NWS HAS ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CLAY CO FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATION...ALL OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY
METRO AREA.
* TIMING...LIGHT SLEET WITH PERHAPS SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL COMMENCE
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING
HOURS ON SUNDAY. THE SLEET WILL LIKELY TRANSITION INTO SNOW ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL CUT INTO THE
FINAL SNOW TOTALS. EXPECT AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER
EVENT TO BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET...WHICH COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO AN
INCH OF SLEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE FINAL SNOW TOTAL
WILL ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON WHERE THE BANDED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
SETS UP. THOSE TOTALS SHOULD BE MORE APPARENT AS THE EVENT
APPROACHES.
* IMPACTS...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET AND SNOW WILL CAUSE
ROADWAYS TO BE SNOW PACKED. WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WILL CAUSE
VISIBILITY PROBLEMS THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES...VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SNOW. EXPECT
LOWS ON MONDAY MORNING TO BE IN THE 0 TO -5 DEGREE RANGE. NORTH
WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO
BETWEEN -10 AND -20 DEGREES EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
Address/Location
Clay County Sheriff's Office
12 S Water St
Liberty, MO 64068
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 816-407-3700