HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 558 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
555 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO NEAR ST LOUIS
OVERNIGHT...RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES NORTH. COLDER AIR TO THE
NORTHWEST WILL BE PULLED INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI THROUGHOUT
THE DAY...CAUSING RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING TO TRANSITION TO A WINTRY
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS MIX WILL
GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...BEFORE THIS
TRANSITION TAKES PLACE...SOME MINOR ICING MAY OCCUR...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
BELOW FREEZING...WITH REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
ALREADY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS FREEZING LINE WILL MOVE TO NEAR
THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS...AND TO NEAR A
SEDALIA TO PRINCETON LINE BY SUNSET...SETTING THE STAGE FOR
WIDESPREAD MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION.
EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WILL
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW...WITH THE MOST PERSISTENT BAND OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLY ALIGNING JUST EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND INTO
NORTHEAST MISSOURI. PERIODS OF LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF
SLEET OVERNIGHT INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING...AND MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PERIODIC SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
EVEN INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL
MISSOURI...TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. EXACERBATING THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE
THE STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...CREATING EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 358 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
.A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL EVENTUALLY EJECT ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THROUGH TONIGHT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIPITATION ENTIRELY LIQUID...HOWEVER AS AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRAVELS FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST
MISSOURI...COLDER AIR WILL RAPIDLY BE PULLED INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI ON THURSDAY...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. WITH TRAVEL PEAKING DURING THE
HOLIDAY...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA.
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-WORTH-GENTRY-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
CAMERON...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON
358 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS EARLY AS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
THURSDAY...MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL
SNOW.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON
TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE TODAY...OR MAKE
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.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 337 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
.A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL
EJECT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THURSDAY...AND EVENTUALLY TURN
NORTH INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
INITIALLY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIPITATION
ENTIRELY LIQUID...HOWEVER AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRAVELS FROM
CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSOURI...COLDER AIR WILL RAPIDLY BE
PULLED INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...CHANGING RAIN OVER
TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY
ON THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND WHICH LOCATIONS WOULD
EXPERIENCE THE WORST WINTER WEATHER. HOWEVER...WITH TRAVEL PEAKING
DURING THE HOLIDAY...VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA.
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-WORTH-GENTRY-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...
CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON
337 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS EARLY AS THURSDAY
MORNING. THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY...MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH
A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
SHOULD EITHER LEAVE TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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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