Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for Stoddard County, Missouri.

...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION EXISTS THIS WEEKEND

... SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL IS SATURDAY NIGHT.

DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. AT THIS TIME, MOSTLY SLEET AND SNOW ARE FORECAST, BUT SOME LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SLOW TO GET STARTED VERY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MANY AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT, ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS NORTH OF A CAPE GIRARDEAU TO PADUCAH TO HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY LINE.

STEADIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A SHARP NORTHERN EDGE TO THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD, AND THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA COULD STAY DRY. FURTHER SOUTH, SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY, WHEN SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES WILL CREEP SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ON SUNDAY. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER EVENT.