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Winter Storm Warning issued February 21 at 2:44PM CST until February 21 at 6:00PM CST by NWS
Effective: 2:44 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013
Expires: 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...THROUGH 6 PM...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOWERS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS EAST OF A
VERSAILLES TO LEBANON TO GAINESVILLE LINE. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF A ROLLA
TO WEST PLAINS LINE.
MEANWHILE...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF A VERSAILLES TO LEBANON TO
GAINESVILLE LINE. A BRIEF SHOWER OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL THEN
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING.
A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH MISSOURI LINE
MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH 6 PM.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
AND SLEET WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* ICE ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A THIN GLAZE
TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH
ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.
* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS
THAT ROADS REMAIN PARTIALLY TO FULLY COVERED WITH ICE. SEVERAL
ACCIDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING
TREES AND POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO SOME TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHICH WOULD
RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AND DEBRIS IN ROADWAYS.

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