HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 807 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

Expires:200912252200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
803 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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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-
803 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MARYVILLE TO CAMERON TO INDEPENDENCE
TO BUTLER WESTWARD...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...
A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER ARKANSAS...WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. AS THIS
OCCURS...THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PULL COLDER AIR ACROSS THE
REGION. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO SLEET AND
SNOW...AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF
1/4 TO 3/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT...ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM MERCER TO CARROLLTON TO
SEDALIA...TO 6 OR 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO.
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO
OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA...CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF 1/4
MILE OR LESS AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN BLIZZARD OR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITHIN AREAS 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 BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST 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.
.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 BY SATURDAY MAY RANGE FROM
ONLY A COUPLE INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...TO AS
MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA BORDER IN NORTHWEST 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 WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF MIXED
WINTER PRECIPITATION ONSET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED..
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 407 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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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...
NEW FRANKLIN...SEDALIA...BOONVILLE
407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS
EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
* MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH
HEAVY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MORE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.
AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH
RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING 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 EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING
FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR 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.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
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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SCHUYLER-ADAIR-MACON-RANDOLPH-HOWARD-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...KIRKSVILLE...MACON...
LA PLATA...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...BOONVILLE
358 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW AS EARLY AS LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
* ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE RAPID CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. AFTER CHANGING
TO SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 6 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 LATE 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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