AP-KS--KSGF-KS Winter Storm Warning, KS

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WWUS43 KSGF 020958

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

358 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

KSZ073-MOZ055>058-066>069-078-021800-

/O.NEW.KSGF.WC.Y.0004.140303T0000Z-140303T1800Z/

/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

358 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON

CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND

CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO

NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND

FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION

THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...PERHAPS MIXING WITH SOME SNOW AT

TIMES. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATES THAT ROADS

HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SLEET AND ARE BECOMING TREACHEROUS.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE LATER

THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE

THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE

FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 THROUGH LATE SUNDAY

NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS

EVENING THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET...ALONG

WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER

SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY AT

TIMES TONIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL

RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER THIS

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN

A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO

TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WIND CHILLS WILL

FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND

DANGEROUS. 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...

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS

WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN

FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND

GLOVES.

&&

$$

KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>096-101>103-021800-

/O.NEW.KSGF.WC.Y.0004.140303T0000Z-140303T1800Z/

/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

358 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON

CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND

CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO

NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND

FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO

THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED

THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES AND INTENSE PRECIPITATION

RATES OCCURRING. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATES THAT

ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SLEET AND ICE IN MANY AREAS AND

ARE BECOMING TREACHEROUS.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE LATER

THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE

THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO

EMINENCE...INCLUDING THE GREATER U.S. 60 AND I-44 CORRIDORS.

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING

THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET IS

EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SLEET

ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TODAY. LATER THIS EVENING

INTO TONIGHT...SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. MANY

LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL...WITH

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE

HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN

IS EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL

RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER THIS

EVENING AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN

A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND ZERO

TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WIND CHILLS WILL

FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND

DANGEROUS. 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...

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS

WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN

FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND

GLOVES.

&&

$$

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