FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 638 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING STREAMS...
  SOUTH GRAND RIVER AT URICH
AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...BATES...CASS...HENRY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.  THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER
AND STREAM INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/.
&&
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/URHM7.2.ER.091223T2126Z.091224T1800Z.091226T0400Z.UU/
638 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE SOUTH GRAND RIVER AT URICH.* AT  4:33 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 26.5 FEET BY
  EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* AT 24.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS ACROSS LOCATIONS WITHIN 0.5 TO 1.5
  MILES OF THE RIVER. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE LOW LYING PASTURES ALONG
  WITH CROPLAND AND SECONDARY ROADS.
&&
                       LATEST
LOCATION          FS   STAGE  DAY/TIME    FORECAST
SOUTH GRAND RIVER
  URICH           24   25.5   WED 05 PM   26.5 EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM SLOWLY EXITING THE REGION WITH IMPACTS CONTINUING
THROUGH THE NIGHT...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AND PIVOT ACROSS IOWA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT IN NATURE...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. OF LARGER CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE 20 TO
30 MPH WINDS THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...LEADING TO
A CONTINUATION OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF
TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW.
TRAVEL REMAINS EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH
EXTENSIVE ROAD CLOSURES STILL POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL ONLY
MARGINALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
KSZ057-060-103>105-MOZ028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-260600-
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE MISSOURI RIVER...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN
AREAS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
LINGERS TO OUR NORTHEAST.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT IN NATURE...WITH MOST AREAS
RECEIVING LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW.
* HOWEVER...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
POSSIBLE. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. NUMEROUS ROADS MAY BE
IMPACTED BY THIS DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING ROADS
THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVELERS ARE
URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION TONIGHT.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS
BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912261900;;
FLUS43 KEAX 251858
HWOEAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-261900-
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-
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THE INFLUENCES OF A LARGE WINTER STORM TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF SNOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL PRODUCE RATHER
LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. FURTHER SOUTH...ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN AT OR UNDER 1 INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THESE STRONG
WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FELT ON NORTH AND SOUTH
RUNNING ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
SATURDAY...BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY. GENERALLY...DUE TO
DECREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1 INCH.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
THIS WEAKER STORM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
MAY BE APPRECIATED.
$$