WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 942 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN AND SOUTH OF
THE KANSAS CITY METRO BY LATE MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* STRONG WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES. REPORTS HAVE INDICATED SNOW DRIFTS IN EXCESS
OF THREE FEET IN PLACES ALREADY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS
AND INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. TRAVEL
SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND
10 BELOW.
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: 634 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
630 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
630 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WHILE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT...CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG I-70 TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE
DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI.
ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN
TIER OF MISSOURI.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF 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.
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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: 408 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. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND
DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI EARLY THIS
MORNING...WITH SHALLOW COLD AIR FILTERING INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
BY DAYBREAK...CAUSING A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. RAIN SHOWERS
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW
FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS
EVEN COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTH AND EAST. 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.
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-WORTH-GENTRY-
DE KALB-CLINTON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
CAMERON...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON
407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
  BY LATER THIS MORNING. SLEET WILL EVENTUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY
  LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TODAY.
* MINOR ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
  QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING
  TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH
  RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY
  REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS MORNING THROUGH
  FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE 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.
&&
$$