Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AFTER 10PM. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THOSE TRAVELING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY SHOULD BEGIN TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE PLANS. IN ADDITION...THE COMMUTE THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR DELAYS NOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH GUSTING TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.