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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 25, 2013Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2013, 3:27 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 35 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
Feb 25, 2013, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 26, 2013, 11:39 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 7:34 PM CSTSLEET 0.24 W Pittsburg, MOABOUT A QUARTER INCH OF ACCUMULATION.
Feb 25, 7:54 PM CSTSNOW 1Iberia, MO
Feb 25, 8:35 PM CSTSNOW 0.3Laurie, MOABOUT A QUARTER OF INCH ACCUMULATION. THUNDER HEARD.
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CSTSNOW 1Osceola, MO
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CSTSNOW 26 S Stover, MO
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CSTSNOW 4Nevada, MO
Feb 25, 9:34 PM CSTSNOW 6Fort Scott, KS
Feb 25, 9:42 PM CSTSNOW 4Farlington, KS3-4 INCHES REPORTED IN THE COUNTY.
Feb 25, 9:43 PM CSTSNOW 0.8Lamar, MOLESS THAN AN INCH REPORTED.
Feb 25, 9:54 PM CSTSNOW 2.56 Sw Fristoe, MO
Feb 25, 10:22 PM CSTSNOW 1Laurie, MOHEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. LOTS MELTING.
Feb 25, 11:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Warsaw, MO
Feb 25, 11:10 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Versailles, MO2-3 INCHES.
Feb 25, 11:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Eldon, MO
Feb 25, 11:19 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Camdenton, MO3-4 INCHES.
Feb 26, 2:42 AM CSTSNOW 4Wnw Gravois Mills, MO
Feb 26, 2:50 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Tuscumbia, MO
Feb 26, 5:09 AM CSTSNOW 4Bolivar, MO
Feb 26, 5:09 AM CSTSNOW 9.5Cole Camp, MO
Feb 26, 5:48 AM CSTSNOW 4Pleasant Hope, MO
Feb 26, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Appleton City, MO
Feb 26, 6:19 AM CSTSNOW 5Cross Timbers, MO
Feb 26, 6:29 AM CSTSNOW 5Dadeville, MO
Feb 26, 6:53 AM CSTSNOW 6.54 Nw Windyville, MO
Feb 26, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 73 E Flemington, MO
Feb 26, 7:15 AM CSTSNOW 5Morrisville, MO
Feb 26, 7:16 AM CSTSNOW 5Laurie, MO
Feb 26, 7:21 AM CSTSNOW 6Farlington, KS
Feb 26, 7:21 AM CSTSNOW 11Cole Camp, MO
Feb 26, 7:40 AM CSTSNOW 21 Sw Pittsburg, KS
Feb 26, 7:40 AM CSTSNOW 8Gravois Mills, MO
Feb 26, 8:13 AM CSTSNOW 8Louisburg, MORELAYED BY MEDIA.
Feb 26, 8:50 AM CSTSNOW 7Bolivar, MOMEASURED ON THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
Feb 26, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 7.57 Ene Taberville, MORELAYED BY MEDIA.
Feb 26, 10:27 AM CSTSNOW 7Urbana, MORELAYED BY MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

351 
WWUS43 KSGF 250927
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE REGION DURING THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN
AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. SOUTH
OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG AND NORTH OF CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT
TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THEREFORE...SMALL
CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE
CHANGES TO FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077-078-251730-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON
327 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS
  KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY 
  TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A
  LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO VERSAILLES
  MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.A
  TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND
  AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE
  COUNTY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
  ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN
  ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET IN NATURE...WHICH MAY
  MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ057-069-251730-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MILLER-CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...OSAGE BEACH...
CAMDENTON
327 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO VICHY
  MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
  NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT IN
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY
  SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE COUNTY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER
  REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-251730-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...
MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
327 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO VICHY
  MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
  NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT IN
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY
  SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE COUNTY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER
  REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
11 follow-up statements
395 
WWUS43 KSGF 251101
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
501 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE REGION DURING THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN
AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI.
SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT
GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THEREFORE...
SMALL CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE CHANGES TO FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077-078-252215-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON
501 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS
  KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY
  TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A
  LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO VERSAILLES
  MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.A
  TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND
  AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE
  COUNTY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...NORTHEAST
  TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN
  ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET IN NATURE...WHICH MAY
  MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ057-058-069-070-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-252215-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA...
MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
501 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO VICHY
  MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG
  AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT
  IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND AMOUNTS COULD VARY
  BY SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE COUNTY.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
  TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL...
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO
  FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
781 
WWUS43 KSGF 251730
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1130 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE DAY
TODAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS
LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS
SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
COLUMBUS KANSAS TO CAMDENTON TO IBERIA. SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A
CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

