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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

December 4, 201317 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 4, 2013, 2:55 PM CST for 17 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2013, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 6, 2013, 3:24 PM CST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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
Dec 5, 3:55 PM CSTSNOW 2Monett, MO
Dec 5, 4:20 PM CSTSNOW 23 S Springfield, MO
Dec 5, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 31 E Verona, MOTHREE INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED ON A SNOW BROAD.
Dec 5, 5:30 PM CSTSNOW 23 Ene Battlefield, MO
Dec 5, 5:43 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Pineville, MOSTILL SNOWING HARD.
Dec 5, 6:04 PM CSTSNOW 2.51 W Republic, MO
Dec 5, 6:30 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.251 W Lanton, MO0.1 INCHES OF SLEET ON TOP OF THE 0.25 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION
Dec 5, 6:30 PM CSTSLEET 1.5White Church, MOSLEET HAS CHANGED TO SNOW
Dec 5, 6:30 PM CSTSNOW 3Nixa, MO
Dec 5, 6:49 PM CSTSNOW 4Ava, MO
Dec 5, 7:00 PM CSTSNOW 34 S Ash Grove, MO
Dec 5, 7:07 PM CSTSNOW 4Niangua, MO
Dec 5, 7:10 PM CSTSNOW 31 N Bradleyville, MO
Dec 5, 7:11 PM CSTSNOW 4Mansfield, MO
Dec 5, 7:12 PM CSTSNOW 43 S Springfield, MO
Dec 5, 7:27 PM CSTSNOW 34 Se Cassville, MO
Dec 5, 7:30 PM CSTSNOW 3.52 W Galloway, MO
Dec 5, 7:54 PM CSTSNOW 52 W Sparta, MO
Dec 5, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 42 Ne Battlefield, MO
Dec 5, 8:45 PM CSTSNOW 1Neosho, MO
Dec 5, 8:45 PM CSTSNOW 5Ava, MO
Dec 5, 9:00 PM CSTSLEET 1Tecumseh, MO
Dec 5, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Hollister, MO
Dec 5, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 5Galena, MO
Dec 5, 9:11 PM CSTSNOW 5Houston, MO
Dec 5, 9:24 PM CSTSNOW 5Cabool, MO
Dec 5, 10:16 PM CSTSNOW 6Houston, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Alton, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Eminence, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Gainesville, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Neosho, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 3West Plains, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Galena, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 4Salem, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 4Springfield, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 4Willow Springs, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Ava, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Branson, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Houston, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Marshfield, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Ozark, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Pineville, MO
Dec 6, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 6Fordland, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 03 Ne Halltown, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.2Verona, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 53 Ne Halltown, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 54 Sw Springfield, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Marshfield, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Ava, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 82 Nw Round Spring, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 82 S Ozark, MO
Dec 6, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 83 S Summersville, MO
Dec 6, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 44 S Ash Grove, MO
Dec 6, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Marshfield, MO
Dec 6, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Mansfield, MO
Dec 6, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Salem, MO
Dec 6, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 92 W Sparta, MO
Dec 6, 9:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 65 Nw Springfield, MOINTERMEDIATE SNOW MEASUREMENT
Dec 6, 9:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 93 S Springfield, MO
Dec 6, 11:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.52 Se Prescott, MO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 12:00Z on 2013-12-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2013-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS43 KSGF 042055
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE OZARKS 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... 

.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THURSDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN
ACTIVITY THURSDAY EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF I-44...TO TWO TO FIVE INCHES ALONG THE I-44
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX INCHES ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SHARP GRADIENT IN
ACCUMULATION ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER A SMALL
AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS
TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATE ON AREA
ROADWAYS ONCE IT BEGINS THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID
IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION. 

MOZ095>098-101>106-050900-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0005.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0004.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
255 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A HALF
  INCH TO INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THURSDAY...WITH
  LARGER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR
  BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ097-101-MOZ057-058-069>071-077>083-088>094-050900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...
HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON
255 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY BETWEEN U.S. 60 AND
  U.S. HIGHWAY 54 FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.  

