Winter storm warning issued for Kansas City area; 10 inches of snow possible

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
344 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TO ARRIVE
TONIGHT...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE LOWER MISSOURI
VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT YESTERDAY WILL RESULT IN A
MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>023-028>030-037-281130-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.151228T0000Z-151229T0300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...
MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
344 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN CURRENTLY LIFTING INTO THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO MIX
  WITH AND TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 6 PM...AND
  THEN WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  DIMINISHING AROUND 9 PM MONDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST ICE
  ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON MONDAY...WHILE THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MID MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE LATE
  AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...
  POSSIBLY REACHING 10 INCHES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MO...AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* WINDS...VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING
  THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAY EXCEED 30
  MPH...AND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE
  ICE. VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL QUITE
  HAZARDOUS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE
OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.