Friday, January 13, 2017

Ice storm warning until noon Sunday for Lamar area

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-089-132100-
/O.CON.KSGF.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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
331 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
  INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
  FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL
  MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH SUNDAY 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 WARNED AREA. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...FREEZING
  RAIN WILL LINGER THE LONGEST WITH THE MOST ICE ACCRETION.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO THREE
  QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO ONE
  INCH POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TOWARD WEST
  CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* 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...

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.

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