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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2015, 3:39 AM CST for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 15, 2015, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2015, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 37 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 Wnw Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 3:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Niangua, MO | THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SLEET. 2.7 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 16, 4:48 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Lebanon, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Battlefield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Willow Springs, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Anderson, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Webb City, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Eudora, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Seymour, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Highlandville, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:28 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Ava, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:48 AM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Koshkonong, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:48 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Exeter, MO | |
| Feb 16, 5:48 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Spokane, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Wnw Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 68 | Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:06 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Aurora, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:18 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Branson West, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Cabool, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:26 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Cole Camp, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:26 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Sunrise Beach, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:26 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Washburn, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:26 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Nixa, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | West Plains, MO | |
| Feb 16, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Ponce De Leon, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Nw Eagle Rock, MO | 1/2 INCH SLEET. 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 16, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Windyville, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Walnut Grove, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Willow Springs, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:11 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Pittsburg, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wsw Republic, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 W Sarcoxie, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 4 Ssw Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Willow Springs, MO | RELAYED BY MEDIA. |
| Feb 16, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Buffalo, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Morgan, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 8 N Dora, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Ne Fair Grove, MO | |
| Feb 16, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Ozark, MO | RIVERDALE ROAD IN OZARK. |
| Feb 16, 7:55 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Forsyth, MO | RELAYED BY MEDIA. ALSO 0.5 INCHES SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 7:55 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Ava, MO | RELAYED BY MEDIA. |
| Feb 16, 7:56 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Round Spring, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Manes, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Forsyth, MO | 1/2 INCH OF SLEET...4.75 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Bruner, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Ene Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Sw Hollister, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 6 Ese Houston, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ne Protem, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 4 Ese Houston, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 7 Ne Mountain View, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 7.1 | 4 Ese Houston, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 3 Sse Mansfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:18 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 3 S Mansfield, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:28 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Ash Grove, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:28 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 6 W Alley Spring, MO | |
| Feb 16, 8:41 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | 1 Nw Verona, MO | ALSO 0.4 INCHES OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE REPORT. |
| Feb 16, 8:44 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 Nw Kimberling City, MO | ALSO SLEET. |
| Feb 16, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 N Crane, MO | |
| Feb 16, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 8 S Goodhope, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017 WWUS43 KSGF 150939 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 339 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .ONE OR MORE BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW EXPANDING AND FILLING IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AFTER DARK TONIGHT. WITHIN THIS AREA OF MODERATE SNOW...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM. WHILE IT IS STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHERE THESE BANDS WILL SET UP...THEY WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THESE BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. GIVEN THE EXPECTED BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA. IN GENERAL...A WIDESPREAD 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS PERHAPS APPROACHING 10 INCHES WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW SET UP. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING...MOVEMENT...AND STRENGTH OF THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE EXPECTED START TIME TO SNOW AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINE TUNED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>098-101>106-152100- /O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.150215T1500Z-150216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150216T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 339 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO VICHY LINE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY IN STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR 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. && $$ KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-152100- /O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0005.150215T1500Z-150216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150215T2100Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 339 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT...KANSAS TO VICHY...MISSOURI LINE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW FORM. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ BOXELL
10 follow-up statements
079 WWUS43 KSGF 151136 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 536 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .ONE OR MORE BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW EXPANDING AND FILLING IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AFTER DARK TONIGHT. WITHIN THIS AREA OF MODERATE SNOW...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM. WHILE IT IS STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHERE THESE BANDS WILL SET UP...THEY WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THESE BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. GIVEN THE EXPECTED BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA. IN GENERAL...A WIDESPREAD 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS PERHAPS APPROACHING 10 INCHES WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW SET UP. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING...MOVEMENT...AND STRENGTH OF THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE EXPECTED START TIME TO SNOW AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINE TUNED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-152100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150215T2100Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 536 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT...KANSAS TO VICHY...MISSOURI LINE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW FORM. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR 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. && $$ KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>098-101>106-152100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150216T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 536 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO VICHY LINE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY IN STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR 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. && $$ BOXELL
276 WWUS43 KSGF 152047 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 247 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .ONE OR MORE BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW EXPANDING AND FILLING IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY MID TO LATE EVENING. WITHIN THIS AREA OF MODERATE SNOW...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM. WHILE IT IS STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHERE THESE BANDS WILL SET UP...THEY WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THESE BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MONDAY... BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. GIVEN THE EXPECTED BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE AREA. IN GENERAL...A WIDESPREAD 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS PERHAPS APPROACHING 10 INCHES WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW SET UP. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING...MOVEMENT...AND STRENGTH OF THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW...SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY TO BE FINE TUNED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-160500- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150215T2100Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 247 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT...KANSAS TO VICHY...MISSOURI LINE FROM EARLY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW FORM. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR 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. && $$ KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>098-101>106-160500- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.150216T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 247 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO VICHY LINE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY IN STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR 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. && $$ LINDENBERG
