Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Stoddard County
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI... TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY... TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.
* ACCUMULATIONS... FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF DRY POWDERY SNOW IS EXPECTED.
* TIMING... MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COUNTIES... BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS... AND BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM IN THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* MAIN IMPACT... ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* OTHER IMPACTS... COLD TEMPERATURES AROUND 20 DEGREES TONIGHT WILL REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME MELTING AGENTS SUCH AS ROCK SALT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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.A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT... BRINGING SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
