Alert archive / Missouri / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2015, 6:08 PM CST for 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 28, 2015, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2015, 10:25 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Camden County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:11 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Wsw Marshfield, MO | |
| Feb 28, 6:16 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Fair Grove, MO | |
| Feb 28, 6:16 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Lebanon, MO | |
| Feb 28, 6:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Dixon, MO | |
| Feb 28, 6:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 W Pittsburg, MO | |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 S Springfield, MO | |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 Wsw Marshfield, MO | |
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Bolivar, MO | |
| Feb 28, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 8 S Rolla, MO | PHELPS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR REPORTED 6 INCHES SOUTH OF ROLLA NEAR THE DENT COUNTY LINE. |
| Feb 28, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Lebanon, MO | |
| Feb 28, 7:58 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Licking, MO | |
| Feb 28, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Wsw Norwood, MO | MACOMB AREA. |
| Feb 28, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Mansfield, MO | |
| Feb 28, 9:47 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Camdenton, MO | |
| Feb 28, 9:53 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Galloway, MO | |
| Mar 1, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Nw Windyville, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED SNOW TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 7:20 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 4 W Pittsburg, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Se Morgan, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED A SNOW TOTAL OF 6 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 7:34 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Morrisville, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 S Ash Grove, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ne Fair Grove, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED A SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 E Battlefield, MO | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTED A 24 HOURS SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 8 S Rolla, MO | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTED A 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ne Rolla, MO | COCORAHS OBSERVER REPORTED A 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5.5 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Niangua, MO | OBSERVER REPORTS A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5.3 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 8:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ne Halltown, MO | |
| Mar 1, 8:54 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 E Flemington, MO | OBSERVER REPORTED A SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 5 INCHES. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943 WWUS43 KSGF 010008 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 608 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-010815- /O.UPG.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.150301T0008Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 608 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 010815- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 608 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS CAUSING SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CRAMER
6 follow-up statements
436 WWUS43 KSGF 010252 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 852 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-011100- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 852 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION WAS CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. ICE AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL REMAIN BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 011100- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 852 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION WAS CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW. THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD EXPERIENCE AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CRAMER
616 WWUS43 KSGF 010514 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-011315- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION WAS CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL REMAIN BELOW ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 011315- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL- SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MODERATE SNOW WAS ENDING ACROSS THE REGION WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WERE OCCURRING IN SOME LOCATIONS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD EXPERIENCE AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS SNOW AND ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CRAMER
463 WWUS43 KSGF 010727 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 127 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-011530- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 127 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS MAY MIX WITH SNOW BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL REMAIN FREEZING RAIN. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE OCCURRING OVER TEXAS...WRIGHT AND DENT COUNTIES. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...GENERALLY AROUND THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 011530- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-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... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 127 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SOMETIMES MIXED WITH SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A CASSVILLE TO HARTVILLE TO ROLLA LINE. THIS BAND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIPITATION. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A GLAZE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LINDENBERG
707 WWUS43 KSGF 010956 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 356 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 356 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...GENERALLY AROUND THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE TO FEW ADDITIONAL HUNDREDTHS THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-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... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 356 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ALONG THE MISSOURI ARKANSAS BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE ANOTHER FIVE HUNDREDTHS TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL ICE RANGING FROM A GLAZE TO FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LINDENBERG
632 WWUS43 KSGF 011201 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 601 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS MORNING... MOZ057-058-068>071-079>083-090>092-011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- 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 601 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ON TOP OF THE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. AREAS WHERE THE SNOW PLOWS HAVE CLEARED THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE SLICK DUE TO A THIN GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE FREEZING DRIZZLE. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...GENERALLY AROUND THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO EXPOSED SURFACES THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-093>098-101>106- 011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-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... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 601 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL GLAZING OF ICE EXPECTED. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WILL PUSH EAST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS OF SNOW EXPECTED IN AREAS WHERE THIS BAND OF SNOW OCCURS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND A SMALL PART OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL GLAZING OF ICE TO EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION CONTINUE TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LINDENBERG
429 WWUS43 KSGF 011625 WSWSGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1025 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... MOZ082-083-090>092-011800- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD 1025 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF A DUSTING TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL THIN GLAZE. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MOZ057-058-068>071-079>081-012100- /O.CAN.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T2100Z/ MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON 1025 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH 3 PM. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF A DUSTING UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL THIN GLAZE. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066-067-077-078-088-089-012100- /O.EXT.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T2100Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON- CEDAR-JASPER-DADE- 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 1025 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH 3 PM. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF A DUSTING UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL THIN GLAZE. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MOZ093>098-101>106-011800- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1800Z/ NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY- STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA... OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1025 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH NOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF A DUSTING TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL THIN GLAZE. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 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 Feb 28, 3:11 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:11 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
311 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2015
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday Night)
Issued at 307 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
A large area of snow has blanketed all of the Missouri Ozarks and
extreme southeastern Kansas as of mid afternoon. Visibilities were
pretty much below one mile over all areas...with occasional
observations indicating quarter mile visibilities with heavy snow.
Snowfall accumulations up through 3 PM have been in the 1-3"
range. We suspect that some locations across extreme southeastern
Kansas and west-central Missouri may be in that 3-4" range.
As we head into late this afternoon and this evening, short term
models are beginning to change their tune a bit. Both the RAP
and the HRRR have somewhat backed off on a secondary band of snow
developing along the I-44 corridor this evening. Even the 18Z NAM
has trended this way. Instead, models gradually take the large
area of moderate to occasionally heavy snow to the east and
northeast with the back edge of the heavier snow moving east
across the Ozarks this evening. This would tend to make sense as
low level isentropic upglide and a weak upper level jet coupling
structure shift towards the Mid Mississippi Valley. We will still
have to watch for some banding of snow as models do indicate some
slugs of increased 700 mb frontogenesis...especially along and
north of the I-44 corridor.
As we head into later tonight, the main area of snow will have
shifted east of the area. Pockets of light snow and flurries
will be left in its wake. While snow intensity will be on the
downward trend this evening (again from west to east), it will
tend to accumulate more efficiently given that the sun will have
set. Models are also indicating perhaps some loss of cloud ice
later tonight. Additionally, models still bring a warm nose into
southern Missouri by late tonight. Thus, we are continuing a
mention of either light freezing rain or freezing drizzle.
This trend will then continue into Sunday morning with pockets of
light snow and drizzle/freezing drizzle. We have slowed the
progress of the surface freezing line to the north by a few
hours...which does keep the door open a bit longer for minor ice
accumulation. One thing we will have to watch very closely is what
will be a good setup for a banded snow event from late tonight
into Sunday morning up towards I-70. Models continue to indicate
strong 700 mb frontogenesis and available negative EPV becoming
juxtaposed with a favorable upper level jet streak. If this
materializes, it could put down a narrow swath of additional
heavier snowfall. While this could glance our central Missouri
counties, confidence is higher that it will remain just north of
the area. Once we get into Sunday afternoon and especially Sunday
night, the primary precipitation will be shifting east and
southeast of the region.
As for storm total ice and snow amounts, we have not changed much.
Any ice accumulations are still expected to remain at or below
five-hundredths of an inch. 1-3" of snow is expected across
south-central Missouri. Accumulations near and north of the I-44
corridor will be in the 3-6" range. We still think a few isolated
reports of around 7" will be possible. Given that any 6-7" amounts
are expected to be isolated (if they occur at all), the current
Winter Weather Advisory will be left intact.
.LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday)
Issued at 307 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
By Monday morning, precipitation should push south of the region,
at least temporarily, as high pressure noses south from the
Dakotas. Highs on Monday look to reach the upper 30s in most
locations.