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
  SLEET ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
  HOURS. MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVES TROUGH
  THE REGION. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE
  TO FIVE INCHES...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
  INTERSTATE 44.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
  POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-44.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR
  BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION FALLS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BOXELL
14 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 050355
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE OZARKS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI THURSDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
ALL SNOW LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. AFTER A
BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY THURSDAY EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF I-44...TO TWO TO FIVE INCHES ALONG THE I-
44 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN FOUR AND EIGHT INCHES ACROSS
FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SHARP GRADIENT IN
ACCUMULATION ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER A SMALL
AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI.

WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS
TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATE ON
AREA ROADWAYS ONCE IT BEGINS THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID
IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION.

MOZ095>098-101>106-051300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
955 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF AN ANDERSON TO OZARK TO WINONA LINE FROM THURSDAY
  MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
  GAINESVILLE TO WINONA LINE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
  ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY... WITH LARGER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY.
  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A QUARTER INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF
  A GAINESVILLE TO WINONA LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES
  DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE
  PRECIPITATION STARTS TO FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS
  TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG
WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA
CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU
BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ097-101-MOZ057-058-069>071-077>083-088>094-051300-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...
HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON
955 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ANDERSON
  TO OZARK TO WINONA LINE FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
  SLEET ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
  HOURS. MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVES TROUGH
  THE REGION. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE
  TO FIVE INCHES...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
  INTERSTATE 44.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
  POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-44 ON THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES
  DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE
  PRECIPITATION STARTS TO FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS
  TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 050933
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
333 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE OZARKS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE
ALL SNOW NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE AND IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING.

AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND
OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND 4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY. A SHARP GRADIENT IN ACCUMULATION ALONG THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD
DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER A SMALL AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS
ONCE IT BEGINS TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN RAPID IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION.

MOZ082-083-090>094-051800-
/O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KSGF.WS.W.0004.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON
333 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
  MISSOURI AND RAPIDLY EXPAND TO THE NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION
  MAY INITIALLY BEGIN AS A SLEET SNOW MIXTURE OR ALL SLEET BEFORE
  CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL
  BE POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... VISIBILITY WILL DETERIORATE WITH THE
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  AREA DURING TODAYS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. RAPID
  ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER THE ONSET LATER TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS
TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

MOZ095>098-101>106-051800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
333 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF AN ANDERSON TO OZARK TO WINONA LINE FROM THURSDAY
  MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS FREEZING
  RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY WHICH COULD LINGER INTO
  THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-MOZ055-056-066>068-051800-
/O.EXA.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...
VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE
333 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY
  AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ROUGHLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  AND VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A MILE DURING PERIODS OF
  MODERATE SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

KSZ097-101-MOZ057-058-069>071-077>081-088-089-051800-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-
CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...
JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
333 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON FRIDAY.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
  WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

LINDENBERG
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 051247
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE OZARKS
TODAY AND FRIDAY...

.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY BE ALL SNOW NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE AND IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI LATE THIS
MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND 4 TO 8 INCHES
SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. A SHARP GRADIENT IN ACCUMULATION ALONG
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WHERE AMOUNTS
COULD DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER A SMALL AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS
ONCE IT BEGINS TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING. THIS
WILL RESULT IN RAPID IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION.

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-052100-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
647 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF AN ANDERSON TO OZARK TO WINONA TODAY THROUGH LATE
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
  THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SLEET OR
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...WHICH
  COULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
  SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
  MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.131205T1500Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
647 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON
  OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ROUGHLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  AND VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A MILE DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON
  FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 051611
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1011 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS... 

SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THROUGH AFTERNOON...THE MOST WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
ANDERSON TO HARTVILLE TO SALEM. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW.  

AFTER A LULL DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AN AREA OF
WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES
NORTH OF I-44...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR.
HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...WITH FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. IN
GENERAL...HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR THE FURTHER SOUTH THAT
ONE GOES IN MISSOURI. 

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING
THE SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA. WHERE THAT GRADIENT SETS
UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES OVER
JUST A FEW MILES. 

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-060015-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1011 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN  REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT
  TIMES...IS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI. WITH TIME...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A MIX
  OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND THEN ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
  EARLY THIS EVENING. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE HEAVIEST
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
  FROM ANDERSON TO HARTVILLE TO SALEM. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. 

