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...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY...
A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
UNITED STATES TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH
MIDDAY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE THE DRIFTING OF SNOW ONTO ROADS.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...RADAR AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A
HEAVY BAND OF SNOW IS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM THE
OSCEOLA AREA EAST TO WARSAW...COLE CAMP...AND ELDON. SNOW FALL
RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS
THROUGH 11 AM. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS OCCURRING ELSEWHERE.
MODOT AND KDOT ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE MOST ROADS
ARE SNOW COVERED. THE DRIFTING OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY
AREAS OVER KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SNOW FALL REPORTS
INCLUDE 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE NEVADA AREA AND TWO TO FOUR IN
GIRARD KANSAS. COLE CAMP MISSOURI REPORTS 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS.
SEE THE LATEST STORM REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THEN GRADUALLY TAPER
OFF FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL GENERALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 44 INCLUDING THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AND TRUMAN LAKE
AREAS. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH NEARLY ONE INCH PER HOUR AT
TIMES.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH HEAVIER SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS.