Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 18, 2011, 10:59 AM CST for 32 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2011, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2011, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 37 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll 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, 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, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819 WWUS43 KEAX 181659 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1059 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS. THERE REMAINS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE AREAS WHICH COULD SEE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION...LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED HOWEVER MAY STILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-190400- /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 1059 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE OF WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED 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. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-031>033-038>040-044>046-190400- /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1059 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA...AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED 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. && $$ DUX
5 follow-up statements
288 WWUS43 KEAX 182134 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN SOME LOCATIONS. THERE REMAINS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE AREAS WHICH COULD SEE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION...LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED HOWEVER MAY STILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-054-191215- /O.NEW.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUTLER...HARRISONVILLE...AND CLINTON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-191215- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE OF WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-031>033-038>040-044>046-191215- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 334 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DUX
617 WWUS43 KEAX 190251 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 851 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS MID- DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-054-191100- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 851 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUTLER...HARRISONVILLE... AND CLINTON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>014-020>022-028>030-037-191100- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 851 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-031>033-038>040-044>046-191100- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CARROLL- CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY... LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 851 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DB
672 WWUS43 KEAX 190342 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS MID- DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA... SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES. KSZ025-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-191145- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ031>033-038>040-191145- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-054-191145- /O.CON.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUTLER...HARRISONVILLE... AND CLINTON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ001>005-011>014-022-191145- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-044>046-191145- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-JOHNSON MO- PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 942 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
424 WWUS43 KEAX 190419 CCA WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS MID- DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OUTSIDE THE WARNING AREA... SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 6 INCHES. KSZ025-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-191230- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ031>033-038>040-191230- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ /O.COR.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-054-191230- /O.COR.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUTLER...HARRISONVILLE... AND CLINTON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ001>005-011>014-022-191230- /O.COR.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...HAMILTON...POLO 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-044>046-191230- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-JOHNSON MO- PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 1008 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROOKFIELD...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
459 WWUS43 KEAX 190930 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS NOON TODAY AS SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OUTSIDE THE WARNING AREA...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. KSZ057-MOZ043-191730- /O.UPG.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ MIAMI-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAOLA... RAYMORE AND HARRISONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ022-191730- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...POLO 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ044>046-191730- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING WARRENSBURG... SEDALIA AND BOONVILLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-191730- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST. JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ031>033-038>040-191730- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE... MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARROLLTON...MARSHALL FAYETTE AND MOBERLY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ001>005-011>014-191730- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI INCLUDING MARYVILLE... BETHANY...MOUND CITY AND SAVANNAH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MOZ006-015>017-023>025-191730- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0002.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ MERCER-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON... LA PLATA 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI INCLUDING KIRKSVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...TRENTON AND MACON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY IN THE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ060-MOZ053-054-191730- /O.EXT.KEAX.WW.Y.0003.110119T2100Z-110120T1800Z/ LINN KS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...BUTLER...RICH HILL... CLINTON 330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING MOUND CITY AND BUTLER. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 18, 5:38 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 5:38 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 538 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... NW FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO MORE OF A WESTERLY FLOW BY WEDNESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM JUST OFF THE PACIFIC NW COAST DIVES SOUTHEAST AND TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. ONE LAST VORTICITY LOBE NOW ENTERING CENTRAL MT WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF THE CWA TONIGHT. TAIL END OF FEATURE COULD GRAZE NORTHERN MO BUT BULK OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE CWA. ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR IS DIVING SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL FUNNEL SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MO/KS BORDER. INSPECTION OF BUFR SOUNDINGS AND SURFACE REPORTS SUGGEST A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FEW FLURRIES THIS MORNING OVER EAST CENTRAL KS AND WESTERN MO. LOOKS LIKE A TRACE EVENT SO NO ICE ACCUMULATION AND NO ADVISORY NEEDED. REGIONAL LOCAL RADARS HAVE STEADILY SEEN DECREASING RETURNS AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THIS MORNING. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL USE A NON-DIURNAL TREND WITH WARMEST READINGS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. COULD SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB A FEW DEGREES AFTER THEY BOTTOM OUT AROUND MID MORNING. PRIMARY ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN TO WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN SYSTEM HAS YET TO MAKE LANDFALL THE MODELS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ON DEVELOPING A LARGE AREA OF WARM AIR ADVECTION WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORCING MECHANISM FOR PRECIPITATION AS THE MODELS SHOW SOME DISCREPANCIES ON WHERE THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK. WHILE THIS PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO USE WHATEVER MOISTURE IT BRINGS WITH IT FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN...THE LIFTING MECHANISMS AND OVERALL DYNAMICS SUGGEST THIS WILL BE A RATHER EFFICIENT PRECIPITATION GENERATOR. WILL USE GARCIA METHOD FOR SNOW AMOUNTS DUE TO THIS BEING PRIMARILY A WARM AIR ADVECTION EVENT. THE AREA OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS QUICKLY SPREAD EAST ACROSS NW MO IN THE MORNING. ONE THING TO REMEMBER IS THE MODELS TEND TO UNDERESTIMATE THE TIMING OF WARM AIR ADVECTION SO THE SNOW MAY START A BIT EARLIER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. BY EARLY EVENING THE ENTIRE CWA SHOULD BE COVERED BY SNOW. GARCIA METHOD YIELDS 3 TO 3.5 G/KG WITH THE SNOW LASTING 12-15 HRS. THIS YIELDS GENERAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME BANDED SNOW...I.E. BANDS OF ENHANCED SNOW RATES...DUE TO FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING BUT WE WONT HAVE A FEEL FOR THAT UNTIL CLOSER TO THE EVENT. UVV MAX LIES WITHIN THE DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH AREA SO LARGE FLAKES LIKELY. YET ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW ON THE HEELS OF WEDNESDAY'S SYSTEM SO THERE IS NO BREAK FROM THE UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES. MJ FRIDAY - MONDAY: A CHILLY FRIDAY IS EXPECTED AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING MUCH FROM BITTERLY COLD SUBZERO MORNING READINGS. NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WHICH WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH...LIKELY WILL NOT WARM ABOVE 15 OR SO. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT MOVING A CLIPPER INTO THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY SPREAD LIGHT SNOW TO NORTHERN AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGS A MORE ROBUST SYSTEM INTO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HAVE ADDED SOME CHANCES FOR SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. HAVE ALSO ADDED A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW IN OUR FAR SOUTH. WITH THIS SYSTEM BEING SOMEWHAT STRONGER MODELS SHOW SOME WARMER AIR WORKING NORTHWARD INTO THE SYSTEM. THE GFS IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE SURGE OF WARM AIR AND THE ECMWF IS MUCH COOLER. CONSENSUS MODELS BRING SURFACE TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 30S SUNDAY IN OUR FAR SOUTH AND THIS IS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AT THIS POINT. SO TO ACCOUNT FOR ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN OUR SOUTH THE RAIN/SNOW MIX WAS INTRODUCED. CDB && .AVIATION... LOW MVFR CIGS SHOULD BECOME VFR BY 13 OR 14Z AS THE AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW MOVES THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY TERMINALS. ONCE CONDITIONS BECOME VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE LOW VFR RANGE THROUGH THE DAY. UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS SHOW CIGS VENTURING BACK INTO THE MVFR RANGE BUT THINK THAT ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION TO KEEP CIGS A BIT HIGHER. MODELS SEEM TO BE OVERDOING MOISTURE AGAIN GIVEN THE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST BEYOND THE FIRST 8-12 HOURS OR SO WILL KEEP VFR CONDITIONS GOING FOR THE REMAINDER OF VALID PERIOD. CDB && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:57 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 457 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-191100- 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- 457 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES MAY AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS STATE LINE THROUGH MID MORNING. HOWEVER...ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY BE VERY LIGHT SO LITTLE IF ANY GLAZING OF SURFACES IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE A LARGE AREA OF SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING WHICH WILL SPREAD QUICKLY EAST AND ACROSS NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS LIKELY WITH THIS EVENT AND CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE WITHIN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. MJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 6:04 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL 604 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 KSZ057-103>105-MOZ028>030-037-038-043-044-181415- MIAMI-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG 604 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...SLICK ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK... AREA SIDE ROADS HAVE STARTED TO BECOME SLICK AS THE WET PAVEMENT... WHICH FAILED TO DRY OUT OVERNIGHT...FREEZES AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER THROUGH 730 AM BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FLURRIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLICK ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY 830 AM. MJ
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:02 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL 802 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>030-037-038-043>045-053-054-181630- MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY- JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 802 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...SLICK ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER THROUGH 930 AM. COLDER AIR RUSHING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING HAS LED TO RAPID REFREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS. WHILE PRIMARY TRAVEL ROADS ARE NOW BEING TREATED IN MOST LOCATIONS...EXPECT SECONDARY STREETS TO REMAIN SLIPPERY THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME TO YOUR DESTINATIONS. LIGHT FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH NOON OVER MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. DUX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Cass, Daviess and 13 more | 42 hr |
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