Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2013, 1:37 PM CST for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 46 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
- Dec 20, 2013, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 5:38 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
All 44 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.1 | Pleasant Hill, MO | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON VEHICLES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. MO STATE ROAD 7 AT 150 HIGHWAY ICY. |
| Dec 21, 4:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 10 Se Clinton, MO | REPORTED WITH PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 21, 4:43 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Clinton, MO | |
| Dec 21, 5:48 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Sedalia, MO | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ON TREES WITHIN LAST HOUR. FREEZING RAIN STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 21, 6:26 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Macon, MO | |
| Dec 21, 6:47 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Kirksville, MO | |
| Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Amoret, MO | TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES STRESSED FROM ICE |
| Dec 21, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | 3 Ese Lee'S Summit, MO | JUST UNDER TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 815 AND 900 PM BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. |
| Dec 21, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Bethany, MO | MILE MARK 92 ON INTERSTATE 35. ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH SLEET MIXED IN AS WELL. |
| Dec 21, 9:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Trenton, MO | |
| Dec 21, 9:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Raytown, MO | |
| Dec 21, 9:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.45 | Clinton, MO | TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AS OF 945PM CST. |
| Dec 21, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 S St. Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 21, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | La Plata, MO | DELAYED REPORT. |
| Dec 21, 10:04 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Gallatin, MO | ONE INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Dec 21, 10:04 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Gallatin, MO | ONE INCH ON GROUND |
| Dec 21, 10:09 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Gallatin, MO | |
| Dec 21, 10:53 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cosby, MO | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK |
| Dec 21, 10:56 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 E Rockport, MO | OFFICER ESTIMATED 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ALONG HIGHWAY 136 EAST OF ROCKPORT. |
| Dec 21, 11:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Fairway, KS | MEASURED AT KCTV 5 |
| Dec 21, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Stewartsville, MO | |
| Dec 22, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | Pleasant Hill, MO | DAILY TOTAL 0.26 MELTED FREEZING RAIN/SLEET/SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | 3 Se Platte City, MO | OFFICIAL OBSERATION MEASURED AT KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL |
| Dec 22, 12:10 AM CST | SNOW 5 | St Joseph, MO | MODERATE SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 22, 12:35 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fairway, KS | |
| Dec 22, 12:42 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Trenton, MO | |
| Dec 22, 1:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Maryville, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 1:13 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Shawnee, KS | MEASURED AT WEATHER OR NOT OFFICE IN SHAWNEE |
| Dec 22, 1:13 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 Nw Olathe, KS | |
| Dec 22, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Parkville, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 1:16 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Gladstone, MO | |
| Dec 22, 1:26 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 N St. Joseph, MO | |
| Dec 22, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Gallatin, MO | |
| Dec 22, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lansing, KS | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 2:01 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Sw Lee'S Summit, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 2:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 Nw Atchison, KS | MEASUREMENT PHOTO PROVIDED VIA TWITTER |
| Dec 22, 2:05 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | De Kalb, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Dec 22, 2:07 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Bethany, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 2:08 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Wheeling, MO | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Dec 22, 2:10 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Overland Park, KS | BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF I-435/METCALF |
| Dec 22, 2:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Jamesport, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT RELAYED VIA GRUNDY COUNTY EMA |
| Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Shawnee, KS | MEASUREMENT PHOTO PROVIDED VIA TWITTER |
| Dec 22, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Weston, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 2:43 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Parkville, MO | FACEBOOK REPORT |
| Dec 22, 2:45 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Chillicothe, MO | |
| Dec 22, 5:29 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Gallatin, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KEAX 201937 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 137 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 KSZ057-060-105-MOZ032-033-037>040-043>046-053-054-210345- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0005.131221T1200Z-131222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T0600Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 137 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH MAY REACH A KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY MISSOURI ON SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI WITH LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. && $$ KSZ025-102-103-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-210345- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0005.131221T2100Z-131222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T1800Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY- HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS- GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON- LINN MO-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON 137 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH MAY REACH A KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY MISSOURI ON SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI WITH LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. && $$ KSZ104-MOZ025-029>031-210345- /O.UPG.KEAX.WS.A.0005.131221T1200Z-131222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T1800Z-131222T1800Z/ WYANDOTTE-MACON-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...LA PLATA...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 137 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH MAY REACH A KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY MISSOURI ON SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI WITH LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. && $$ PIETRYCHA
