The development of a significant - double-barrel" winter-type storm continues to unfold.
Round one will be a possible significant ice storm - with quarter to half-inch ice accumulations - from the KC Metro northeastward into northern Missouri today into early Thursday (see official NWS warning and safety tips below).
After the ice comes a snow event. From 1-3 inches could fall in the far north & northwest north Metro with 4-6 inches in the far southern & southeastern Metro areas.
Not to mention- windy & brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! PLEASE- be careful!
From the National Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill, MO.:
LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON (counties) KS- CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY- JACKSON (Counties MO)- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF: LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE... PLATTSBURG... KINGSTON... HAMILTON... POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY... WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE.
437 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO CARROLLTON LINE EARLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 40S WITHIN MINUTES AFTER THE FRONT PASSED BY.
TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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.
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