Alert archive / Missouri / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this blizzard warning at Jan 31, 2011, 2:30 PM CST for 26 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 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, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 7:35 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 29 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 N Lamar, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Joplin, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Osage Beach, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:25 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Columbus, KS | |
| Feb 1, 6:25 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Baxter Springs, KS | |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Bolivar, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Flemington, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Golden City, MO | |
| Feb 1, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ash Grove, MO | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Osceola, MO | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fort Scott, KS | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Nevada, MO | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Flemington, MO | MOST SNOW FELL BETWEEN 4AM AND 7AM. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Aldrich, MO | |
| Feb 1, 7:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Flemington, MO | MOST SNOW FELL BETWEEN 4AM AND 7AM. |
| Feb 1, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lamar, MO | |
| Feb 1, 7:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Carthage, MO | SLEET AND SNOW |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Morrisville, MO | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pineville, MO | ONE INCH OF SLEET...4 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Flemington, MO | ONE INCH OF SNOW IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES |
| Feb 1, 7:50 AM CST | SLEET 1 | 1 N Seymour, MO | PRECIPITATION ALL SLEET |
| Feb 1, 7:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 S Fordland, MO | ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Feb 1, 8:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Galena, KS | ICE ACCUMULATION TO TREES. 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET AND 1 INCH OF SNOW ON TOP OF ICE ON GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 8:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Galena, MO | ICE ACCUMULATION TO TREES. 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET AND 1 INCH OF SNOW ON TOP OF ICE ON GROUND. |
| Feb 1, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fort Scott, KS | VISIBILITY 100 TO 200 FT |
| Feb 1, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Lake Ozark, MO | |
| Feb 1, 8:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Macks Creek, MO | |
| Feb 1, 8:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ash Grove, MO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 W Laurie, MO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 W Neosho, MO | |
| Feb 1, 9:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Cross Timbers, MO | |
| Feb 1, 9:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Fort Scott, KS | |
| Feb 1, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Greenfield, MO | TOTAL SNOWFALL ESTIMATED BETWEEN 12 AND 13 INCHES |
| Feb 1, 10:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Eudora, MO | 100 YARD VISIBILITY |
| Feb 1, 10:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Cross Timbers, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Humansville, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ulman, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lamar, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Joplin, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 8 N Eureka Springs, MO | 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF .25 INCH ICE. |
| Feb 1, 10:50 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Linn Creek, MO | |
| Feb 1, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Camdenton, MO | FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAMDENTON. |
| Feb 1, 10:56 AM CST | SLEET 1.8 | Rolla, MO | ONE POINT EIGHT INCHES OF SLEET MEASURED OVER THIN GLAZE OF ICE. |
| Feb 1, 11:06 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Flemington, MO | TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 12 INCHES AS OF 1100. RECEIVED SEVEN INCHES SINCE 7 AM. |
| Feb 1, 11:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Feb 1, 11:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Goodson, MO | |
| Feb 1, 11:27 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | Joplin, MO | 13 INCHES ALSO REPORTED IN CARTHAGE...12 INCHES IN DUENWEG...11 INCHES AT SENECA...AND 10 INCHES AT MILLER. |
| Feb 1, 11:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Fair Play, MO | |
| Feb 1, 11:41 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ese Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 1, 12:21 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Lamar, MO | |
| Feb 1, 12:22 PM CST | SNOW 15 | 3 E Duquesne, MO | |
| Feb 1, 12:28 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 W Sparta, MO | |
| Feb 1, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Lebanon, MO | MEASURED EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF TWO INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 12:41 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Granby, MO | |
| Feb 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Highlandville, MO | ALSO SEVEN INCHES REPORTED IN OZARK. |
| Feb 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Cross Timbers, MO | |
| Feb 1, 1:10 PM CST | SNOW 17 | Flemington, MO | MEASURED 17 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 1:25 PM CST | SLEET 2.1 | Rolla, MO | ALSO REPORTED 0.3 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 1, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 15 | Stockton, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WWUS43 KSGF 312030 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED FROM THE TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION...NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SALEM...WINONA...AND WEST PLAINS AREAS WHERE ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL LEAD TO VERY HEAVY BURSTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES MAY GET AS COLD AS 10 BELOW ZERO. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...ICE...WIND...AND BITTER COLD WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL...LIFE...AND PROPERTY. PERSONS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-011000- /O.NEW.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 230 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THOUGH THIS EVENING. WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. SNOW WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF AROUND 2O INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WHERE MORE SLEET IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-011000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 230 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY MORNING CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TURN OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES...UP TO TEN INCHES JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. DUE TO THE EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THE NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO SIGNAL WILL BE DEGRADED. IF POWER OUTAGES OCCUR... TRANSMISSION FROM NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO WILL BE INTERRUPTED. && $$ WISE
