Submitted by
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.