Winter Storm Warning For All Of Northern Kansas City Metro- MetroRegion

The following weather bulletin was just issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for Metro and MetroRegion Kansas City:


.A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... WHERE CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

A SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND.

IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW LATE TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE... LANCASTER... MOUND CITY...OREGON... SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN... JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN... GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON... POLO...CHILLICOTHE... BROOKFIELD... MACON...LA PLATA...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON
329 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO IN EXCESS OF FOOT OF SNOW TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO CHILLICOTHE TO KIRKSVILLE.

* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES... AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI SEEING MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT.

* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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WYANDOTTE (KS)- CLAY-RAY-CARROLL (MO)-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON
329 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.


* A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM NORTH KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO MACON.


* SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SPREADING EASTWARD TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES... AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY...INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY WORK INTO THE SYSTEM THAT AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF MISSOURI RIVER WILL SEE A WINTRY MIX DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. RAIN...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET ARE EXPECTED FROM KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO MACON BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS COLD AIR BEGINS TO DIVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE SYSTEM...A RAPID WEST TO EAST TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

* IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING EVEN MORE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.


NOTE: Thus far none of these Winter Storm warnings include Metro counties SOUTH of the Missouri and Kansas rivers- but ALL of Metro Kansas City is in a Winter Storm Watch.

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Two Nevada MO Firefighters Injured At A House Fire

The JOPLIN (MO) GLOBE reports that 2 Nevada firefighters received minor injuries while fighting a house fire early Sunday morning.

It's reported that 2 firefighters were making initial entry into the house when the floor gave way- plunging one smoke-easter into the basement and the other partially so.

Backup crews were there and pulled both to safety- and the 2 men only received minor injuries.

The owners of the property suffered a $150000 loss to the house and the contents.

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Couple Uninjured After Plane's Belly Landing In Dodge City KS

Sunday afternoon- 77-year-old Harry E. Bladow and his 70-year-old wife Susan of Independence OR were flying from Oregon to Texas in the Bladow's 1966 Beechcraft when they encountered yesterday's opening-act snowstorm in western Kansas.


With visibility decreasing- Bladow wisely decided to put their plane down at the Dodge City KS airport when- on his landing approach- his plane's 'speedometer' or air-speed indicator went on the fritz.

The Bladow's Beechcraft hit the runway hard- breaking off both landing gear- according to the story in the TOPEKA CAPITOL-JOURNAL.

The plane slid on it's belly for about 330 feet- but remained upright and no fire resulted.

Even better- Harry and wife Susan were uninjured.

No mention in the article how the Bladows will continue their trip to Texas.

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Drizzle Has Begun In Metro Kansas City

Temperatures that were around the 40-degree mark have already fallen 3 degrees just in the past hour here in southeastern KC-MO..


As shown by this Overland Park traffic camera- drizzle has begun over Johnson county KS and will spread over the entire Metro in the next hour.

Temepratures will continue falling- possibly reaching the freezing mark later this evening.

Untreated surfaces may become slick and hazardous later this evening and overnight- but the precip should end early Monday.

Winter Storm watches for late Monday now extend southward into Metro K.C.- Platte county MO and Leavenworth county KS..

No 'hail helmets' should be necessary.... :)

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CSW BREAKING NEWS: Serious Injury House Fire In South KC-MO

A 19-year-old female has suffered serious to critical burns in a duplex fire just before dawn Sunday morning.


The fire was dispatched at 6:31 am to the 2500 block of East 77th Street and when the first of 5 fire companies arrived 3 minutes later- heavy flames were seen pouring from the single-story structure.

The burn victim had made it outside- and suffered 2nd & 3rd-degree burns to her face- upper arms- hands and lower extremities. Her condition was serious to critical as MAST-EMS rushed her to a nearby hospital.

The fire itself was extinguished quickly- "under control" at 6:40 am.

A fire investigator is on the scene

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NOTE: At 7:23 am and again "live on the scene" at 7:32 am during their newscast- KMBC-9 News reported "nobody injured" at this fire so I guess you should disregard (not) what I posted here FIRST IN KANSAS CITY.

I stand by the above post..

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KC-MO Northland Teen Burned By Bonfire

A 15-year-old male suffered burns to both legs while trying to "stomp-out" a large bonfire in the 6100 block of North Drury early Sunday.


