Saturday, March 01, 2014

Freezing rain expected for Branson area

(From the National Weather Service)

A WINTER STORM WARNING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND
  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO EMINENCE THIS EVENING THROUGH
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF COMBINED
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA WITH
  MOST SLEET AND SNOW FALLING LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATER
  THIS EVENING INTO TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FREEZING RAIN
  ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH IS
  EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING.

  WIND GUSTS MAY ENHANCE THE IMPACTS OF FREEZING RAIN ON TREES AND
  POWER LINES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT OR
  IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
  RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
  WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE
  AT TIMES LATER SUNDAY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A
  RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER
  SHELTER.

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