URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
432 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014

...SEVERAL EPISODES OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY...

.SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE AREA WITH THE
FIRST SYSTEM ARRIVING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE SECOND ROUND
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE INITIAL ROUND HAS BEGUN ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN KANSAS AND WILL RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. FURTHER
SOUTH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL IMPACT AREAS
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS INITIAL ROUND
WILL DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY BUT A MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF
WINTER WEATHER MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS
SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL BRING AS MUCH AS A TENTH TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 WITH
AS MUCH AS 3 TO5  ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 36.

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-
MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-
SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...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...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...
MACON...LA PLATA
432 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 IN NORTHERN
  MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANSAS.

* LIGHT SNOW HAS BEGUN AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. HEAVIER
  SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND
  WILL LAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY
  NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE
  HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36 COULD SEE UP TO A TENTH
  OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FRIDAY NIGHT.

* TRAVEL DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND SNOW MAKING ROADS VERY SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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