Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2014, 4:00 AM CST for 21 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 4, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 27 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2014, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 21 counties
Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Morrisville, MO | |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fort Leonard Wood, MO | |
| Jan 5, 7:55 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Springfield, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ne Marshfield, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Ese Springfield, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 4 S Ash Grove, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Rolla, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Goodson, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lebanon, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hermitage, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Sw Springfield, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Ava, MO | |
| Jan 5, 8:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Dixon, MO | |
| Jan 5, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Battlefield, MO | |
| Jan 5, 9:41 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Rolla, MO | |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Salem, MO | |
| Jan 5, 10:28 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Rolla, MO | |
| Jan 5, 11:01 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 3 Ne Halltown, MO | |
| Jan 5, 12:32 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Camdenton, MO | |
| Jan 5, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | West Plains, MO | |
| Jan 5, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | White Church, MO | |
| Jan 5, 2:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 S Springfield, MO | AVERAGE SNOW MEASUREMENT OF 6 INCHES IN SOUTH SPRINGFIELD. LOTS OF SNOW DRIFTS MUCH HIGHER OF ONE TO TWO FEET AT LEAST |
| Jan 5, 2:26 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Camdenton, MO | |
| Jan 5, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Rolla, MO | TWO FOOT DRIFTS COMMON. |
| Jan 5, 2:41 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 3 E Rolla, MO | |
| Jan 5, 2:56 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Waynesville, MO | |
| Jan 5, 3:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Wsw Marshfield, MO | DRIFTS UP TO TWO FEET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893 WWUS43 KSGF 041000 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH ON STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS SHOULD EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN OZARKS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOWS ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO TO NEAR TEN BELOW ZERO WITH THE COLDEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE WARMEST ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HIGHS ARE MONDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH HIGHS STRUGGLE TO WARM TO THE ZERO DEGREE MARK ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC AIR MASS AND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WINDS INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOZ058-070-071-081>083-092-096>098-105-106-050000- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T1800Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 400 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 63 AND ALONG INTERSTATES 44 MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ MOZ056-057-069-080-091-050000- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ MORGAN-MILLER-CAMDEN-DALLAS-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BUFFALO...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE 400 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN MISSOURI OZARKS WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH AMOUNTS INCREASING TO THE EAST. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...13...AND 65...AND ALONG INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104- 050000- /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 400 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN MISSOURI OZARKS WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH AMOUNTS INCREASING TO THE EAST. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...13...AND 65...AND ALONG INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WFO SGF
12 follow-up statements
591 WWUS43 KSGF 041114 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 514 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH ON STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS SHOULD EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN OZARKS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOWS ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO TO NEAR TEN BELOW ZERO WITH THE COLDEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE WARMEST ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HIGHS ARE MONDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH HIGHS STRUGGLE TO WARM TO THE ZERO DEGREE MARK ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC AIR MASS AND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WINDS INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOZ058-070-071-081>083-092-096>098-105-106-050000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T1800Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 514 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 63 AND ALONG INTERSTATES 44 MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104- 050000- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE- WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 514 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN MISSOURI OZARKS WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH AMOUNTS INCREASING TO THE EAST. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...13...AND 65...AND ALONG INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WFO SGF
399 WWUS43 KSGF 041430 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 830 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH FROM ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS SHOULD EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN MISSOURI OZARKS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION. LOWS ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO NEAR TEN BELOW ZERO...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. HIGHS ARE MONDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC AIR MASS AND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WINDS INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. MOZ058-070-071-081>083-092-096>098-105-106-050000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T1800Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 830 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA . THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 63 AND INTERSTATE 44...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104- 050000- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE- WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 830 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE WESTERN MISSOURI OZARKS WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LEBANON TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A MILE OF LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...13...AND 65...AND ALONG INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO 10 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TERRY
627 WWUS43 KSGF 042123 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 323 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH FROM ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-068-069-079-080-090-091-095-104-051200- /O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KSGF.WS.W.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T2100Z/ MILLER-HICKORY-CAMDEN-POLK-DALLAS-GREENE-WEBSTER-CHRISTIAN-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...HERMITAGE... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...SPRINGFIELD... MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NIXA...OZARK...BRANSON...FORSYTH 323 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS LAKE OF THE OZARKS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO -30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MOZ058-070-071-081>083-092-096>098-105-106-051200- /O.NEW.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KSGF.WS.W.0001.140105T0300Z-140105T2100Z/ MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 323 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS LAKE OF THE OZARKS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO -30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051200- /O.NEW.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 323 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS TRUMAN LAKE. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO -30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SCHAUMANN
067 WWUS43 KSGF 050329 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 929 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH FROM ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-051130- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 929 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE OCCURRING OVER THE REGION DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION TO JUST SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO - 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051130- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 929 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO - 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ DSA