11 follow-up statements
835 WWUS43 KSGF 312105 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 305 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED FROM THE TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION...NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SALEM...WINONA...AND WEST PLAINS AREAS WHERE ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL LEAD TO VERY HEAVY BURSTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES MAY GET AS COLD AS 10 BELOW ZERO. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...ICE...WIND...AND BITTER COLD WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL...LIFE...AND PROPERTY. PERSONS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-010515- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 305 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. SNOW WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF AROUND 20 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WHERE MORE SLEET IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-010515- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 305 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY MORNING CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TURN OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES...UP TO TEN INCHES JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WISE
661 WWUS43 KSGF 010222 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 822 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THROUGH TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED FROM THE TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION...NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SALEM...WINONA...AND WEST PLAINS AREAS WHERE ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL LEAD TO VERY HEAVY BURSTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES MAY GET AS COLD AS 10 BELOW ZERO. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW...ICE...WIND...AND BITTER COLD WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL...LIFE...AND PROPERTY. PERSONS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEK. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-011030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 822 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 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. SNOW WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF AROUND 20 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WHERE MORE SLEET IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 TO AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-011030- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 822 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TURN OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL DURING BOTH THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES...UP TO TEN INCHES JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ CRAMER
797 WWUS43 KSGF 010618 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1218 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...EXTREME WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THROUGH TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. MEANWHILE...AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-011430- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 1218 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY SPREAD NORTHEAST...AND IS MOVING AT AROUND 50 MPH. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 44...WHILE MOSTLY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL BETWEEN 6AM AND NOON TODAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY...SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIME DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-011430- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1218 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO SIX INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ CRAMER
297 WWUS43 KSGF 010956 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 356 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM UNFOLDING OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING EASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TODAY...WITH MAINLY SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44...AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 12 AND 20 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...WHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY SOUTH OF I-44...WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A BRANSON TO WEST PLAINS LINE...WHERE A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110201T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.110201T1200Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 356 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO MOSTLY SNOW NORTH OF I-44...AND REMAINS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WITH VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION RATES EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE NORTH OF I-44 THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH A CONTINUED MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 356 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN OZARKS THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY SNOW AND ICE COVERED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ BOXELL
904 WWUS43 KSGF 011239 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 639 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM UNFOLDING OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TODAY...WITH MAINLY SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44...AND A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 12 AND 20 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...WHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY SOUTH OF I-44...WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A BRANSON TO WEST PLAINS LINE... WHERE A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-012100- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 639 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA...WITH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY...WITH RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR COMMON. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 THIS MORNING...WITH A CONTINUED MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-012100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 639 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING. MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS... BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN OZARKS THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 44. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ BOXELL
