Monday, February 25, 2013

Winter weather advisory issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)


WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED... AREAS NORTHWEST OF A CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO IBERIA MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM... AND AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS JUST A SINGLE COUNTY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS... NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS... MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
More Information
... STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE DAY TODAY... BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM... AND CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI. SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF CRANE TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE. A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THEREFORE... SMALL CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE CHANGES TO FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME... HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION... GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.

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