282 WWUS43 KSGF 050356 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 956 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD NORTH FROM ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND TRANSITION QUICKLY TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-051200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 956 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE OCCURRING OVER THE REGION DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION TO JUST SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 I INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051200- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 956 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. && $$ DSA
451 WWUS43 KSGF 050631 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1231 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-051445- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 1231 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF DRIZZLE...LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE OCCURRING OVER THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. COLDER TEMPERATURES WERE STARTING TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY 2 AM...AND FURTHER EAST BY 4 TO 5 AM. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051445- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1231 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 2 AM. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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
248 WWUS43 KSGF 050827 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 227 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WAS BEGINNING TO TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-051630- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 227 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF DRIZZLE...LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051630- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 227 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ LINDENBERG
436 WWUS43 KSGF 051015 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 415 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING MAINLY NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE U.S. 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF U.S. 60. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-051815- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 415 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BEGIN WITH A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 051815- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 415 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY MAY DEVELOP AT TIMES WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ LINDENBERG
412 WWUS43 KSGF 051255 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 655 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE U.S. 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF U.S. 60. 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-052100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 655 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR FROM THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 052100- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 655 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY MAY DEVELOP AT TIMES WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60... AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ LINDENBERG
640 WWUS43 KSGF 051535 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 935 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE U.S. 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF U.S. 60. 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SNOW WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-052100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 935 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH 11 AM...WITH THIS BAND SHIFTING INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES WITH THIS BAND WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AS WELL AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 12 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS INCLUDES STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...63...AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS ARE ALSO SUSPECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER. PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 052100- /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 935 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60... AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ SCHAUMANN
632 WWUS43 KSGF 051847 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1247 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO DEPART WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE WESTERN OHIO RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL EXIT THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS BY MID-AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST WELL BEHIND THE LOW...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION...BRISK AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 0 TO -10 RANGE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-060000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS... WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 1247 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PUSH OUT OF THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW THEN PERSISTING FROM THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON EASTWARD FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A HALF INCH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR TO AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR ROLLA AND SALEM. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60. AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL OFTEN BE REDUCED TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 13 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO REPORT NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND SLIDE OFFS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL THEN PERSIST EARLY THIS WEEK. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS ARE ALSO SUSPECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER. PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 060000- /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 1247 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 13 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60... AND 13... ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST EARLY THIS WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ SCHAUMANN
902 WWUS43 KSGF 052100 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 300 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEPARTING THE OZARKS WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES BEHIND THE LOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING ACROSS THE REGION...BRISK AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE 0 TO -10 RANGE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND WILL FALL INTO THE -10 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE THIS EVENING. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 0 TO -13 RANGE. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM -20 TO -30. MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-095-096-098-104-060600- /O.EXP.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.140105T2100Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON... CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA... EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH 300 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60 THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 13 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...65...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST EARLY THIS WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS ARE ALSO SUSPECT TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER. PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH UNFROZEN WATER. && $$ MOZ097-105-106-060600- /O.EXP.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140105T2100Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ HOWELL-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 300 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 13 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS WEEK. THOSE OUTDOORS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PROTECTION WILL RUN A HIGH RISK FOR FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101>103- 060600- /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T0300Z/ /O.CON.KSGF.WC.W.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 300 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO MINUS 13 DEGREE RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND 44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST EARLY THIS WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ SCHAUMANN
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 Jan 3, 11:47 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 11:47 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1147 PM CST Fri Jan 3 2014
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Saturday)
Issued at 145 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014
Surface high pressure was continuing to shift east of the region
this afternoon. The surface winds were responding as the surface
pressure gradient was tightening with winds gusting to near 30
mph. The winds are expected to continue through this evening and
into Saturday as a strong Winter Storm system approaches the
Ozarks.
