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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011
...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
.A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS NOON TODAY AS
SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL
PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
OUTSIDE THE WARNING AREA...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES.
KSZ025-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-191730-
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ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST.
JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON
WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY
BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS.
* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING
COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT
LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE
TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO
ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10
AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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