WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 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.
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ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-
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
326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* WHILE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT IN NATURE...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 IN
NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES
OCCASIONALLY BELOW ONE HALF MILE. SNOW DRIFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
EXCESS OF THREE FEET AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSIBLE
IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
* THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND 10
BELOW ZERO.
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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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-
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.
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