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.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Freezing rain expected for Branson area
(From the National Weather Service)
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