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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 10, 201037 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2010, 8:58 PM CST for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2010, 8:58 PM CST (02:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 11, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 12, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

300 
WWUS73 KEAX 110258
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
858 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE BRUNT OF THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCLUDING
ITS ATTENDANT SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE MISSOURI AND EASTERN
KANSAS REGION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. VERY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED REGION-WIDE BEHIND THIS COLD
FRONT...WHICH WILL SEND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY SATURDAY NIGHT.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.101211T1500Z-101212T1000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
858 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO
4 AM CST SUNDAY. 

*  TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
   ADVISORY AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
   BEHIND THE FRONT CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

*  WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
   OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE HIGH WINDS
  COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 20S INTO THE
  SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO BY
  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

NRR
8 follow-up statements
951 
WWUS73 KEAX 111023
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
423 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE BRUNT OF THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM
INCLUDING ITS ATTENDANT SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS REGION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
REGION-WIDE BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL SEND TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THE 20S SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS BY SATURDAY NIGHT.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111830-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.101211T1500Z-101212T1000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
423 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS 
  THE ADVISORY AREA SATURDAY MORNING...WITH VERY STRONG 
  NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE 
  HIGH WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 
  20S INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS 
  WELL BELOW ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

CDB
649 
WWUS73 KEAX 111602
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1002 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...STRONG WINDS TO BLAST THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST
TODAY AND SUNDAY...BUT ITS IMPACTS WILL BE FELT ACROSS MISSOURI AND
EASTERN KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND A BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS
INTO THE AREA TODAY. 

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-120015-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1002 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM UNIONVILLE TO SEDALIA
  LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REMAINS OF MISSOURI BY
  EARLY AFTERNOON. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS FRONT...WEST AND NORTHWEST
  WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING
  40 MPH. 

* WINDS: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND
  REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE NEAR 30
  MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
  OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH WILL
  SEE PARTIAL SUNSHINE WHICH MAY ALSO ALLOW FOR OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
  45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE
  HIGH WINDS COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 20S
  INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW
  ZERO BY LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
  EVENING...AND THE WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING SNOW AND
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER
829 
WWUS73 KEAX 112035
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
235 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...STRONG WINDS TO BLAST THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER
MIDWEST TODAY AND SUNDAY...BUT ITS IMPACTS WILL BE FELT ACROSS
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND A
BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO THE AREA TODAY.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-120445-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
235 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY MORNING.  

* WINDS: WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN
  OBSERVED ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
  THESE WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION BEFORE
  SUNSET...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST
  WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT WITH FREQUENT
  GUSTS OF 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE
  HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS
  AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT TO CREATE WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO.
  SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THE WINDS
  WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER
752 
WWUS73 KEAX 120017
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
617 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...STRONG WINDS TO BLAST THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER
MIDWEST TODAY AND SUNDAY...BUT ITS IMPACTS WILL BE FELT ACROSS
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND A
BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO THE AREA TODAY.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-120830-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...
ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...
FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
617 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS: THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING
  AS THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE SLIDES EAST OF THE REGION. IN
  NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE OCCURRING THIS EVENING AND INTO
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FOR NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...THE STRONGEST
  WIND GUSTS SHOULD ARRIVE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND LAST THROUGH
  THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOR AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...WINDS SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG...BUT STILL
  WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE
  HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS
  AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT TO CREATE WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO.
  SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THE WINDS
  WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
602 
WWUS73 KEAX 120341
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
941 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...STRONG WINDS TO BLAST THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE MIDWEST
TONIGHT...WITH ITS IMPACTS BEING FELT ACROSS MISSOURI AND EASTERN
KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND A BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO
THE AREA.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-121145-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...
JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
941 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST WINDS
  OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE OCCURRING
  LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FOR NORTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD ARRIVE TOWARD
  MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOR AREAS FROM EAST
  CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...WINDS SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS
  STRONG...BUT STILL WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...THE
  HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS
  AND SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT TO CREATE WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO.
  THE WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH SNOW TO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
593 
WWUS73 KEAX 120948
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
348 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
MIDWEST THIS MORNING...WITH ITS IMPACTS CONTINUING TO BE FELT ACROSS
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND A BRUTAL
ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO THE AREA.

