WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Issue Date: 907 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 .THE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PIVOT AROUND IOWA THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. ENERGY MOVING AROUND THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING ANOTHER
1 TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY WINDS
TO THE AREA...WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS COMBINATION WILL MEAN A CONTINUATION
OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN THE COUNTRY WHERE FEW OBSTRUCTIONS
EXIST. IN ADDITION...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.
TRAVEL REMAINS TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH ROAD CLOSURES
STILL POSSIBLE.
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MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...
LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...
RICH HILL...CLINTON
907 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS....AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
LINGERS TO OUR NORTH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT IN NATURE...WITH MOST
AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW.
* HOWEVER GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN COUNTRY. NUMEROUS ROADS MAY BE
IMPACTED BY THIS DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION TONIGHT.
* THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.
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: 1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 100 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expires:200912261900;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1258 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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-
1258 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THE INFLUENCES OF A LARGE WINTER STORM TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF SNOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL PRODUCE RATHER
LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. FURTHER SOUTH...ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN AT OR UNDER 1 INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THESE STRONG
WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FELT ON NORTH AND SOUTH
RUNNING ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
SATURDAY...BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY. GENERALLY...DUE TO
DECREASING AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1 INCH.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
THIS WEAKER STORM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
MAY BE APPRECIATED.
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