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WWUS43 KSGF 200340
WSWSGF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
940 PM CST THU DEC 19 2013

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
U.S. WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. A
COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK BY SUNRISE
FRIDAY MORNING. DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THIS
FRONT...AND THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THIS
IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED AND END BY MID MORNING FRIDAY.

TWO HEAVIER ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND
AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 44 WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A PITTSBURG
KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM SLIGHTLY
ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. IF TEMPERATURES DO NOT WARM AS MUCH AS EXPECTED...MORE
ICE COULD BE POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION
WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...WITH
THE SOUTHERN EDGE CLIPPING AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A PITTSBURG
KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH MISSOURI LINE.

KSZ073-097-MOZ055-056-066>069-077-078-201145-
/O.CON.KSGF.WS.A.0006.131221T0600Z-131222T1200Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-
BARTON-CEDAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...WARSAW...
COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON
940 PM CST THU DEC 19 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE
  EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING....FOLLOWED BY A
  ROUND OF SNOW SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...GENERALLY
  ALONG AND NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH MISSOURI
  LINE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 
  ARE EXPECTED.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE  
  QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME 
  SLICK ESPECIALLY BRIDGES... OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED  
  ROADWAYS. SNOW ON TOP OF THE ICE WILL CREATE HAZARDS DRIVING  
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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TERRY