URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1114 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY…

LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP BEHIND A SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING
COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON…AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT
SPREADS SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE GREATEST
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS
EVENING AND 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING. ANTICIPATED SNOW TOTALS RANGE
FROM AROUND 2 INCHES ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA… TO
AROUND 4 INCHES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN
CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW. IN
ADDITION…VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON
SUNDAY…ALLOWING WIND CHILLS TO DROP INTO THE -10 TO -20 DEGREE
RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. MUCH COLDER WIND CHILLS IN THE -20 TO –
30 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM.

ATCHISON KS-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…CAMERON…GALLATIN…
JAMESPORT…TRENTON…MILAN…GREEN CITY…ST. JOSEPH
1114 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST SUNDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON…AND 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 IS EXPECTED FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
MILAN.

* IMPACTS…SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND WILL CAUSE ROADS
AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES TO BECOME SNOWPACKED. BREEZY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW.

* TEMPERATURES…FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY…AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE
NORTHERLY WINDS TO CREATE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 -TO -20
DEGREES BY SUNDAY MORNING. MUCH COLDER WIND CHILLS IN THE -20
TO 30 -DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

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.