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SLEET OR
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...WHICH
  COULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
  SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
1011 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET RAIN REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
  MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
  ADVISORY AREA. MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR AREAS
  NORTH OF I-44.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS
  OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF
  I-44. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ROUGHLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  AND VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A MILE DURING PERIODS OF
  MODERATE SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY DURING
  THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BOXELL
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 051958
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
158 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS...

WINTER PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE GREATER I-44 AND U.S. 60
CORRIDORS...AS AREAS OF SNOW AND SLEET GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO
JUST SNOW. ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...A MIX
OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SLEET
AND SNOW...AND THEN JUST ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT.  

THE INCREASE IN SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN IMPACTS TO TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

AFTER A LULL DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD
SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF I-44...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG THE I-
44 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. IN
GENERAL...HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR THE FURTHER SOUTH THAT
ONE GOES IN MISSOURI.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR...
INCLUDING THE SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA. WHERE THAT GRADIENT SETS
UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES OVER
JUST A FEW MILES.

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-060600-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
158 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT
  TIMES...IS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI. WITH TIME...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A MIX
  OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND THEN ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. FURTHER
  NORTH ACROSS THE I-44 AND U.S. 60 CORRIDORS...SNOWFALL WILL
  INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH A DUSTING TO TWO
  INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.  

  SNOW ACCUMULATION ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE
  EVENING RUSH HOUR.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH
  OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY
  ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO POMONA TO EMINENCE
  LINE...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
  MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088-089-060600-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
158 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
  THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. THIS SNOW...WHILE
  LIGHT...WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. AFTER A LULL IN
  ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS
  OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH
  OF I-44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AND
  VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A MILE DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON
  FRIDAY.

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
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 052138
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
338 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS...

WINTER PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE GREATER I-44 AND U.S.
60 CORRIDORS...AS AREAS OF SNOW AND SLEET GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER
TO JUST SNOW. ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...A
MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF
SLEET AND SNOW...AND THEN JUST ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT.

THE INCREASE IN SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN IMPACTS TO TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

AFTER A LULL DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD
SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF I-44...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG THE I-
44 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES POSSIBLE. IN
GENERAL...HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR THE FURTHER SOUTH THAT
ONE GOES IN MISSOURI.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR...
INCLUDING THE SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA. WHERE THAT GRADIENT SETS
UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES OVER
JUST A FEW MILES.

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DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
338 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW
  CONTINUES ACROSS THE I-44 AND U.S. 60 CORRIDORS. EMERGENCY
  MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INDICATE
  THAT ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. NUMEROUS
  ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY
  HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.  

  FURTHER SOUTH...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
  CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA
  AREA ALSO BECOMING SNOW AND ICE COVERED...AND VERY DANGEROUS.
  EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON OR
  EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
  THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GENERALLY  ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO POMONA TO
  EMINENCE LINE...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

&&

$$

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
338 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE NORTH OF I-44 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AFTER A
  BREAK THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM TOTAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SECOND WAVE OF SNOW. 

  EVEN THOUGH THIS AFTERNOONS SNOW IS RELATIVELY LIGHT...MANY
  ROADS ARE BECOMING DANGEROUS EVEN WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF SNOW
  ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS OF
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF
  I-44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
  AND VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A MILE DURING PERIODS OF
  MODERATE SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY DURING
  THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TODAY AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

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
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 060146
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
746 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS...

WINTER PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS
EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR
WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS OCCURRING. ACROSS FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BECOME MORE IN THE WAY OF SNOW
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED BY THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS INTO FRIDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST OUT OF
OKLAHOMA AND EXPAND BACK OVER THE AREA CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 54 TO NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHERE 6 TO
1O INCHES ARE NOW EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 AND THE I-44 CORRIDOR. WHERE
THAT GRADIENT SETS UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY
SEVERAL INCHES OVER JUST A FEW MILES.

