HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 807 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

Expires:200912252200;;
FLUS43 KEAX 250203
HWOEAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
803 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-252200-
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-
803 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MARYVILLE TO CAMERON TO INDEPENDENCE
TO BUTLER WESTWARD...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...
A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS...WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. AS THIS
OCCURS...THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL COLDER AIR ACROSS THE
REGION. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO SLEET AND
SNOW...AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
1/4 TO 3/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT...ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM MERCER TO CARROLLTON TO
SEDALIA...TO 6 OR 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO.
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO
OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA...CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF 1/4
MILE OR LESS AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN BLIZZARD OR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITHIN AREAS OF SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PERIODIC SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
EVEN INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PERIODIC SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
EVEN INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE STRONG WESTERLY TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY..
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED..
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...
...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN
KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...
.THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING
ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. A POTENT WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM NOW MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS WILL
BEGIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT.
COLD AIR HAS NOW FILTERED INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH SCATTERED
PRECIPITATION AFFECTING EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS
PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A KANSAS CITY
TO BETHANY MISSOURI LINE. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST. AREAS FURTHER EAST
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A UNIONVILLE TO
CLINTON LINE MAY TAKE LONGER TO TRANSITION AND PRECIPITATION MAY NOT
BECOME SNOW UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MAY BE THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD
LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF
A BUTLER MISSOURI TO MARYVILLE MISSOURI LINE TONIGHT WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WITH
TRAVEL PEAKING DURING THE HOLIDAY... VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE
LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001-002-011>013-020-021-028-029-037-043-
053-250630-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.BZ.W.0002.091224T2226Z-091226T0000Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-JACKSON-CASS-BATES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...BUTLER...RICH HILL
426 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A ST JOSEPH TO MARYVILLE LINE WHILE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS OCCURRING EAST OF THIS LINE. A TRANSITION
TO SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXING AT TIMES WILL TAKE PLACE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM BUTLER MISSOURI AND
PLEASANTON KANSAS NORTHWARD TO THE KANSAS CITY METRO. NORTH OF
THIS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL PERSIST
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1148 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED
STATES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. COLD AIR HAS NOW FILTERED INTO FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE
AFFECTING EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THIS PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN
TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS AREAS FROM
WESTERN KANSAS CITY NORTHWARD TO NEAR MARYVILLE MISSOURI. THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON A TRANSITION
FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW WILL OCCUR
ALONG AND WEST OF A UNIONVILLE TO CLINTON LINE. EAST OF THIS LINE
WITH TRANSITION LATER THIS EVENING INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SLEET MAY BE THE
PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH TRAVEL PEAKING DURING
THE HOLIDAY...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA.
KSZ102-MOZ001-002-011-012-250200-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-HOLT-ANDREW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH
1147 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS HAVE BEGUN TO CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
  AND SLEET THIS MORNING. MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY
  SWITCH TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW
  THIS AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. WET ROADS HAVE STARTED TO FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA CAUSING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SEVERAL ACCIDENT HAVE BEEN REPORTED
  DUE TO THE SLICK CONDITIONS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
  SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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.
&&
$$