WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 329 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE STORM TRACK WILL
TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS...WHERE CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. A SHIFT IN THE
TRACK OF THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE LOCATION OF THE
HEAVY SNOW BAND. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY
AS NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION.
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HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON
329 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO IN EXCESS OF FOOT
OF SNOW TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE.
* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING
EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI SEEING MAJOR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW
MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1253 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

Expires:200912081900;;
FLUS43 KEAX 071852
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1252 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
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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-
1252 PM CST MON DEC 7 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
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL START TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED THROUGH VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT AREAS OF KANSAS. THE BULK OF THE
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY FOR AREAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY WORK INTO
THE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WHICH WILL LEAD TO A
TRANSITION PERIOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS PERIOD A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE
FROM KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO MACON.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM MATURES...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY WORK INTO THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LEADING TO A RAPID TRANSITION BACK TO
SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO KIRKSVILLE HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6
INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL APPROACHING A FOOT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF
THE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. A SMALL SHIFT IN THE
TRACK OF THE LOW...PARTICULARLY A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...WILL HAVE A
MAJOR IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT THE KANSAS CITY METRO MAY
SEE. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM. IN
ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THIS STORM EXITS. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 430 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE TRACK WILL
TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR NORTHEAST
KANSAS...WHERE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. A SHIFT IN THE TRACK
OF THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVY
SNOW BAND. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SIGNIFICANT REDUCED IN
BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY AS
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS OVERSPREAD THE
REGION.
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MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...
CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...
CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA
430 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER KANSAS BY MONDAY EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS EARLY AS LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 6 INCHES OR
MORE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS
BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY
GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
NRR