...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION HOWEVER WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT CAUSING ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. SNOWFALL MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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