Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Stoddard County.
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: STARTING AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI.
* MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ICE... SNOW... AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE AS WELL AS SOME POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
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... POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...
.THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT AND A SYSTEM LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING WINTRY WEATHER TO THE QUAD STATE REGION FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE WITH SNOW AND SLEET FALLING ON THE ICE BEFORE ENDING.
