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Winter Storm Warning issued March 24 at 3:50AM CDT until March 24 at 4:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 3:50 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Expires: 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...
.A LATE SEASON SNOW STORM WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THIS
MORNING...WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH
A BROAD SWATH OF 5 TO 7 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE TO MACON LINE. FURTHER NORTH...AMOUNTS
WILL RAPIDLY TAPER OFF TO BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER.
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
WESTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING.
SNOWFALL RATES COULD LOCALLY APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL
HOURS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO...SOUTHWARD. THE SNOWFALL WILL
GRADUALLY WIND DOWN AFTER 10 AM.
* RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER
HOUR AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS
THROUGH 8 AM. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A THUNDERSTORM
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEY WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW
PACKED. GUSTY WINDS TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL
WILL REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES PRODUCING EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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