Winter Storm Warning From Six Tonight To Six Thursday Night
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE MUCH OF THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 3
INCHES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SIGNIFICANT SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 WHERE LOCALLY HIGHER
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AS EARLY AS THIS
EVENING WITH DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE.
FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING
TREES AND POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES COULD
OCCUR IF HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATIONS MATERIALIZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER
TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE
SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA
CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU
BECOME STRANDED.
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