8 follow-up statements
043 WWUS43 KEAX 210245 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 845 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 KSZ057-060-105-MOZ032-033-037>040-043>046-053-054-211045- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T0600Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 845 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH TO THE MISSOURI RIVER SATURDAY MORNING...SLOWLY SPREADING FARTHER NORTH DURING THE DAY. DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF SATURDAY ANY FREEZING RAIN FALLING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH MAY REACH FROM KANSAS CITY TO FAYETTE MISSOURI AND POINTS SOUTH SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KANSAS CITY WITH ACCUMULATIONS TAPERING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE MORE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. && $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>031-211045- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T1800Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 845 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS OF SATURDAY. LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MAY REACH FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY MISSOURI BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AN AREA FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH TO KIRKSVILLE AND MACON MISSOURI...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. && $$ CUTTER
225 WWUS43 KEAX 210735 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 135 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 KSZ057-060-105-MOZ032-033-037>040-043>046-053-054-211545- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 135 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO WARRENSBURG TO MOBERLY LINE THIS MORNING. SLEET PELLETS MAY OCCASIONALLY BE MIXED IN AS WELL. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER LATER THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY REACHING FARTHER NORTH AND EAST DURING THE DAY. DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF SATURDAY ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG TO MOBERLY LINE...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. ANY SLEET IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE ACCUMULATION. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KANSAS CITY WITH ACCUMULATIONS TAPERING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK THIS MORNING...AND POTENTIALLY SNOW PACKED TONIGHT RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>031-211545- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T1800Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 135 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...PERHAPS MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MAY REACH FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY MISSOURI BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A TRACE OR A THIN GLAZING POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AN AREA FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH...NORTHEAST TO AROUND KIRKSVILLE. LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ BOOKBINDER
605 WWUS43 KEAX 211335 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 735 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 KSZ057-060-105-MOZ032-033-037>040-043>046-053-054-212145- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE- SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE... NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL... WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 735 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO WARRENSBURG TO MACON LINE THIS MORNING. SLEET PELLETS MAY OCCASIONALLY BE MIXED IN AS WELL. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER LATER THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY REACHING FARTHER NORTH AND EAST DURING THE DAY. DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF SATURDAY ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO WARRENSBURG TO MOBERLY LINE...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. ANY SLEET IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE ACCUMULATION. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KANSAS CITY WITH ACCUMULATIONS TAPERING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TOWARDS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK THIS MORNING...AND POTENTIALLY SNOW PACKED TONIGHT RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>031-212145- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.131221T1800Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND...CARROLLTON 735 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...PERHAPS MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MAY REACH FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY TO MACON MISSOURI BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A TRACE OR A THIN GLAZING POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AN AREA FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... NORTHEAST TO AROUND KIRKSVILLE. LOWER AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$
996 WWUS43 KEAX 211932 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 132 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 KSZ057-060-MOZ025-032-033-038>040-043>046-053-054-220345- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 132 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE VERY SLICK...AND POTENTIALLY SNOW PACKED TONIGHT RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ007-008-013>017-020>024-028>031-037-220345- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 132 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR A LINE FROM ATCHISON KS TO BETHANY MO. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ MOZ001>006-011-012-220345- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 132 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY STARTING AS A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. A VERY LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$
