Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Winter weather advisory for snow for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-
POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...ELDON...
LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...
HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
321 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING BY DAYBREAK INTO
  THE MORNING COMMUTE FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI. A DUSTING OF SNOW MAY OCCUR BY THE MORNING COMMUTE
  WHICH WILL LEAD TO DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL WILL
  INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH
  TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
  WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO THE
  LAKE OF THE OZARKS.

  SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
  THIS MORNING.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
  COULD REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR A HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND
  GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS
  MORNING. MANY ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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