Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has not issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area.
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMONPLACE... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* AT TIMES... SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN... OR CHANGE TO SLEET. IF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE HAPPENS TO BE 32 OR LESS... AND IT IS RAINING... THEN A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR. THE MIX OF SNOW... RAIN... AND SLEET... MIXED IN WITH A BRIEF POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN... MAY LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES DROP BEST LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT... AND THAT IS WHEN ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FOR GOOD... AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL COMMENCE.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
