The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Clinton County effective 3PM Monday Through 3PM Tuesday
Text from the Winter Storm Warning follows:
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLY 12 INCHES OR MORE THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS WEST SOUTHWESTWARD. ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BROAD SWATH OF 6 TO 10 INCHES... LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WARNING AREA. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AND POINTS WEST SOUTHWEST WARD WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH... COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL... WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING... LEADING TO SNOWPACKED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.