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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2011, 3:27 PM CST for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2011, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2011, 4:35 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 37 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, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell 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, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WWUS43 KSGF 292127 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 327 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION TYPES...AMOUNTS AND EXACT LOCATION. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 301800- /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 327 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SUBSTANTIAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT...AND COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS TUESDAY AS SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHERE HEAVIER ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FOSTER
6 follow-up statements
911 WWUS43 KSGF 301012 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 412 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN A FOOT...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MEANWHILE...MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES APPEAR LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE AT TIMES. MOZ057-058-070-071-081-091-092-104-310000- /O.EXA.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...BRANSON...FORSYTH 412 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS INITIALLY EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...WITH A WINTRY MIX THEN CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE ICE IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 RANGE AT TIMES. $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-105-106-310000- /O.EXA.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 412 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...WITH A WINTRY MIX THEN DEVELOPING ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED A QUARTER INCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 RANGE AT TIMES. $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>069-077>080-088>090-093>095-101>103- 310000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO... AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 412 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS INITIALLY EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...WITH A WINTRY MIX THEN CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE ICE IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 RANGE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SCHAUMANN
197 WWUS43 KSGF 301304 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 704 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN A FOOT... ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MEANWHILE...MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES APPEAR LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE - 10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE AT TIMES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>104-310000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-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-TANEY- 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...BRANSON...FORSYTH 704 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS INITIALLY EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...WITH A WINTRY MIX THEN CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE ICE IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 RANGE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-105-106-310000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 704 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...WITH A WINTRY MIX THEN DEVELOPING ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED A QUARTER INCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 RANGE AT TIMES. $$ SCHAUMANN
341 WWUS43 KSGF 301800 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1200 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN A FOOT... ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MEANWHILE...MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES APPEAR LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE - 10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE AT TIMES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>095-101>104-310300- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-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-TANEY- 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...BRANSON...FORSYTH 1200 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY IMPACT AREAS FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT BUT COULD CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. MODERATE TO HEAVY WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE ICE IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MOZ082-083-096>098-105-106-310300- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 1200 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60 LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT BUT COULD CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED A QUARTER INCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. $$ FOSTER
258 WWUS43 KSGF 302235 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 435 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN A FOOT...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES APPEAR LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE -10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE AT TIMES. MOZ082-083-092-095-096-098-103-104-311800- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 435 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAVIER SNOW WILL FALL FARTHER NORTH. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>091-093-094-101-102- 311800- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 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...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 435 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE WINTER STORM WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATE0NS WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIKELY WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR ON TUESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION MAY IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WHITEOUT AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MOZ097-105-106-311800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ HOWELL-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 435 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX MAY DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT BUT MORE LIKELY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY UP TO ONE HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ FOSTER
329 WWUS43 KSGF 310534 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION EARLY THIS WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY GREATER THAN A FOOT...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES APPEAR LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE - 10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE AT TIMES. MOZ082-083-092-095-096-098-103-104-311345- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAVIER SNOW WILL FALL FARTHER NORTH. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF INCH POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>091-093-094-101-102- 311345- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 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...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE WINTER STORM WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATE0NS WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIKELY WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR ON TUESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION MAY IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WHITEOUT AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS MORE LIKELY. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MOZ097-105-106-311345- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ HOWELL-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTRY MIX MAY DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT BUT MORE LIKELY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY UP TO ONE HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THIS STORM SYSTEM AND LAST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ CRAMER
