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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
842 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013
...WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...
.AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING A MIXTURE OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION. THE STORM WILL ARRIVE A BIT LATER AND ENTER EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-
70 CORRIDOR WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. SOUTH OF I-70 A MIX OF
SNOW AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WHILE FURTHER
SOUTH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD PRODUCE MINOR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM BUTLER TO SEDALIA.
KSZ025-102-MOZ001>004-011>013-020-021-211045-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0002.130221T0600Z-130222T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG
842 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THURSDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...EAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH MAY CREATE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
SNOW RESULTING IN HIGHER SNOW RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.