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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
140 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT...

.PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AS A LARGE-SCALE WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE REGION. THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, EXPECT PRECIPITATION RATES TO INCREASE WITH ICE ACCUMULATION BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT WITH TIME. IN TOTAL, TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT, BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO LIGHT SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF RAIN BECOMES DETRIMENTAL TO ONGOING AND FUTURE ROAD SURFACE TREATMENT EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING WHICH WILL LEAD TO ADDED STRESS ON POWER LINES AND BRANCHES, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAOLA, OSAWATOMIE, LOUISBURG, PLEASANTON, LA CYGNE, MOUND CITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH, LANSING, KANSAS CITY KANSAS, OVERLAND PARK, STANLEY, OLATHE, SHAWNEE, LENEXA, BETHANY, PRINCETON, MERCER, UNIONVILLE, LANCASTER, QUEEN CITY, GREENTOP, DOWNING, GLENWOOD, MAYSVILLE, STEWARTSVILLE, OSBORN, UNION STAR, CLARKSDALE, GALLATIN, JAMESPORT, TRENTON, MILAN, GREEN CITY, KIRKSVILLE, CAMERON, PLATTSBURG, LATHROP, HAMILTON, BRAYMER, POLO, BRECKENRIDGE, CHILLICOTHE, BROOKFIELD, MARCELINE, MACON, LA PLATA, PARKVILLE, PLATTE CITY, RIVERSIDE, WEATHERBY LAKE, WESTON, GLADSTONE, LIBERTY, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, RICHMOND, LAWSON, CARROLLTON, SALISBURY, BRUNSWICK, KEYTESVILLE, MOBERLY, KANSAS CITY, INDEPENDENCE, ODESSA, HIGGINSVILLE, LEXINGTON, CONCORDIA, MARSHALL, FAYETTE, GLASGOW, NEW FRANKLIN, BELTON, RAYMORE, HARRISONVILLE, PLEASANT HILL, WARRENSBURG, SEDALIA, BOONVILLE, BUTLER, ADRIAN, RICH HILL, CLINTON, AND WINDSOR

140 PM CST WED FEB 6 2019

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...SIGNIFICANT ICING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE ICE. TRAVEL COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING OR EVENING COMMUTE.

Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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