Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY... ALONG AND NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS... ESPECIALLY LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN SEEM TO BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM RISKS AT THIS TIME.
IN ADDITION... CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO GROWN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT... AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD PROGRESSING COLD FRONT. THE DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY OF THIS SYSTEM APPEAR AT A MAGNITUDE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING... PARTICULARLY THURSDAY NIGHT... IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS WITH AN EXPECTED ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
PLEASE STAY TUNED AND KEEP ABREAST OF FORECASTS AS WE HEAD INTO THE MID WEEK TIME FRAME.
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
... MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION ON SUNDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES... IT WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT... MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE DRAWN SOUTHWARD ON SUNDAY... RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX WITH SNOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED FOR SOME TIME... LATEST MODELS NOW SUGGEST THE SURGE OF COLD AIR ON SUNDAY WILL BE MUCH FASTER THAN EARLIER INDICATED. THIS MEANS THAT MORE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO FALL AS SNOW... SLEET... AND PERHAPS A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE IT COMES TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT.
AT THE PRESENT TIME... INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. THIS WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON TRAVEL IN SUCH COMMUNITIES AS CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI... CARBONDALE AND MARION ILLINOIS... EVANSVILLE INDIANA... AND HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. IN THIS ZONE... AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MAINLY RAIN... SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ICING... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES.
AS THIS STORM APPROACHES... MODIFICATIONS TO PRECIPITATION TYPE... AMOUNTS... AND THE LOCATION OF GREATEST ACCUMULATION ARE ALL POSSIBLE. IT WOULD BE WISE TO KEEP IN TUNE TO THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Wind Advisory for Stoddard County, Missouri.
... WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY.
* TIMING: STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS REACHING WIND ADVISORY LEVELS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 64... 57 INTERCHANGE TO THE FOOT HILLS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY 5 AM CDT. THESE WINDS WILL THEN COVER THE REST OF THE QUAD STATE REGION BY 10 AM CDT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND NOON... AND THE REST OF THE AREA AROUND 4 PM CDT.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE 10 AM CDT. THE WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION AFTER 4 PM CDT... BUT STILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH EVEN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS: FOR TRAVELERS DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS... THE WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. SOME TREE LIMBS AND TREES WEAKENED BY RECENT WINTRY EVENTS MAY FALL AND COULD IMPACT NEARBY STRUCTURES OR POWER LINES. ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND AS WELL.
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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... STRONG NORTH WINDS TO MOVE IN BEHIND COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...
.AN INTENSE GRADIENT OF PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Freezing Fog Advisory.
... FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING.
* TIMING... FREEZING FOG WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID MORNING.
* VISIBILITY... VISIBILITY WILL BE ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN MOST LOCATIONS.
* IMPACTS... FREEZING FOG WILL LEAVE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON MANY SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF POOR VISIBILITY AND ICE ON ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING... SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS... AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. ALSO... BE ALERT FOR FROST ON BRIDGE DECKS CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS.
AREAS OF DENSE FREEZING FOG EARLY THIS MORNING WERE BEING CAUSED BY A SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW OF MILDER AIR OVER SNOW COVERED GROUND.
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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.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Stoddard County.
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE... SNOW... AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT INDIANA TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING... EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AMOUNTS... MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE... SLEET... AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR... TAPERING OFF TO AROUND TWO INCHES AS YOU HEAD SOUTH AND EAST TO THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE LESS THAN TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TO A HALF INCH OVER THE SOUTHERN PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* IMPACTS... AS THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING OR FROZEN... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
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.
