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Winter Storm Warning Issued for Stoddard County
February 20th 2015 by Dee Loflin
- ... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
- * TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- * AMOUNTS: SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO A HALF AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A QUARTER INCH OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE A THUNDERSTORM COULD SEE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE... SLEET OR SNOW.
- * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. AREAS THAT GET ENHANCED ICING DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS COULD EXPERIENCE A FEW ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY SATURDAY.
- 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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- ... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
- .A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. WITH ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF IT... PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION FROM SNOW AND SLEET TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING EARLY SATURDAY.
Last Updated on February 20th 2015 by Dee Loflin
https://showmetimes.com/Blogpost/utje/Winter-Storm-Warning-Issued-for-Stoddard-County
