NWS: Winter Storm WARNING

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

...WINTER STORM WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED TO HIT THE AREA
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A BROAD SWATH OF 6 AND 10 INCHES AREA
WIDE STARTING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH
THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY LIGHTENING UP BY TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS
WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH THROUGH MOST
OF THE EVENT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. THE
HEAVIER SNOW COULD APPROACH 1 INCH PER HOUR RATES AT TIMES DURING THE
DAY TIME HOURS ON TUESDAY...AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE WINDS COULD
PRODUCE SOME WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW
PACKED AND VISIBILITY WILL BE MINIMAL...MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS
TREACHEROUS.

ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...
ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...
CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...
PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG
1234 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND
  WESTERN MISSOURI BEFORE DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD
  EASTWARD DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
  EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING
  INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM
  SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A BROAD AREA OF SNOW RANGING FROM 6 TO 10
  INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE QUICKLY ON ROADS AND SURFACES
  BECOMING SNOW PACKED AND CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
  GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.