986 WWUS43 KEAX 220124 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 724 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 KSZ057-060-MOZ025-032-033-038>040-043>046-053-054-220930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 724 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS... AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW BEGINS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE VERY SLICK...AND POTENTIALLY SNOW PACKED TONIGHT RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ007-008-013>017-020>024-028>031-037-220930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 724 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING HOURS AND WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR A LINE FROM ATCHISON KS TO BETHANY MO. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ MOZ001>006-011-012-220930- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 724 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY STARTING AS A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. A VERY LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ CUTTER
244 WWUS43 KEAX 220612 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 KSZ057-060-MOZ025-032-033-038>040-043>046-053-054-221415- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...MACON...LA PLATA... SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA... MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE... PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY...TAPERING TO FLURRIES AROUND SUNRISE. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE VERY SLICK...AND POTENTIALLY SNOW PACKED SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ KSZ025-102>105-MOZ007-008-013>017-020>024-028>031-037-221415- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PUTNAM- SCHUYLER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING... CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY... KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO... CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. * TIMING...THE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW AS OF THE LATE EVENING HOURS OF SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING WITH A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR A LINE FROM ATCHISON KS TO MARYVILLE AND BETHANY MO. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ MOZ001>006-011-012-221415- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-ANDREW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 35. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT IT WILL TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE WITH A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES PERSISTING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR A LINE FROM ATCHISON KS TO MARYVILLE AND BETHANY MO. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ CUTTER
225 WWUS43 KEAX 220949 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 349 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 KSZ057-060-105-MOZ025-030>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-221100- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ MIAMI-LINN KS-JOHNSON KS-MACON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH- JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER- BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE...MACON...LA PLATA...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY... KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON... CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA... BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON 349 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN BELOW HALF AN INCH. $$ KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-221800- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 349 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * LOCATION...NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES PERSISTING TILL NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE AS THE TAIL END OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW PACKED RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR...U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY...OR BY VISITING HTTP...//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER CASE). ON TWITTER...CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY. $$ CUTTER
608 WWUS43 KEAX 221138 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 538 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028-029-221245- /O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131222T1800Z/ ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY- WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB- DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 538 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS SHIFTED INTO EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME AND USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING. MANY ROADS REMAIN ICE OR SNOW COVERED...AND WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. $$ EB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 20, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 AM CST Fri Dec 20 2013
.SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday)
Issued at 329 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
Very challenging period ahead for the next 48 hours with different
parts of the CWA likely to experience vastly difference impacts.
THIS MORNING:
GREATEST IMPACT: North of a Harrisonville to Marshall to Macon line
for light icing.
As 0930Z, strong arctic cold front was just moving toward
Clinton- Moberly and should clear the CWA by 12Z. This boundary
separated temperatures in the upper 50s from reading near 20 degrees
across far NW MO. The freezing line was roughly a MCI-IRK line and
will continue to ease slowly southeast this morning. Pockets of low
topped convection give way to more stratiform light precipitation
further west, and there has been a recent uptick in areal coverage of
precipitation across eastern Kansas. Observed and forecast soundings
show a classic freezing drizzle/light freezing rain sounding with a
shallow unstable near- surface layer, topped by a rather deep
saturated sharp inversion. Critical period is definitely the next few
hours as steadier drizzle overspread the area while temperatures fall
below freezing. A surface wave riding along the frontal zone will
slow the eastward progression of dry air upstream, allowing low level
upglide to persist through this morning. Have bumped the freezing
rain (drizzle) advisory through 18Z to account for lingering precip
this morning. Although QPF may only amount to a few hundredths of an
inch, a wind driven freezing drizzle will likely cause significant
impacts for the morning commute across all but mid Missouri counties.
TODAY: Precipitation will taper off by midday with overcast skies
lingering through afternoon. Maybe a few breaks possible west PM.
Temperatures should show little overall diurnal change after 14Z.
TONIGHT:
GREATEST IMPACT: South of a Harrisonville to Moberly line after 3AM
for light icing.
