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Winter Weather Advisory for Johnson, KS

From 3:00 AM CST, Fri., Jan 31, 2014 until 6:00 PM CST, Sat., Feb 01, 2014

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Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Johnson, KS; Clinton, MO; Caldwell, MO; Platte, MO; Clay, MO; Ray, MO; Carroll, MO; Chariton, MO; Randolph, MO; Jackson, MO; Lafayette, MO; Saline, MO; Howard, MO


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Issued by The National Weather Service
Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO

Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:52 PM CST




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Updated Jan 30, 2014, 9:40pm CST


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... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

* AREAS GENERALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR... INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.



* LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... AROUND THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH WITH SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE.

* TRAVEL DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR MAY BE DIFFICULT WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND SNOW EXPECTED.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON FACEBOOK BY SEARCHING FOR... U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY... OR BY VISITING HTTP...

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... SEVERAL EPISODES OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY...

.SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE INITIAL ROUND... WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START AROUND THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE... WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT GLAZING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS INITIAL ROUND WILL DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY BUT A MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SECOND ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL BRING AS MUCH AS A SEVERAL TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 WITH AS MUCH AS 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36.

Last edited by smokeycabin; 01/31/14 02:52 AM.