The incident occurred around 1:40 am and the victim had gone to another location in the 5600 block of Northeast 62nd Street.

The teen suffered "1st & 2nd-degree burns to both legs below the knees" according to a MAST-EMS paramedic and was transported to a Northland hospital in good condition.

It took 2 KC-MO fire companies to extinguish the bonfire and the incident was investigated with no results available yet.

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Firey Lafayette County MO Head-On Crash Kills 2

Two men were killed early Sunday morning in a head-on collision on Missouri (M) 13 highway between Lexington and Higginsville.


The Missouri Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred at 1:50 am when a 1994 Ford driven by Ronald A. Mason- 32- of Lexington crossed the southbound center line of M-13 about 1/10 of a mile south of Slusher School Road and slammed into a 1989 Buick going north that was driven by James F. Brown- 59- of Higginsville.

Mason's Ford caught fire after the crash.

Neither driver reportedly wore seatbelts and both were pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.

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Winter Storm Watch Already Posted For Northern K.C. MetroRegion

A looming major winter-type storm still just less than 2 days out has already prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) to hoist Winter Storm watches in the northern Kansas City MetroRegion.


The watch covers parts of southern Nebraska- northern and northeastern Kansas as well as most of northern Missouri Monday night through Tuesday. Likely additional watches will be issued over the next 24 hours.

In addition- a more-minor weather disturbance will produce anywhere from 1/2-inch of snow in parts of Metro Kansas City later tonight- to around 2-3-inches in far northern MetroRegion areas like Maryville MO.

The storm that's already had winter storm watches posted near Los Angeles will generate in the southern Rockies Monday and move through the Central States Tuesday.


An icy mix is possible in Metro Kansas City beginning late Monday night or early Tuesday morning- changing to snow late Tuesday.

As yet- no snow- or ice accumulation bets are being taken locally yet.


Weather models continue to indicate snowfalls of a foot or more in a southwest-northeast swath somewhere near the central portions of the Central States: right now parts of southeastern- eastern Nebraska into Iowa.

Four-inch snow amounts are possible as close as Lawrence KS on Tuesday according to present forecasts.


This is a developing weather situation- and a very serious one for those planning travel early this week.

Updates here at CSW....

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Minor Injury In South KC-MO House Fire

One person suffered minor smoke inhalation but refused to be taken to a hospital after a house fire in the 3000 block of East 75th Street Sunday morning.


The alarm was sounded at 2:53 am- and 5 fire companies rushed to the address where a working house fire was found with all the occupants already outside in a near-freezing temperature.

Two handlines were used on the fire that was brought under control at 3:08 am.

The injured person was treated on the scene by MAST-EMS but refused to be taken to a medical facility.

The house suffered moderate to heavy damage and a fire investigator's report was pending.

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Woman Seriously-Injured In Merriam KS I-35 Crash

Traffic on southbound I-35 was backed up more than a mile at times for nearly an hour after a single-car crash just north of 75th Street in Merriam early Sunday morning.


The crash occurred around 12:30 am after a woman lost control of her car and overturned in the median lanes.


Merriam firefighters had to extricate the driver which took about 15 minutes- then she was taken to a nearby medical trauma center.

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House Burns In Johnson County MO

Firefighters from at least 5 departments battled a lived-in house fire in northwestern Johnson County MO early Saturday morning.

The alarm went out at 1:15 am for the 600 block of Northwest 1801 Road where a "shed was fully-engulfed" in flames.

The fire quickly spread to the back of the residence- and Elm with Western District fire crews needed help. Two units from Jackson County's Lone Jack FPD also responded.

The fire wasn't declared under control until 2:34 am- but no injuries have been reported.

An investigation as to the fire's cause is underway.

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SUV Crash In Independence MO Injures Two

Independence MO emergency services report that at around 1:25 am Saturday morning- a sport utility vehicle with 2 occupants struck a tree on Jones Road nead Bundschu.



Reports are the SUV was going around "40-50 MPH" when it left the roadway.

AMR-EMS transported the "19-year-old female driver" and "21-year-old male passenger" to a local hospital in serious condition.

A paramedic told CSW neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt and no air bags went off.

IPD is investigating the wreck.

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Lenexa-KS 'City Center' Developer Files For Bankruptcy

As the "recession (depression) improves" (- more and more developers are biting the dust.

