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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 329 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...

.CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A BROAD WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE AREA BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM HOWEVER IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.


* LOCATION...THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON THE DAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION HOWEVER WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT CAUSING ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK. SNOWFALL MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.