Sunday, March 02, 2014

Winter storm warning continues for Branson area

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO
  HEAVY SLEET ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN WILL PUSH
  INTO AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A BRANSON TO EMINENCE LINE FOR THE
  REMAINDER OF THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SLEET
  ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR POSSIBLY HIGHER WILL QUICKLY
  ACCUMULATE WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
  BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  INCREASING AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. MANY
  ROADWAYS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW AND SLEET...RESULTING IN
  TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WINTRY PRECIPITATION CAN BE
  EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
  LINE FROM BRANSON TO EMINENCE...THROUGH TONIGHT. BITTERLY COLD
  WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY
  MONDAY.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF
  SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
  WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATER THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES TONIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN
  INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL
  RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATER THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A
  HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE
  DIGITS TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WIND
  CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND
  DANGEROUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY LIMIT THE VISIBILITY
  TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A
  RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER
  SHELTER.

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