Powerful closed southern stream trough over the northern Baja will
move east along the US/Mexico border through tonight before turning
NE as a strong negative tilt storm. Ahead of this wave a deep fetch
of Pacific moisture, coupled with a wide open Gulf, will allow for
incredible moisture transport into the Arklatex and Ozarks region
aided by a 70+ knot low level jet. Very significant forecast
concerns remain in the local area, as forcing for ascent will be
primarily driven by the intersection of the LLJ into the low level
frontal zone, realizing convective instability in that region. An
axis of very heavy rainfall is likely along and south of I-44, and
I'm really not sure how far north the sharply gradiented
precipitation area will get given the compensating strong
ageostrophic vertical downglide present in the local area. 00Z model
trends were all further south and tighter with the QPF gradient (the
NAM being the farthest south). For now have limited light icing to
the far southern counties after 3AM.
SATURDAY:
GREATEST IMPACT: Icing (some significant) south of a Kansas City to
Moberly Line.
Again model trends question the northward extent of warm
advection precipitation throughout the day Saturday (particularly
over the NW half of the CWA). Even ensemble perturbations were
surprisingly in excellent agreement with a large southward shift of
the WWA precip, which could possibly be good news in abating major
icing impacts. Nonetheless, feel increasingly confident that a broad
swath of steady rainfall will reach at least a Kansas City to Moberly
line during the day, falling onto a sub- freezing surface layer that
may only marginally warm to around 32 during the day. Models continue
to advertise a significant warm nose that suggests FZRA/RA are the
main precip types, possible mixed with sleet further northwest if QPF
can penetrate into areas with a more marginal magnitude/depth of the
warm nose. Light to moderate icing is expected over the southern CWA,
especially in the morning, with up to a 1/4" accretion possible.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
GREATEST IMPACT: Heavy snow. Best guess is 50 miles either side of a
Kansas City to Kirksville line.
00Z models and ensemble output in surprisingly good agreement with
respect to the placement and intensity of the upper low as it pivots
NE across the CWA Saturday night. Strong mid level deformation,
coupled with a bifurcated warm conveyor belt suggests that
high theta-e air will likely be pulled westward (in a storm relative
sense) into the deepening mid-upper low core. P-type should rapidly
change over to snow as diabatic cooling and low-mid level cold
advection work in concert with increasing large scale ascent. Cross
sections show rather impressive lift through the dendritic column,
and have increasing confidence that significant snow accumulations
of 3-6" with maybe some higher amounts will be widespread along and
northwest of the upper low track. Some uncertainty remains in the
exact track and thus the placement of the 100 mile wide band of
heaviest snow. Thus, upgrade to warning headlines will need to wait
until Saturday icing and Saturday night snow amounts can be better
refined this morning.
Bookbinder
.LONG TERM...(Sunday through Thursday)
Issued at 329 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
Pretty basic extended forecast as cold and mostly dry conditions
prevail after this weekend's storm. Numerous small waves will
send reinforcing shots of cold air into the central/eastern US trof.
Given the trajectory of most systems...moisture will be tough to
come by. Will keep some low pops in for Christmas and Christmas
night...but if trends continue...will need to remove this precip
from the forecast.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon)
Issued at 1139 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
For the 18Z TAFS...Going for a very slow improvement to CIGs and VIS
today and this evening as conditions are modeled to improve and per sfc
obs. Otherwise expecting MVFR through the period along with northwest
winds under 15kts. There may be a brief period of light freezing
drizzle or snow flurries but not worth putting in a tempo as not
expecting an impact to VIS. Just beyond the TAF period we are
expecting a storm to move into the region bringing a prolonged period
of freezing rain and snow.
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH from Saturday morning through late Saturday
night FOR KSZ057-060-104-105.
WINTER STORM WATCH from Saturday afternoon through late Saturday
night FOR KSZ025-102-103.
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH from Saturday morning through late Saturday
night FOR MOZ025-029>033-037>040-043>046-053-054.
WINTER STORM WATCH from Saturday afternoon through late Saturday
night FOR MOZ001>008-011>017-020>024-028.
&&
SHORT TERM...Bookbinder
LONG TERM...Bailey
AVIATION...PietrychaHazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 5:47 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 547 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-211200- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 547 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/FXC/EAX/EM1/EAX-EMBRIEFING1.PDF WFO EAX
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.