URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
312 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TONIGHT…

…A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…

.BANDS OF SNOW HAVE SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ITS
WAY SOUTH AND EAST REACHING THE MISSOURI RIVER AROUND 5 OR 6 PM.
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE ENTIRE
REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS
DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST FALLING SNOW.

ADDITIONALLY…NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH IN COMBINATION
WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BRING THE WIND CHILLS ON
THURSDAY MORNING DOWN TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…TROY…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
312 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING…PERIODS OF MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW NOW FALLING ACROSS
FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SPREAD INTO THE
ST. JOSEPH AND KIRKSVILLE AREAS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 8 PM. THE SNOW WILL
END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AND BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THE
SNOW SHOULD HAVE ENDED.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES

* IMPACTS… WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 1O TO 20 MPH
GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS CREATE SOME DRIFTING SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES…OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 4 ABOVE
TO 4 BELOW ZERO. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE
WIND CHILL VALUES ON THURSDAY MORNING TO BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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.

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PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR…U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
KANSAS CITY…OR BY VISITING HTTP…//GO.USA.GOV/DFQB (UPPER
CASE). ON TWITTER…CONTACT US AT @NWSKANSASCITY.