Winter Storm Watch
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
439 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
…FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE THIS MORNING…
…A WINTER STORM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ICING AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES LIKELY…
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-
HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
LINN MO-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…TROY…LEAVENWORTH…
TARKIO…MARYVILLE…GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…
PRINCETON…UNIONVILLE…LANCASTER…DOWNING…MOUND CITY…
OREGON…SAVANNAH…CAMERON…GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…TRENTON…
MILAN…GREEN CITY…KIRKSVILLE…ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…
HAMILTON…POLO…CHILLICOTHE…BROOKFIELD…PARKVILLE…
PLATTE CITY…WESTON
439 AM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
…WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT…
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING FROM KANSAS CITY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO JUST NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE AS OF 4 AM. THE
FREEZING LINE SHOULD REACH SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS CITY TO
MARSHALL TO MACON BY 6 AM. POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SHOWERS
OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING…ENDING
FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND NOON.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WHERE
FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURS. WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS…EVEN A SMALL
AMOUNT OF DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON UNTREATED
ROADS AND WIND SHIELDS.
A LARGER AND STRONGER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT
NORTHWEST MISSOURI SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD QUICKLY ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…ANY LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL
QUICKLY BECOME ALL SNOW SATURDAY EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
ALTHOUGH CHANGES IN STORM TRACK MAY ALTER SPECIFIC SNOW
AMOUNTS…CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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.