URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
357 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENTIALLY POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...LINGERING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THIS WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY BRING A VARIETY OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE MOSTLY SNOW...HOWEVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE PRECIPITATION LIKELY STARTING IN THE FORM OF
SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN...TRANSITIONING TO SLEET
THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...THEN EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE FAIRLY
LIGHT...HOWEVER IT SHOULD PICK UP IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY ON
SUNDAY. A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
FORM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THIS BAND OF
SNOW IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN.

ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...
LA PLATA...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...RAYMORE...
HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...
BOONVILLE...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
357 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY
  METRO AREA.

* TIMING...LIGHT SLEET WITH PERHAPS SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL COMMENCE
  LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING
  HOURS ON SUNDAY. THE SLEET WILL LIKELY TRANSITION INTO SNOW ON
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL CUT INTO THE
  FINAL SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER
  EVENT TO BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET...WHICH COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO AN
  INCH OF SLEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE FINAL SNOW TOTAL
  WILL ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON WHERE THE BANDED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
  SETS UP. THOSE TOTALS SHOULD BE MORE APPARENT AS THE EVENT
  APPROACHES.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND SNOW WILL CAUSE
  ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW PACKED. WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WILL CAUSE
  VISIBILITY PROBLEMS THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SNOW. EXPECT
  LOWS ON MONDAY MORNING TO BE IN THE 0 TO -5 DEGREE RANGE. NORTH
  WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO
  BETWEEN -10 AND -20 DEGREES EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.