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...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE DAY MONDAY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION
BEGINS TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SWATH OF SNOW WILL CLIP AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO ELDON MISSOURI.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A TIGHT GRADIENT TO THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THEREFORE...SMALL CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE CHANGES TO FORECAST
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOWFALL.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
COLUMBUS KANSAS TO ELDON MISSOURI FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
MID DAY ON TUESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A TIGHT GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM...AND AMOUNTS COULD VARY BY SEVERAL INCHES
ACROSS JUST A SINGLE COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS TO 12 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT
KANSAS TO APPLETON CITY TO VERSAILLES. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS
OF 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...
NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT
TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW
WILL ALSO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AND WET IN NATURE...WHICH MAY MAKE SNOW REMOVAL
DIFFICULT.