FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND... .CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE SPREADING NORTH INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE ON A PERIODIC BASIS INTO THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE...WHICH IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER WHEN PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATE TONIGHT. THE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. CONFIDENCE IN THE SPEED OF THIS NORTHWARD PROGRESSION REMAINS QUITE LOW. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF RECEIVING BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. ALONG THE HIGHWAY 60 AND INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDORS...ICE AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO TOTAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLDEST FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME. ICE TOTALS ACROSS THIS AREA ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TEMPERATURE CHANGES OF JUST ONE DEGREE COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON FINAL ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS...AND FORECAST CHANGES ARE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES ARE FINE TUNED. KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-089-130730- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0001.170113T0600Z-170115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.IS.W.0001.170113T0600Z-170115T1800Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION... CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...WARSAW...WHITAKERVILLE... COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...MORA...EDMONSON...LINCOLN... VERSAILLES...ROCKY MOUNT...STOVER...LAURIE...AURORA SPRINGS... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VICHY...NEVADA...TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY... JOHNSON CITY...WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...QUINCY...WHEATLAND... CROSS TIMBERS...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...DECATURVILLE...ROACH... VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...FORT LEONARD WOOD...LAQUEY... WAYNESVILLE...NORTHWYE...ROLLA...KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS... EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD... WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...LEBANON...GREENFIELD... LOCKWOOD...MEINERT 121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN EXPAND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY MORNING. * THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME AREAS TO CHANGE FROM FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. THIS IS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER THE LONGEST WITH THE MOST ICE ACCRETION. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE ACCRETION. ICE ACCRETION ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Ice storm warning issued for Barton, Dade counties
(From the National Weather Service)
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