MOZ057-069-260300-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KSGF.WS.W.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MILLER-CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...OSAGE BEACH...
CAMDENTON
1130 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN
  THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL
  AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA OF
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH A COLUMBUS KANSAS TO
  CAMDENTON TO IBERIA LINE. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A
  LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO ELDON
  MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
  TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
  ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077-078-260300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON
1130 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN
  THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL
  AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA OF
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH A COLUMBUS KANSAS TO
  CAMDENTON TO IBERIA LINE. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A
  LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO ELDON
  MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
  TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
  ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN
  ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET IN NATURE...WHICH MAY
  MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ071-260300-
/O.EXA.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
PHELPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROLLA
1130 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY
  TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FURTHER
  NORTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...NORTHEAST
  TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS
  EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE
  VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING
  COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-260300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...
MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
1130 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY
  TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FURTHER
  NORTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...NORTHEAST
  TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS
  EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE
  VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING
  COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BOXELL
739 
WWUS43 KSGF 252048
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
248 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS
SYSTEM...AND CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL
CLIP AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO
CAMDENTON TO IBERIA. SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A CRANE TO VICHY
MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-260600-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
248 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW
  OR SLEET AT TIMES...OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW SHOULD INCREASE AS THE SUN SETS AND
  TEMPERATURES COOL...WITH ACCUMULATION LIKELY STARTING AFTER
  DARK. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
  EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS
  EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND
  WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA OF
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH A COLUMBUS KANSAS TO
  CAMDENTON TO IBERIA LINE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER
  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT
  SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO ELDON MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES
  IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS
  EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...NORTHEAST
  TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-260600-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.130226T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
248 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW
  OR SLEET AT TIMES...OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE COMMON THIS
  EVENING...WITH A CHANGE OVER EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AROUND OR AFTER
  MIDNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT LEONARD
  WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY
  TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FURTHER NORTH IN
  THE ADVISORY AREA.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...NORTHEAST
  TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS
  EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE
  VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
  THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BOXELL
326 
WWUS43 KSGF 260140
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
740 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO CAMDENTON TO
IBERIA. SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FIVE INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE.
A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-260945-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
740 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW
  OR SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS
  WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES
  HAVE REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE 30S DURING THE EARLY
  EVENING...HOWEVER READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TOWARD THE
  FREEZING MARK BY LATE EVENING ALLOWING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO
  BEGIN.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
  DURING THE LATE EVENING AND THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AFTER
  MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL
  MISSOURI...SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO THE
  NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARD
  MORNING BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF
  A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO ELDON
  MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
  TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-260945-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
740 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET
  AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE
  30S DURING THE EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DROP TOWARD THE FREEZING MARK BY LATE EVENING ALLOWING
  ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO BEGIN OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
  WESTERN MISSOURI. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN BEGIN ALONG THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
  MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FURTHER
  NORTH IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
  NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
  TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL...
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO
  FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING
  THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

RUNNELS
419 
WWUS43 KSGF 260449
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1049 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH
THIS SYSTEM...AND CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW
WILL CLIP AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO
CAMDENTON TO IBERIA. SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A CRANE TO VICHY
MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. 

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-261300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
1049 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...A MIXTURE OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN WILL
  INITIALLY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL NORTH
  OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION OVERNIGHT. THE
  SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TOWARD MORNING BUT
  ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KS TO LAKE OF THE
  OZARKS. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 
MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-261300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
1049 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TUESDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET
  AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SNOW
  BUT TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 30S WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATION
  THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL EDGE DOWNWARD HOWEVER WITH
  ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ADVISORY
  AREA...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44
  CORRIDOR. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE THEN EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL  
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING 
THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

RUNNELS
563 
WWUS43 KSGF 260816
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
216 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT
NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS
LIKELY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.  

