URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
335 AM CST THU DEC 19 2013

…FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO PRODUCE LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING…

.DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT…COLD AIR WILL CHANGE LIQUID PRECIPITATION OVER TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON SURFACES MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-
SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…TROY…MARYVILLE…
GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…PRINCETON…
UNIONVILLE…LANCASTER…DOWNING…MOUND CITY…OREGON…
SAVANNAH…GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…TRENTON…MILAN…GREEN CITY…
KIRKSVILLE…ST. JOSEPH
335 AM CST THU DEC 19 2013

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING…DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT
CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
BEHIND THE FRONT. FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH IS EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS…ICE ACCUMULATING ON SURFACES SUCH AS ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS TO BECOME SLICK. PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
TONIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING AND MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.