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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING... MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THE OZARK FOOTHILLS REGION... NORTHEAST TOWARD PERRYVILLE AND JACKSON. AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED SLEET ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO CAPE GIRARDEAU... WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST. ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... INCLUDING NEW MADRID AND CHARLESTON... A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. IN THIS AREA... UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION.

* IMPACTS... SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE PROBABLE. WHERE ICING OCCURS... IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

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... SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION TODAY. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES... A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND LAST INTO TONIGHT.

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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/
http://www.facebook.com/charlestondps
http://local.nixle.com/charleston-mo-department-of-public-safety/
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