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-121800-
/O.EXT.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
348 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MID
  MORNING HOURS TODAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH
  GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN
  ADDITION...THE HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
  TEENS TO CREATE WIND CHILLS OF FIVE TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-028>031-037-038-
043-044-053-054-121200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
348 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN
  KANSAS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL
  CONTINUE WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION... THE HIGH WINDS
  WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO CREATE WIND CHILLS
  FIVE TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

CDB
922 
WWUS73 KEAX 121154
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
554 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
MIDWEST THIS MORNING...WITH ITS IMPACTS CONTINUING TO BE FELT
ACROSS MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SEND
A BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO THE AREA.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-028>031-037-038-
043-044-053-054-121300-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
554 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-121800-
/O.CON.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
554 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MID 
  MORNING HOURS TODAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. 

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID MORNING 
  HOURS. 

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  ADDITION...THE HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN 
  THE TEENS TO CREATE WIND CHILLS OF FIVE TO 10 DEGREES BELOW 
  ZERO THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

CDB
524 
WWUS73 KEAX 121825
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1225 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-039-040-045-046-121930-
/O.EXP.KEAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
SALINE-HOWARD-PETTIS-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
1225 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS FROM SEDALIA TO
KIRKSVILLE...BUT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY SUNSET.

$$

BOOKBINDER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Dec 10, 6:19 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 6:19 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
619 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.DISCUSSION...

/407 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010/
SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS THE NATION DOMINATED BY A
MODEST AMPLIFIED PATTERN...WITH THE EAST CONUS TROUGH AND WEST CONUS
RIDGE ULTIMATELY LEAVING THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY UNDER A
NORTHWEST FLOW TODAY. UPSTREAM...WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW...A
SHORTWAVE IS NOTED MOVING THROUGH MONTANA AND WYOMING...AND WILL BE
THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITABLE WEATHER FOR THE COMING WEEKEND. MODELS
HAVE BEEN JUMPING AROUND THIS PAST WEEK AS TO THE ULTIMATE PATH OF
THE SYSTEM....BUT WITH THE SHORTWAVE NOW WELL INSIDE THE UPPER AIR
NETWORK...THE VARIED SOLUTIONS HAVE NOW CONVERGED ON WHAT IS LOCALLY
CONSIDERED A NORTHERLY SOLUTION AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS EAST
THROUGH IOWA.

LEE SIDE CYCLOGENESIS...IN ADVANCE OF THE MONTANA SHORTWAVE...HAS
MOVED INTO THE DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING DEVELOP RETURN FLOW
FROM THE WESTERN GULF ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. ACROSS THE
FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...FRONTOGENESIS IS QUICKLY
DEVELOPING...BUT A WELL DEFINED COLD FRONT WILL NOT FULLY DEVELOP
UNTIL BETTER UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE MONTANA SHORTWAVE MOVES
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THE COLD ARCTIC AIR IN THE
NORTHERN DAKOTAS STARTS TO QUICKLY RUSH SOUTH. AHEAD OF AND ALONG
THE COLD FRONT...SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE ISENTROPIC
LIFT THAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT....BUT
FORTUNATELY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE TOO WARM FOR ANY FROZEN
PRECIPITATION. ANY POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...OR OUTRIGHT
SNOW...WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE COLD FRONT BEGINS MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION...WHICH IS CURRENTLY TIMED TO BEGIN IN THE FAR NORTHWEST
CORNER OF MISSOURI A LITTLE BEFORE SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. AND
WHILE THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FORCING AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT
FROM ISENTROPIC AND FRONTOGENIC FORCING THE QUALITY OF THE MOISTURE
IS IFFY AT BEST. RETURN FLOW FROM THE WESTERN GULF IS NOT GOING TO
HAVE MUCH TIME TO PRODUCE THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE NEEDED FOR
SIGNIFICANT RAIN /OR SNOW/ ACROSS THE EASTERN KANSAS AND/OR THE
WESTERN HALF OF MISSOURI. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI LOOK TO HAVE
A MUCH BETTER POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. STILL...HAVE
KEPT LIKELY POPS IN FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BETHANY THROUGH
CHILLICOTHE TO BOONVILLE WHERE THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND LIFT
LOOK TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION IN OUR CWA OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

