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Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
342 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A PAIR OF DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING, A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

ILZ090-091-094-INZ087-088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-041030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0002.131206T0600Z-131207T0000Z/
POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-
BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-
LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS...
BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...
PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...
EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...
GREENVILLE...ELKTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
342 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PREVALENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.

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Robert E. Hearnes, Director
Charleston Department of Public Safety
204 N. Main St.
Charleston, MO 63834
(573) 683-3737
http://www.charlestondps.org/
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http://local.nixle.com/charleston-mo-department-of-public-safety/
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