URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
358 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

…MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM HEAVY SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT…

A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A BROAD SWATH OF 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES OF
SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ROADS HAVE
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT ROAD SURFACES AS SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIER SNOW COULD APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES…RESULTING IN
VERY LOW VISIBILITY AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING…LEADING TO AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW AS WELL.
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…PAOLA…MOUND CITY…TROY…
LEAVENWORTH…OVERLAND PARK…OLATHE…TARKIO…MARYVILLE…
GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…OREGON…SAVANNAH…
CAMERON…GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…
HAMILTON…POLO…PARKVILLE…PLATTE CITY…WESTON…LIBERTY…
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS…RICHMOND…KANSAS CITY…INDEPENDENCE…
LEXINGTON…CONCORDIA…MARSHALL…RAYMORE…HARRISONVILLE…
PLEASANT HILL…WARRENSBURG…SEDALIA…BOONVILLE…BUTLER…
RICH HILL…CLINTON
358 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW…REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION…WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WELL AS
EASTERN KANSAS.

* TIMING…SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND
COME TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION…WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* IMPACTS…ROADS HAVE BECOME SNOW PACKED… CAUSING HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING MAY ALSO RESULT
IN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW…MAKING TRAVEL
MORE TREACHEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.