Monday, December 10, 2007

KANSAS CITY MetroRegion WEATHER: ICE STORM WARNING

The NWS has upgraded the winter storm watch to an ice storm warning- valid until Tuesday evening.

One-half to one inch of ice is forecasted- which will cause widespread tree- power line and outdoor structure damage.
Freezing rain is forecasted to begin this evening- and there is even the chance for a few thunderstorms overnight tonight.

Freezing rain has been falling off and on from northeastern Oklahoma into eastern Missouri since early Sunday. Many areas report from one-half to just over an inch of ice.

Eleven traffic fatalities have been reported so far and hundreds of thousands of people are without electrical power in those areas- according to the latest Associated Press story.

PREPARE NOW!
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am SOOOOO freakin glad that I don't have to work tomorrow. WOOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!

Groucho K. Marx said...

That's why I went ahead and forecasted Hell- so it wouldn't happen. HeHe

-Groucho

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