WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED... A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS... FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WHILE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE EXACT AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... GUSTY EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS... THE WINTRY MIX COULD IMPACT TRAVEL AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES COULD OCCUR IF HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MATERIALIZE. ICING MAY ALSO OCCUR ON ROADS INTO THURSDAY MORNING IF SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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