URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 306 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A FAST MOVING WINTER SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO CREATE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST FALLING SNOW. BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH SNOW AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 5 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 306 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING BY NOON OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW TO COME TO AN END. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES * IMPACTS... WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 MPH GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY ISSUES AS WELL AS DRIFTING OF SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE NEAR ZERO DEGREES. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES ON THURSDAY MORNING TO BE BETWEEN 10 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. && 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.