Precipitation will then return to the area Monday night into
Tuesday, though at this point it appears that temperatures
should be above freezing by the time rain begins to fall Monday
night. Rain will continue through much of the day Tuesday, as low
pressure at the surface deepens and lifts north across Kansas and
northern Missouri. Breezy southwest winds during the day Tuesday
will help temperatures warm into the low to mid 50s. Will continue
to include a mention of thunder in the forecast for Tuesday, with
guidance suggesting a couple hundred J/KG of CAPE making its way
into the CWA.
A strong cold front will then sweep across the area Tuesday
afternoon and evening, with colder air quickly advecting into
the area Tuesday night. We will need to carefully watch the
potential for post frontal snow Tuesday night and Wednesday, as
lift from a secondary trough axis may be enough to result in areas
of snow on Wednesday. As it stands right now, the highest snow
potential for Wednesday looks to be south of I-44, though this
will be highly dependent on the eventual location of the front.
The upper level flow will then flatten out a bit, with
southwesterly flow developing at the surface for the end of the
week into next weekend. This is suggestive of warmer temperatures
for the end of the week, with highs perhaps (finally) approaching
climatological averages by this time next weekend.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday Afternoon)
Issued at 1149 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
IFR and LIFR conditions will continue this afternoon and evening
across the region as moderate to at times heavy snow affect the
terminals. Prevailing conditions will likely be just above airport
minimums at SGF and JLN, but dips to or below mins are likely
if/when bands of the heaviest snow move overhead.
Snow intensity should decrease somewhat later tonight, though cigs
will remain low. A south to north transition to a wintry mix of
snow, rain and freezing rain is expected at some point late
tonight, with an eventual changeover to just rain around mid day
tomorrow as temperatures rise above freezing. While this
transition has been indicated in the TAFs, confidence in exact
timing is very low.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until Noon CST Sunday FOR MOZ055>058-
066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until Noon CST Sunday FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&
SHORT TERM...Schaumann
LONG TERM...Boxell
AVIATION...BoxellHazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:22 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 422 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-012230- 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- 422 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. ELEVATED SNOW RISK. DISCUSSION... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES THEN CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATER THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW OR A LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL BE ONGOING SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BECOME MORE RAIN AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A THIN GLAZE OF ICE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN IMPACT THE REGION FROM LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION ON THE BACK END OF THIS STORM SYSTEM FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS AS A COLDER AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && 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) SCHAUMANN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:21 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
321 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0321 PM SNOW 3 WNW REPUBLIC 37.14N 93.53W
02/28/2015 M2.5 INCH GREENE MO PUBLIC
&&
DSALocal storm report, Feb 28, 4:11 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
411 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0321 PM SNOW DIXON 37.99N 92.09W
02/28/2015 M2.5 INCH PULASKI MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0321 PM SNOW 3 S MANSFIELD 37.06N 92.58W
02/28/2015 M3.0 INCH DOUGLAS MO PUBLIC
&&
DSALocal storm report, Feb 28, 4:24 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
424 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM SNOW GRAVOIS MILLS 38.31N 92.83W
02/28/2015 E3.0 INCH MORGAN MO PUBLIC
&&
DSALocal storm report, Feb 28, 5:12 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
512 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM SNOW 1 S REPUBLIC 37.11N 93.48W
02/28/2015 M3.0 INCH GREENE MO NWS EMPLOYEE
0458 PM SNOW 3 WNW REPUBLIC 37.14N 93.53W
02/28/2015 M3.5 INCH GREENE MO PUBLIC
0507 PM SNOW IBERIA 38.09N 92.29W
02/28/2015 M2.5 INCH MILLER MO CO-OP OBSERVER
SNOWING HEAVILY AT THE TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT.
&&
JSSLocal storm report, Feb 28, 5:33 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
533 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM SNOW 7 S SPRINGFIELD 37.09N 93.29W
02/28/2015 M3.0 INCH GREENE MO NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
JSSLocal storm report, Feb 28, 5:55 PM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
555 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM SNOW 6 W EDWARDS 38.14N 93.28W
02/28/2015 M4.0 INCH BENTON MO PUBLIC
CWIP REPORT.
&&
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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.