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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

...WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...

AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THE STORM WILL ARRIVE A BIT LATER AND ENTER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-
70 CORRIDOR WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. SOUTH OF I-70 A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WHILE FURTHER SOUTH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD PRODUCE MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM BUTLER TO SEDALIA.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THURSDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...EAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH MAY CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW RESULTING IN HIGHER SNOW RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.