Friday, February 20, 2015

Ice accumulation expected over Ozarks tonight


(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-212200-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-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-
352 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
  LIMITED SLEET RISK.

DISCUSSION...

FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET SHOWERS WILL
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO MOUNT VERNON TO CASSVILLE. THE BEST
CHANCES FOR ICE WILL OCCUR EAST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 13 WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI WHERE A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
ROLLA SOUTH TO THE EMINENCE AREA.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING MAINLY AND SOUTH OF I-44. POCKETS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. MELTED SNOW...RAINFALL...AND
POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO FROZEN GROUND MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ON SATURDAY...BUT SOME ROADS OVER CENTRAL
MISSOURI MAY STILL BE SLICK DUE TO LINGERING COLD AIR. RAIN MAY
BRIEFLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW AND FLURRIES SATURDAY EVENING BUT NO
FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT.

UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR NEXT WEEK WITH
WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
***

WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD...

KSZ073-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-089>092-094>096-102>105-210530-
/O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-150221T1500Z/
BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-
BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...
VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...
OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...
GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...
OZARK...AVA...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA
317 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING
RAIN...AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...RADAR INDICATES THAT FREEZING
  DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE
  ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN BOTH
  COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...WESTERN AND
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF SLEET
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

* ICE ACCUMULATION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
  A LIGHT GLAZE TO UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE LOWER
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
  ADVISORY.

* IMPACTS...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROZEN GROUND IN PLACE...ANY
  FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN THAT FALLS WILL QUICKLY FORM A
  GLAZE OF ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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