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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
318 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012
…FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON THURSDAY ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS…
.A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA… AND RESULT IN SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT… BEGINNING IN CENTRAL MISSOURI SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS ON THURSDAY…AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY. SNOW AND WIND DRIVEN BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.
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KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… HANNIBAL… COLUMBIA… MEXICO… JEFFERSON CITY
318 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
- TIMING… SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 PM TONIGHT AND 200 AM IN THE MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY… TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY LATE AFTERNOON.
- ACCUMULATIONS… TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES.
- WINDS… STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH.
- IMPACTS… HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK AND THE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS… SUCH AS SNOW… BLOWING SNOW… SLEET… OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO MAKE ROADS… BRIDGES… SIDEWALKS… AND PARKING
LOTS ICY AND DANGEROUS. IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL WHEN ICE
BEGINS TO FORM… SO DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
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