URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-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-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…PAOLA…MOUND CITY…TROY…
LEAVENWORTH…OVERLAND PARK…OLATHE…TARKIO…MARYVILLE…
GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…PRINCETON…
UNIONVILLE…LANCASTER…DOWNING…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…SALISBURY…KEYTESVILLE…MOBERLY…KANSAS CITY…
INDEPENDENCE…LEXINGTON…CONCORDIA…MARSHALL…FAYETTE…
NEW FRANKLIN…RAYMORE…HARRISONVILLE…PLEASANT HILL…
WARRENSBURG…SEDALIA…BOONVILLE…BUTLER…RICH HILL…CLINTON
835 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
SATURDAY…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW…SLEET…AND
FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY.
* LOCATION…EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
* TIMING…A MIX OF SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION
WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE
MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE TENTH
OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER…WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF FARTHER NORTH THROUGH THE
HIGHWAY 36 CORRIDOR. HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE TOWARDS
CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL TAIL OFF FARTHER WEST…THOUGH
A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE BACK TOWARDS
EASTERN KANSAS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTH EAST
MISSOURI INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL MISSOURI INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR…WITH LOCALLY 3 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW QUICKLY.
* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
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.