Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Quad State Region for Thursday Night and Friday. Travel across the area during that time will be hazardous at times.

Click on the following link to learn more about the timing and impacts of the upcoming Winter Storm on your area.

Click HERE for the National Weather Service website.

Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Stoddard County, Missouri - .......... WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE STRONG FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CARRY DISTURBANCES FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE DISTURBANCES WILL GENERATE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE COLD ARCTIC AIR.

THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FIRST DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THURSDAY EVENING... THEN TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER AND POSSIBLY INTO FAR WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET APPEAR MOST LIKELY INITIALLY... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOW... WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND EAST FRIDAY OVER THE REMAINDER OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AS ANOTHER WAVE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FRIDAY SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER.

THIS IS A COMPLEX FORECAST WITH MANY VARIABLES IN PLAY. IT IS STILL TOO SOON TO FORECAST SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT IS BEING FORECAST IN OUR MODEL DATA... THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OR SLEET... AND SOME SNOW... THAT COULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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Stoddard County, Missouri - The US Weather Service out of Paducah, Kentucky issuing some concerns about Winter Weather possible later in the week.  At 4:17 PM CST SUN DEC 1 2013

A Special Weather Statement and a Hazardous Weather Outlook Statement have been issued.

...WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK...

FORECAST MODELS SEEM TO BE CONVERGING ON A SIGNAL THAT COULD POSSIBLY BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.


VERY COLD...CANADIAN AIR IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THURSDAY

BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS THIS DOME OF COLD AIR SETTLES IN...MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM IN ALOFT. THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR A PROLONGED PRECIPITATION EVENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS ALL RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THURSDAY...BUT COULD TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OR SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT OR ON FRIDAY.

IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION...AS THE SYSTEM IS STILL ABOUT FOUR DAYS AWAY. THE TIMING OF THE COLD AIR AND THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SOME TYPE OF WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL OCCUR IN OR CLOSE TO OUR FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE WEEK.

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Missouri - Seat belts save lives. A recent survey of Missouri motorists show that more Missourian's are getting the message. However, statewide seat belt usage remains stagnant 79 percent for the general public and increased just one percent among teenagers from 66 to 67 percent. The nationwide average is 85 percent.

Law enforcement agencies statewide will be participating in a quarterly Occupant Protection Enforcement on Nov. 25 to increase seat belt use and reduce highway fatalities. Law enforcement will take a zero tolerance approach in the enforcement of seat belt and child restraint laws during this campaign.

"Saving lives is what it's all about, and seat belts are such an easy way to prevent tragedy, suffering, and grief associated with disabling or fatal traffic crashes," said Leanna Depue, chair of the executive committee of the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety. "This type of campaign and enforcement effort is just one method used to heighten awareness about the importance of wearing a seat belt."

Other strategies used to increase Missouri seat belt use include using portable message boards to post messages about fatalities and seat belt citations; partnering with high schools and large employers to get them to adopt seat belt policies; assisting cities in passing a primary seat belt ordinance within their city limits; and providing incentives to positively reinforce wearing a seat belt.

As of November 17, of the 668 fatalities in Missouri this year, 62 percent of those killed were unrestrained.

Submitted by Jill Temples

SMT Writer

Dexter, Missouri- On Thursday, November 28th the Stoddard County Ambulance District will be conducting their 28th Annual "Home for the Holidays" for Thanksgiving. The ambulance district will transport patients, who are unable to travel, except by ambulance, from nursing homes in Stoddard County to residences within the county.

Visits can be for a few hours or even overnight. The Stoddard County Ambulance District offers this with no charge to the patient or their family for the service! Those interested in participating in Home for the Holidays should contact the activity director at the patient’s nursing home for more information.

Below is a list of a few nursing homes in Stoddard County:

Dexter:

Central Gardens:  624-0011

Cypress Point:  624-8908

Golden Living Center:  624-7491

Crowley Ridge Care Center:  624-5557

Bloomfield:

Golden Living Center:  568-2137

Puxico:

Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center:  222-3125

Advance:

Advance Nursing Center:  722-3440