Winter Storm WARNING Issued 
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WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
334 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
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JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...
SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUNDCITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
334 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORMWARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH 4-8 INCHES POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO MARION ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY AND 8-12 INCHES SOUTH OF THAT LINE. IN OUR REGION...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS DEFINED AS 4 INCHES OR MORE IN 12 HOURS...OR 6 INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY MONDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST.
* MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS SNOWSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=MO12539669AC98.WinterStormWarning.12539686C440MO.PAHWSWPAH.051866c774879c046fbb709090c28ad8
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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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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