424 WWUS43 KSGF 160042 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 642 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY TO BE UPDATED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 642 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH TIME. SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP INITIALLY THROUGH 9 PM BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN WITH THE ONSET OF THE WINTER PRECIPITATION. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...DEVELOPING REGION WIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY BEFORE ENDING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MORE LOCALIZED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH COULD OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI OR GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ FOSTER
793 WWUS43 KSGF 160329 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 929 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY TO BE UPDATED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 929 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. SLEET WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW OVERNIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER THIS EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME HAZARDOUS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...DEVELOPING REGION WIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY BEFORE ENDING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MORE LOCALIZED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH COULD OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI OR GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SLEET AND SNOW. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$ FOSTER
613 WWUS43 KSGF 160524 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1124 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FORECAST UPDATES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161200- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1124 PM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG THE I-44 AND HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDORS. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR IN THIS BAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET COULD LINGER ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATE THAT MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...IMPACTING THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY DUE TO HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH COULD OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI OR GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR. 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. $$ FOSTER
959 WWUS43 KSGF 160751 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 151 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161600- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 151 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLEET HAS CHANGED TO SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND ANY ADDITIONAL POCKETS OF SLEET SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY 3 AM. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS AND JUST SOUTH OF THE U.S. 60 CORRIDOR THROUGH 5 OR 6 AM...WITH SNOWFALL RATES LIKELY EXCEEDING 1 INCH PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONETT THROUGH AVA...WHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ADDITIONAL OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. ROADS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...AND TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...IMPACTING THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE U.S. 60 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY DUE TO HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR. 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. && $$ BOXELL
170 WWUS43 KSGF 161045 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-162100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 445 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. 60 EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR LIKELY WITHIN THE HEAVIEST AREAS OF SNOW. LIGHTER SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE INCH ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...TO ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...TO TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL BE LESS...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE I-44 CORRIDOR...AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL BE COMMON IN AREAS OF MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ BOXELL
487 WWUS43 KSGF 161518 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 918 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-162100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 918 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FINAL BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM A FEW TENTHS UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM THIS FINAL BAND OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AFTER THIS FINAL BAND OF SNOW PASSES...SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND THEN END BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW WILL THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL BE LESS...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ACROSS THE I-44 CORRIDOR...AND TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A MILE WILL BE COMMON IN AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO AS LOW AS A HALF MILE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING AS THAT HEAVIER SNOW BAND PASSES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ SCHAUMANN
483 WWUS43 KSGF 161836 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1236 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-093-101-161945- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD- 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...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE 1236 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW IS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAD BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. && $$ MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-162100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-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...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1236 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FINAL BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AT NOON THE BAND WAS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 2 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS FROM THIS FINAL BAND OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AFTER THIS FINAL BAND OF SNOW PASSES...THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REMINDER OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND WEST WILL BE LESS...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ACROSS THE I-44 CORRIDOR...AND TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A MILE WILL BE COMMON IN THE BAND OF MODERATE SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON . * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WFO SGF
729 WWUS43 KSGF 162054 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 254 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015 MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-162200- /O.EXP.KSGF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150216T2100Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS- HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-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...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 254 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ACROSS IS COMING TO AN END. FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. && $$ WFO SGF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 15, 3:09 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:09 AM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
309 AM CST Sun Feb 15 2015
...Major Forecast Changes this Morning...Significant Snow
Increasingly Likely Starting This Evening...
.SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight)
Issued at 308 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015
Well, what has been a challenging forecast over the last few days
has really become quite interesting early this morning, with the
numerical guidance suite seemingly arriving on a consensus
(finally) on today/tonight's winter weather event. A few of the
global models started to latch on to a stronger, more northerly
solution with yesterday's 12Z runs, and that trend certainly
continued with the 00Z and 06Z iterations, with nearly all
available guidance now suggesting significant snowfall for most--
if not all--of the forecast area.
Starting out this morning, rather expansive high pressure,
centered over western Lake Superior, is nosing south into the
area, with 2 AM temperatures in the teens and 20s. A persistent
northeast breeze is not only helping to reinforce this cold
airmass, but also producing wind chills between 5 above and 5
below. Temperatures will drop a few more degrees by sunrise, with
wind chills at or below zero for most.
The first significant forecast change for today is a later onset
for snow, with most locations not seeing much of anything until
after dark tonight. Temperatures today will range from the low 20s
across central Missouri and the eastern Ozarks, to low to mid 30s
over far southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas. Cloud
cover will increase substantially this afternoon as the shortwave
of interest--evident this morning on water vapor across northern
Oregon/southern Washington--begins to approach the region.