AS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THOUGHTS ARE THAT THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL
BE NEAR THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST MISSOURI...BUT
EVEN THOSE TOTALS SHOULD ONLY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS DUE TO THE
LACK OF GOOD MOISTURE...AND THE FACT THAT THE WARM AIR IN PLACE AHEAD
OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS WILL EAT INTO ANY ULTIMATE ACCUMULATION
TOTALS. OTHERWISE...LIBERALLY ADDED FLURRIES TO THE AFTERNOON HOURS
OF SATURDAY AS STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION TYPICALLY PRODUCES THEM OUT
OF ANY LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS THAT MIGHT STILL BE LINGERING ACROSS
THE REGION.

TEMPERATURE WISE...SATURDAY WILL START THE DAY WARM...WITH OUR
DAYTIME HIGHS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS. THIS IS DUE TO
THE FACT THAT BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS A COLD AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND
WILL WILL HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST REGION BEHIND THE
EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT. HAVE USED A NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE CURVE
FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY AS A RESULT.

FOR SUNDAY...MADE FEW CHANGES TO FORECAST...THOUGH I DID CHOOSE NOT
TO GO WITH SUB-ZERO OVERNIGHT LOWS DUE TO THE LACK OF AN EXPECTED
DECENT SNOW PACK.

CUTTER

MEDIUM RANGE (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...

AMPLIFIED UPPER AIR PATTERN LOOKS TO BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE CONUS BY
THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WITH A DEEP EASTERN US UPPER TROUGH AND
FLAT WESTERN US UPPER RIDGE. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE REGION WITHIN
A GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK. THE RESULTING AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE
CHILLY SIDE AS A CAA REGIME REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
NIGHT.

BY TUESDAY...SFC RIDGE WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE EAST OF THE AREA LEADING
TO A GRADUAL RETURN FLOW PATTERN. AS THIS OCCURS...UPPER FLOW
PATTERN WILL FLATTEN AS THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH SLIDES INTO THE
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. WAA REGIME WILL TAKE SHAPE AHEAD OF
THE SYSTEM WITH PRECIP CHCS INCREASING BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE OVERALL TIMING AND
INTENSITY OF THE SYSTEM AND ONLY INCLUDED SLIGHT CHC POPS TO
ACCOUNT. APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK MOVING AND DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

DEROCHE

&&

.AVIATION...

WARM MOIST ADVECTION WILL OCCUR OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING...WELL
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING THE
BEST/DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE SHUNTED EAST OF THE TAF SITES AS THE
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE REGION AND WINDS ALOFT VEER.
HOWEVER THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20-25 KTS AND HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...PUSHING TEMPS INTO THE 20S BY MIDDAY.
BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT TO SEE LIGHT SNOW...LITTLE MORE THAN
FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING.

NRR

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

WFO EAX
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 6:41 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
641 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-111200-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
641 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY
MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT...PUSHING TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS AND
LOWER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. AS THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS IOWA THEN DIVES SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING ANY
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...WHERE UPWARDS OF
AROUND AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE REST OF THE AREA FROM EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SEE MAINLY TRACE AMOUNTS TO A
DUSTING OF SNOW.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTH BEHIND THIS STORM
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...PRODUCING WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

NRR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 4:11 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 28 more24 hr
Dec 11, 3:09 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 14 more18 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.