Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING.

• ... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...
• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
• * ACCUMULATIONS: HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH 4-8 INCHES POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO MARION ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY AND 8-12 INCHES SOUTH OF THAT LINE. IN OUR REGION... HEAVY SNOWFALL IS DEFINED AS 4 INCHES OR MORE IN 12 HOURS... OR 6 INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
• * TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY MONDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON... BUT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST.
• * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS SNOWSTORM.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Storm Watch.

• ... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
• THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AND MOST OF WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTH OF THE HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO AREAS.
• * ACCUMULATIONS: THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WATCH AREA. IN OUR REGION... HEAVY SNOWFALL IS DEFINED AS 4 INCHES OR MORE IN 12 HOURS... OR 6 INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
• * TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY NOT REACH WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON MONDAY MORNING.
• * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS SNOWSTORM.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued another Special Weather Statement.

• ... GUSTY NORTH WINDS BRINGING AN ARCTIC CHILL...
• A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTH ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY. IN ITS WAKE... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
• WIND CHILLS WILL FALL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... WHEN AVERAGE WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD BE AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO. ACTUAL LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN MANY AREAS... EXCEPT 10 TO 15 IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
• SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS OUR REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME... A LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... AND THE HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO AREAS OF WEST KENTUCKY. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH. THE SNOW WILL END MONDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY A CONTINUATION OF UNSEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS.
• TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement.

• ... SNOW LIKELY FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
• A STORM SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. IT WILL LIKELY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MOST OF THE AREA.
• SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH SUNSET. SNOW WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE UP TO THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY.
• THE COMBINATION OF AN EXPECTED DRY SNOW... AND COLD CONDITIONS AT ONSET MEANS ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD START IMMEDIATELY. MOST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK INTO THE TEENS. AS A RESULT... SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE EFFICIENTLY ON ROADS DESPITE TREATMENT GIVEN THE RATHER COLD CONDITIONS.
• THIS SYSTEM IS STILL EVOLVING. THE FORECAST TRACK AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION HAVE BEEN CHANGING. ADJUSTMENTS TO BOTH ARE STILL EXPECTED. HOWEVER... CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Freezing Rain Advisory until 9:00 a.m. Monday morning for Stoddard County.

• .. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY...

• A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY.

• * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN... POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET... WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO RAIN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES WAIVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK.

• * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... RANGING FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

• * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP... MAINLY ON UNTREATED ROADS... BRIDGES... AND OVERPASSES. PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL.

• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

• A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Stoddard County, Missouri - An update by the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky to an earlier Special Weather Statement!!!

• .. BRUTALLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

• AN EXTREMELY COLD AREA OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES... AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND EVEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN SOME LOCATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGHOUT THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

• WINDS WILL DIE OFF OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE ZERO TO 5 ABOVE RANGE. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EVEN DROP A BIT BELOW ZERO. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING... SO WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BACK BELOW ZERO FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP INTO THE TEENS IN THE AFTERNOON... WHICH SHOULD KEEP WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THESE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY.

• EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO WATER LINES. STRONG WINDS DURING THE EXTREME COLD SNAP CAN DIRECT THE FRIGID AIR INTO POORLY INSULATED AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND RESULT IN DAMAGE TO PIPES. ALSO MAKE SURE ANY OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM SHELTER AND AN UNFROZEN WATER SUPPLY.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has updated their Special Weather Statement for Stoddard County.

• ... EXTENDED PERIOD OF ARCTIC COLD EXPECTED THIS WEEK...

• WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST THIS WEEK. IN FACT... AFTER TODAY... HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY STAY WELL BELOW FREEZING. THE PERIOD OF GREATEST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... WHEN A VERY STRONG ARCTIC HIGH WILL SURGE SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION.

• GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL FORCE TEMPERATURES TO FALL THROUGH THE TEENS WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM MIDDAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL IMPACT THE AREA ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AS THE WINDS DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO OVER MOST OF THE REGION.

• EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO WATER LINES. STRONG WINDS DURING THE EXTREME COLD SNAP CAN DIRECT THE FRIGID AIR INTO POORLY INSULATED AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND RESULT IN DAMAGE TO PIPES. ALSO MAKE SURE ANY OUTDOOR PETS HAVE WARM SHELTER AND AN UNFROZEN WATER SUPPLY.