WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OZARKS...
.A STRONG STORM NOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SHIFT
NORTH INTO IOWA LATER THIS MORNING. BANDS OF SNOW WEST AND SOUTH
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW WHERE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OCCUR OVER WESTERN
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OZARKS IS
EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS
MORNING...TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE
A PROBLEM WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE...CAUSING TRAFFIC
PROBLEMS THIS MORNING.
OVERALL...LOCATIONS ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL
EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION...WHILE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
EASTERN OZARKS MAY ONLY EXPERIENCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA...
APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
344 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUE
ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDERS.
ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW THROUGH NOON IS EXPECTED WITH THE
HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...A SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 8 INCHES IS
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO
HERMITAGE TO WARSAW. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN
COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS STATE
LINES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES NEAR THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 71...13...60 AND INTERSTATE 44.
THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND AREA WEB CAMS
INDICATE THAT MOST MAJOR STATE HIGHWAYS ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR
COMPLETELY SNOW AND SLEET COVERED FROM HIGHWAY 13 AND POINTS TO
THE WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT
SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS... EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING
ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED..
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 353 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE FORECASTED FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MORE
SPECIFICALLY...THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY TABLE ROCK LAKE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES. ALONG WITH THIS SNOW
ACCUMULATION...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW.
REGARDING THE TIMING OF THIS EPISODE OF WINTER WEATHER...RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH AT TIMES WHILE THE HEAVY SNOW IS
FALLING. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY.
INTERESTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS DETAILS BECOME CLEARER REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 300 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
WILL MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING AND INTERACT WITH GULF
MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH.
INITIALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
PROGRESS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS
AND LOW 20S THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE SEASONS FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS COULD COMBINE TO MAKE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
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CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA...
APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
300 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO
WARSAW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST
TO EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS...IF THEY MATERIALIZE...WILL MOST
LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND
HAZARDOUS 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.
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CLAYCOMB