A band of snow is then expected to develop late this afternoon
across central Missouri, as an upper level jet across the Ohio
Valley starts to backbuild into the region, placing most of the
CWA squarely under the right entrance region by this evening. Lift
from this jet will combine with an expected band of mid level
frontogenesis across Central Missouri to produce one or more bands
of snow late this afternoon or early evening. There will be some
dry air to work through, but for now it doesn't look like anything
that won't be able to be overcome.
As mentioned above, the bulk of the expected snowfall is now
expected to fall after dark, especially from mid to late evening
through the overnight hours. Lift will increase substantially this
evening, with a surface trough developing across Texas and
translating east through southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
A fairly large shield of snow will fill in this evening across the
area, and persist into the daytime hours Monday. A bit of sleet or
snow pellets may be possible at onset across southwestern Missouri,
but overall, expect the vast majority of what falls to be in the
form of snow.
Within this shield of precipitation, one or more bands of moderate
to heavy snow are expected to develop, with guidance showing areas
of both frontogenesis and mid level instability, suggesting the
potential for convective elements (both slant-wise and upright).
While these bands of heavier snow look most likely to occur along
and south of the I-44 corridor, predictability is decidedly low
with such a feature. Do note that where these bands do form, very
heavy snowfall rates in excess of 2" per hour can be expected.
Snow will be heaviest through the overnight hours tonight, with
things slowly starting to taper off during the late morning on
Monday from west to east. Portions of the eastern and southeastern
CWA may see snow persist into mid or late afternoon Monday.
Given the expected bands of heavier snow, accumulations will vary
considerably across the CWA. In general, however, a widespread
5-7" of snow appears possible for much of the area, with
accumulations perhaps approaching double digits where those
heavier bands set up, which will be most likely across southern
Missouri. Depending on the exact timing, movement, and strength of
the heaviest bands of snow, localized amounts in excess of 12" can
not be ruled out across southern Missouri. It's also important to
note that given rather cold temperatures, this snow will likely be
lighter and fluffier than usual. While winds aren't expected to be
all that strong, some blowing and drifting of snow is possible.
For this forecast, a 15:1 snow to liquid ratio was used.
With these expected snow amounts in mind, the Winter Weather
Advisory will be upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning for the
entire forecast area. The start time has been pushed back, with
the Warning starting at 21Z (3 PM) for areas along and north of a
Ft. Scott to Vichy line, and 00Z (6 PM) elsewhere. Again, for most
of the area, little to no snow is expected until after dark.
Finally, please keep in mind that while forecast confidence in
significant snowfall is increasing, expected amounts will likely
change to some degree, especially as the predictability of
enhanced snow bands becomes more clear. Everyone is encouraged to
remain alert for forecast updates through the day Sunday into
Sunday night.
.LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday)
Issued at 308 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015
A decidedly cold period of weather is expected through at least
midweek. The upper level pattern will be highly amplified with a
longwave trough locked in place across the eastern CONUS. Cross
polar flow will keep a consistent fetch of cold air coming into
the region, resulting in temperatures a good 20+ degrees below
average. Will have to keep close tabs on just how cold
temperatures will get, especially at night, with snow cover in
place across the area.
A clipper front will move through the area on Tuesday into
Tuesday night bringing at the very least flurries, if not the
potential for a brief bout light snow. At this point, the coldest
day/night looks like it may end up being Wednesday/Wednesday night
as skies clear and surface high pressure moves into the area and
delivers the brunt of the cold airmass. Highs will struggle to
warm out of the teens on Wednesday with lows well into the single
digits, and a risk to go below zero in several locations.
The upper level trough axis shifts east beginning Thursday and
this will shift the coldest air to our east. Nevertheless, we will
still experience well below average temperatures as readings
slowly moderate. On Friday and Saturday, the medium range models
are hinting at a pattern change. As a result, model spread is
quite high and confidence in the forecast decreases considerably.
There are hints at a storm system moving through the region in the
Fri/Sat time frame. Given significant differences in timing, PoPs
have been kept on the low side for now, and will slow play ramping
things up until there is better agreement/clearer signal.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday Night)
Issued at 1137 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015
Pilots can expect VFR conditions at area terminals overnight into
Sunday morning. Ceilings will gradually lower Sunday afternoon as
a storm system approaches. Some light snow or sleet may develop
by late afternoon. Snow will become widespread Sunday evening with
prevailing MVFR to areas of IFR conditions in low ceilings and
snow. Sleet may fall at times at the Branson terminal.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 9 AM this morning to 6 AM CST
Monday FOR MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 9 AM this morning to 6 AM CST
Monday FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&
SHORT TERM...Boxell
LONG TERM...Gagan
AVIATION...FosterHazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 11:14 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-160515- 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- 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. DISCUSSION... WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO AT MANY LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO AT MANY LOCATIONS SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING MONDAY. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. A GENERAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM AND EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SNOWFALL FORECAST WILL BE MADE AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) FOSTER
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Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015
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.