Alert archive / Missouri / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this blizzard warning at Jan 31, 2011, 2:08 PM CST for 21 counties in Missouri; 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 4:32 AM CST. It was in force for 31 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2011, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 4:32 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 30 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 5:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Glendale, MO | FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET FALLING NOW. |
| Feb 1, 5:31 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 12 S Morrison, MO | BEGAN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THEN CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW JUST BEFORE 5AM. |
| Feb 1, 6:22 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Jefferson City, MO | SINCE 530 AM. |
| Feb 1, 6:29 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | 7 W Ashland, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:31 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Wellsville, MO | HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET JUST BEGAN |
| Feb 1, 6:57 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | Rosebud, MO | OBSERVER MEASURED 0.3 INCH SLEET...AND 0.3 INCH ICE...FOR TOTAL ACCUMULATION 0.6 INCH. PRECIPITATION IS ALL SLEET AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 1, 7:05 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Bunker Hill, IL | SNOW AND SLEET FALLING...SOME THUNDER BEING HEARD IN AREA. |
| Feb 1, 7:24 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Wood River, IL | MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Godfrey, IL | A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Warrenton, MO | A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FALLING...WITH ALMOST AN INCH ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 7:38 AM CST | SNOW 0.6 | 8 Nw Carrington, MO | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING IN MILLERSBURG. |
| Feb 1, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 7 S Morrison, MO | MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 8:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 N Grafton, IL | LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AT THIS TIME |
| Feb 1, 8:11 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Edwardsville, IL | FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SLEET |
| Feb 1, 8:16 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 7 Se Bland, MO | SLEET CHANGING TO SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 1, 8:16 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Lewistown, MO | LIGHT SNOW JUST BEGAN |
| Feb 1, 8:17 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 1 Se Creve Coeur, MO | MODERATE SLEET AT THIS TIME |
| Feb 1, 8:38 AM CST | SNOW 2 | New Bloomfield, MO | AT KRCG RADIO STATION. |
| Feb 1, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 0 | 1 E Bowling Green, MO | LIGHT SNOW JUST BEGAN |
| Feb 1, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 S New Haven, MO | SNOW AND SLEET MIX |
| Feb 1, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Koeltztown, MO | BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND...WITH HALF AN INCH OF SLEET UNDERNEATH. |
| Feb 1, 8:41 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Warrenton, MO | PRECIPITATION CHANGED FROM SLEET TO ALL SNOW WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. |
| Feb 1, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Lyon, MO | TURNED TO ALL SNOW. HAD .25 INCH OF ICE AND .10 SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 8:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Collinsville, IL | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 1, 8:46 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 S Columbia, MO | SNOW WITH 22 DEGREES. |
| Feb 1, 8:48 AM CST | SLEET 0.3 | 4 Wnw Union, MO | STILL SLEETING...HAVE ABOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE UNDER THE SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 8:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Rhineland, MO | REPORTING THUNDERSNOW. |
| Feb 1, 8:51 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Loose Creek, MO | HEAVY SNOW |
| Feb 1, 8:52 AM CST | SNOW 0 | St. Peters, MO | SLEET JUST TRANSITIONED TO SNOW |
| Feb 1, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 1 Ene O'Fallon, MO | SLEET HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. A QUARTER TO A THIRD INCH OF ICE ON THE GROUND FROM LAST NIGHT. |
| Feb 1, 8:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | Litchfield, IL | SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Feb 1, 8:57 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Brussels, IL | PRECIPITATION HAS NOW CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF ICE ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 8:59 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Wood River, IL | A SLEET SNOW MIX... THOUGH MOSTLY SLEET. A DUSTING OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED. |
| Feb 1, 9:03 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 N Grafton, IL | SLEET HAS CHANGED TO SNOW. BIG FLAKES AND ALREADY COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 9:05 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 1 Ne Glen Carbon, IL | NO PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME... BUT THERES A QUARTER INCH OF INCE ON TREES ON SURFACES FROM OVERNIGHT. |
| Feb 1, 9:05 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Palmyra, MO | JUST STARTED SNOWING |
| Feb 1, 9:09 AM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | 2 N Union, MO | HEAVY SLEET IN UNION WITH A HALF INCH ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 1, 9:18 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 3 E Columbia, MO | 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR |
| Feb 1, 9:19 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 3 Ene Drake, MO | A SLEET SNOW MIX. |
| Feb 1, 9:19 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Warrenton, MO | SNOW AND SLEET MIX RIGHT NOW. |
| Feb 1, 9:23 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 1 E Edwardsville, IL | ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET ON THE GROUND. CURRENT INTENSITY VERY LIGHT OR FINE. |
| Feb 1, 9:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Rhineland, MO | CONTINUED HEAVY SNOW WITH INTERMITTEN THUNDER HEARD. TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 1, 9:34 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | 3 N Grafton, IL | SNOW SLEET MIX CHANGED BACK TO A LIGHT SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 Ese Easley, MO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 1, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Columbia, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ashland, MO | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 1, 10:11 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | 3 S Hannibal, MO | SNOW BEGAN AT ABOUT 9 A.M. WITH A QUARTER INCH ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 10:21 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Ballwin, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Columbia, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:27 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.6 | 10 Wnw Fulton, MO | HEAVY SNOW IN MILLERSBURG |
| Feb 1, 10:29 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Quincy, IL | IN DOWNTOWN QUINCY |
| Feb 1, 10:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 E Columbia, MO | ESTIMATED VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE. |
| Feb 1, 10:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Jefferson City, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Mexico, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:49 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Troy, MO | SLEET HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW |
| Feb 1, 10:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Ne Rocheport, MO | NEAR ROUTE J ANE ROUTE EE INTERSECTION. WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. |
| Feb 1, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Palmyra, MO | MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 1, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Nnw Columbia, MO | |