608 WWUS43 KSGF 011342 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM UNFOLDING OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TODAY... WITH MAINLY SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44...AND A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 12 AND 20 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...WHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY SOUTH OF I-44...WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A BRANSON TO WEST PLAINS LINE... WHERE A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-012145- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA...WITH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY...WITH RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR COMMON. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 THIS MORNING...WITH A CONTINUED MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE OVER THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-012145- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 742 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING. A HEAVY AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN OZARKS THROUGH 9 AM...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN MIDDAY AND THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN OZARKS THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 44. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT SEE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ BOXELL
341 WWUS43 KSGF 011710 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1110 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM UNFOLDING OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO CAMDENTON MISSOURI LINE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 6 INCHES WITH A FEW OVER A FOOT OF SNOW THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TODAY... WITH MAINLY SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44...AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. SNOW TOTALS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 WILL BE BETWEEN 12 AND 22 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM JOPLIN TO NEAR THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...WHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 22 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY SOUTH OF I-44...WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A BRANSON TO WEST PLAINS LINE... WHERE A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIER AIR MAY PUSH INTO FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON DECREASING THE RATE OF THE PRECIPITATION FOR A FEW HOURS...GENERALLY ACROSS AREAS WHERE MORE OF THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD BACK OVER THESE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-020615- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 1110 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...HEAVY SNOW IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA AS OVER 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WITH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO CAMDENTON LINE ALREADY RECEIVING 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THUNDER IS ALSO BEING REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHICH IS LEADING TO HOURLY SNOW FALL RATES TO EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. NORTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND WITH THE HEAVY SNOW IS RESULTING IN VISIBILITIES DROPPING BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AS GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CONTINUED MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE THIS MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH 3 PM TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE FROM A JOPLIN TO OVER THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS REPORT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY REPORTS THAT ALL HIGHWAYS...COUNTY ROADS...CITY STREETS AND INTERSTATE 44 ARE IMPASSABLE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS VEHICLES IN THE DITCHES AND OR STUCK IN THE ROAD. AS A RESULT INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CLOSED AT THE MISSOURI BOARDER. THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTAIN GREAT WEIGHT AND MAY LEAD OT ROOF COLLAPSES ESPECIALLY TO OUTBUILDINGS AND DOCKS WITHIN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WEST AND NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-020615- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1110 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE SNOW AND SLEET CLOSER TO I-44. HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED REPORTS OF OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND OR SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN OZARKS THROUGH 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON..WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAPID ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. DRIER AIR SHOULD THEN SPREAD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID AFTERNOON...DECREASING THE PRECIPITATION RATE...WITH LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO SPREAD BACK OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN OZARKS TODAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 44. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT SEE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WISE
409 WWUS43 KSGF 011928 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 128 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM UNFOLDING OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO CAMDENTON MISSOURI LINE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 6 INCHES WITH A SOME LOCATIONS OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. DRIER AIR IS SPREADING OVER THE AREA WHICH IS BRINGING A LULL IN THE WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS BRIEF LULL WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE ICE AND SLEET POTENTIAL IS ALL BUT COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA...WITH MAINLY JUST FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD BACK INTO THESE LOCATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WITH ONE INCH TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 12 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WITH 16 TO 22 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND ALONG AND NORTH OF JOPLIN TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. SNOW SHOULD THEN DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-020330- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 128 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. A BRIEF LULL WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FIRST ROUND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE SECOND ROUND NOW PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-44 INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AGAIN THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD RIGHT BACK INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE FROM A JOPLIN TO OVER THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED ACROSS THE REGION. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL IS VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS REPORT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY REPORTS THAT ALL HIGHWAYS...COUNTY ROADS...CITY STREETS AND INTERSTATE 44 ARE IMPASSABLE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS VEHICLES IN THE DITCHES AND OR STUCK IN THE ROAD. AS A RESULT INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CLOSED AT THE MISSOURI BORDER. THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTAIN GREAT WEIGHT AND MAY LEAD OT ROOF COLLAPSES ESPECIALLY TO OUTBUILDINGS AND DOCKS WITHIN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WEST AND NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ISSUED A WINTER TRAVEL ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WHICH THEY ADVISE TO NOT DRIVE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO...AND TO EXPECT DRIVING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH BLOWING SNOW MAKING IT HARD TO SEE. POLICE AGENCIES ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAVE WORK EARLY IF YOU CAN...WHICH WILL GIVE YOU MORE TIME DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS TO GET HOME. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-020330- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 128 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...DRIER AIR HAS SPREAD OVER THE AREA AS THE FIRST ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. A SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS ROUND WILL BE ALL SNOW WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAYBE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 44. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT SAW FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WISE
