Freezing Rain Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 341 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI ... .AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW TOWARDS SUNRISE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER WITH AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. TEMPERATURES WILL INITIALLY BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S AND WILL ALLOW ICE TO QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING. DONIPHAN-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH... CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG 341 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. * LOCATION...NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. * TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND END BY MID MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING MID TO LATE MONDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. WINDS GUSTING TO 20 MPH MONDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO ICE- COATED TREES... PARTICULARLY SMALL BRANCHES. HEAVY DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS NOT EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR SNOW AT TIMES MONDAY MORNING. ANY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.