URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
447 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

…ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MID SUNDAY
MORNING FOLLOWED BY LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING…

.SNOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD WHILE A SECOND AREA OF SNOW
FORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
AROUND 5 INCHES LIKELY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. NORTH OF A
KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE LINE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL END SUNDAY MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST.

A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE FIRST SURGE OF COLD AIR SWEEPING THROUGH. IN ADDITION STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

THE SECOND AND MUCH COLDER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN ARRIVING
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A STIFF NORTHWESTERLY WIND AND A
BONE CHILLING AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS
FROM 25 BELOW OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO
NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO ALONG THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER BY MONDAY MORNING.

DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CAMERON…GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…
ST. JOSEPH
447 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY…
…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING…A BAND OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SAG SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING.
THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY. THE
HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM THIS
EVENING AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
GALLATIN.

* WIND CHILLS…LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW
ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

* IMPACTS…SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE ROADS AND OTHER
EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME SNOWPACKED. A STIFF NORTHERLY WIND
GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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