A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. The following counties in Missouri...BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-SHANNON- *Details---* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF SCATTERED SLEET AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI INTO MID AFTERNOON. VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ANY IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL. A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME RAIN WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60...OR A JOPLIN TO EMINENCE LINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AROUND TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO LEBANON MISSOURI. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MAY RESULT IN A VERY LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * VISIBILITY...THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE HALF MILE IN BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SECONDARY OR UNTREATED ROADS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES GOING FROM WET ROADWAYS TO ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:03:41 +0000
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