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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 320 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... ILZ065-069-070-074-079-101-102-MOZ065-072gt;075-084-085-099-051000- /O.NEW.KLSX.WS.A.0004.131205T1800Z-131207T0000Z/ CLINTON IL-CRAWFORD MO-FAYETTE IL-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-MADISON MO- MARION IL-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS MO-ST. CLAIR IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON IL-WASHINGTON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...FARMINGTON... SALEM...VANDALIA 320 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS AND INCREASES IN INTENSITY. THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON FRIDAY WILL CONTINUE THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A CERTAINTY. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING IN CASE THE STORM DOES MATERIALIZE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANNED...YOU MAY WANT TO ADJUST YOUR TRAVEL TIME TO AVOID THE STORM. ALSO...YOU SHOULD USE THIS ADVANCED NOTICE TO MAKE CERTAIN YOUR VEHICLE IS WINTERIZED. MAKE PREPARATIONS AT HOME BY STOCKING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES...SUCH AS FOOD...MEDICINE...AND EXTRA HEATING FUEL... JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.

Instructions:

PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL