Full Notification

Event: Winter Weather Advisory
Alert:

.A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...BRINGING SNOW
AS FAR NORTH AS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI...TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY...
TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.

* ACCUMULATIONS... FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF DRY POWDERY SNOW IS
EXPECTED.

* TIMING... MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT
IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COUNTIES...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM IN
FAR WEST KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS...AND BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM IN THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.

* MAIN IMPACT... ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* OTHER IMPACTS... COLD TEMPERATURES AROUND 20 DEGREES TONIGHT
WILL REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME MELTING AGENTS SUCH AS
ROCK SALT.

Instructions: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Target Area:
Butler
Mississippi
New Madrid
Ripley
Scott
Stoddard

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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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