106 WWUS43 KSGF 012136 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 336 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER THE REGION... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MOST AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHERE 6 TO 17 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAVE FALLEN WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO CAMDENTON LINE WITH LESS AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS NOW PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW IS NOW LOCATED ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND WILL PUSH OFF TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH JUST LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BETWEEN 12 AND 22 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM JOPLIN TO THE LAKES OF THE OZARKS REGION...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA WHICH ARE CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SNOW DRIFTS OVER 5 FEET HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-020545- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 336 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE SECOND ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS NOW SPREAD OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR IS OCCURRING WITHIN THIS ACTIVITY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING THE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING LARGE SNOW DRIFTS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE FROM A JOPLIN TO NEAR THE TRUMAN LAKE AND LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED ACROSS THE REGION. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL IS VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS REPORT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ALL HIGHWAYS...COUNTY ROADS...CITY STREETS AND INTERSTATE 44 ARE IMPASSABLE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS VEHICLES IN THE DITCHES AND OR STUCK IN THE ROAD. AS A RESULT INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CLOSED AT THE MISSOURI BORDER. THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTAIN GREAT WEIGHT AND MAY LEAD OT ROOF COLLAPSES ESPECIALLY TO OUTBUILDINGS AND DOCKS WITHIN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WEST AND NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ISSUED A WINTER TRAVEL ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WHICH THEY ADVISE TO NOT DRIVE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO...AND TO EXPECT DRIVING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH BLOWING SNOW MAKING IT HARD TO SEE. POLICE AGENCIES ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAVE WORK EARLY IF YOU CAN...WHICH WILL GIVE YOU MORE TIME DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS TO GET HOME. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-020545- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 336 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE LIGHT SNOW SPREADS OVER THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE A TRACE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO AROUND 4 INCHES TO CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS EXPECTED TO THE NORTHWEST CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 44. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT GLAZE EXPECTED. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION INCREASES IN INTENSITY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT SAW FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS READINGS ARE FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WISE
571 WWUS43 KSGF 012352 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 552 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...EPISODE OF SNOW IS COMING TO AN END OVER THE AREA... .SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER THE OZARKS REGION THIS EVENING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT EXPERIENCE ANYMORE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...AREAS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY RECEIVE ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW PRIOR TO 9 PM THIS EVENING. FOR TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THE REGION. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 44 FROM WESTERN GREENE COUNTY TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. ALSO...SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 HAS ALSO BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WIND GUSTS BLOWING SNOW. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-020800- /O.CON.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 552 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...AREAS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED ACROSS THE REGION. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL IS VERY POOR AND DANGEROUS. INTERSTATE 44 HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO MOTORISTS FROM WESTERN GREENE COUNTY TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-020800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 552 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ CRAMER
081 WWUS43 KSGF 020135 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 735 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELLED... .SNOW WAS ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF THESE WARNINGS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO RANGE FROM -10 AND -20 DEGREES AT TIMES FROM NOW THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>103-020245- /O.CAN.KSGF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA 735 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW WAS ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF THIS WARNING...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO RANGE FROM -10 AND -20 DEGREES AT TIMES FROM NOW THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-020245- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH... GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 735 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW WAS ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF THIS WARNING...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...CAUSING WIND CHILL VALUES TO RANGE FROM -10 AND -20 DEGREES AT TIMES FROM NOW THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. && $$ CRAMER
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Missouri, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Kansas, 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.