Stoddard County, Missouri - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 9 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
ALEXANDER GALLATIN HARDIN JACKSON JOHNSON MASSAC POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WILLIAMSON
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
BALLARD CALDWELL CALLOWAY CARLISLE CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN DAVIESS FULTON GRAVES HENDERSON HICKMAN HOPKINS LIVINGSTON LYON MARSHALL MCCRACKEN MCLEAN MUHLENBERG TODD TRIGG UNION WEBSTER
IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
BOLLINGER BUTLER CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID PERRY SCOTT STODDARD WAYNE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... BARDWELL... BENTON... BLOOMFIELD... CADIZ... CAIRO... CALHOUN... CAPE GIRARDEAU... CARBONDALE... CHARLESTON... CLINTON... DIXON... EDDYVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN... ELKTON... GOLCONDA... GREENVILLE... HARRISBURG... HENDERSON... HERRIN... HICKMAN... HOPKINSVILLE... JONESBORO... MADISONVILLE... MARBLE HILL... MARION... MAYFIELD... METROPOLIS... MORGANFIELD... MOUND CITY... MURRAY... NEW MADRID... OWENSBORO... PADUCAH... PERRYVILLE... PIEDMONT... POPLAR BLUFF... PRINCETON... SHAWNEETOWN... SIKESTON... SMITHLAND... VIENNA AND WICKLIFFE.
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Wind Advisory for Stoddard County until midnight tonight.
... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP DRAMATICALLY TODAY... GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
* OPERATORS OF SMALL WATERCRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO WHITE CAPPING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THE WIND GUSTS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME LATER TUESDAY NIGHT.
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.
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... BRISK SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...
.WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START OUT NEAR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL THIS MORNING, EXPANDING TO ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, GRADUALLY WORKING ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EVENING. STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY.
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Stoddard County, Missouri.
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR RIPLEY... BUTLER AND STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING... FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY COMBINE WITH SLEET... AND THEN TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW BY 3 AM. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE.
* ACCUMULATIONS... ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.
* IMPACTS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANY UNTREATED WALKING SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AS WELL. WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS EXPECTED... A FEW ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
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.
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Stoddard County, Missouri.
... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
* TIMING... OVERNIGHT... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY COMBINE BRIEFLY WITH SLEET... AND THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLE... AND PERHAPS 1 INCH OF SNOW... MAYBE 2 TOWARD THE ARKANSAS BORDER.
* IMPACTS... TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN SOME AREAS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement for Stoddard County, Missouri .
... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM O TO -10 THIS MORNING...
... WINTER WEATHER EVENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THOSE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT EARLY TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY COLD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL READS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM.
LOOKING AHEAD... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE BY NOON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE SURFACE... IT IS LOOKING LIKE MANY AREAS MAY BE DEALING WITH WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS COME SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.
WARMER AIR WILL BE WORKING IN ALOFT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. THIS COULD LEAD TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... MAINLY DOWN ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS. SNOW COULD TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION IN THE PADUCAH AND CAPE GIRARDEAU AREAS. ALL SNOW IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... WHERE THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM... AND HENCE EXACTLY WHERE TRANSITION LINES FROM SNOW TO SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN PLAIN RAIN WILL OCCUR. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS THE EVENT NEARS.