842 WWUS43 KSGF 311035 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 435 AM 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. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...LEADING TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY 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 AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVEN 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. MOZ097-105-106-311845- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ HOWELL-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 435 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY BEGIN AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. * 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 A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING FROM THE TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION...NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SALEM...WINONA...AND WEST PLAINS AREA. * 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 A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE... 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 FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. 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. 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. && $$ MOZ082-083-092-095-096-098-103-104-311845- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA... EMINENCE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 435 AM 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 FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. 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 A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING FROM THE TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION...NORTH AND EAST INTO THE SALEM...WINONA...AND WEST PLAINS AREA. * 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 A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOCALIZED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE... 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 FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. 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. 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>091-093-094-101-102- 311845- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.110201T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- 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...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 435 AM 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 DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. 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 A FOOT NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR TO AROUND A FOOT AND A HALF ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIKELY WITH SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLY EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER HOUR ON TUESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE MORE ICE IS EXPECTED. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING TO TEN BELOW ZERO. 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 FREEZING RAIN 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. 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. && $$ SCHAUMANN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 29, 11:42 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 11:42 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1142 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... ...UPDATE TO POTENTIAL WINTER STORM NEXT WEEK... .UPDATE... /ISSUED 1130 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2011/ CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS FROM THIS MORNING ARE CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION THAT DEPICTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN FAVORS THE POTENTIAL OF A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. MORE DETAILS COMING IN THE NEXT DISCUSSION. ALSO REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST FOCUS REMAINS ON THE POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. FOR THE WEEKEND...A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE OZARKS OVERNIGHT AND WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT AND REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG THE MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS STATE LINE INTO SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...NOW OVER THE BAJA...WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS AND TRANSITION INTO AN OPEN WAVE. A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND MOVES ACROSS THE GULF STATES. THE SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE PROFILES KEEP THIS PRECIPITATION IN LIQUID FORM WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE MISSOURI/ARKANSAS STATE LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON A SLOW FALLING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE LAST FEW RUNS OF THE MODELS HAVE SHOWN A TREND TOWARDS A MORE CONSISTENT PROGNOSIS FOR THE STORM SYSTEM TO START THE WEEK. THE ECMWF...WHICH HAD BEEN THE OUTLIER HAS TRENDED TOWARDS THE GFS/CANADIAN GEM/GFS ENSEMBLE OUTPUTS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN GOOD CONSENSUS RUN TO RUN AND BETWEEN MODELS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THERE REMAINS SOME DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE MODELS HANDLE THE TEMPERATURE PROFILES WHICH WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR THIS EVENT. CONTINUED TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION AS IT REMAINS THE MOST CONSISTENT FROM RUN TO RUN...THOUGH DID BLEND SOME OF THE ECMWF/GEM INTO THE FORECAST. THE OVERALL EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM REMAIN COMPLEX AND UNCERTAIN. THE SYSTEM IN QUESTION IS CURRENTLY STILL OFF THE WEST COAST OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND SHOULD BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY ONTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH DIGGING THE SYSTEM INTO THE SOUTHWEST AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY SLIDES DOWN THE AMPLIFYING RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST. AS THIS IS OCCURRING...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES SLIDES EAST AND OPENS THE GULF UP TO ALLOW AMPLE MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM. THIS INCREASING MOISTURE WILL COME AS AN ARCTIC HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA AND THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AS THIS OCCURS...THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE ADVANCING COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT RAIN INITIALLY AS THE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE SHALLOW. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN STREAMS OF ENERGY BEGIN TO PHASE...A SURFACE LOW BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND STARTS TO MOVE NORTHEAST IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF THE SOUTHERN STREAM. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ONGOING AT THIS POINT. AS THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST...THE ARCTIC HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH PUSHING COLD AIR INTO THE REGION AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET SWINGS AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH PLACING THE OZARKS IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE VERY DYNAMIC AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION AND MAYBE EVEN SOME THUNDER AS IT MATURES AND IMPACTS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE/SNOW/SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE ULTIMATE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. A DEVIATION OF THE LOW TRACK OR A CHANGE IN THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM COULD CHANGE THE THERMAL PROFILE AND/OR SHIFT WHERE THE FREEZING LINE ULTIMATELY SETS UP. A SHIFT IN THE TRACK BY AS LITTLE AS 50 MILES COULD SPELL THE DIFFERENCE IN A LOCATION RECEIVING ALL RAIN...RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN...A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SLEET OR ALL SNOW. THIS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE AVAILABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. VERY COLD AIR WILL FINALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY THURSDAY MORNING. GIVING CREDIT TO THE PREVIOUS FORECASTER...THE DEVELOPMENT...TRACK AND IMPACT FROM THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM REMAINS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER MODEL SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WHERE THIS WINTER STORM OCCURS. ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS PRIMARILY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. FORECASTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED AS NEW MODEL DATA IS RECEIVED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS...MEDIA AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. HATCH && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z KSGF...KJLN AND KBBG TAFS...SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE THE RULE THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY AND WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE...THOUGH THEY MAY START TO PICK UP SOME VERY LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD. A LOW LEVEL CLOUD DECK IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS CLOUD DECK. THERE IS SOME QUESTION IN JUST HOW FAR SOUTH THIS CLOUD DECK WILL MAKE IT...AS IT COULD HANG JUST NORTH OF THE TAF SITE...ESPECIALLY THE KBBG SITE. WISE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 12:43 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1243 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301845- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1243 PM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL U.S. INCLUDING THE OUTLOOK AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY. WHILE DETAILS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TIMING...TYPE...AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SPREAD INTO THE OZARKS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY BE BELOW ZERO FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) FOSTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 11:53 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1153 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301200- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 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...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1153 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM BECOMING MORE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK... A SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INCLUDING THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHILE THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM ALONG WITH PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR MAINLY FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM WILL INCLUDE INCREASING NORTH WINDS...HIGH PRECIPITATION RATES AND RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. A BITTERLY COLD AIR MASS WILL SURGE INTO REGION BEHIND THIS WINTER STORM. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS FROM MID TO LATE WEEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO RANGE. RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND THE SURROUNDING REGION SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. FOSTER
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.