Ozark Mountain Range Weather Winter Storm Watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 319 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTRY WEATHER TO THE REGION FROM SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY BE SIGNIFICANT WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE ICE. THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW AT SOME POINT. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...GENERALLY SOUTH OF U.S. 60...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. THE HIGHEST SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE CORRESPONDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ACCUMULATIONS. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S...AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 BELOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS. INTERESTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN WEATHER AWARE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-010000- /O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0003.140302T0000Z-140303T1200Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 319 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. 54...WITH SNOW FALLING SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL THEN DECREASE FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD I-44...WHERE A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED...MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR...WHERE PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE FOR ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET TO FALL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT. POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI GENERALLY SOUTH OF U.S. 60. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AT TIMES. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. 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. forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Dixon&state=MO&site=SGF&lat=37.9952&lon=-92.0958
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:01:57 +0000
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