The southerly winds tonight and through the day Saturday will
work to bring initially low level and finally deep moisture into the
region. As the cold front moves through the region Saturday
afternoon...light rain and /or drizzle will begin to move north
over the Ozarks. The bulk of this precipitation will start in
liquid form, as the depth of moisture slowly increases and until
cloud ice is more prevalent in the column, but change over rapidly
to snow around 4-5pm.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday Night through Friday)
Issued at 145 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014
A quickly deepening surface low will begin to track from the lee
of the Colorado Rockies towards the Texas gulf coast. This will
allow the system to tap into some gulf moisture before swinging
north. The upper level trough will begin to shift east across the
plains Saturday into Sunday morning and pull the surface low
north and east with the low moving over the Missouri Boot heel.
Models, with the exception of the NAM, have a consistent signal
with this storm system. The NAM is too fast with the system keeping
the mid level low as an open wave. It is also too light and quick
with the precipitation. As a result of the good consistency of the
GFS/ECMWF and Canadian, have issued a Winter Storm Watch for the
eastern Ozarks generally east of Highway 65. Current forecast is
for 5-7 inches of snow with locally higher amounts across the
watch area with 2-5 inches west of Highway 65.
Another big concern will be the very cold air mass that will move
into the Ozarks behind the cold front. A very tight surface
gradient will again be in place Sunday afternoon and into Monday
morning. This will likely cause blowing and drifting of snow
through the day Sunday. Visibilities may be impacted at times as
the snow will likely be fairly powdery as a result of the very
cold air mass. This will also produce wind chill values Sunday
afternoon from -5 to -15 degrees. High temperatures will only
climb into the teens Sunday and the single digits Monday as the
cold air slides over the area. Wind chills Monday and Tuesday
morning will be in the -15 to -25 degree range with afternoon wind
chills on Monday from -10 to -20.
Breezy southerly winds will return for Tuesday into Wednesday
allowing for a warming trend heading into the middle of next week.
However, another winter storm system with the potential for a
wintry mix of precipitation is developing for Wednesday into
Thursday. Another system may take aim on the region late next week
and into next weekend as well.
Overall the weather pattern for the Ozarks region over the next
week look rather active.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday Night)
Issued at 1137 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014
For the KSGF/KJLN/KBBG tafs: A cold front will approach the taf
sites, moving through the region late in the taf period. VFR
conditions with gusty south winds will occur through 18z, then
increased moisture will lead to increasing chances for light
rain/drizzle and lower ceilings. Finally, behind the front after
00z-03z, increasing chances for ifr category conditions are
expected with a gradual change over to freezing drizzle and light
snow at KJLN and KSGF.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WATCH from Saturday evening through Sunday
afternoon FOR MOZ056>058-069>071-080>083-091-092-096>098-
105-106.
KS...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...Hatch
LONG TERM...Hatch
AVIATION...DSAHazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 6:33 PM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 633 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-050045- 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- 633 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND BITTER COLD TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... SOUTH WIND GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SWATH OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL. IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 WHERE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL FAIL TO WARM OUT OF THE SINGLE DIGITS MONDAY...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .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) DSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 45 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.