... Winter Storm Watch in effect from late Sunday night through
late Tuesday night...
The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a Winter Storm Watch for freezing drizzle... heavy snow and
blowing snow... which is in effect from late Sunday night through late
Tuesday night.
* Location... eastern Kansas and western Missouri... including the
cities of St. Joseph... Kansas City... Butler... Clinton... and
Warrensburg.
* Timing... light freezing drizzle or freezing rain will be possible
early Monday morning through Monday night. Widespread snow will
move into the area late Monday night and continue through Tuesday
night. Snowfall will end by Wednesday morning.
* Snow and ice accumulations... a light glaze of ice up to a tenth of
an inch will be possible on Monday and Monday night. Snow
accumulations between 6 and 10 inches may be possible through
Wednesday morning.
* Impacts... this long duration storm will arrive in multiple waves.
Light freezing drizzle or freezing rain will lead to icy conditions
on primary and secondary roads as early as the Monday morning
commute. Once snow arrives Monday night... roads will rapidly become
snow covered and travel will be difficult to extremely dangerous
on Tuesday.
* Other impacts... strong winds between 20 and 30 mph Tuesday
afternoon will create significant blowing and drifting snow along
with highly reduced visibilities into Tuesday night.
Additionally... falling temperatures will also be likely Tuesday
night producing wind chill temperatures well below zero by
Wednesday morning.
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