Full Notification

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
146 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014

...A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING A SMALL
ACCUMULATION OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA...

.A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPAND EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY
CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR PERSONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.

KYZ001-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-090500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.140109T0000Z-140109T1500Z/
FULTON-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-
BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
146 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATION TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE ADVISORY
COVERS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FULTON COUNTY IN WEST
KENTUCKY.

* TIMING...A VERY BRIEF SHOT OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL
FALL THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MEASURABLE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR BY SUNSET AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW AND SLEET
WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF A DEXTER TO MARBLE HILL MISSOURI
LINE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST. MINOR SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS WITH THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
PROBLEMS ON RURAL AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS THAT MAY NOT BE TREATED
OVERNIGHT. DURING THE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE FOR WORK
AND SCHOOL...THE WINTRY MIX WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADWAYS...AS WELL IMPACTING SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

http://www.wunderground.com/US/MO/112.html#WIN


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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/