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DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
746 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL
  BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF
  TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED
  AND EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

  A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS FAR
  SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME MORE
  IN THE WAY OF SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH ALL SNOW
  EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO BECOMING
  SNOW AND ICE COVERED...AND VERY DANGEROUS. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD
  BE USED IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 12 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING
  RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY
  THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW...GENERALLY ALONG
  AND SOUTHEAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO WINONA LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING
  AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY WHICH INCLUDES THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT
  INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
746 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BRIEF LULL IS OCCURRING IN THE SNOW ACROSS
  MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING...EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL
  MISSOURI WHERE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW ARE
  OCCURRING THIS EVENING. THE LULL IN THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SNOW SPREADS BACK
  ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THEN
  CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS OF
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH OF
  I-44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF
  HIGHWAY 54 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 TO
  NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT
  INTO EARLY FRIDAY 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.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 060341
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
941 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS...

WINTER PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS
EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR
WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS OCCURRING WITH POCKETS OF HEAVIER
SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. ACROSS FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. DURING THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS...ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA
AND EXPAND BACK OVER THE AREA CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54 TO NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
44 CORRIDOR WHERE SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE NOW EXPECTED WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 AND THE I-44 CORRIDOR. WHERE
THAT GRADIENT SETS UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY
SEVERAL INCHES OVER JUST A FEW MILES.

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DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
941 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL
  BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE TO OCCUR SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
  44 CORRIDOR. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF
  TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED
  AND EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED THIS
  EVENING. 

  A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS FAR 
  SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME MORE IN THE
  WAY OF SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED 
  OVERNIGHT. ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO BECOMING SNOW AND ICE
  COVERED...AND VERY DANGEROUS. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF
  TRAVELING THIS EVENING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS OF AROUND 12 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING
  RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR
  THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW...GENERALLY ALONG
  AND SOUTHEAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO WINONA LINE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING 
  AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT INTO  
  FRIDAY WHICH INCLUDES THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
941 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BRIEF LULL IS OCCURRING IN THE SNOW ACROSS
  MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING...EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL
  MISSOURI WHERE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW
  ARE OCCURRING THIS EVENING. THE LULL IN THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SNOW SPREADS BACK
  ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS
  OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTH
  OF I-44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF
  HIGHWAY 54 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 TO  
  NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY 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.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 060559
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1159 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IMPACTING THE OZARKS...

WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI
TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR
WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS OCCURRING WITH POCKETS OF HEAVIER
SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW POCKETS
OF SLEET ARE ALSO BEING REPORTED ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
CORRIDOR...WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
GAINESVILLE TO WINONA LINE. MEANWHILE...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54...TO THREE TO SIX INCHES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54 TO NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR. HEAVIER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
44 CORRIDOR WHERE SIX TO TEN INCHES ARE NOW EXPECTED WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A VERY SHARP GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED...LIKELY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 AND THE I-44 CORRIDOR. WHERE
THAT GRADIENT SETS UP...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY VARY BY
SEVERAL INCHES OVER JUST A FEW MILES.

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-061400-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1159 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL
  BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE TO OCCUR SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE
  44 CORRIDOR. SLEET HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
  GAINESVILLE TO WINONA LINE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT
  OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED
  AND EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 
 
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS OF AROUND 12 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI...ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
  INTO FRIDAY WHICH INCLUDES THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS  
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088-089-061400-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
1159 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST FRIDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS
  OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTH OF I-44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF
  HIGHWAY 54 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 54 TO
  NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

  WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS 
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY 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.

&&

$$

SCHAUMANN
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 061135
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
535 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...ADDITIONAL SNOW TODAY...

ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS TODAY. THIS
SNOW WILL TAPER FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING THIS
EPISODE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION. 

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-061945-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
535 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL THIS
  MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
  ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. LOWER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
  INTO FRIDAY WHICH INCLUDES THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
SATURDAY. 

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>058-066>071-077>081-088-089-061945-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
535 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
  AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN A DUSTING
  AND TWO INCHES FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. 

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY 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.

&&

$$

CRAMER
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 061613 AAA
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1013 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TODAY...

ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS SPREAD OVER THE AREA.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES
OR LESS ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF SNOW NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO THE LAKE OF
THE OZARKS. IN THE WARNING AREA...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO HARTVILLE TO SALEM.

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1013 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WITH EMBEDDED
  BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW HAS SPREAD OVER THE WARNING AREA. NORTH
  WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH
  OF A LINE FROM SALEM...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO NEOSHO...THROUGH THE
  EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO
  EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
  THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM SALEM...TO
  SPRINGFIELD TO NEOSHO. HEAVIER SNOW...THREE TO SIX INCHES...IS
  EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE INCLUDING AREAS IN AND AROUND
  BRANSON...CASSVILLE...BRANSON...NIXA...AVA...GAINESVILLE...WEST
  PLAINS...HOUSTON...EMMINENCE AND ALTON. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
  STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING
  AREA...WITH AN EMBEDDED HEAVIER BAND OF 10 TO 12 INCHES FROM
  AROUND CASSVILLE...TO NIXA...TO AVA...TO HOUSTON...TO ROUND
  SPRINGS.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF
  TODAY...INCLUDING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
SATURDAY.

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>058-066>071-077>081-088-089-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
1013 AM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW HAS SPREAD OVER
  MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL
  RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO
  LESS THAN TWO MILES AT TIMES.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH PORTIONS OF
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
  LINE FROM JOPLIN...TO BOLIVAR...TO ROLLA.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN A DUSTING
  AND TWO INCHES FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  JOPLIN...TO BOLIVAR...TO ROLLA.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH THE
  DAY TODAY INCLUDING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY 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.

&&

$$

GAGAN
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 061826 AAA
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1226 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR
AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF I-44
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY 2
PM AND EXITING THE EASTERN OZARKS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077-078-061930-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
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
1226 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

LIGHT SNOW HAS EITHER COME TO AN END OR WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN
END ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS
KANSAS TO STOCKTON AND VERSAILLES IN MISSOURI.

A NORTH WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW AND
WITH TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY IN THE UPPER TEENS...WIND CHILL
VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO
THIS AFTERNOON.

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.

&&

$$

MOZ082-083-090>098-101>106-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1226 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WITH EMBEDDED
  BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.
  SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT
  IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN
  ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH
  OF A LINE FROM SALEM...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO CASSVILLE. THIS
  ACTIVITY WILL END ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AFTER 2 PM AND
  GRADUALLY EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG A LINE
  FROM SALEM...TO NIXA TO REEDS SPRING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL
  CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN A STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE
  WARNING AREA...WITH AN EMBEDDED HEAVIER BAND OF 10 TO 12 INCHES
  FROM AROUND CASSVILLE...TO NIXA...TO AVA...TO HOUSTON...TO ROUND
  SPRINGS.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...
  INCLUDING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY
SATURDAY.

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>071-079>081-088-089-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-
DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD
1226 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END
  THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
  JOPLIN...TO BOLIVAR...TO ROLLA.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE A DUSTING TO LESS THAN ONE INCH.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH THE
  DAY TODAY INCLUDING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY 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.

&&

$$

GAGAN
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 062014 AAA
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
214 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW OF GENERALLY ONE
INCH OR LESS REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI. THIS SNOW SHOULD END DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
WHILE THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END...TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT.

MOZ090-093>095-101>104-062115-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...
MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH
214 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...
THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. AS OF 2 PM...THE MISSOURI
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT MANY ROADS ACROSS THE
AREA REMAIN PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED. SO...WHILE SNOW
HAS COME TO AN END...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN QUITE TREACHEROUS WELL
INTO TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND TEN BELOW
ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

$$

MOZ057-058-069>071-079>081-088-089-062115-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-
DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD
214 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...
THEREFORE THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. AS OF 2 PM...THE MISSOURI
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THAT MANY ROADS ACROSS THE
AREA REMAIN PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED. SO...WHILE SNOW
HAS COME TO AN END...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN QUITE TREACHEROUS WELL
INTO TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND TEN BELOW
ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

$$

MOZ082-083-091-092-096>098-105-106-070000-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...
ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
214 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END ACROSS SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTH
  WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
  HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL
  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SALEM...TO MOUNTAIN GROVE...TO AVA. THIS
  WILL RESULT IN A STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE
  WARNING AREA...WITH AN EMBEDDED HEAVIER BAND OF 10 TO 12 INCHES
  FROM AROUND AVA...TO HOUSTON...TO ROUND SPRINGS.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
  IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...
  INCLUDING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND TEN BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY 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.