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
AN IBERIA TO FORT SCOTT LINE WHICH IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. FURTHER
SOUTHEAST...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH A TRACE TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.
A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-261615-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
216 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH 5 AM.
  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...A MIXTURE OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN WILL
  CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BUT WILL LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...HEAVY SNOWFALL WAS OCCURRING MAINLY
  NORTH AND WEST OF A CASSVILLE TO VERSAILLES LINE AND WILL LIKELY
  PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KS TO LAKE OF THE
  OZARKS. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-261615-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
216 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE RAIN SNOW LINE CONTINUED TO TRACK EAST
  TO AROUND THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES...WITH A TRACE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...
  WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.
  LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE THEN EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING
  THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

LINDENBERG
896 
WWUS43 KSGF 261030
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
430 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT
NORTHEAST TODAY. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
AN IBERIA TO FORT SCOTT LINE WHICH IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. FURTHER SOUTHEAST...
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH A TRACE TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. A
TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS MORNING.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
430 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL
  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING.
  SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR SLIGHTLY MORE PER HOUR WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...HEAVY SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO FALL
  ACROSS CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THIS TREND WILL
  CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 12
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KS TO LAKE OF
  THE OZARKS. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-079>081-088>091-093>095-101>103-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
430 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL
  OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...GENERALLY NORTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
  WITH THESE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY
  TUESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING NORTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS
  EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
  TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

LINDENBERG
118 
WWUS43 KSGF 261140
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT
NORTHEAST TODAY. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT HAS OCCURRED ALREADY NORTH OF
AN IBERIA TO FORT SCOTT LINE WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING. ANOTHER HEAVY BAND HAS SET UP OVERNIGHT FROM LEBANON
TO BOLIVAR AND THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO PIVOT SOUTHWEST
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BRINGING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO
DALLAS...POLK AND DADE COUNTIES. THESE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED
TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL AFFECT GREENE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTIES
AS THIS HEAVY BAND OF SNOW PIVOTS INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING.

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS MORNING.

MOZ079-080-089-261800-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
POLK-DALLAS-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...GREENFIELD
540 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  TO PIVOT THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING BRINGING SEVERAL
  MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATER THIS MORNING.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS
  MORNING CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
540 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS... HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL
  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING.
  ADDITIONAL SNOW OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
  MID TO LATE MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL TO FALL
  ACROSS CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THIS TREND WILL
  CONTINUE INTO THE MID TO LATE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 12
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KS TO LAKE OF
  THE OZARKS. 

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-081-088-090-091-093>095-101>103-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
540 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL
  OCCUR THROUGH THE MID MORNING. A HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL AFFECT
  LOCATIONS FROM MARSHFIELD TO SPRINGFIELD DOWN TO NESOHO WHERE
  SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT HEAVY SNOW BAND FROM MARSHFIELD TO
  SPRINGFIELD TO NEOSHO.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
  TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

LINDENBERG
565 
WWUS43 KSGF 261307
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
707 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT
NORTHEAST TODAY. A FEW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN A BAND FROM VERSAILLES TO CROSS TIMBERS
TO STOCKTON WHERE SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT HAS OCCURRED ALREADY NORTH
OF AN IBERIA TO FORT SCOTT LINE WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING. 

HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS MORNING.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-089-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...GREENFIELD
707 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL OCCUR FROM
  VERSAILLES TO CROSS TIMBERS TO STOCKTON WHERE ANOTHER SEVERAL
  INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL TO
  FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE MID TO LATE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 12
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KS TO LAKE OF
  THE OZARKS.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
  AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-081-088-090-091-093>095-101>103-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
707 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL
  OCCUR THROUGH THE MID MORNING. A HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL AFFECT
  LOCATIONS FROM SPRINGFIELD TO MONETT THROUGH THE MID MORNING
  WHERE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS FROM SPRINGFIELD TO CASSVILLE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
  TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

LINDENBERG
241 
WWUS43 KSGF 261536
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
936 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST OF THE OZARKS THIS MORNING...

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-089-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...GREENFIELD
936 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
  WILL OCCUR FROM AROUND STOCKTON LAKE SOUTH TO MONETT. AN
  ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS
  AREA...WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED
  ELSEWHERE. 
  
  WHILE SNOWFALL IS STARTING TO COME TO AN END...THE MISSOURI AND
  KANSAS DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION REPORT MANY ROADS PARTIALLY
  OR FULLY COVERED IN SNOW. HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
  TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING TODAY. 
 