The latest bankruptcy involves Shawnee Village Associates- a developer of Lenexa's City Center project where all construction activity has come to a grinding halt.

In addition- a KC-MO firm that abandoned the core city for Lenexa's greener pastures aren't getting the developer's promises fullfilled and could leave their new building- according to the KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL..

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Snowstorm In Houston Texas

Yeah- it got down into the teens this morning here in the Kansas City MetroRegion- but the sun is strong right now and the ground is clear.

Not the case in Houston- where you can see by this TransStar traffic camera just east of downtown- it's snowing heavily.

We should see our FIRST snowflakes later Sunday- with a 'significant' snowstorm still on tap for Tuesday in our MetroRegion.

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American Corporations' 'Dead Buildings'

We see it all over towns and cities across America- businesses that seemingly out-grow their old locations and build new structures- often with TIFs (corporate welfare)-leaving their old buildings behind.


In Metro Kansas City- this is common with corporations like Walmart and Quiktrip- with Walmart being one of the worst in abandoning their old locations and leaving them to rot.

Walmart eyesores abound locally- the 2 best examples being the old Supercenter in the 9300 block of Hillcrest in south KC-MO and in Raytown- at 67th Street and Blue Ridge.

Tax subsidies were issued by both cities for the world's biggest corporation to leave their old buildings where they were for new structures.

South KC-MO's Walmart was replaced- with taxpayer subsidies- by the new location at the old Blue Ridge Mall at U.S. 40 and Sterling.

The OLD Walmart on Hillcrest along with the Benjamin Plaza strip center slides into an unsightly un-attraction for motorists on busy I-435- not to mention area residents.

A planned development for the old Bannister Mall area that once included a new soccer stadium for the Kansas City Wizards will likely never be built in my lifetime.

Meanwhile Raytown's old Walmart on busy Blue Ridge- along with the strip shopping center that it anchored- becomes a civic eyesore while Raytown's new Walmart on Missouri-350 could cost that Jackson County city's taxpayers millions of dollars in corporate welfare.

It's not nearly as bad with Quiktrip- most of their old locations are bought by smaller convenience-store chains.

What burns me is why don't cities DEMAND that old locations are either sold or demolished before corporate welfare is issued for new locations?

Both Walmart cases I have mentioned here have resulted in or at the very least continues the declines of the surrounding neighborhoods with their abandoned- crumbling buildings.

Cities where corporations want to leave old locations for new ones and corporate welfare is involved should INSIST that old locations be sold or leveled before ANY 'welfare' kicks in.

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British Couple Make X-Rated Movies To Pay For Wedding

In our never-ending search to bring you the news- I sometimes come across stories like these...

Australia's TASMANIAN MERCURY reports a British couple who wanted a "dream (expensive) wedding"- decided to make porn movies to raise the money needed for their nuptuals.


As one commenter on the story said- wonder what the couple's future children would think of their parent's 'home movies?'

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Significant Snowstorm Possible In K.C. MetroRegion Early Next Week

In meteorology circles- winter actually begins on December 1st.



We'd not have long to wait as it turns out- with sub-freezing temperatures becoming prevalent locally within 2 days of that date and now- according to a surprising agreement among operational weather models- a major snowstorm possible a week into December.



Right now- it appears a low pressure/storm system will intensify over the southern Rockies by Monday- moving across the Kansas City MetroRegion.



The image here is one of the model-run forecast periods for next Tuesday.



The blue lines are air temperatures (converted to degrees Fahrenheit) that shows the freezing line south of Kansas City and even colder air temperatures over the far northern portions of the MetroRegion.



The green shading indicates precipitation- snow- with the darker green area on this forecast map right over the Metro K.C. region.



Other forecast periods both before and after this map's forecast indicate snow could possibly begin in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning and continue in varying intensities until early Wednesday morning.



The Topeka NWS office are already indicating that "4 to 8-inches" of snow could occur in east-central Kansas Tuesday- and that amount can be extrapolated into Metro Kansas City.



Bear in mind this storm is still about 5 days away- with even a much-lesser snow chance here on Sunday with another weaker system.



This is just a heads-up for the early-next-week storm possibility- with updates here at CSW as needed with updates on the looming storm.

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Jeanne Lou Meyer 1931-2009

Operations on this blog are suspended UFN due to the passing of my mother this morning.

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