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Posted on: February 15, 2015

[ARCHIVED] NWS - Winter Storm Warning!

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN
MISSOURI SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO VICHY LINE FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN TEN AND
TWELVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
SEVERAL SMALL SCALE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED...
RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY IN STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE
EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. HEAVY
SNOWFALL RATES IN LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY
DIFFICULT TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR AT TIMES.

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