URGENT
073
WWUS43 KSGF 010942
WSWSGF
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND…
.A WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SLEET…FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI…WITH A MIX
OF SLEET…SNOW…AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE I-44 AND MUCH OF
THE U.S. 60 CORRIDORS. PRIMARILY SNOW…THOUGH OCCASIONALLY MIXED
KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-012200-
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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
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE
NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS…LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET WILL
BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY…BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO
9 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A WARSAW TO OSAGE BEACH LINE.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT…BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A MIX OF
SLEET AND SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH…WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH…ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY IN
NATURE…AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE
IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO
KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR…ESPECIALLY EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS…WHERE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE
WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS…BOOSTER CABLES…A
FLASHLIGHT…SHOVEL…BLANKETS…EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
&&
$$
KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>096-101>103-012200-
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/O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.140302T0000Z-140303T1200Z/
CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-
DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
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…ANDERSON…PINEVILLE…MONETT…CASSVILLE…
KIMBERLING CITY…GALENA
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…AREAS SOUTH OF U.S. 54 AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM BRANSON TO EMINENCE MISSOURI…INCLUDING THE GREATER
I-44 AND MUCH OF THE U.S. 60 CORRIDORS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS…FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND
THEN CHANGE TO SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF SLEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE…DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING OF PRECIPITATION CHANGE
OVER. A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE AND
SLEET.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION…MAINLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND
THEN SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH…WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH…ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY IN
NATURE…AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE
IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO
KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR…ESPECIALLY EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS…WHERE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE
WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS…BOOSTER CABLES…A
FLASHLIGHT…SHOVEL…BLANKETS…EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
&&
$$
MOZ097-098-104>106-012200-
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/O.NEW.KSGF.WS.W.0003.140302T0000Z-140303T1200Z/
HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST PLAINS…WINONA…EMINENCE…
BRANSON…FORSYTH…GAINESVILLE…THEODOSIA…THAYER…ALTON
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
BRANSON TO EMINENCE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TO THREE INCHES OF COMBINED
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA…WITH
MOST SLEET AND SNOW FALLING LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATER
THIS EVENING INTO TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS
OF A QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED…WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGH
ENOUGH TO IMPACT TREES AND POWER LINES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH…WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH…ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. WIND GUSTS MAY ENHANCE THE IMPACTS OF FREEZING RAIN ON
TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION…CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON
TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR…ESPECIALLY EAST TO
WEST ROADWAYS…WHERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST.
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS…BOOSTER CABLES…A
FLASHLIGHT…SHOVEL…BLANKETS…EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
&&
$$
BOXELL
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Sat Mar 1 2014 4:42AM EST
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