Winter Storm Watch Continues For Ozarks
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
ROUGHLY ALONG A NEVADA TO SPRINGFIELD TO WEST PLAINS LINE FROM
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE FROM THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOWFALL RATES
OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SHARP
GRADIENT IN SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS SHORT DISTANCES.
* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A
MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW RATES.
* IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES COULD CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL. THIS SNOW IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS
WESTERN MISSOURI...AND MOST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE
AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
ADDITIONALLY...THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HEAVY AND WET
IN NATURE. THIS MAY MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT...AND MAY IMPACT
TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BUDDED.
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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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