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...WINTER STORM WATCH POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS...
.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE
MISSOURI OZARKS STARTING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT.
A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG A
LINE FROM NEVADA...TO SPRINGFIELD...AND DOWN TO WEST PLAINS.
POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS SHORT DISTANCES.
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
AND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...OR ESSENTIALLY CENTRAL
MISSOURI.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
ROUGHLY ALONG A NEVADA TO SPRINGFIELD TO WEST PLAINS LINE FROM
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY IN NATURE FROM THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOWFALL RATES
OF AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SHARP
GRADIENT IN SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS SHORT DISTANCES.
* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A
MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW RATES.
* IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES COULD CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL. THIS SNOW IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS
WESTERN MISSOURI...AND MOST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE
AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
ADDITIONALLY...THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HEAVY AND WET
IN NATURE. THIS MAY MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT...AND MAY IMPACT
TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BUDDED.