Winter Storm Watch until 02:00PM Sunday
...ICE STORM INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... .THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BUCHANAN ... CALDWELL ... CARROLL ... CHARITON ... CLAY ... CLINTON ... HOWARD ... JACKSON ... LAFAYETTE ... LINN ... LIVINGSTON ... MACON ... PLATTE ... RANDOLPH ... RAY ... SALINE
Instructions:
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET, OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Address/Location
Macon County, Mo Emergency Management
101 Washington
Macon, MO 63552
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Watch