Five to nine inches of snow predicted for Cedar County, Lakes area

(From the National Weather Service)

BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-
CAMDEN-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...
VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...
APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE
  NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET WILL
  BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION
  CHANGES TO MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO
  9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A WARSAW TO OSAGE BEACH LINE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO A MIX OF
  SLEET AND SNOW.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY IN
  NATURE...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE
  EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE
  IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO
  KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...WHERE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
  WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE
  WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.