204 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING FROM A FORT SCOTT
TO VERSAILLES LINE DURING THE EVENING WITH THIS FREEZING LINE
DROPPING SOUTHEAST TO AROUND A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO
ROLLA LINE BY 6 AM SUNDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THE LATE EVENING NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO
VERSAILLES LINE...TO A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO ROLLA LINE BY 6 AM
SUNDAY AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM
NEAR PITTSBURG KANSAS TO VERSAILLES MISSOURI WHERE A HALF INCH TO
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHER LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
FURTHER SOUTH...NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...A QUARTER TO
HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.
LIGHTER FREEZING PRECIPITATION OR A BRIEF DRY PERIOD MAY OCCUR AS
THE FIRST MAIN WAVE OF PRECIPITATION EXITS THE REGION OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY. MONDAY NIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN
WILL AGAIN OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI. WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF WHERE THE FREEZING LINE WILL
SET UP IS STILL UNCERTAIN FOR THE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY TIME
FRAME...IT APPEARS THAT LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 44
CORRIDOR WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING A PROLONGED WINTER STORM AS THE
STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZES AND SLOWLY MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF FREEZING
RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER
LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. POWER
OUTAGES AND THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON TRANSMITTERS MAY ALSO LEAD
TO THE INTERRUPTION OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS.
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.