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...EXCEEDINGLY RARE MAY SNOWFALL CONTINUING THIS MORNING...
.RECORD SETTING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN
ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM
INTO THE MIDDLE AND EVENTUALLY THE UPPER 30S. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
FROM LATE LAST NIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL HALF
INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND A HIGH SUN ANGLE END THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING
SNOW.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL
POCKETS OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM THE TRUMAN LAKE
REGION...SOUTH THROUGH THE STOCKTON AND TABLE ROCK LAKE REGION.
ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED AFTER 11 AM.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF AN
OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE THROUGH THIS MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 30S THROUGH
11 AM BEFORE WARMING INTO THE MIDDLE 30S AROUND MIDDAY.
* IMPACTS...WHILE MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY OR
ELEVATED SURFACES...SLICK SPOTS WILL OCCUR ON AREA
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE REPORTED
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS THIS MORNING DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS.
THE WEIGHT OF WET SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND SPRING FOLIAGE MAY LEAD
TO DOWNED BRANCHES WHERE HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATES. ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES COULD OCCUR IF TREE BRANCHES FALL ON POWER LINES.
WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING FOR MULTIPLE HOURS
THIS MORNING...DAMAGE TO COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE.