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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has extended the Winter Storm Warning until 11:00 a.m. on Monday.
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.
* SLEET WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... AND THEN LATER TONIGHT OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY.
* HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. A FULL INCH OF SLEET MAY OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW. LOCALIZED BANDING AND THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS.
* IMPACTS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY MORE TREACHEROUS THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.
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.
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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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
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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.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Wind Advisory for Stoddard County, Missouri.
... WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY.
* TIMING... THURSDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
* WINDS... DURING THE DAY... SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS 45 MPH. IN THE EVENING... WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. THESE WILL BE GRADIENT... NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
* IMPACTS... LOOSE UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS COULD COME DOWN. DRIVING WILL BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR... OR WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.
A developing line of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind will race across eastern Missouri Thursday afternoon ahead of a cold front. The severe risk, including isolated tornadoes, is much higher as this line reaches Tennessee, Kentucky, Southern Illinois and Indiana. However, wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph will be common with the squall line as it passes through Southeast Missouri between 4 and 7pm Thursday. Estimated arrival times are 4 to 5pm in Poplar Bluff, close to 5pm in Dexter, and between 5 and 6pm in Sikeston. When the skies threaten, residents and motorists in Stoddard County are encouraged to seek shelter indoors, preferably away from windows, trees and power lines.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement for Stoddard County
... TRAVEL PROBLEMS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... BLACK ICE WILL FORM WHERE MOISTURE REMAINS ON AREA ROADS. TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 DEGREES... WHICH MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO TREAT THE ROADS. IN ADDITION... SOME AT LEAST PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR ICING OF ELEVATED SURFACES. MOTORISTS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. ANY ROAD SURFACE THAT APPEARS TO BE WET WILL LIKELY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
