URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE PRESSING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...ALONGWITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EVENTUALLY THE TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR THEDEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND EVENTUALLY HEAVY SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM...SO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON THEGROUND WILL BE SLOWER TO OCCUR. HOWEVER ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCHAS POWER LINES...TREE BRANCHES AND BRIDGES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TOSIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND EVENTUALLY THE ICEACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE GROUND. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONSBETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILLLIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN COMPLETELY TO SNOW BYTHURSDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHESTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE44. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THEFREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM WITH WINDCHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY. RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURIOZARKS...INCLUDING THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...ARE URGED TO TAKE THISWEATHER SITUATION SERIOUSLY. BEGIN PREPARING FOR THIS WINTER STORMNOW. AGAIN...BEGINNING TONIGHT...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLYDETERIORATE AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BY THE MORNING COMMUTE.ADDITIONALLY...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE ICE THROUGHTOMORROW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
Ummm... that doesn't sound good. It was 70 degrees when I went to work this morning!
wooooo …. i LOVE wintery weather! i saw two incidents of flurries last winter
I lived through the ice-storm of ’98.(Eastern Ontario, Canada) You’ll be fine. Just make sure you have lots of candles for heating soup…And lots of warm woolies to put on. That should be a no-brainer, right?
Let it snow – let it snow – let it snow! I love this weather, too! The only thing I don’t like is seeing all the trees breaking.
Yup, we got it too. I went running on Tuesday in a tank and shorts – t was 70 degrees. This morning, it’s 18 degrees. Today’s run will be a lot less nice. I love running in snowy weather but 18 degrees? Ick.
Break out some of those winter knits!
That notice is like my nightmare, in writing.
Eeeeek, I hope it doesn’t get that bad!!
Be careful out there. Don’t get frostbite… or a sunburn.