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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 15, 202010 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm watch at Apr 15, 2020, 4:01 PM CDT for 10 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 16, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2020, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2020, 9:02 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Adair County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 15, 12:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 12:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 4:55 AM CDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
455 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2020

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-161000-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
455 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Sub-freezing temperatures this morning across northeast Kansas and
 northwest Missouri will impact cold sensitive vegetation.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

 Accumulating snowfall will be possible early Thursday morning and
 again Thursday night into Friday morning.

 Sub-freezing temperatures are expected Friday and Saturday mornings.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Missouri, 2020Every winter storm watch in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.