URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...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. KSZ101-MOZ082-083-088-090>096-098-130730- /O.UPG.KSGF.WS.A.0001.170113T0600Z-170115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.IS.W.0001.170113T0600Z-170115T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE- CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...RIVERTON... COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...PLATO...ROBY... BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...LAKE SPRING...BANGERT...DARIEN...GLADDEN... HOWES...JADWIN...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... MARSHFIELD...NORTHVIEW...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...DAWSON...GRAFF... MOUNTAIN GROVE...DUNCAN...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...NIXA...CHRISTIAN CENTER...OZARK... SELMORE...VANZANT...AVA...GOODHOPE...ROME...SQUIRES...DOGWOOD... TERESITA...WINONA...BIRCH TREE...MONTIER 121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. 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. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN EXPAND TO THE NORTH DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY. THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME AREAS TO CHANGE FROM FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * 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 Joplin, Jasper/Newton county area
(From the National Weather Service)
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