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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006KSZ103>105-MOZ028-029-037-210330-/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.060320T2200Z-060321T1200Z/LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE118 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THISAFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOONTO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING AROUND THE NOON HOUR.HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS RELOADING FOR ANOTHER ROUND LATE THISAFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL START UP AGAINBETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 7 PM. BEFORE 7 PM...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATERATHER RAPIDLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AREEXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OFTHE METRO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCEVISIBILITIES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS AND FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.$$

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO105 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-211915-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-105 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRALAND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS..DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHTA STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO THE TEXASPANHANDLE THIS MORNING AND WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURITONIGHT. SLEET AND SNOW WILL FORM OVER FAR EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREMENORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTHEAST TO APRINCETON TO KANSAS CITY LINE BY EARLY THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT AREASNORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER CAN EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OFHEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSOPRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...FURTHER REDUCINGVISIBILITIES.BY TUESDAY MORNING NINE OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER FARNORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES FORECAST NORTH OF AN ATCHISONKANSAS TO MACON LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TO THE MISSOURI RIVER 2 TO 5INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOWNORTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE LINE AND AN INCH OR LESS FROMMOUND CITY KANSAS TO CLINTON..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAYTHE TAIL END OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LINGER TUESDAY MORNING OVERMOST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOWPOSSIBLE EAST OF A GRANT CITY TO SEDALIA LINE.THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION ISEXPECTED..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TODAY AND TONIGHT.$$MJ