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WWUS43 KSGF 241526
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
926 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-070-071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241800-
BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-DALLAS-
DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-
TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...
ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
926 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

AT 920 AM...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COVERED MUCH OF 
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. GUSTY NORTH WINDS APPROACHING 25 MPH WERE 
RESULTING IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS...ALONG WITH 
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET WAS HANGING ON 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.  THESE AREAS WILL GRADUALLY 
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BEFORE NOON AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NORTH 
AND THE PRECIPITATION INTENSIFIES. ELSEWHERE...SNOW WILL CONTINUE 
INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. 
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES 
EXPECTED REGIONWIDE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES WITH DRIFTS UP TO TWO FEET 
POSSIBLE.

ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SNOW PACKED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY 
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICING HAS OCCURRED.
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS TO IMPASSABLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE DELAYED IF AT 
ALL POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF 
AND ROAD CREWS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO EFFECTIVELY PLOW. LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REQUEST THAT PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA AVOID TRAVEL 
TODAY EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TRAVEL SHOULD BE 
AVOIDED.  IF EMERGENCY TRAVEL IS NECESSARY YOU SHOULD TAKE A WINTER 
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE 
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS AND EXTRA 
CLOTHING. BRING ALONG PLENTY OF WATER...AS WELL AS A FIRST AID KIT 
AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME 
STRANDED.

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MOZ055>058-069-241800-
BENTON-CAMDEN-MARIES-MILLER-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDENTON AND OSAGE BEACH.
926 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

AT 920 AM...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUED ACROSS THE 
ADVISORY AREA. THIS SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON 
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.  

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  MUCH 
HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA ACROSS 
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL 
IS NECESSARY.

$$

SAW