| Feb 1, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 E St. Martins, MO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 1, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 5 S Chamois, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WWUS43 KLSX 312008 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 208 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER MOST OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN THIS CHANGE WILL EXPAND SOUTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE BI-STATE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS COLDER AIR SETTLES IN. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHERE AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 TO 20 INCHES INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF SAINT LOUIS...IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL END DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY. ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060- 011000- /O.NEW.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY 208 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ061>065-072>075-084- 085-099-011000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO- STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION... ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON 208 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASINGLY MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO 14 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ BYRD
8 follow-up statements
292 WWUS43 KLSX 312132 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 332 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER MOST OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN THIS CHANGE WILL EXPAND SOUTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE BI- STATE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS COLDER AIR SETTLES IN. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHERE AMOUNTS BETWEEN 12 TO 21 INCHES INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF SAINT LOUIS...IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY. ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060- 011000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY 332 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBIA MISSOURI TO WHITE HALL ILLINOIS LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 21 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ059-060-100>102-MOZ061>065-072-073-011000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...EDWARDSVILLE... BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 332 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WITH IT BECOMING ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 3 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA TO 14 INCHES FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SAINT LOUIS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-011000- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 332 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASINGLY MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO 6 INCHES ALONG A VIBURNUM MISSOURI TO VANDALIA ILLINOIS LINE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ BYRD
436 WWUS43 KLSX 010345 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 945 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING BEFORE DAYBREAK ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH A WINTRY MIX TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ON TUESDAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHERE AMOUNTS BETWEEN 15 TO 21 INCHES INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF SAINT LOUIS...IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY. ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060- 011545- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY 945 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP BEFORE DAYBREAK ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 21 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ059-060-100>102-MOZ061>065-072-073-011545- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...EDWARDSVILLE... BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 945 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH A WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING BEFORE DAYBREAK. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH IT BECOMING ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA TO 14 INCHES FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SAINT LOUIS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-011545- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 945 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASINGLY MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO 6 INCHES ALONG A VIBURNUM MISSOURI TO VANDALIA ILLINOIS LINE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE DEEPEST SNOW COVER IS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ GLASS
764 WWUS43 KLSX 011032 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 432 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO A RAPIDLY EXPANDING AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. BY LATE MORNING...THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO HAVE OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF SAINT LOUIS. MUCH OF THE SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA MAY INITIALLY SEE A SNOW AND SLEET MIX...BUT THIS SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING. FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF SAINT LOUIS...LOOK FOR PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION FROM A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SAINT LOUIS CITY...WHERE ONE TO TWO FEET WILL BE LIKELY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF SAINT LOUIS...IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY. ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060- 012300- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1032Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY 432 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO A RAPIDLY EXPANDING AREA OF SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...ENDING LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME DIMINISHING WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS...WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET IN DEPTH. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ059-060-100-MOZ061>064-012300- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.110201T1032Z-110202T1800Z/ MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...EDWARDSVILLE... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 432 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO A RAPIDLY EXPANDING AREA OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...ENDING LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME DIMINISHING WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS...WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET IN DEPTH POSSIBLE. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ101-102-MOZ065-072-073-012300- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELLEVILLE 432 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...BRIEFLY MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME DIMINISHING WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-012300- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 432 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASINGLY MIX WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHERLY INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME DIMINISHING WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ TES
311 WWUS43 KLSX 011831 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...CRIPPLING WINTER STORM EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD FROM ARKANSAS INTO ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST ILLINOIS WITH MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THAT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST THAT WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-020645- /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO- MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO- MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO- GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE... HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH THE SNOW OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS...WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET IN DEPTH. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ101-102-MOZ065-072-073-020645- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELLEVILLE 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-020645- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING ALL SNOW BY MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHERLY INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. AVOID ANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND BE READY IN CASE OF A LOSS OF POWER. UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE TREACHEROUS. ADDITIONALLY...6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BEGIN YOUR TRAVEL WITH A TANK FULL OF GAS...AND CARRY A WINTER STORM KIT WHICH INCLUDES A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...CELLPHONE...AND BLANKETS OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING. && $$ BRITT
