Winter Storm Warning Issued

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Clinton County effective 3PM Monday Through 3PM Tuesday

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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WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

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