URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

…MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING…

.FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
70 LATER TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD FRIDAY MORNING…AND WILL BECOME
STEADIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. A GLAZING
OF ICE IS EXPECTED BEFORE TEMPERATURES STEADILY RISE ABOVE FREEZING
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FRIDAY MORNING.

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-
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…MACON…LA PLATA…
PARKVILLE…PLATTE CITY…WESTON…LIBERTY…EXCELSIOR SPRINGS…
RICHMOND…CARROLLTON…SALISBURY…KEYTESVILLE…MOBERLY
348 PM CST THU JAN 9 2014

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON CST
FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO
NOON CST FRIDAY.

* THIS ADVISORY IS FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 TO THE IOWA AND
NEBRASKA BORDERS.

* AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT…AND ESPECIALLY
AFTER DAY BREAK. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STEADIER AND
MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY MORNING…ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANCE TO PLAIN RAIN OR DRIZZLE
BETWEEN 9 AND NOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 30S.

* A GLAZE OF ICE WITH AMOUNTS LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS…WITH
CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVING THEREAFTER.

* IMPACTS…ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FRIDAY MORNING ONCE
THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE ON SECONDARY
COUNTY…RURAL ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TREATED
FROM PREVIOUS RECENT WINTER EVENTS. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION MAY
ALSO OCCUR ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAU