Winter Storm Warning

[penguinz]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
502 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SPRING HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.THE LATEST DATA CONTINUE TO DEPICT AN IMPRESSIVE LATE SEASON
WINTER STORM THAT WILL BRING MAJOR AND POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING
SNOWS TO MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY TODAY AND SATURDAY.

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
TOWARD WESTERN ARKANSAS BY SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE LIFTING
NORTHEAST TOWARD ST. LOUIS ON SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE STORM TRACK...
ALONG WITH VERY DEEP MOISTURE ALOFT...AND THE INTENSE ENERGY AND LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...WILL LEAD TO BANDS OF VERY HEAVY
SNOW FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS...ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI TOWARD CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH
PERIODS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET MAY INITIALLY MIX WITH THE SNOW
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...
AND LOCALLY EXCEEDING 10 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
WARNING AREA ON SATURDAY.

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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...
HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
502 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

AS A VERY POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS SOUTH OF THE
REGION TONIGHT...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SURGE NORTH AND OVERSPREAD
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS RAIN
BEFORE MIDNIGHT FRIDAY...AND QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX
AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BECOME ALL HEAVY SNOW BY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THEN THEN EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES LOCALLY EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER HOUR. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF
20 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ALONG A NARROW TRACK IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS HEAVY SNOW
WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AND CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SATURDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE OF A HEAVY AND WET
NATURE. DUE TO THE RECENT FOLIAGE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER...TREES WILL BE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH
MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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[Sure-Oz]

I hate snow and have to work saturday. Takes 40 min regularly to get there, see what happens i guess

[Crush]

Katie Horner is probably getting off at just the thought of this.

[CosmicPal]

You're getting all the stuff we just had for the last 24 hours. Enjoy. :D

[Mr. Plow]

Didn't we do this yesterday?

[GoHuge]

It's officially Spring. I hate late season snow. Don't mind it in November or December but this ridiculous.

[penguinz]

Didn't we do this yesterday?Yesterday it was just a watch. Now it is a warning. We are all going to be killed by Jack Torrence.

[Radar Chief]

It’ll probably fizzle out over the plains and not do anything but rain a little.

[speak24]

add another nick name to Katie Horner, Blizzard Horner...

[petegz28]

Katie Horner is probably getting off at just the thought of this.

Ah, that was the screamin I heard! :D

If she interupts the MU game I will go homicidal!!!

[gblowfish]

Katie Horner is probably getting off at just the thought of this.

Katie's on Gary Amble's face screaming GIMME THE ENLARGED DOPPLER YOU WEATHER HOMO!!!

HARDER.......HARDER!!!!!!!!

Katie is ripped, she'll kick your ass. She's crazy as a sh*thouse rat!
Katie is the Bob Davis of Weather Hysterics.

[keg in kc]

Normally I'd be rooting for it, but this is the worst possible time for a storm for me. I'm supposed to have one video project due monday and another due wednesday, and if I miss a day, there's a very real risk that I won't be able to finish one of them. I may end up sleeping at the studio tonight.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

WTF it's f'ing spring!!!

[gblowfish]

Fast forward to Saturday.... I can see it now...

[kepp]

Katie Horner is probably getting off at just the thought of this.

She sure as heck better leave the MU game alone. I mean I don't even want a miniature Katie in the upper right hand corner of my screen.

[penguinz]

She sure as heck better leave the MU game alone. I mean I don't even want a miniature Katie in the upper right hand corner of my screen.Stream it online. The quality is really good if you have a decent connection.

[banyon]

We're in a "Blizzard" out here.

I think it's the first one I've seen.