URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
346 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY ENTERING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY DAYBREAK
CHRISTMAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN SLIDE EASTWARD...STRENGTHEN
ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION INTO ARKANSAS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
AND EJECT NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION BY
WEDNESDAY. CURRENTLY...A SWATH OF SNOW IS FORECAST ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM BRANSON TO SALEM MISSOURI. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION BETWEEN
4 AND 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED ACROSS HOWELL...OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES AT THIS TIME.
UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT INTERESTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FREQUENTLY CHECK WITH THE LATEST
FORECASTS REGARDING THIS STORM SYSTEM. A NORTHWEST SHIFT IN THE
STORM TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL FARTHER TO THE
NORTHWEST.
MOZ082-083-096>098-104>106-241130-
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TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
346 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO
SALEM MISSOURI. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ALONG THE MISSOURI
ARKANSAS STATE LINE BY MID AFTERNOON CHRISTMAS DAY...SPREADING
TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE EARLY CHRISTMAS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8
INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25
MPH AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ON
CHRISTMAS DAY OR CHRISTMAS NIGHT CAN EXPECT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE
CLEARING ROADS DIFFICULT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM NEAR
ZERO DEGREES TO 10 ABOVE ZERO CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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