000 WWUS43 KEAX 241029 WSWEAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 400 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 KSZ025-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-241200- ATCHISON KS-CLAY MO-JACKSON MO-JOHNSON KS-LEAVENWORTH KS-PLATTE MO- WYANDOTTE KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...KANSAS CITY AND OLATHE 400 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. AS OF 4 AM...SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...BONNER SPRINGS...BLUE SPRINGS...LEAVENWORTH...AND PLEASANT HILL. UP TO 6 AM...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AROUND ONE HALF TO ONE INCH....WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES. THE SNOW SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 9 AM. 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. $$ KSZ057-MOZ025-032-033-038>040-043-241200- CASS MO-CHARITON MO-HOWARD MO-LAFAYETTE MO-MACON MO-MIAMI KS- RANDOLPH MO-SALINE MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISONVILLE...MARSHALL... MOBERLY AND PAOLA 400 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE PAOLA...PLEASANT HILL...HIGGINSVILLE...AND MARSHALL AREAS THROUGH THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST...INCLUDING MOBERLY...WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30 AM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM HILLSDALE LAKE AND PAOLA KANSAS TO MACON AND MOBERLY. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW...POTENTIALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AS ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ KSZ060-MOZ044>046-053-054-241200- BATES MO-COOPER MO-HENRY MO-JOHNSON MO-LINN KS-PETTIS MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...BUTLER...CLINTON... SEDALIA AND WARRENSBURG 400 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE MOUND CITY...URICH...AND WARRENSBURG AREAS THROUGH THROUGH THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS TO THE EAST INCLUDING SEDALIA AND BOONVILLE...WILL SEE A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM. DUE TO THE WARM GROUND THE SNOW WILL INITIALLY MELT ON NON-GRASSY SURFACES. EVENTUALLY ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN AND THE GROUND WILL COOL ENOUGH TO ALLOW SNOW TO ACCUMULATE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HILLSDALE KANSAS...TO HIGGINSVILLE...TO BRUNSWICK...TO MACON. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW...POTENTIALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AS 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. $$ SCHMIT