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES
  UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  COLUMBUS KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO OSAGE BEACH. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.  STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
  BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE FOOT
  ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-081-088-090-091-093>095-101>103-261800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
936 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
  WILL OCCUR FROM AROUND STOCKTON LAKE SOUTH TO MONETT. AN
  ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS
  AREA...WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED
  ELSEWHERE. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO FORT
  LEONARD WOOD TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE THROUGH MID DAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
  ADVISORY AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  WARNING AREA THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BOXELL
552 
WWUS43 KSGF 261739
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...ADDITIONAL LIGHT
SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL UPPER WAVE WILL ROTATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO LEBANON TO
ROLLA. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO THIS
REGION THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
IS NOT LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH OF THIS AREA...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FLURRIES
WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON AREA
ROADWAYS. 

MOZ055>057-067>069-080-270145-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130227T1500Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-DALLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BUFFALO
1139 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
  ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO
  LEBANON TO ROLLA UNTIL 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL AGAIN OVERSPREAD CENTRAL
  MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...FALLING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WILL LIKELY
  IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>079-089-261845-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD
1139 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

WHILE OCCASIONAL OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  


$$

MOZ088-090-091-093>095-101>103-261845-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130226T1800Z/
JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-
STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
1139 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

WHILE OCCASIONAL OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-081-270145-
/O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130227T1500Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON
1139 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
  ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO
  LEBANON TO ROLLA UNTIL 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL AGAIN OVERSPREAD CENTRAL
  MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...FALLING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WILL LIKELY
  IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BOXELL

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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 24, 11:57 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 11:57 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1157 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...

...CHANCES INCREASING FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...

ATTENTION THIS AFTERNOON IS SQUARELY FOCUSED ON A POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WHICH APPEARS INCREASINGLY LIKELY TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF THE SGF CWA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.  A
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO ELDON MO STARTING MONDAY EVENING.

BUT...BEFORE GETTING TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED WINTER STORM...A VERY
NICE THOUGH BREEZY DAY IS WELL UNDERWAY ACROSS THE OZARKS TODAY.  THE
REGION IS SITUATED UNDER RIDGING ALOFT...WHICH IS OCCURRING BETWEEN
LAST WEEK'S STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY CENTERED IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK...AND TOMORROW'S STORM SYSTEM...WHICH IS SPINNING ACROSS THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION.  LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...WHICH HAVE HELPED TO WARM
TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AS THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE
RED RIVER VALLEY DEEPENS.  THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE ADVECTION
OF SOMEWHAT HIGHER DEW POINT AIR INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT.  AS THIS
MORE MOIST AIR OVERSPREADS REMNANT SNOW/SLEET COVER AND COLD MOIST
GROUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA...PATCHY
FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.  VISIBILITIES TO A MILE OR LESS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY MORNING.

BY DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER ASSOCIATED
WITH THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM SHOULD BE DIGGING EAST ACROSS THE
EDGE OF THE TEXAS CAPROCK...AND WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO PIVOT EAST
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY DURING THE DAY...INTO MONDAY
EVENING.  THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EAST BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST
ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE BOOTHEEL REGION.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE MORNING
TOMORROW...MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...THOUGH A RAIN/SNOW MIX
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF TO THIRD OF THE CWA THROUGH
MIDDAY AS MID LEVEL TEMPS REMAIN COOL.  THE ENTIRE CWA WILL BE WELL
WITHIN THE SHIELD OF LIQUID PRECIP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-44...WHERE A COUPLE
HUNDRED JOULES/KG OF MUCAPE WILL BE IN PLACE.

HEADING INTO MONDAY EVENING...THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH
ITS MAXIMUM STRENGTH AS IT BEGINS TO PIVOT NORTH ACROSS
ARKANSAS...AND WILL BEGIN TO OCCLUDE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TUESDAY
MORNING.  THIS WILL PUT THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE SGF CWA...AND
POINTS NORTH TOWARD I-70 (NWS KANSAS CITY CWA) IN AN IDEAL POSITION
FOR A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOWFALL.  A VERY WELL DEVELOPED TROWAL WILL BE
IN PLACE BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING...AND AS LOW LEVEL COLD AIR
ADVECTION COMMENCES...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION FROM
RAIN TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.  DESPITE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT WARM (AT OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING)...RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING INTO
MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CWA AS
THAT TROWAL PRODUCES VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR APPEAR PROBABLE MONDAY EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE
TUESDAY MORNING...AS THE RAIN-SNOW LINE BUILDS FURTHER SOUTHEAST.
THIS WILL RESULT IN MUCH LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...INCLUDING THE SGF METRO AREA.
THAT SAID...AN ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
THE WATCH AREA...BUT THAT WILL BE LEFT TO LATER FORECAST SHIFTS
FOR NOW.