&&

$$

GAGAN
000 
WWUS43 KSGF 062124 AAA
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
324 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
TONIGHT. WITH A FRESH SNOW COVER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH A NORTHERLY WIND BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH...
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE 5 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT
NIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY.

MOZ082-083-091-092-096>098-105-106-070530-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.WC.Y.0001.131207T0600Z-131207T1600Z/
TEXAS-DENT-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...MARSHFIELD...
ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
324 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
AS OF 2 PM...THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS
THAT MANY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY
SNOW COVERED. SO...WHILE SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...TRAVEL WILL
REMAIN QUITE TREACHEROUS WELL INTO TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
10 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT
  TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL INTO THE
  SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND WITH A NORTHERLY WIND BETWEEN 5 AND
  10 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED
  FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...RESULTING IN FROST BIT AND
  LEADING TO HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT...GLOVES
AND LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>090-093>095-101>104-
070530-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WC.Y.0001.131207T0600Z-131207T1600Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...
ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH
324 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL INTO THE
  SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND WITH A NORTHERLY WIND BETWEEN 5 AND
  10 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED
  FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...RESULTING IN FROST BIT AND
  LEADING TO HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT...GLOVES
AND LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

&&

$$

GAGAN

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 Dec 4, 2:30 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 2:30 PM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 PM CST Wed Dec 4 2013

...Winter Weather to Impact the Ozarks Starting Tomorrow...

.SHORT TERM...(Through This Evening)
Issued at 138 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

A cold front was in the process of making its way east across the
region this afternoon. Temperatures ahead of the front were in the
lower 60s. Behind the front, temperatures had fallen to around 40
degrees. The cold air will filter into the region through this
evening, bringing an abrupt end to the mild weather the region has
seen over the past few days.

As the front pushes east, the rapid drop in temperatures was
allowing for the development of advection fog. Visibilities along
and just behind the front were dropping to less than a mile. The
thickest fog will remain closely associated with the front, with
visibilities improving behind the front. Some light fog and low
clouds will remain over the region after the front moves through
with winds turning to the northwest and temperatures falling
through the evening and overnight.

.LONG TERM...(Thursday through Wednesday)
Issued at 138 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

Cold air will continue to build into the area during the overnight
hours tonight, with temperatures dropping below freezing in most
locations during the predawn hours.  By 12z tomorrow morning, expect
all but the far southeastern corner of the CWA to be below freezing,
with areas along and north of I-44 well into the mid to low 20s.

Precipitation should begin to develop during the morning hours on
Thursday, with a steady increase in both coverage and intensity from
mid morning through mid afternoon as the upper level jet intensifies
over the Midwest, with the Ozarks well within its right entrance region.
Onset of precip appears to be a little slower, with the heaviest
activity afternoon tomorrow.  With some dry air to be overcome,
especially the further north and west that one goes in the CWA, it
may take a bit for precip to reach the ground, especially along the
I-44 corridor.  Once it does however, given cold ground temps, would
expect to see rapid increases on area roadways.

Initial precipitation type remains most likely to be a mix of snow,
sleet, and perhaps a little freezing rain along the I-44 corridor,
with a mix of sleet, rain, and freezing rain across far south
central Missouri, before enough cold air builds in for a change over
the freezing rain and sleet, and then sleet and snow, and eventually
all snow by tomorrow evening.  Guidance continues to trend colder
aloft, and thus believe the vast majority of freezing rain
accumulations will remain south of the CWA.  Will continue to
advertise a glaze to tenth of an inch of freezing rain along and
southeast of an Anderson to Marshfield to Salem line.  Along with
the ice accumulations, snow/sleet accumulations should be fairly
minor during the daytime hours tomorrow, with a quarter inch to one
inch of combined snow and sleet by late afternoon.  Again, however,
its important to note that with cold temps in place before the
onset of precipitation, immediate accumulations and impacts are
expected tomorrow during the daytime hours.

