For counties to the North of us: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 358 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- CAMDEN-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 358 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...PERHAPS MIXING WITH SOME SNOW AT TIMES. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATES THAT ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SLEET AND ARE BECOMING TREACHEROUS. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET...ALONG WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY LIMIT THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER. 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. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:06:16 +0000
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