WITH THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AS THE RAIN/SNOW
LINE IS BUILDING INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTHWEST...WE SHOULD SEE A
VERY SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION.
VARIANCES OF 3-4 INCHES ACROSS A SINGLE COUNTY ARE LIKELY.  WHILE
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...THE SHARP
GRADIENT TO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MEANS THAT EVEN VERY SMALL CHANGES
(LESS THAN 25-50 MILES) IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.  THAT
SAID...AS IT APPEARS NOW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 10
INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN
EDGE OF THE CWA...OR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FT. SCOTT KANSAS
TO APPLETON CITY TO VERSAILLES. PORTIONS...OR ALL OF THE WATCH
WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING OVER THE
NEXT 12-18 HOURS IF MODELS CONTINUE TO PAINT A SIMILAR TRACK.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...AS NORTHEASTERLY TO NORTHERLY WINDS
GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.  GIVEN THAT SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE
ON THE ORDER OF 10:1...THIS WON'T BE THE EASIEST SNOW TO BLOW
AROUND...BUT SOME DRIFTING IS LIKELY NONETHELESS.  GIVEN THE
NORTHERLY FETCH TO THE WINDS...THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG EAST
TO WEST ROADWAYS.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN A LIGHTER FASHION TUESDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION...ESPECIALLY FOR
AREAS ALONG U.S. 65 AND NORTH OF I-44.

THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO CALM DOWN CONSIDERABLY BY LATE TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT WITH PERHAPS SOME CONTINUED FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS.

BOXELL

LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)...

UPPER LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ITS GRIP ON THE
REGION TO FINISH OFF THE WEEK. UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL
APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TUESDAY AND WILL LIKELY GET ABSORBED
INTO THE ALREADY DEPARTED WINTER STORM BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
GIVEN THAT THIS WAVE WILL BE DIGGING IN NATURE...DO THINK ENOUGH
LIFT WILL BE PRESENT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW. AT THIS
TIME...THE BEST PROSPECTS FOR A DUSTING TO AROUND AN INCH APPEARS
TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BRING MORE DIGGING ENERGY THROUGH THE REGION
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT
MOISTURE WILL BE TOO LIMITED TO SUPPORT A PRECIPITATION THREAT.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH MIDWEEK WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS
GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE 30S. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE LATE WEEK WAVE AS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW ALMOST
TURNS DUE NORTHERLY AND ORIGINATES FROM THE NORTHERN CANADIAN
PROVINCES.

SCHAUMANN

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 1142 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013/

FOR THE 25/0600Z KSGF/KJLN/KBBG TAFS...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM
NORTH CENTRAL TX INTO NORTHERN AR DURING THE TAF PERIOD. LOWERING
VFR CEILINGS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD
WITH RAIN THEN SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION BETWEEN
25/18Z-26/00Z. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SATURATION WILL DEVELOP TO PRODUCE
IFR CAT VISIBILITY AND/OR CEILINGS BY AROUND 26/00Z. RAIN IS
EXPECTED CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW AT KJLN LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD. LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE...ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A MENTION OF LOW
LEVEL WINDS SHEAR LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD.

DSA

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR MOZ055>057-066>069-077-078.

KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 9:35 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
935 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-260345-
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-
935 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM MONDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM
WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TOWARDS THE KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND
WILL LIKELY EXTEND ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A
COLUMBUS KANSAS TO LAMAR TO OSAGE BEACH MISSOURI LINE.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR
SOUTH AND EAST AS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS
SYSTEM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH LIKELY.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL
MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM A DUSTING
TO AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION DURING THE LATTER
PORTIONS OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WIND CHILL
VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME
FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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DSA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 3:27 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisorySGFBarry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 16 more57 hr
Feb 25, 9:03 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski3 days
Feb 25, 12:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMcDonald35 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013

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.