512 WWUS43 KLSX 012235 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 435 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER REGION .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY. VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST ILLINOIS TONIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-021045- /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO- MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO- MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO- GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE... HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 435 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATE TO HEAVY THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE AROUND 8 INCHES IN THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA TO 20 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW DRIFT SEVERAL FEET DEEP WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ101-102-MOZ065-072-073-021045- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELLEVILLE 435 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE WIND INCREASES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POOR THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-021045- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 435 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS POOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ BRITT
749 WWUS43 KLSX 020225 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 825 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA... .HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 40 MPH CAUSING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WHERE THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY SNOWFALL FROM THIS STORM. ILZ058>060-095>100-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052- 059>064-021030- /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO- MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO- MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO- GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO- ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE... HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY... ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 825 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOWFALL RATES OVER THE REGION WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA TO AROUND 20 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 70 HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BETWEEN WENTZVILLE AND INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE OF THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...ALL SNOW PLOWS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ROADS IN ADAMS COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WELL INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS ON RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ ILZ101-102-MOZ065-072-073-021030- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELLEVILLE 825 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL END TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POOR THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS... IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-021030- /O.CON.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 825 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL END TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS INCH. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SLEET WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS POOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.. MOTORISTS SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL UNTIL ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ BRITT
450 WWUS43 KLSX 020955 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 355 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM HAS ENDED FOR MOST AREAS BUT ITS EFFECTS LINGER... .SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FOR MOST LOCATIONS DURING THIS MORNING WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...ALTHOUGH FLURRIES MAY LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH...BUT FOR THOSE AREAS THAT GOT HIT THE HARDEST WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS NEARING TWO FEET...VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL...WITH DRIFTS AS HIGH AS FOUR TO FIVE FEET IN SPOTS. VERY COLD AIR WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM AND ALLOW AIR TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL REMAIN ENOUGH WIND TO RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 24 BELOW ZERO. THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ILZ058>060-098>100-MOZ041-042-047>052-059>064-022300- /O.CAN.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WC.Y.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO- CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...EDWARDSVILLE...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 355 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN RESULT WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN WITH THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ ILZ064-MOZ072-022300- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLSX.WC.Y.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ BOND IL-CRAWFORD MO- 355 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN RESULT WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN WITH THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ ILZ065-069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-073>075-084-085-099-021100- /O.CAN.KLSX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-JEFFERSON MO-WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO- STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VANDALIA...SALEM...CHESTER... BELLEVILLE...FARMINGTON 355 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-022300- /O.NEW.KLSX.WC.Y.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO- MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN 355 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND TO RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON TO GREATLY REDUCE THE IMPACT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL MIDDAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...UP TO A HALF INCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 15 AND 24 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...OUT OF THE NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO GUSTS TO LESS THAN 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER REDUCTION EXPECTED TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ALL SNOW PLOWS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ROADS IN ADAMS COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WELL INTO WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND RESULTING IN DRIFTS TO FIVE FEET IN DEPTH. THIS WILL LIKELY LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS ON RURAL ROADS. IN ADDITION...FROSTBITE CAN RESULT WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN WITH THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ TES
012 WWUS43 KLSX 021814 WSWLSX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1214 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM HAS ENDED AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL NOW BE THE GREATEST THREAT... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME AREA OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. OVERALL HOWEVER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THIS TREND OF IMPROVEMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VERY COLD AIR WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...PUSHING AIR TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL REMAIN ENOUGH WIND TO RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 24 BELOW ZERO. THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-031200- /O.EXP.KLSX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KLSX.WC.Y.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO- MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN 1214 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LEADING TO LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS. THE GREATEST THREAT NOW WILL BE BITTERLY COLD AIR. THE COMBINATION OF THIS VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL MIDDAY THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 15 AND 24 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN RESULT WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN WITH THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ ILZ058>060-064-098>100-MOZ041-042-047>052-059>064-072-031200- /O.CON.KLSX.WC.Y.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T1800Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL- MADISON IL-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO- CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO- ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- CRAWFORD MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...EDWARDSVILLE...COLUMBIA... MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...ST LOUIS 1214 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN RESULT WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN WITH THESE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ GLASS
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Missouri, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.