OVERALL...LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION. MOZ056-069-080-090-095-103-251745- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ MORGAN-CAMDEN-DALLAS-GREENE-CHRISTIAN-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... BUFFALO...SPRINGFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...COMMUNITIES ALONG A LINE FROM VERSAILLES TO SPRINGFIELD TO CRANE WHICH WERE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY. THIS DOWNGRADES THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A HALF MILE THIS MORNING AND CAUSE FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH COMMUTERS ON AREA ROADS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088-089-093-094-101-102- 251745- /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUE ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDERS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW THROUGH NOON IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO HERMITAGE TO WARSAW. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS STATE LINES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...13...60 AND INTERSTATE 44. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND AREA WEB CAMS INDICATE THAT MOST MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED FROM HIGHWAY 13 AND POINTS TO THE WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ057-058-070-071-081>083-091-092-096>098-104>106-251745- /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON... FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE. COMMUNITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM CRANE TO SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES CAN EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH NOON TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHERE LIGHT SNOW OCCURS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 251151 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 551 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...REMNANTS OF STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO CONTINUE IMPACTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OZARKS... .A STRONG STORM NOW CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI MISSOURI CONTINUES TO PROVIDE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. THE LAST BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALL RESIDES OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WILL TRACK TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. THIS WILL PROVIDE ONE LAST BURST OF SNOWFALL TO THE WARNED AREA BEFORE MOVING NORTH LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OCCUR OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OZARKS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE...CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. OVERALL...LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088-089-093-094-101-102- 251800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 551 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUE ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDERS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW THROUGH NOON IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO HERMITAGE TO WARSAW. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS STATE LINES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...13...60 AND INTERSTATE 44. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND AREA WEB CAMS INDICATE THAT MOST MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED FROM HIGHWAY 13 AND POINTS TO THE WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.. && $$ MOZ056>058-069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-103>106-251800- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK... VIENNA...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 551 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW BY SUNRISE. COMMUNITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM CRANE TO SPRINGFIELD TO VERSAILLES CAN EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH NOON TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAST NIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE IN MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHERE LIGHT SNOW OCCURS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CLAYCOMB
000 WWUS43 KSGF 251526 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 926 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HEAVY WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED... .HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. HOWEVER...A FEW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO INTERMITTENTLY FALL. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE FLURRIES. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088-089-093-094-101-102- 251630- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 926 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUES TO LIFT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FEW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. && $$ MOZ056>058-069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-103>106-251630- /O.CAN.KSGF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK... VIENNA...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 926 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUES TO LIFT INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FEW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. && $$ CRAMER
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 Dec 23, 11:31 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 11:31 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1131 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.UPDATE...
WATER VAPOR INDICATING A NOSE OF DRY AIR PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THIS AREA CURRENTLY
THIS IS A RESULT OF AN AREA OF 500 J/KG MUCAPE AND MLCAPE AROUND
200 JKG WHICH EXTENDS INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. AVAILABLE CAPE IN
THE -10 TO -30 DEGREE C LAYER...AMPLE BULK AND ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR
AND NEARLY NO CIN SHOULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME STRONGER
STORMS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE REGION THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE
OZARKS REGION AROUND NOON. A FEW REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL IS NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION.
HATCH
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A PLETHORA OF FORECAST CHALLENGES WITH THIS MORNINGS FORECAST
PACKAGE AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBILITIES OF FLASH
FLOODING...FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM ARE ALL POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS.
CURRENTLY...MOSAIC RADAR SHOWING ECHOES CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD NORTHEAST
INTO THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WAVE OVER THE
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEAST
INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING
UPPER UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA...SLOWLY MOVING
EAST. SIGNIFICANT DRY SLOT SEEN OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...EXTENDING
INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS AS WELL.
FOR TODAY...STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR AS SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO
BRING IN GULF MOISTURE TO THE AREA. BROAD AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO KANSAS
SHOULD KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGH THE DAY. A
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET ANY BREAKS IN CLOUDS
WITH THE DRY SLOT NOSING INTO THE AREA. WRF SHOWING SOME ELEVATED
CAPE AROUND 400J/KG ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA EXTENDING INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. WRF DOES SHOW AN AREA
OF 50+ J/KG CIN OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
THOUGH SUPPORTED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS THAT COULD LIMIT ANY SEVERE
THREATS FOR OUR AREA. LARGER THREAT APPEARS FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS
EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH...WHERE
CAPES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1000 TO 1200J/KG. WILL KEEP MENTION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HWO FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
UPPER LOW CATCHES UP WITH THE SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND BEGINS TO EJECT THE SYSTEM EASTWARD DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST
TO BE SITUATED OVER WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. LOOKS LIKE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL CONTINUE AS ALL THE
MODELS PAINT SIGNIFICANT QPF AMOUNTS OVER THE WATCHED AREA. OUR
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
FROM THIS EVENT BY NOON TIME THURSDAY.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SURFACE LOW TRACKING NORTH OUT OF ARKANSAS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH TREMENDOUS COULD AIR ON THE WEST SIDE
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MOVING QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. 850MB
TEMPERATURES DROP ROUGHLY 40 DEGREES F BEHIND THE FRONT AS EARLY
AS FRIDAY 00Z. RAIN SHOULD RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEHIND THE
FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES NORTHEASTWARD WITH TROWAL TYPE FEATURE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. GFS MODEL QPF
OUTPUT IN THIS FEATURE SHOWING AS MUCH AS AN INCH OF QPF FROM
ROUGHLY 00Z THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT CLOSE TO 25MBS FORECAST TO SET UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SYSTEM LAST WEEK HAD A
SIMILAR GRADIENT AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND WE SAW WARNING
LEVEL WINDS WITH IT. WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE
TO SPRINGFIELD TO WARSAW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LATER SHIFTS
WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR UPGRADES ON THIS WATCH AND FURTHER
EXTENSIONS EAST. IT IS POSSIBLE WE MAY BE DEALING WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH.
SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DUMBBELLS ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA FOR
FRIDAY...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW. THIS
THOUGH...LOOKS TO BE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. COLD
TEMPERATURES STAY WITH US THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND COULD BE FURTHER
IMPACTED BY ANY SNOW PACK WE RECEIVE. GENERALLY HAVE LOWS IN THE
TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S...AGAIN COULD BE LOWER WITH AN EXISTING
SNOW PACK.
CLAYCOMB
&&
.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. FLIGHT
CATEGORIES WILL THEREFORE VARY THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR WILL BE
PREDOMINANT...BUT BRIEF IFR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE TO
IFR TONIGHT AS THE STEADY RAIN MOVES IN...WITH THESE CONDITIONS
LIKELY CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS
AGAIN EXPECTED AT KSGF AND KBBG TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN
BRISK OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT BEGIN TO BACK AROUND TO THE
NORTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING.
SCHAUMANN
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOZ057-058-
069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-102>106.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093-094-101-
102.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 105 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241200- 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- 105 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...PARTICULARLY WEST OF A NEVADA TO BRANSON LINE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THIS REGION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS LINE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...MAINLY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A NEVADA TO COLUMBUS KANSAS LINE. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS...WITH ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. INTERESTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS DETAILS BECOME CLEARER REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. .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) SCHAUMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 13 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 35 min |
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Sources
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