HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 555 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

Expires:200912081200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
554 AM 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-
554 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY ARE EXPECTED WITH THE OVERNIGHT
SNOWFALL. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AREAS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...ARE EXPECTED TO BE
ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL
ALSO BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. WHILE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW IN AREAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36...THIS WARMER AIR WILL ALLOW FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND PERHAPS SLEET IN AREAS FROM KANSAS
CITY TO MOBERLY. TO THE SOUTH...IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM CLINTON TO SEDALIA...PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST BY TUESDAY EVENING...RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING AREAS OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW. CURRENTLY...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ATCHISON KANSAS TO KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF RECEIVING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES.
SOUTH OF THIS LINE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE
AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WHICH LIFTS NORTHWARD...AND THE INTENSITY OF
SNOWFALL TUESDAY NIGHT.
A CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM BY AS LITTLE AS 50 MILES
COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. 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...
SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THEY
RECEIVE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 515 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER 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 MORE THAN 10 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 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
515 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF
  THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
  TO BRING MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
  KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY NORTH
  OF A LINE FROM NORTH KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE TO MACON.
* 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.
* SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST
  KANSAS...EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO ADJACENT IOWA AND NEBRASKA
  POTENTIALLY EXPERIENCING MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A
  FOOT OF SNOW.
* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE
  LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20
  TO 30 MPH 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 ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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