Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Stoddard County.
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE... SNOW... AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING... EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AMOUNTS... MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE... SLEET... AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR... TAPERING OFF TO AROUND TWO INCHES AS YOU HEAD SOUTH AND EAST TO THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE LESS THAN TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TO A HALF INCH OVER THE SOUTHERN PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* IMPACTS... AS THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING OR FROZEN... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
