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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS EAST OF THE HIGHWAY
65 CORRIDOR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL RESULT IN VERY
HEAVY BURSTS OF SLEET AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. SLEET ACCUMULATION RATES OF OVER A HALF INCH PER
HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM WILL RANGE FROM A THIN GLAZE
UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH EAST OF HIGHWAY 65.
FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...SHOWERS OF
LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL ICE
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR.
A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED FROM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
AND SLEET WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. POCKETS OF HEAVY SLEET WILL OCCUR WITHIN
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON.
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED AN INCH IN LOCALIZED AREAS.
* ICE ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A THIN GLAZE
TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH
ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS
ICE COVERED ROADS OVER MOST AREAS ALONG WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.
FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING
TREES AND POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO SOME TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHICH WOULD
RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AND DEBRIS IN ROADWAYS.