By tomorrow evening, enough cold air should be in place to change
precipitation over to all snow for all but the extreme southeastern
portion of the forecast area.  That area should finally change over
to all snow between midnight and 3 AM.  After a relative lull in
activity during the evening hours, another wave of snow should
overspread the area as the upper jet increases in intensity and
another shortwave arrives from the Southern Plains.  Will need to
watch the Thursday night/Friday morning snow carefully for the
potential for higher accumulations that what is currently forecast,
given the potential for much higher than usual snow to liquid ratios
due to the very cold temperatures.  For this forecast, generally
used a 13:1-17:1 ratio, depending in temperature. In addition to
SLR issues, cross sections indicate the potential for some lower
static stability and possible development of slantwise convection,
especially if an axis of mid level frontogenesis develops far enough
north to tap into the CSI.  Snow should end during the day Friday as
the mid level wave swings through.

Once all is said and done Friday evening, storm total snow
accumulations should range from 1-3 inches north of I-44, 2-5 along
the greater I-44 corridor, and 4-6 inches across southern and south
central Missouri.  A glaze to tenth of an inch of freezing rain will
also be possible Thursday across south central Missouri.

With heavier accumulations and more substantial mixed precipitation
across southern/south central Missouri, will go ahead and upgrade
the Winter Storm Watch area to a Winter Storm Warning.  North of the
Warning, a Winter Weather Advisory will be issued as far north as
roughly U.S. 54. The main impact for this event will likely be to
roadways/travel, especially considering what should be almost
immediate accumulations once precipitation begins on Thursday.

Friday night and Saturday look to be dry across the region, as very
cold and dry air builds into the area.  Temperatures Friday night
will fall into the single digits, especially with fresh snow cover
in place.  Highs Saturday will only warm into the low to perhaps mid
20s.

Another wave of precipitation will overspread the area Saturday
night into Sunday, most likely in the form of snow.  A few
additional inches of snowfall will be possible with this system. The
majority of this activity looks to end by Monday morning.

After relative warmth in the upper 20s on Sunday, the coldest air
in nearly two and a half years will overspread the area for Monday
and Tuesday.  For now, highs both days look to be in low 20s, with
low temperatures in the single digits, approaching zero.  It is
worth noting that some guidance does bring in even colder readings,
with the possibility of later forecasts taking low temperatures
below zero Monday and Tuesday mornings in some spots.  Much will
depend on snow cover both here and to our north, so this will
certainly be something to keep an eye on over the next few days.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday Afternoon)
Issued at 1142 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

A brief period of MVFR ceilings will in advance of an approaching
cold front will occur early this afternoon. as the cold front
moves over the regions terminals, ceilings are expected to fall
to IFR for an hour or two before returning to MVFR ceilings
through this evening. a brief period of VFR ceilings is expected
from late tonight to around sunrise. This will be short lived as
increasing low level moisture begins to move over the cold air
that will be in place behind the cold front. this will bring
deteriorating flight conditions to the region with the possibility
of a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow around 12z to aerodromes
across the area. weather conditions are expected to remain MVFR to
occasionally IFR through the remainder of the forecast period and
through much of Friday.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING from 9 AM Thursday to 6 PM CST Friday FOR
     MOZ095>098-101>106.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 9 AM Thursday to 6 PM CST Friday
     FOR MOZ057-058-069>071-077>083-088>094.

KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 9 AM Thursday to 6 PM CST Friday
     FOR KSZ097-101.

&&

SHORT TERM...Hatch
LONG TERM...Boxell
AVIATION...Hatch
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
108 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-051915-
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-
108 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

 ELEVATED FOG RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  FOG...REDUCING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES WILL
  MOVE ACROSS THE OZARKS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS
  MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THE CHANGE IN VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR
  ABRUPTLY AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE
  SLOWLY BEHIND THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT THE MISSOURI OZARKS
  AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SNOW...SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY BEFORE
  CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
  ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...WITH THE MOST
  IMPACT EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE THE MOST ICE
  AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED.

  ANOTHER CHANCE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT THE REGION
  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF
  LIGHT SNOW.

  BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS WEEK AND
  WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
  DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS EACH NIGHT FROM
  FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING BELOW ZERO AT
  TIMES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE THE MID
  20S THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

HATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 9:16 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 22 more13 hr
Dec 4, 3:32 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, McDonald, Oregon and 4 more11 hr
Dec 4, 2:55 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisorySGFBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 18 more47 hr

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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.