School Cancelled Friday - Winter Storm Watch Issued 
Issued by NWS for: Charleston MO
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
259 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015
...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...
.A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF IT...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET FRIDAY...AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TEMPERATURES CAN CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING EARLY
SATURDAY.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-200500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
259 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY EARLY SATURDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UNDERNEATH A THIN LAYER OF ICE WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING OF ELEVATED OBJECTS. IF THAT OCCURS...SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD BECOME A PROBLEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MOZ112&warncounty=MOC133&firewxzone=MOZ112&local_place1=Charleston%20MO&product1=Winter+Storm+Watch&lat=36.9189&lon=-89.3379#.VOZbxS7rSnc
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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/
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