URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
735 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

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-
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
735 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...PERHAPS MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL
  SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING
  AND THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR MIXED
  PRECIPITATION RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
  EARLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN
  INCH MAY REACH FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY TO MACON MISSOURI
  BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A TRACE OR A THIN GLAZING
  POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE ACROSS AN AREA FROM NORTHERN KANSAS CITY AND ST
  JOSEPH... NORTHEAST TO AROUND KIRKSVILLE. LOWER AMOUNTS
  GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FURTHER TO THE
  SOUTHEAST.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND SNOW
  PACKED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.