BULLETIN
059
WWUS43 KSGF 020524
WSWSGF
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1124 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-021400-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/
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
1124 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS…FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TRANSITIONING
TO SLEET TOWARD 3 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS
OVERNIGHT. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT MANY
ROADS HAD ALREADY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE
NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 FROM THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS…LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL
OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A GLAZE TO A 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
OF 20 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY LIMIT THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TAKE A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU THAT
WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
$$
KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>096-101>103-021400-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-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
1124 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS…FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH AN INCREASING COVERAGE OF FREEZING
RAIN BY 3 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO AND THROUGH THE 20S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATES GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD WERE BECOMING HAZARDOUS.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON
TO EMINENCE MISSOURI INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 44 AND U.S. 60
CORRIDORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS…FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH THEN
CHANGE TO SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH
ACCUMULATIONS DEPENDENT ON THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION CHANGE
OVER. A TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER SUNDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE
AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD OCCUR SUNDAY
NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TENTH TO A FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. FREEZING
RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS OF 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING
RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER
SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN
AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL LIMIT
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE
WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TAKE A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU THAT
WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
$$
MOZ097-098-104>106-021400-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/
HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST PLAINS…WINONA…EMINENCE…
BRANSON…FORSYTH…GAINESVILLE…THEODOSIA…THAYER…ALTON
1124 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BY 3
AM AT MOST LOCATIONS WHILE LIGHT PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO
DEVELOP.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO EMINENCE THROUGH EARLY 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…FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. FREEZING
RAIN ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH
IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
AREA.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY…NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
WIND GUSTS MAY ENHANCE THE IMPACTS OF FREEZING RAIN ON TREES
AND POWER LINES.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE
AT TIMES LATER SUNDAY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A
RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER
SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TAKE A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU THAT
WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
$$
FOSTER
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Sun Mar 2 2014 12:25AM EST
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