Winter Storm WARNING Issued 
Event: Winter Storm Warning
Alert:
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AMOUNTS...MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR...TAPERING OFF
TO AROUND TWO INCHES AS YOU HEAD SOUTH AND EAST TO THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE LESS THAN TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH OVER
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TO A HALF INCH OVER THE SOUTHERN PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* IMPACTS...AS THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING OR
FROZEN...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
Instructions: A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Target Area:
Mississippi
New Madrid
Web Briefing from NWS Paducah
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=webbriefing
Winter Storm Warning issued by NWS Paducah
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MO1251477E2ED0.WinterStormWarning.1251479CF680MO.PAHWSWPAH.26702756863adb31a88cc0814251d86f
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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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Address/Location
Charleston, MO Department of Public Safety
204 N Main St
Charleston, MO 63834
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 573-683-3737